Film

Funny Bones

1995 · 2h 8m · Comedy

Comedy. It's in the timing. It's in the material. But mostly, it's in the bones.

IMDb

6.7

Rotten Tomatoes

60%

Tommy Fawkes wants to be a successful comedian. After his Las Vegas debut is a failure, he returns to Blackpool where his father—also a comedian—started, and where he spent the summers of his childhood.

Oliver Platt

Tommy Fawkes

Jerry Lewis

George Fawkes

Lee Evans

Jack Parker

Leslie Caron

Katie Parker

Richard Griffiths

Jim Minty

Oliver Reed

Dolly Hopkins

George Carl

Thomas Parker

Freddie Davies

Bruno Parker

Ruta Lee

Laura Fawkes

Ian McNeice

Stanley Sharkey

William Hootkins

Al

Terence Rigby

Billy Mann

Christopher Greet

Laurence Berger

Ticky Holgado

Battiston

Olivier Py

Barre

Mouss Zouheyri

Poquelin

• Peter ChelsomDirector · Writer · Producer
• Peter FlanneryWriter
• Simon FieldsProducer
• Nicholas FryeExecutive Producer
• Eduardo SerraDirector of Photography
• John AltmanOriginal Music Composer
• Martin WalshEditor
• Mary Gail ArtzCasting
• Barbara CohenCasting
• Kate DowdCasting

Funny Bones Trailer

Release date

September 20, 1995

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 8m

Genres

Comedy

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