HappyThankYouMorePlease

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Movie
German title HappyThankYouMorePlease
Original title happythankyoumoreplease
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2010
length 92 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Josh Radnor
script Josh Radnor
production Glenn Williamson,
Peter Sterling,
Bingo Gubelmann
camera Seamus Tierney
cut Michael R. Miller
occupation

HappyThankYouMorePlease is a 2010 American tragic comedy based on a screenplay and directed by Josh Radnor , who also starred. The film tells the story of a clique of young New Yorkers trying to cope with the challenges of adulthood.

HappyThankYouMorePlease premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival , where the production won the Audience Award and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. On March 4, 2010 the film was released in cinemas in Los Angeles and New York . In Germany, however, the film was only released on DVD on October 20, 2010.

action

HappyThankYouMorePlease describes how different couples try to cope with their daily lives. At the center of the film is Sam, a (so far) unsuccessful book author who is looking forward to his first publication. His friends include his best friend Annie, who is suffering from hair loss and believes she is not lovable because of it, and his cousin Mary Catherine and boyfriend Charlie, who are faced with the question of whether they will move out of New York . While Charlie would like to move to Los Angeles, Mary would like to stay in New York. When Sam takes the subway to a book publisher's meeting, he meets little Rasheen, who has been separated from his family. He spontaneously accepts Rasheen as a foster child, which turns Sam's life upside down. Especially his new girlfriend Mississippi, whom he met the day after meeting Rasheen and who works as a waitress and bar singer, can't cope with it and breaks up with him. When the youth welfare office becomes aware that Rasheen is living with Sam, the police come and arrest Sam. He is released shortly afterwards, but Rasheen is placed with a new foster family. Meanwhile, Annie meets another Sam who values ​​her and makes her feel lovable again. Mary is pregnant and, moved by it, Charlie decides to follow her decision about where to live. The film ends with Mississippi singing a song on a stage, Sam listens with enthusiasm. When she finishes her song, she notices him and their eyes meet.

production

Radnor wrote the script for the film while directing the first and second seasons of the sitcom How I Met Your Mother . He soon had actors audition, fine-tuned the script and started looking for a sponsor, which he found in April 2009. Filming began in New York in July 2009 .

publication

America

HappyThankYouMorePlease premiered in Park City during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival , January 21-31, 2010 . On March 4, 2010, the film was released in cinemas around Los Angeles and New York . Overall, the film grossed the relatively small amount of $ 216,110 in the US. The DVD for the film was released in the USA on June 21, 2011.

Germany

The film did not appear in German cinemas. Only the company dtp entertainment AG brought the film onto the market on October 20, 2010.

Europe

One month after the premiere in America, HappyThankYouMorePlease was released in Spanish cinemas, where the film grossed the equivalent of $ 551,472, making it a little more successful. The film was also released in cinemas in Belgium , Greece and Turkey .

reception

HappyThankYouMorePlease received few good reviews, only 39% percent of the critics on Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a recommendation. The average rating of the critics is 5/10. The press review compiled by filmstarts.de also only achieved 2.1 out of 5 stars.

Soundtrack

14 of Jaymays songs were composed as film music by Michael Brake, who was also responsible for the music on How I Met Your Mother .

  • Shout Out Louds - "My Friend and The Ink on His Fingers"
  • Friends of the Jitney (with Katrina Lenk, Nyles Lannon and Chris Phillips ) - "Phosphorescent Green"
  • The Brendan Hines - "Miss New York"
  • Cloud Cult - "Please Remain Calm"
  • The Generationals - "When They Fight, They Fight"
  • Jaymay - "40 Hours Ago"
  • Jaymay - "One May Die So Lonely"
  • Jaymay - "Never Be Daunted"
  • Jaymay - "Lullaby"
  • Jaymay - "Have to Tell You"
  • Jaymay - "Rock, Scissors, Paper"
  • Jaymay - "All Souls"
  • Blunt Mechanic - "Thrown Out at Third"
  • Jaymay - "1 & 1"
  • The Go - "You Go Bangin 'On (remix)"
  • Cloud Cult - "Chemicals Collide"
  • Blind Pilot - "The Story I Heard"
  • The War on Drugs - "Arms like Boulders"
  • VA - "Sing Happy"
  • Bear Lake - "Smile"
  • Dr. Dog - "The World May Never Know"
  • Throw Me The Statue - "Waving at the Shore"
  • Jaymay - "Long Walk To Never"

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Robert Dominguez: 'How I Met Your Mother' star nabs Sundance award for directing debut, 'happythankyoumoreplease' . In: Daily News , February 1, 2010. Retrieved February 4, 2010. 
  2. Michelle Kung, “How I Met Your Mother” star Josh Radnor on His Sundance Debut “happythankyoumoreplease,” . In: The Wall Street Journal , Jan. 21, 2010. 
  3. Josh Radnor on His Sundance Debut , Extra . January 20, 2010. Accessed January 21, 2010. 
  4. Happythankyoumoreplease
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  6. HappyThankYouMorePlease (2011) . In: Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved January 5, 2012.
  7. Press review for HappyThankYouMorePlease (2011) . In: Filmstarts.de . Retrieved on January 16, 2012.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.filmstarts.de