The Plank (1979)

Directed by

Eric Sykes

Genre

comedy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

28 min

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A workman and his assistant try to carry a long wooden plank around a building site. Their simple task leads to a series of clumsy accidents and misunderstandings.

sillycarefreefarcicallightheartedchaoticenergeticplayfulslapstick

What happens

The Plank is a 30-minute, British slapstick comedy film for television from 1979, which was written and directed by Eric Sykes. This version, which is a remake of the 1967 film The Plank, also written and directed by Sykes, was produced by Thames Television and broadcast on the ITV network. Although not literally a silent film, it has little spoken dialogue. Instead the film is punctuated by grunts, other vocal noises and sound effects. The soundtrack was composed by Alan Braden, and performed by Alan Braden and his orchestra. Sveriges Television in Sweden used to show the film several times around Christmas and New Year during the 1980s and 1990s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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