Stan & Ollie

The illustrious Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy have appeared earlier on The Beret Project (here and here), but the new movie Stan & Ollie warrants some more attention for these often beret wearing heroes.

Stan & Ollie is a 2018 biographical comedy-drama film directed by Jon S. Baird and based on the lives of the comedy double act Laurel and Hardy. The film stars Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly as Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. It premiered in October 2018 at the BFI London Film Festival.

The film is scheduled to be released in the United States on 28 December 2018 and on 11 January 2019 in the United Kingdom. At the 76th Golden Globe Awards, Reilly was nominated for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.

Guy Lodge of Variety wrote: "Portraying Laurel and Hardy's final comic collaboration with bittersweet affection, Jon S. Baird's film is a laid-back, gamely performed tribute."

Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter has high praise for the lead actors saying: "Much of the time, you feel like you're beholding the real duo, so thoroughly conceived are the actors' physicality and performances." He concludes "Everything the film has to offer is obvious and on the surface, its pleasures simple and sincere under the attentive guidance of director Jon S. Baird."

Thanks Frans