1998 film by John Cherry
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 DVD cover |
| Directed by | John Cherry |
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| Screenplay by | Joseph Dattorre
Jeff Pillars |
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| Story by | John Cherry |
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| Produced by | Kenneth M. Badish
John Cherry |
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| Starring | Jim Varney
Hayley Tyson |
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| Cinematography | Jimmy Robb |
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| Edited by | Craig Bassett
Virgilio Da Silva |
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| Music by | Mark Adler |
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| Distributed by | Emshell Producers |
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Release date |
- February 24, 1998 (1998-02-24)
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Running time | 85 minutes |
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| Country | United States |
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| Language | English |
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Ernest in the Army is a 1998 American direct-to-video comedy film directed by John Cherry and starring Jim Varney. It is the tenth film to feature the character Ernest P. Worrell, the ninth and final film in the Ernest series and the final appearance of Jim Varney as Ernest, before his death in February 2000. In this film, Ernest joins the Army because he wants to drive large vehicles, but ends up being sent into combat. It was shot in Cape Town, South Africa's Koeberg Nature Reserve.
Plot
Ernest is working as a golf ball collector at a golf range in Valdosta, Georgia, but fantasizes about being a war hero. A friend tells him that if he joins the United States Army, he will get to drive large vehicles and never have to go into actual combat. He enlists in the reserves, but one day a UN peacekeeping commander Pierre Gullet and the British ambassador visit Ernest's camp and demands that the entire unit including him is to be deployed to the fictional Middle Eastern country of Karifistan, where he and his fellow soldiers have to assist UN troops in the hope of saving the country from being invaded by an evil Islamic dictator named Tufuti of Arizia. Once he began, Ernest and his team investigates a dictator who was responsible for the wars in the nearby village. Suddenly, he finds a lost boy and has to keep him safe until his father is found.
Home media
This film had its first DVD release from First Look Studios on October 1, 2002. It included the extra feature Your World As I See It. Mill Creek Entertainment re-released both this film and its Bonus Feature along with Knowhutimean? Hey Vern, It's My Family Album as part of the "Maximum Ernest" and "Essential Ernest Collection" DVD box sets on October 31, 2006. Image Entertainment, Atomic Moonbeam Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment re-released Ernest in the Army along with Ernest Rides Again, Ernest's Greatest Hits: Volume 1 and Ernest's Greatest Hits: Volume 2 as the four-disc set "Ernest's Wacky Adventures: Volume 1" on June 5, 2012 on DVD and Blu-ray. Image Entertainment re-released this film as part of "Ernest Triple Feature" on DVD and Blu-ray on October 1, 2013 along with Ernest Goes to School and Ernest Goes to Africa and for the third time on January 12, 2016 as part of the two-disc set "Ultimate Ernest Collection".
