Comedy. It's in the timing. It's in the material. But mostly, it's in the bones.
Tommy Fawkes wants to be a successful comedian. After his Las Vegas debut is a failure, he returns to Blackpool where his father—also a comedian—started, and where he spent the summers of his childhood.
Director: Peter Chelsom
Cast: Oliver Platt, Jerry Lewis, Lee Evans, Leslie Caron, Richard Griffiths, Oliver Reed, George Carl, Freddie Davies
Comedy. It's in the timing. It's in the material. But mostly, it's in the bones.
Tommy Fawkes wants to be a successful comedian. After his Las Vegas debut is a failure, he returns to Blackpool where his father—also a comedian—started, and where he spent the summers of his childhood.
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Tommy Fawkes wants to be a successful comedian. After his Las Vegas debut is a failure, he returns to Blackpool where his father—also a comedian—started, and where he spent the summers of his childhoo…
2h 8m
September 20, 1995
Peter Chelsom
Oliver Platt, Jerry Lewis, Lee Evans
Comedy