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Stan & Ollie is a 2018 biographical comedy-drama film directed by Jon S. Baird.The script, written by Jeff Pope, was inspired by Laurel and Hardy: The British Tours by A.J. Marriot which chronicled the later years of the comedy double act Laurel and Hardy; the film stars Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly as Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
Butch exacts vengeance upon Stan and Ollie before law enforcement intervenes, apprehending the felon. Butch then gets his revenge by breaking Stan and Ollie's legs and tying their broken legs to their neck as the Police drags Butch back to jail. The film ends with the Stan and Ollie sitting in a couch with legs wrapped around their neck.
A biographical film titled Stan & Ollie directed by Jon S. Baird and starring Steve Coogan as Stan and John C. Reilly as Oliver was released in 2018 and chronicled the duo's 1953 tour of Great Britain and Ireland. The film received positive reviews from critics, garnering a 94% "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Stan and Ollie are unexpectedly reunited with their long-lost twin brothers, Alf and Bert, whose presumed demise is debunked by a photograph enclosed in a letter. Alf and Bert, presently sailors aboard the SS Periwinkle, dock in the same harbor as Stan and Ollie's residence, accompanied by their wives, Daphne and Betty.
Rory sees The Doctor in the film running toward the camera wearing his fez and waving before returning to dance with Stan and Ollie. The scene in Georgette's bedroom briefly appears on a television in the 1985 film Cocoon. The image of Stan and Ollie dancing to "Shine on Harvest Moon" appeared in a 1985 Hershey commercial.
A musical interlude sees Ollie serenading the crowd with "Lazy Moon" while Stan dances. The warden, having car trouble nearby, fails to recognize them—until Stan's razzberry gives them away, and back they go to jail. Subsequent events see Ollie inadvertently undergoing dental treatment intended for Stan.
Stan and Ollie are musicians traveling across the U.S. as "The Original Zoot Suit Band". During their journey, they encounter Chester Wright who purports to possess a revolutionary pill capable of converting water into fuel. In reality, Chester is a swindler who substitutes water canisters with gasoline unnoticed by Stan and Ollie.
When Stan manages to bump his head, he immediately transforms into Lord Paddington, complete with upper-crust diction and condescending manner. Hardy, astonished, is permitted to stay on as Paddington's "lackey." The students who had hazed Stan and Ollie now face expulsion, and they form an angry mob determined to run Stan and Ollie out of Oxford.