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Directed by John R. Cherry IIIOrigin USAGenres ComedyActors Jim Varney,
Ron James,
Tom Butler,
Linda Kash,
Frank C. Turner,
Dave WardRating46%
That lovable know-it-all knucklehead Ernest P. Worrell, (Jim Varney) who is working as a janitor at a local college, meets a history professor named Dr. Abner Melon (Ron James). After discovering an antique metal plate near a construction site, Ernest shows it to Dr. Melon who believes that it came from a giant Revolutionary War cannon called "Goliath", (named after the legendary biblical giant). Dr. Melon had previously been ridiculed by his peers for theorizing that the real Crown Jewels of England were stolen during the Revolutionary War and were actually hidden inside the long-lost cannon. , 1h21
Directed by John R. Cherry IIIOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
CrimeThemes Prison films,
Films about capital punishment,
Children's filmsActors Jim Varney,
Gailard Sartain,
Barbara Tyson,
Bill Byrge,
Charles Napier,
Chambers StevensRating53%
Security guards Chuck (Gailard Sartain) and Bobby (Bill Byrge) play a game of Red light/Green light while being night watchmen for Howard County Bank and Trust and are obsessed with elaborate schemes of would-be thieves. They hear a sound coming from a floor polisher that Ernest is trying to turn on for operation - he works as a night custodian at the bank - and dreams that he would be a clerk. He becomes magnetic from a mishap with the floor polisher and makes a disastrous mess. The next day, bank president Oscar Pendlesmythe's assistant, Charlotte Sparrow (Barbara Tyson) insists that he clean up his mess. Pendlesmythe wants to terminate Ernest's employment, but Charlotte has a soft heart for misfits and stray dogs, so she argues on his behalf. Ernest takes a bath at home in a tumble dry washing machine and uses a blow dryer with a windtunnel force for his evening dinner with Charlotte in a restaurant. He later receives a jury duty summons and excitedly tells the two watchmen about it. During the trial Dracup Maximum Security Prison convict Rubin Bartlett notices that death row inmate Felix Nash is a dead ringer for Ernest. Rubin's lawyer convinces the jury to tour the prison, where Ernest is abducted by Nash and another inmate named Lyle and forced to switch places with Nash. Even though he tries to tell the guards he is not Nash, they refuse to believe him. Ernest also does not know that he has a death sentence which is for Nash., 1h35
Directed by John R. Cherry IIIOrigin USAGenres ComedyThemes Christmas films,
Buddy films,
Children's films,
Santa Claus in filmActors Jim Varney,
Douglas Seale,
Oliver Clark,
Gailard Sartain,
Bill Byrge,
Billie BirdRating56%
A man who claims to be Santa Claus (Douglas Seale) arrives at the Orlando International Airport in Florida. Ernest P. Worrell (Jim Varney) is working as a taxi driver. He takes a passenger to the airport, but speeds and the passenger falls out of the taxi. Ernest later picks up Santa Claus, who tells Ernest that he is on his way to inform a local celebrity named Joe Carruthers (Oliver Clark) that he has been chosen to be the new Santa Claus. Carruthers hosts a children's program named Uncle Joey's Treehouse in the Orlando area similar to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood with emphasis on manners and integrity with the catchphrase "They never get old. They always stay new. Those three little words, Please and Thank You., 1h25
Directed by John R. Cherry IIIOrigin USAGenres ComedyActors Jim Varney,
John R. Cherry III,
Daniel KashRating44%
Ernest (Jim Varney) is working as a golf ball collector at a golf range in Valdosta, Georgia, but fantasizes about being a war hero. A friend tells him that if he joins the Army, he will get to drive large vehicles and never have to go into actual combat. He enlists, but is deployed to the fictional Middle Eastern country of Karifistan, where his unit has to save the country from being invaded by an evil Islamic dictator named Tufuti of Aziria. Once he began, Ernest and his team investigates a dictator who was responsible for the wars in the nearby village. Suddenly, he finds a lost boy and has to keep him safe until his father is found., 1h33
Directed by John R. Cherry IIIOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
RomanceThemes Sports films,
Basketball filmsActors Jim Varney,
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,
Stevie Vallance,
Cylk Cozart,
Miguel A. Nunez, Jr.,
Jay BrazeauRating46%
Ernest (Jim Varney) takes a job with a cleaning service at the local mall, and he soon seeks to join his co-workers' basketball team, "Clean Sweep", as they compete in the city league tournament. He is reluctantly accepted by the team, but given only a minor role as their cheerleader and mascot. In his despair, he is visited by an angel (played by basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), and given a pair of magical shoes, but is warned, "Don't misuse the shoes." As a matter of fact, the shoe store's owner, Zamiel Moloch happens to be a demon in disguise. He would eventually prevent Ernest's sportsmanship with the basketball players by luring Ernest to arrogance., 1h32
