The Big Freeze is a 1993 featurette-length film written and directed by Eric Sykes. The action centres on mishaps involving a father and son plumbing team attending to business in sub-zero temperatures at a retirement home in Finland. Like other Sykes directorial vehicles, the piece is a silent comedy with a star cast - here including Bob Hoskins, John Mills, Donald Pleasence and Spike Milligan.
Synopsis[2]
A silent comedy. Two accident-prone plumbers go to fix the plumbing at a home for retired gentle-folk on the coldest day of the year in Finland. Everything that can go wrong for these plumbers goes wrong.
Cast[3]
- Bob Hoskins as Sidney
- Eric Sykes as Mr. Blick
- Eila Roine as Matron
- Donald Pleasence as Soup slurper
- Raija Laakso as Louise
- Sonja Lumme as Pretty Nurse
- John Mills as Dapper Man
- Spike Milligan as Der Schauspieler
- Sylvi Salonen as The Flapper
- Hellin Auvinen-Salmi as Old Lady
- Helinä Viitanen as Zimmer Lady
- Erkki Thil as Film Director
- Gabriel Laszlo as Fencer with Wig
- Hannes Anttila as Fencer
- Gunnar Strommer as Man in Bath
- Lasse Tiilkainen as Magician
- Ransu Alhoniemi as Juggler
- Mary Hayley Bell as Nursing Home Resident (uncredited)
Production
The film was shot in Hervanta and Teisko, both districts in Tampere, Finland.[4]
References
- ^ "The Big Freeze". Elonet. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ "Big Freeze (1993) - Synopsis". IMDb. Retrieved 16 November 2016
- ^ "Big Freeze (1993) - Cast". IMDb. Retrieved 16 November 2016
- ^ Rehnström, Henri Waltter (22 August 2015). "Bob Hoskins korjasi putkia Teiskossa" [Bob Hoskins repaired pipes in Teisko]. Yle (in Finnish). Retrieved 17 December 2022.
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