Funny Bones

Funny Bones - Deadly jokes is an American feature film that was created in 1995, directed by Peter Chelsom. The main roles were played by Oliver Platt and Jerry Lewis. He is the genre attributed tragicomedy.

Action

Oliver Platt plays Tommy Fawkes, the son of the star comedian George Fawkes illustrated by Jerry Lewis. When Tommy in Las Vegas with his first appearance will follow in the footsteps of his father in front of a large audience, he experienced a disastrous evening and harvests at most pitiful applause. From the ambition packed, he sets out to Blackpool, where he spent his childhood and where he wants to seek inspiration - as can be seen quickly, he wants to steal the jokes of the local cabaret scene basically. How he sees the show a weird comedy troupe, which may no longer officially occur, since a member named Jack is considered to be of unsound mind for manslaughter. He is aware here to see parts of his father's program, and he understands that his father had his greatest successes apparently stolen by this group. Finally, Jack turns out to be his half-brother.

A mysterious parallel story, with the film also starts, tells of a fraudulent trading, an attempt is made at the Chinese wax eggs with obscure content to buy against counterfeit money; in this case a party is killed by a ship's propeller. His severed feet in between found on the beach, and the revenge -seeking Dupes appear in the second part of the film and bring a unexpected action component.

In a large apotheosis at the end he flees with Jack from his pursuers, but eventually turns out to be a rehearsed show, which reveals their friendship and with whom he now apparently but wins the heart of the audience.

Reviews

The reviewers of the Washington Post praised in particular the acting performances of Platt, Lewis and Evans as well as the timing and mediated by the film melancholy mood; Roger Ebert called the film entertaining and fascinating, however, was critical towards the Las Vegas of the action. In Heyne Filmlexikon it is called a " comedic fireworks fully abstruse beauty and a good shot of British humor ". The film received by the magazine Cinema, the highest rating.

Awards

The film was successful at festivals. Peter Chelsom received a total of eight awards, including at film festivals in Brussels, Paris and at the Evening Standard British Film Awards. Also at the Berlinale, he was seen.

1995 in film Screenplay Film score Martin Walsh (film editor) Lee Evans (comedian) Berlin International Film Festival Chicago Sun-Times
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