Saturday, December 22, 2012

80's Movie Weekend


Christmas is almost here and if ever we needed anyone to save this most sacred of holidays then I'd have to go with... Ernest!  The late Jim Varney had a good run back in the 80's appearing and shooting to stardom in commercials for Braum's stores and then in a run of low budget movies including today's Christmas movie where "Ernest Saves Christmas."

Someone was brilliant enough to post the entire movie on youtube, but don't blame me if you waste an hour and a half of your life on this movie.  But, tis the season!



Ernest Saves Christmas

Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn R. Cherry III
Produced byJoseph Akerman
Written byEd Turner (story)
B. Kline (screenplay)
StarringJim Varney
Douglas Seale
Noëlle Parker
Oliver Clark
Music byMark Snow
CinematographyPeter Stein
Editing byIan D. Thomas
StudioSilver Screen Partners III
Emshell Producers
Distributed byTouchstone Pictures
Release date(s)November 11, 1988 (Theatrical)
Running time95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$6,000,000 (estimate)
Box office$28,202,109

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