A slapstick comedy about two workmen delivering planks to a building site. This is done with music and a sort of "wordless dialogue" which consists of a few mumbled sounds to convey the appropriate emotion.
Tommy Cooper Eric Sykes Jimmy Edwards Roy Castle Graham Stark Stratford Johns Jim Dale Jimmy Tarbuck Hattie Jacques Rex Garner Libby Morris John Junkin Joan Young Barney Gilbraith Clovissa Newcombe Dermot Kelly Anna Carteret Thomas Gallagher Howard Douglas Bill Oddie Kenny Lynch Ronnie Brody Dave Freeman Johnny Speight Ian Wilson
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A classic film from the golden age of British comedy, The Plank is a film that I have been keen to see for quite some time. As a result, when I came across it on BBC iplayer, I felt it was fate. I love British comedy films and television series from the 60s and 70s which led to me having high expectations for The Plank. While it didn't quite live up to all of my expectations, I still enjoyed it a great deal. The Plank is a perfectly charming little film.
The film follows two hapless carpenters in their quest to finish off a wooden floor. After one of them uses the last floorboard for heating, the two carpenters have…
For those who don't know, The Plank is a short British comedy film made in 1967 about two carpenters' mishaps with a plank of wood.
My aunt gave me this DVD for Christmas in 2012 and I've never got around to watching it.
The film started off pretty weak but there are some really funny jokes/gags in this film.
Charming British slapstick and somewhat of a cult classic around these parts! Starring the writer/director Eric Sykes, the brilliant Tommy Cooper, and of course, The Plank as itself!! Pays homage to the older comedies from Laurel and Hardy, Keaton, etc. Short and funny.
Fun fact: Sykes remade this again in 1979 as a shorter film with a mostly new cast. One of the returning cast members was The Plank. As in THE Plank. The one (two actually) used in the first film. No, really! And someone bought the thing in 2011 for £1k!!
A wannabe Buster Keaton or Laurel & Hardy-style short, but lacking in Buster, Stan or Oliver flair (I don't give # or star ratings to shorts).
I suppose if you can recognize the cameos of Brits in this that you might find it entertaining. Two carpenters on a job run are doing a floor and need to buy one more long plank. So they go buy it and try to bring it back on the roof of their car. That's the "plot." I watched the 44 minute version of this. I read there's a 51 minute version, too. And also that it was remade in 1979. In my view, i think 20 minutes would have been more than enough for the…
I remember watching this with my mum on New Years Eve a few years ago. I feel like the only reason we remember it is because some of the scenes were filmed near our house.
Anyway it stars some of the best British comedians of the time and reminded me of Tom and Jerry in terms of the slapstick comedy.
Eric Sykes directs, writes and stars in this British comedy about two workmen who fall victim to humorous mishaps as they transport a plank from a warehouse to a building site.
Running for only 45 minutes, The Plank is based on an episode from the BBC Comedy series Sykes and a… which ran from 1960-1965. The episode was called Sykes and a Plank, which aired in 1964 – and the final product provides solid entertainment.
The movie sees Eric Sykes and Tommy Cooper both give good performances in their respective roles as the smaller workman and the larger workman whose attempts to get the plank from the warehouse to the building site is going to suffer lots of funny setbacks.…
Eric Sykes directs, writes and stars alongside Tommy Cooper in this slapstick short comedy, done in the style of a silent film, with only minimal dialogue, about two workmen’s misadventures as they try to bring a plank back to a house they’re building. It was really good, and shows how talented Sykes was at creating such a good showcase for many leading comedy actors of the time. It started to get a bit samey after a while, but on the whole was funny and well done.
Film 20 of The December Project.
In this 45-minute classic British slapstick short, Eric Sykes & Tommy Cooper play two joiners who unwittingly cause chaos when trying to transport a large plank back from the timber merchant's.
Likeable; not laugh-out-loud as often as I'd hoped, though it picked up in the last 15 minutes. Features lots of nice old cars. And there were some shots of English suburban houses which seemed extra specially lovely and nostalgic; a few minutes later the van turned a corner and met a bin lorry from the borough I lived in as a small child, so there may be a connection.
Somethimes all you need for a good movie is a couple of blokes moving a plank, and a tiny cat as the cherry on top. Thought this bridged the gap quite well between Jacques Tati and the Chuckle Bros.
A childhood favourite, 45 minutes of slapstick fun with a host of familiar faces led by Tommy Cooper and Eric Sykes as two workmen trying to transport a plank of wood back to the building site. It's just so beautifully put together and makes me chuckle pretty much all the way through,
A fun watch. I loved the 60s fashion and seeing a few familiar faces pop up from the Carry On movies but the scene with the hitchhiking lady was highly inappropriate.
