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Funny Bones

Funny Bones

Sep 20, 1995
128 min
Comedy
6.5/ 10
50 votes

Overview

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.

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TMDB
6.5/10
50 votes
IMDB
6.7/10
3,932 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
63%
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US Box Office$532,268Domestic earnings

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8 wins

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

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Released

Original Language

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Production Companies

Hollywood Pictures

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