Ernest in the Army (1997)

Directed by

John R. Cherry III

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

PG

Rating

3.9 of 10 from 58 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A well-meaning but bumbling man wants to drive big trucks. He joins the army thinking he will avoid combat and gets sent to a fictional Middle Eastern country to defend it from invasion.

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What happens

Ernest in the Army is a 1998 American 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 before Varney's death in February 2000. It was shot in Cape Town, South Africa's Koeberg Nature Reserve. It was released direct-to-video on February 2, 1998. The film is initially set in Valdosta, Georgia, where Ernest P. Worrell wishes to drive a big rig. He is persuaded to join the United States Army, by being told that he will get to drive large vehicles and never have to go into actual combat. Instead, Ernest and his unit are deployed to the fictional Middle Eastern country of Karifistan. The American soldiers have to defend the country from an Islamic invasion from the country of Arisia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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