Funny Bones is a 1995 comedy-drama film from Hollywood 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. The film stars Oliver Platt, Lee Evans, Jerry Lewis and Leslie Caron.
Tommy Fawkes is the failed son of a famous father, comedy legend George Fawkes. After flopping big with his own awkward ...
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Funny Bones is a 1995 comedy-drama film from Hollywood 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. The film stars Oliver Platt, Lee Evans, Jerry Lewis and Leslie Caron.
Tommy Fawkes is the failed son of a famous father, comedy legend George Fawkes. After flopping big with his own awkward Las Vegas metropolitan areaLas Vegas stand-up comedy act, Tommy returns to Blackpool, England, where he was born and spent childhood summers with a family of performers known as the Parkers until leaving at aged six, 30 years previously.
Disguised with a new identity, Tommy's intention is to seek out unique performers (who have the gift of humor that he lacks) and purchase their acts so he can return to the U.S. and become the success he thinks his father wants him to be.
Tommy encounters his father's old partners Bruno and Thomas, the Parker...
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