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1* DuelingMovies: By pure accident with ''Film/HolmesAndWatson'', another PeriodPiece buddy comedy with Creator/JohnCReilly and Creator/SteveCoogan released within the same timespan, and both released by Sony (This through Creator/SonyPicturesClassics, the latter from Creator/ColumbiaPictures). The big difference here is that ''Holmes & Watson'' received ''significantly'' less positive reviews [[BoxOfficeBomb and business]] than ''Stan & Ollie''.
2* FakeAmerican: Creator/ShirleyHenderson is Scottish and plays Virginia Lucille Hardy, who was American.
3* FakeRussian: The English Nina Arianda as Ida Kitaeva Laurel.
4* InMemoriam: This film is dedicated to the memory of Stan Laurel's daughter, Lois Laurel Hawes (who passed away at age 89 on July 29, 2017).
5* PromotedFanboy: Jeff Pope has described Stan and Ollie as his heroes, and got to write a film about them.
6* StarringAStarAsAStar: Creator/LaurelAndHardy, famous comedians of the early 20th century, are played by Creator/SteveCoogan and Creator/JohnCReilly, famous comedians of the present day.

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