Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Ernest Saves Christmas Review










Ernest Saves Christmas


Release Date: 9th November 1989 - Australia


Production Companies
Touchstone Pictures (presents)
Silver Screen Partners III (in association with)
Emshell Producers (producer)

Distribution
Walt Disney Studios Motion
Pictures Australia


Genre: Comedy

Rating: G

Runtime: 95 minutes


Budget: $6,000,000

Box Office Gross: $28,202,109
(USA)


Plot Summary
When Santa Claus decides
to retire, he appoints a
washed-up kiddie show 
host to take his place. 
Along the way, the
real Santa ends up in a
slammer on Christmas Eve,
and it's up to goodish, glad-
handling Ernest P. Worrell
to bust him out. (Source -
iTunes)


Cast
Jim Varney - Ernest P. 
Worrell/Various
Douglas Seale - Santa Claus
Oliver Clark - Joe Carruthers
Noelle Parker - Harmony
Bill Byrge - Bobby
Gailard Sartain - Chuck
Robert Lesser - Marty Brock
Buddy Douglas - Pyramus
Patty Maloney - Thisbe
Billie Bird - Mary Morrissey
George Kaplan - Mr. Dillis

Crew
Director - John R. Cherry III
Story/Screenplay/Associate
Producer - Ed Turner
Screenplay - B. Kline
Executive Producer - Joseph Akerman Jr.
Producers - Doug Claybourne
& Stacy Williams
Co-Producer/Unit Production Manager - Justis Greene
Co-Producer/Second Unit Director - Coke Sams
Production Designer/Art Director - Ian D. Thomas
Costume Designer - Peter Mitchell
Director of Photography - Peter Stein
Film Editor - Sharyn L. Ross
Visual Effects Supervisor - Tim McHugh
Music - Mark Snow


Review
As a kid, I used to watch the Ernest flicks on the Disney Channel a long time ago and the late Jim Varney was the best actor to play the funny character. 'ERNEST SAVES CHRISTMAS' is the first of these movies I had seen and though it was a bit cheesy, it did show a lot of Christmas cheer. Apart from the humour, the acting is quite good especially from Varney himself. Even Douglas Seale who gives an extraordinary performance as the holiday figure Santa except that he's not wearing a traditional red suit and hat. 

'SAVES CHRISTMAS' gives a great generosity of laughs for a holiday film that's anything enjoyable for a fan of the series like myself, know what I mean? 

Star rating: (5/5) Best Movie Ever


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