Ernest goes to jail
- Publication/Creation:
- Burbank, Calif. : Touchstone Home Entertainment, [2002?]
- Resource Type:
- Video or Visual Material
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Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- Ernest goes to jail / Touchstone Pictures in association with Silver Screen Partners IV ; Emshells Producers Group Production ; a film by John Cherry ; written by Charlie Cohen ; produced by Stacy Williams ; directed by John Cherry
Related Names
- Additional Author/Creators:
- Cherry, John (John R.)
Cohen, Charlie
Williams, Stacy
Varney, Jim
Sartain, Gailard
Tyson, Barbara, 1964-
Napier, Charles, 1936-2011
Cobb, Randall, 1950-
Byrge, Bill, 1932-
Scott, Barry
Leegant, Dan
Touchstone Pictures
Touchstone Home Entertainment (Firm)
Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
Subjects/Genre
- Genre:
- Comedy films
Prison films
Feature films
Fiction films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Subjects:
- Worrell, Ernest P. (Fictitious character)--Drama
Mistaken identity--Drama
Lawyers--Corrupt practices--Drama
Criminals--Drama
Prisons--Drama
Description/Summary
- Summary:
- Bumbling Ernest P. Worrell is assigned to jury duty, where a crooked lawyer notices a resemblance with crime boss Mr. Nash, and arranges a switch. Nash assumes Ernest's job as a bank employee, while Ernest undergoes Nash's sentence to the electric chair. But instead of killing him, the electrocution gives Ernest superhuman powers, enabling him to escape from jail and foil Nash's attempt to rob the bank.
- Language:
- English
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned in English.
- Physical Type/Description:
- 1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Technical Note:
- DVD, region 1; fullscreen (1.33:1); Dolby Digital 2.0 surround sound.
- General Note:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1990; this version has been modified from its original version.
- Participant/Performer Note:
- Jim Varney, Gailard Sartain, Barbara Tyson, Charles Napier, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Bill Byrge, Barry Scott, Dan Leegant.
- Creation/Production Credits Note:
- Director of photography, Peter Stein ; editor, Sharyn L. Ross ; music, Bruce Arntson and Kirby Shelstad.
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 990032970870302486
- ISBN:
- 0788836935
9780788836930 - OCLC Number:
- 51160276
- Other Identifiers:
- Universal Product Code: 786936188189
- Publisher Number:
- 26893 Touchstone Home Video
- Barcode:
- 010002651151
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