Ernest Goes to Jail Review

Ernest Goes to Jail


Release Date: 6th April 1990 - USA


Production Companies
Touchstone Pictures (presents)

Emshell Producers

Silver Screen Partners IV (in

association with)

Distribution
Walt Disney Studios Motion
Pictures Australia


Genre: Comedy

Rating: PG

Runtime: 81 minutes


Budget: $9,000,000

Box Office Gross: $25,029,569 (USA)


Plot Summary
Bumbling bank janitor
Ernest P. Worrell is serving
on jury duty when, thanks
to a crooked lawyer, he
is now a dead ringer for
a crime boss, Felix Nash
and ends up taking his
place on death row while
Nash assumes his job
at the bank, scheming
up a way to rob it. Will

Ernest have to escape

prison, foil his evil

doppelgänger's attempt

to rob the bank and

rescue his favourite

teller, Charlotte?


Cast
Jim Varney - Ernest P.

Worrell/Mr. Nash/Auntie Nelda

Gailard Sartain - Chuck
Bill Byrge - Bobby
Barbara Tyson - Charlotte Sparrow
Barry Scott - Rubin Bartlett
Randall "Tex" Cobb - Lyle
Dan Leegant - Oscar Pendlesmythe
Charles Napier - Warden

Jackie Welch - Judge

Melanie Wheeler - Prosecutor

Jeffrey Buckner Ford - Defense Attorney
Jim Conrad - Eddie
Emily Corbishdale - Betty McGee
Andy Stahl - Jerry

Bob Babbitt - Washing Con
Myke R. Mueller - Vinnie
Barkley - Rimshot

Crew
Director - John Cherry III
Writer - Charlie Cohen
Executive Producer - Martin Erlichman
Producer - Stacy Williams
Co-Producer - Coke Sams

Dog Trainers - Christie Miele

and Doree Sitterly
Production Designer - Chris August

Art Director - Mark Ragland

Set Decorator - Connie Gray
Costume Designer - Shawn Barry
Director of Photography - Peter Stein

First Assistant Director - Patrice Leung

Second Assistant Director - Douglas A. Raine

Second Second Assistant Director -

Marcei A. Brown

Second Unit Director - J. Clarke Gallivan

Stunt Coordinator - Chuck Waters

Special Effects Coordinator - William H. Schirmer
Visual Effects Supervisor - Tim McHugh
Film Editors - Sharyn L. Ross

and Farrell Levy

Sound Supervisor - Patrick Dodd

Sound Designers - Robert Shoup and

Donny Blank

Supervising Re-Recording Mixer - Mark Berger

Re-Recording Mixers - Danny Kopelson

and Dale Strumpell

Temp Mix Supervisor - Mark Levinson

Music - Bruce Arnston and
Kirby Shelstad


Review
Of all the Ernest movies I have watched, ERNEST GOES TO JAIL is the only one I have not seen. I heard that it was Jim Varney's best film that he had ever done. Now, let's mention the details. The first is that the plot is quite clever and comical. The slapstick humour is appropriated and applied to good use but gets a bit cartoonish in a few scenes. I am surprised that Varney played a character other than Ernest; he is also an evil impostor. I have never seen a comedian do that when he could perform in a dual role. I liked the part where Ernest said an Elvis joke after he saw what happened to his room.

ERNEST GOES TO JAIL is undoubtedly funny, not pointless, and I always thought that Ernest Goes to Africa was the greatest. This film is much better than I anticipated, and this could be the second-best movie of the Ernest trilogy.

Star rating: (5/5) Best Movie Ever

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