Life - a six-pack
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Life - a six-pack |
| Original title | Six Degrees of Separation |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1993 |
| length | 107 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Fred Schepisi |
| script | John Guare |
| production | Fred Schepisi, Arnon Milchan |
| music | Jerry Goldsmith |
| camera | Ian Baker |
| cut | Peter Honess |
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The film Life - A Six-Pack is a film drama that was made in 1993 under the direction of Fred Schepisi . John Guare wrote the script based on his award-winning play Six Degrees of Separation , a major theatrical hit of the 1990s.
action
The art dealer couple Ouisa and Flan Kittredge live in the best financial circumstances. Both are educated, consider themselves liberal and enjoy their privileged existence. One evening, when a young black man knocks on the door of her luxurious apartment on Fifth Avenue , there is momentum and unexpected change in her life. The man is hurt, he bleeds and presents itself as a robbery victim, he pretends to be a. Harvard - classmate of their children and the son of Paul the movie star Sidney Poitier to be. After the small wound on the stomach has been tended, Paul and the Kitteredges and their guest Geoffrey Miller get to know each other better.
Paul tells that his father is planning to film Cats and offers his hosts minor roles in the film. One is delighted, and the following conversation is about topics from art, literature and philosophy. The young man cooks an opulent meal for his hosts and impresses them with remarks on Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye or his visits to Cannes . But the idyll is deceptive. The next morning they discover that their unexpected overnight guest has spent the night in bed with a man he picked up in nearby Central Park . Paul and his bed mate have to leave the house immediately.
At a meeting with friends, they discover that Paul has pulled off the same number with other of their friends. But the fascination for the fraudster remains, because he has enriched your daily routine with a touch of exoticism and adventure. In addition, nothing is missing in the apartment, which is furnished with valuable paintings and works of art, neither valuables nor money.
However, they cannot get the young man out of their heads. It becomes the couple's party theme. In flashbacks in which the two talk about their experiences with Paul at various social events, they become the focus of every party, and their performance takes on stage quality over time. When they finally find Paul again, he suggests that they take him in as a foster son.
Reviews
"Satire told brilliantly in flashbacks, which convincingly transposes the stage template into widescreen pictures."
Awards
Stockard Channing was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Actress for her performance .
background
For Will Smith , portraying Paul was his first major role in a movie. Stockard Channing played the Ouisa Kettridge , which she had already played on Broadway.
Web links
- Life - a six-pack in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Certificate of Release for Life - A six-pack . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , July 2003 (PDF; test number: 94 539 V / DVD).
- ↑ Life - A Six Pack. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 8, 2017 .