Directed by John R. Cherry IIIOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Comedy,
Adventure,
Comic science fictionThemes Comedy science fiction films,
Children's filmsActors Jim Varney,
Bill ByrgeRating49%
Dr. Otto is a mysterious villain with a hand growing on top of his head. He is plotting world domination using his gloom beam, which can delete matter or memory and has the power to destroy the world. The bumbling hero Lance Sterling is the only one who can stop him, but his only clue is a riddle which reads: "When the money is scrambled to the very last cent, riots and hatred soon will commence. When all the world's commerce will be put in a bind, from the evil that lurks where the sun never shines. It is I, Dr. Otto von Schnick -ick-ick-ick, who has played on you this trick-ick-ick-ick." "But who's Dr. Otto?" you may well ponder, while all your magnetic cash is squandered. It's he who had an eye, and yet couldn't see. It's he who served bouillabaisse, when he was a she. It's he who gambled with brains, and a gun. It's he who had all, and yet had none. And to stop this horrible twisted trick, just exchange the poles of old Saint Nick. And if that doesn't do to save the day, put another quarter in and try another play., 1h32
Directed by John R. Cherry IIIOrigin USAGenres ComedyThemes Transport films,
Road movies,
Children's filmsActors Jim Varney,
John Vernon,
Iron Eyes Cody,
Gailard Sartain,
Scott Menville,
Jacob VargasRating54%
A pow wow opening features a medicine man tossing a knife and tomahawk at a young brave warrior to test his faith in the Great One and true courage. He also shoots an arrow at him to test his purity of heart. Jim Varney reprises his role of Ernest P. Worrell, working as a maintenance man at Kamp Kikakee and hoping to become a counselor. With his typical enthusiasm, he pours himself into the role and quickly becomes a valuable addition to the staff, in particular for his passion at learning the specialized sign language used by Kikakee's owner, Chief St. Cloud (Iron Eyes Cody), who does not speak English., 1h31
Directed by John R. Cherry IIIOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Horror comedy,
Fantasy,
HorrorThemes Comedy horror films,
Children's filmsActors Jim Varney,
Shay Astar,
Eartha Kitt,
Bill Byrge,
Ernie FosseliusRating56%
Trantor - a demonic troll who turns children into wooden dolls to feast upon their energy - is captured by the 19th century townsfolk of Briarville and sealed under a giant oak tree. One of the village elders, an ancestor of Ernest, establishes the seal under the condition that Trantor can only be released on the night before Halloween and by the hands of a Worrell. And that every generation of Worrells would get "dumber and dumber and dumber" culminating in Ernest P. Worrell., 2h
Directed by Peter ChelsomOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
AdventureThemes Films set in Africa,
Transport films,
Road moviesActors Rosamund Pike,
Simon Pegg,
Stellan Skarsgård,
Jean Reno,
Toni Collette,
Barry AtsmaRating68%
Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. He tells his girlfriend, Clara, that he needs to go on a journey to research happiness. On a flight to China, he is seated next to Edward, a cranky businessman. Edward takes Hector to a very exclusive nightclub in Shanghai, where Hector meets a young woman named Ying Li and instantly falls for her. , 1h29
Directed by Roger Allers,
Rob MinkoffOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Adventure,
Musical,
AnimationThemes Films set in Africa,
Films about animals,
Films about families,
Philosophie,
Films about religion,
Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal,
Films about lions,
Films about apes,
Musical films,
Political films,
Films based on the Bible,
Films about Jews and Judaism,
Films based on plays,
Films based on works by William Shakespeare,
Children's films,
Mise en scène d'un mammifère,
Suricate,
Films about royaltyActors Matthew Broderick,
James Earl Jones,
Jeremy Irons,
Jonathan Taylor Thomas,
Moira Kelly,
Joseph WilliamsRating82%
In the Pride Lands of Africa, a lion rules over the animals as king. The birth of King Mufasa and Queen Sarabi's son Simba creates envy and resentment in Mufasa's younger brother, Scar, who knows his nephew now replaces him as heir to the throne. After Simba has grown into a young cub, Mufasa gives him a tour of the Pride Lands, teaching him the responsibilities of being a king and the circle of life. Later that day, Scar tricks Simba and his best friend Nala into exploring a forbidden elephant graveyard, despite the protests of Mufasa's hornbill majordomo Zazu. At the graveyard, three spotted hyenas named Shenzi, Banzai and Ed attack the cubs before Mufasa, alerted by Zazu, rescues them and forgives Simba for his actions. That night, the hyenas, who are allied with Scar, plot with him to kill Mufasa and Simba.