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Ernest Goes to Jail is a 1990 American comedy film directed by John Cherry and starring Jim Varney.[1] It is the fourth film to feature the character Ernest P. Worrell. It was shot in Nashville and Tennessee State Penitentiary.

Ernest Goes to Jail
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	John Cherry
Written by	Charlie Cohen
Produced by	Martin Erlichman
Starring	Jim Varney Gailard Sartain
Cinematography	Peter Stein
Edited by	Sharyn L. Ross
Music by	Bruce Arntson Kirby Shelstad
Production companies	Touchstone Pictures Silver Screen Partners IV Emshell Producers Group
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release date	April 6, 1990 (1990-04-06)
Running time	81 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$9 million
Box office	$25 million

Plot

Ernest P. Worrell is employed as a night janitor at the Howard Country Bank & Trust where his friends and neighbors, Chuck and Bobby, work as security guards. While trying to use a floor polisher, Ernest makes an enormous mess that results in him being electrocuted with strange results. His body becomes magnetized and while trying to escape the various objects attracted to him, he goes into the vault but a pair of safety deposit boxes knock him out just as the effect wears off.

The next morning, co-worker Charlotte Sparrow, whom Ernest is smitten with, askes him out to “just dinner” to discuss Ernest’s desire to move up and become a clerk. However this goal is hampered by his knuckleheaded antics and the ire earned from bank owner, Oscar Pendlesmythe. Meanwhile at the Dracup Penitentiary, convict Rubin Bartlett kills a fellow prisoner and seeks help from Felix Nash, a convicted bank robber and death row inmate. Unable to offer anything in return, Rubin goes on trial. At the same time, Ernest receives a summons to perform jury duty on the same trial. In the courtroom, Rubin notices Ernest has an uncanny resemblance to Nash. In league with Bartlett and Nash, the defense makes a successful motion for the jury to see the scene of the crime so the switch can be made.

Nash and his silent yet hulking henchman, Lyle, make the switch. Nash coerces the jury to acquit Rubin while Ernest, unknowingly at first, takes Nash's place. Upon realizing his predicament, Ernest makes a series of unsuccessful attempts to escape the prison while also trying to keep up the ruse that he is Nash out of fear of reprisal. At the same time, Nash is planning to rob the bank but gets distracted trying to keep a suspicious Bobby and his smooth, un-Ernest like demeanor from exposing him.

In prison, Ernest is taken to be executed via the electric chair. Having given up on escaping and trying to convince the warden of his identity, Ernest makes a final speech and is electrocuted. The massive voltage puts him in a kind of trance and he becomes magnetized again only this time he can zap bolts of electricity from his fingers. He uses this power to comically subdue the guards and blast a hole in the main gate. Rubin attempts to stop him but Lyle, speaking up for the first time, steps in and knocks him out. He tells Ernest to flee so he can stop Nash and save his friends. He also rejects Ernest’s request to come with him, saying his place is in the prison but that he will miss him. Ernest escapes and after a changing out of his prison uniform, races to the bank with his dog, Rimshot.

Nash has set up an explosive and handcuffed Chuck to the vault. Charlette arrives, after an earlier encounter with Nash at Ernest’s home that went bad, and is taken hostage as well. Just as Ernest arrives so do the prison officials. Bobby appears and almost gains the upper hand over Nash but fails. An electrified security cage that Chuck and Bobby installed also fails as Ernest and Nash fight. Nash throws Ernest against the cage and is electrocuted again. This time his body is electromagnetically polarized allowing him to levitate erratically. Ernest uses the floor polisher against Nash, dragging him up along the ceiling, resulting in him being dropped out cold. With seconds left on the explosive timer, Ernest heroically grabs it and flies up and out of the bank to a safe distance but it explodes in the night sky. Everyone is devastated that Ernest may have been killed but Nash recovers and holds the group at gunpoint. Before he can use Charlotte as a hostage, Ernest’s charred body lands on Nash. He poignantly claims: “I came. I saw. I got blowed up.” before fainting.

Cast

• Jim Varney as Ernest P. Worrell / Felix Nash / Auntie Nelda
• Gailard Sartain as Chuck
• Bill Byrge as Bobby
• Barbara Tyson as Charlotte Sparrow (credited as "Barbara Bush")
• Barry Scott as Rubin Bartlett
• Randall "Tex" Cobb as Lyle
• Dan Leegant as Oscar Pendlesmythe
• Charles Napier as Warden Carmichael
• Jackie Welch as Judge
• Jim Conrad as Eddie
• Emily Corbishdale as Betty McGee
• Andy Stahl as Jerry (as Andrew Stahl)
• Bob Babbitt as Washing Con
• Myke R. Mueller as Vinnie (as Myke Mueller)
• Chambers Stevens as Jury Man (uncredited)
• Buck Ford as Rubin's Attorney (uncredited)

Reception

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 11% of 9 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 3.6/10.

Box office

The movie debuted in third place during its opening weekend, earning $6,143,372.[2][3] Its total gross was $25,029,569.[4] This is the second highest grossing "Ernest" film, behind Ernest Saves Christmas.

Home media

Originally released on Laserdisc[5] and VHS in January 1991, and its first DVD release was on September 3, 2002 from Touchstone Home Entertainment. Mill Creek Entertainment re-released it on February 10, 2008 as part of the Ernest 2-Movie Collection with Slam Dunk Ernest and on January 18, 2011, as part of a two-disc set Ernest Triple Feature along with Ernest Goes to Camp and Ernest Scared Stupid. They also released the film for the first time on Blu-ray on March 29, 2011 in a single disc Double Feature set along with Ernest Goes to Camp. The 2011 releases mark the first time the film has been available in widescreen.

TV Version

An alternate cut of this film aired on NBC in August of 1994 featuring 15 minutes of additional scenes not found on home media releases. Fans have since posted them online.

References

External links

• Ernest Goes to Jail at IMDb
• Ernest Goes to Jail at the TCM Movie Database
• Ernest Goes to Jail at Rotten Tomatoes

На других языках

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- [en] Ernest Goes to Jail

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[ru] Эрнест садится в тюрьму

«Эрнест садится в тюрьму» (англ. Ernest Goes to Jail; другое название — «Эрнест идёт в тюрьму») — американский художественный фильм, комедия.

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