Eric & Ernie ( Morecambe and Wise ) ( Eric and Ernie )

Eric & Ernie (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Morecambe and Wise
Alternate Title: Eric and Ernie
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2.4 )

Running Time:
89 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2011 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Jonny Campbell

Written By:
Peter Bowker
Victoria Wood

Actors:
Reece Shearsmith ..... Harry Wiseman
Josh Benson ..... Little Ernie
Thomas Atkinson ..... Little Eric
Victoria Wood ..... Sadie Bartholomew
Thomas Aldersley ..... MC
Vic Reeves ..... George Bartholomew
Ted Robbins ..... Jack Hylton
Jonah Lees ..... Young Eric
Harry McEntire ..... Young Ernie
Ria Jones ..... Landlady
Pam Shaw ..... Lily
Daniel Rigby ..... Eric Morecambe
Bryan Dick ..... Ernie Wise
Hannah Steele ..... Doreen
Esmé Bianco ..... Lola

Synopsis:

This heartfelt drama tells the story of Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise's formative years in show business growing from child stars into national treasures. "Big head, short legs" was Eric Bartholomew's first impression of Ernie Wiseman, but their friendship endured and after encouragement by his well-meaning but determined mother, Sadie, Eric became the funny man to Ernie's feed. After a successful stint in children's variety, they worked their way up the ladder of live performance, but after a disastrous television debut in the series Running Wild, Morecambe and Wise learned to trust their own instincts and just make people laugh.

In the run-up to World War Two, Ernie Wiseman, a precocious and confident child performer, is signed up by influential impresario Jack Hylton. In Morecambe, pushy stage mum Sadie Bartholomew drags her slightly reluctant son Eric, an eccentric dancer, from one audition to the next until he too becomes a client of Hylton. The boys do not get on at first but Sadie sees a way to exploit their cross-talk and they form a bantering double act as Morecambe and Wise. After war service they become successful on stage and on radio but their attempt to crack the new medium of television is a disaster because they have been forced to accept a script which will make their Northernness acceptable to Southern viewers. They split up. However Sadie knows the formula that once worked and pushes Eric, now married to dancer Joan, into contacting Ernie. They decide to reform, on their own terms, into the act that would become one of the most successful television pairings ever.

A telling of the fledging careers and early days of the comedy duo that was Eric Morecombe and Ernie Wise. From their dance-hall performances of northern England to cult status.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 07 June, 2011.