ColumnistJohn C Reilly, left, as Oliver Hardy and Steve Coogan as Stan Laurel in 'Stan & Ollie'.During the golden era of Hollywood, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were two of the most popular stars of the age. They made over 100 films together and were known around the world for their slapstick genius and thin man, fat man tomfoolery.
in 1937, Laurel clashes heads with producer Hal Roach , leaving a reluctant Hardy to continue on his own. It's clear that Hardy's failure to support his partner causes a rift in the relationship. It's a rift that's still very much present when we jump 16 years ahead to watch the duo embark on a series of badly attended and disheartening music hall appearances in post-war Britain.
The situation is not helped by the bumbling inadequacy of the pair's distracted tour producer Bernard Delfont and the icy relationship between their wives - Lucille Hardy and Ida Kitaeva Laurel . As we watch the once great, global celebrities working their act and demeaning themselves in order to promote the tour, we also see a truly great and special friendship between two men who were more than just onscreen partners.Baird's film is an old school, well-executed period biopic in the vein of films like Richard Attenborough's
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