Funny Bones
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| Directed by | Peter Chelsom |
| Produced by | Peter Chelsom Simon Fields |
| Written by | Peter Chelsom Peter Flannery |
| Starring | Oliver Platt Lee Evans Jerry Lewis Leslie Caron |
| Music by | John Altman |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures |
| Release date(s) | March 24, 1995 |
| Running time | 128 minutes |
| Language | English |
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Funny Bones is a 1995 comedy-drama film made by Hollywood Pictures and distributed by Buena Vista Pictures. It was written, directed and produced by Peter Chelsom, co-produced by Simon Fields, and co-written by Peter Flannery. The music score was by John Altman and the cinematography by Eduardo Serra.
It stars Oliver Platt, Jerry Lewis, Lee Evans, Leslie Caron, Richard Griffiths, Oliver Reed, George Carl and Freddie Davies.
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[edit] Plot
Tommy Fawkes (Oliver Platt) is the failed comic son of a famous comic father, George Fawkes (Jerry Lewis). After failing big in Las Vegas, he returns to Blackpool, England, where he spent his summers as a child. His intention is to seek out unique performers (who have the gift of humour that he lacks) and purchase their acts from them so he can return to the US and become the success he thinks his father (the great comic legend) wants him to be. He discovers his father's old partners, from whom his father learned everything he knew, as well as a brillliant younger comic Jack (Lee Evans), who truly is naturally gifted.
[edit] Trivia
- To date, this is the last film that comedian Jerry Lewis has appeared in.
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