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.

The Big Freeze
Directed byEric Sykes
Written byEric Sykes
StarringEric Sykes
Bob Hoskins
Eila Roine
Release date
  • 1993 (1993)
Running time
45 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Finland[1]
LanguageEnglish

Synopsis[2]

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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.

Production

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The film was shot in Hervanta and Teisko, both districts in Tampere, Finland.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "The Big Freeze". Elonet. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Big Freeze (1993) - Synopsis". IMDb. Retrieved 16 November 2016
  3. ^ "Big Freeze (1993) - Cast". IMDb. Retrieved 16 November 2016
  4. ^ 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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