2019 Film Festival
film synopsis
Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly uncannily transform themselves into Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in this warm, poignant look at the last chapter of the legendary duo’s career. It is 1953, far from their heyday as the reigning Hollywood clowns of the 1930s. Hard up for money, and hoping to land a film deal to revive their careers, they embark on a British tour, re-enacting their famous routines before small audiences in out-of-the-way music halls. But their shows start to take off, and by the time they hit London, they’re residing in splendor at the Savoy, where they are joined by their wives Ida and Lucille. (Nina Arianda and Shirley Henderson make for a knockout comic duo themselves.) But it’s a fraught swan song, as old grudges between the driven, workaholic Stan and the more easygoing, sickly Ollie threaten their long-standing partnership.