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Ernest and Bertram is a american film of genre Drama directed by Peter Spears with Quinton Flynn

Ernest and Bertram (2002)

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Length 8minutes
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy
Rating68% 3.4468653.4468653.4468653.4468653.446865

Ernest & Bertram is a 2002 tragic comedy short film by Peter Spears spoofing Sesame Street characters Ernie and Bert. The film is based on Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour, and depicts Bert and Ernie after they are outed by Variety magazine. Although the film was a success at the Sundance Film Festival and the U.S Comedy Arts Festival, it kept from further distribution when Sesame Workshop served the film's producers with a cease and desist order for copyright violation.



^ Goodridge, Michael (July 23, 2002), The best films you can't see: Ernest & Bertram is the latest in a series of acclaimed queer films banned from public view because their makers stepped on some famous toes, The Advocate

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When the film starts, Miss Piggy has discontinued a romantic relationship with Bert when rumors of the roommates being gay hit the media. Ernie comes home, and through conversation reveals that he does love Bert "that way." Bert seems not to share this sentiment, resulting in Ernie's suicide.

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Quinton Flynn

(Bertram (voice))
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