Ernest Goes to Jail
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| Ernest Goes to Jail | |
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 IMDB  4.3/10 (1556 votes) |
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| Directed by | John R. Cherry III |
| Produced by | Martin Erlichman |
| Written by | Charlie Cohen |
| Starring | Jim Varney Gailard Sartain Bill Byrge |
| Distributed by | Touchstone Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1990-04-06 (USA) |
| Running time | 81 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Ernest Saves Christmas |
| Followed by | Ernest Scared Stupid |
| IMDb profile | |
Ernest Goes to Jail is a 1990 Disney film directed by John R. Cherry III and starring Jim Varney. It is the fourth film to feature the character Ernest P. Worrell. In the movie, Ernest is confused for a convicted crime boss that has been sentenced to death. The film received an PG rating from the MPAA.
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[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Jim Varney | Ernest P. Worrell, Mr. Felix Nash, Auntie Nelda |
| Gailard Sartain | Chuck |
| Bill Byrge | Bobby |
| Barbara Tyson | Charlotte Sparrow (as Barbara Bush) |
| Randall "Tex" Cobb | Lyle |
| Dan Leegant | Oscar Pendlesmythe |
| Charles Napier | Warden |
| Jackie Welch | Judge |
[edit] Plot
Ernest (Jim Varney) is spotted in a jury by a man on trial who notices that he is the spitting-image of death-row inmate Felix Nash, who is the prison "boss". He convinces the jury to tour the prison, where Ernest is kidnapped and forced to swap roles with Nash. He has various misadventures in prison (especially when trying to escape) until he is sent to the electric chair by the prison warden (Charles Napier}. The electrocution fails, and he is transformed into a type of superhuman, with the ability to shoot lightning bolts from his hands. Ernest escapes from the prison and makes his way home, only to discover that his Pee-Wee Herman-like decor has been replaced by a slick lounge lizard style of decorating. He exclaims, "I've been vandalized - by Elvis!". Ernest then goes to the bank where he works as a janitor at night, where he finds that Nash has assumed his identity and is in the process of robbing the bank. He uses his super powers to fly through the skylight of the bank with a bomb that Nash had attached to the vault and two bank employees, which leads to a spectacular mid-air explosion. Everyone assumes that Ernest has been killed, until he falls through the skylight and lands on Nash. Ernest declares, "I came, I saw, I got blowed up."
[edit] Trivia
- Is the second most successful of the Ernest movies, behind Ernest Saves Christmas. It was in third place its opening weekend, earning $6,143,372. [1] Total gross was $25,029,569. [2]
[edit] References
| Ernest P. Worrell series | ||
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| Films | Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam | Ernest Goes to Camp | Ernest Saves Christmas | Ernest Goes to Jail | Ernest Scared Stupid Ernest Rides Again | Ernest Goes to School | Slam Dunk Ernest | Ernest Goes to Africa | Ernest in the Army |
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| Television | Hey Vern, It's Ernest! | |
| Other Topics | Ernest P. Worrell | Vern | Jim Varney | |
