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Ernest in the Army is a 1998 American direct-to-video comedy film directed by John R. Cherry III and starring Jim Varney. It is the tenth and final film to feature the character of Ernest P. Worrell before Varney's 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. John Cherry's son, Josh portrayed Corporal Davis.
Ernest in the Army | |
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Directed by | John R. Cherry III |
Produced by | Kenneth M. Badish John R. Cherry III |
Written by | John R. Cherry III (story) Joseph Dattorre (screenplay) Jeff Pillars (screenplay) |
Starring | Jim Varney Hayley Tyson |
Distributed by | Emshell Producers |
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Running time | 85 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Screenplay
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 Army, he will get to drive large vehicles and never have to go into actual combat. He enlists, 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 Aziria. 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.
- Jim Varney as Private Ernest P. Worrell / Army Captain / Arab on Quicksand
- Hayley Tyson as Cindy Swanson
- David Muller as Col. Bradley Pierre Gullet (UN peacekeeping commander)
- Christo Davids as Ben-Ali (lost boy in desert)
- Jeff Pillars as Gen. Rodney Lincoln (as Jeff Pillars)
- Duke Ernsberger as Barnes (General's aide)
- Ivan Lucas as President Almar Habib Tufuti
- John R. Cherry III as Sgt. Ben Kovsky, aka 'Sarge'
- Josh Cherry as Corp. Davis