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| director = [[Eric Sykes]]
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| starring = Eric Sykes<br>[[Bob Hoskins]]<br>[[Eila Roine]]
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| released = {{Film date|1993}}
| runtime = 45 minutes
| country = United Kingdom<br>Finland<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://elonet.finna.fi/Record/kavi.elonet_elokuva_200834?lng=en-gb |title=The Big Freeze |website=[[Elonet]] |access-date=5 July 2023}}</ref>
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'''''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]].

==Synopsis<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106410/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl "Big Freeze (1993) - Synopsis"]. ''[[IMDb]]''. Retrieved 16 November 2016</ref>==
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.

==Cast<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106410/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm "Big Freeze (1993) - Cast"]. ''[[IMDb]]''. Retrieved 16 November 2016</ref>==
* [[Bob Hoskins]] as Sidney
* [[Eric Sykes]] as Mr. Blick
* [[Eila Roine]] as Matron
* [[Donald Pleasence]] as Soup slurper
* [[Raija Laakso]] as Louise
* [[Sonja Lumme]] as Pretty Nurse
* [[John Mills]] as Dapper Man
* [[Spike Milligan]] as Der Schauspieler
* [[Sylvi Salonen]] as The Flapper
* [[Hellin Auvinen-Salmi]] as Old Lady
* [[Helinä Viitanen]] as Zimmer Lady
* [[Erkki Thil]] as Film Director
* [[Gabriel Laszlo]] as Fencer with Wig
* [[Hannes Anttila]] as Fencer
* [[Gunnar Strommer]] as Man in Bath
* [[Lasse Tiilkainen]] as Magician
* [[Ransu Alhoniemi]] as Juggler
* [[Mary Hayley Bell]] as Nursing Home Resident (uncredited)

==Production==
The film was shot in [[Hervanta]] and [[Teisko]], both districts in [[Tampere|Tampere, Finland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hs.fi/radiotelevisio/art-2000002846675.html|title=Bob Hoskins korjasi putkia Teiskossa|trans-title=Bob Hoskins repaired pipes in Teisko|first=Henri Waltter|last=Rehnström|work=[[Yle]]|date=22 August 2015|access-date=17 December 2022|language=fi}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0106410}}
* {{Rotten-tomatoes|id=the-big-freeze|title=The Big Freeze}}
* [https://letterboxd.com/film/the-big-freeze/ ''The Big Freeze''] at [[letterboxd]]

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