Dec 21st
Eric and Ernie**      

(GB TVM 2010)                        

The early years of the formation of comedy duo Morecambe and Wise.
Told mainly from Eric's perspective (and his influential mother Sadie), with one or two cliched moments for a showbiz biopic about future stars, but often movingly played, with a warm nostalgia for both time and place.

Written by: Peter Bowker, from an idea by Victoria Wood.
Producer: Timothy Bricknell.
Director: Jonny Campbell.
Starring: Daniel Rigby, Bryan Dick, Victoria Wood, Jim Moir, Reece Shearsmith, Emer Kenny, Julian Wadham.
Music: Ilan Eshken.
Photography: Tony Slater-Long.
Editing: Jamie Pearson.

+ locations filmed: Morecambe Bay, Lytham St. Anne's beach, Manchester's Victoria Baths (below), the Plaza Stockport, the Bacup Royal Court Theatre, and others. 

 

ERIC AND ERNIE. Biopics of famous stars are often notoriously dissimilar to their subjects, but Daniel Rigby and Bryan Dick were spot on.