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Ernest Goes to Africa (1997)

Ernest Goes to Africa poster
Directed by
John R. Cherry III
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
PG
Rating
4.2 of 10 from 67 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man accidentally gets some stolen jewels. He is taken to Africa and has to rescue the woman he loves.

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What happens

Ernest Goes to Africa is a 1997 American comedy film written and directed by John Cherry. It stars Jim Varney, Linda Kash and Jamie Bartlett. It is the ninth film to feature the character Ernest P. Worrell, and the eighth film in the Ernest series, after Slam Dunk Ernest (1995). In the film, Ernest unknowingly comes into the possession of stolen jewels and is kidnapped and brought to Africa where he must rescue the woman he loves. It was released on direct-to-video on July 27, 1997. The next and final film in the series, Ernest in the Army, was released in February 1998. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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