Sexy beast

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Movie
German title Sexy beast
Original title Sexy beast
Country of production UK , Spain
original language English
Publishing year 2000
length 85 minutes
Age rating FSK / JMK 16
Rod
Director Jonathan Glazer
script Louis Mellis
David Scinto
production Jeremy Thomas
music Roque Baños
camera Ivan Bird
cut John Scott
Sam Sneade
occupation

Sexy Beast is a feature film from the year 2000. Jonathan Glazer , who had been working as a commercial filmmaker, made his directorial debut with this film . The film is a mixture of the genres thriller and comedy .

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In order to recruit the aging English safe-cracker Gal for one last big coup, the middleman responsible for such matters, Don Logan, travels to Spain. Gal has finished his previous gangster life and lives happily in retirement there. In order not to get involved in crooked business and conflicts from the past, Gal Logan cancels. Logan, who lives in Gal's villa for the time of his stay, is not satisfied with Gal's rejection and begins to terrorize Gal and his wife Deedee with increasing aggressiveness in order to persuade Gal to participate.

Logan's violent unpredictability escalates, leading Deedee to shoot Logan when he beats Gal. Fearing the revenge of the gang that carried out the break-in, Gal travels to London. There he claims not to know anything about Logan's whereabouts and takes part in the coup. The aim of the break-in is a vault in London secured by a meter-thick steel door. Gal and his gangster friends from earlier times drill their way into the vault from the pool of a neighboring swimming pool, flood it with water and successfully clear it out. But the head of the gang, the dreaded Teddy Bass, suspects Gal's secret.

Gal succeeds in returning to Spain unscathed. While he's back in the sun in his villa by the pool, the viewer learns that Logan is buried under the pool, which had to be repaired as part of the subplot.

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Anthony Lane stated in the New Yorker on June 18, 2001 that the name "Don Logan" alone sounds as frightening as the name " Keyser Söze ". He went on to say that Ben Kingsley is seen "petrified" like a "cobra in human form" or, in other words, he behaves like the "anti- Gandhi " par excellence.

Michael Haberlander at Artechock spoke of the fact that the film was “freshly and creatively staged” and also had to offer “psychological depth”.

Der Spiegel certified on June 24, 2002: "In this ambitious, sometimes very sparse, then again rather desolate genre variation from England, Kingsley delivers his master villain piece."

The lexicon of the international film said: “The script only superficially relies on the psychological motives of the protagonists, whose rude language leaves the limit to good taste far behind. The camera work and soundtrack are remarkable, the characters well cast. Ben Kingsley and Ray Winstone play against their image not without success, but even they can do little against the banality of evil. "

Up to June 5, 2008, Rotten Tomatoes counted 115 evaluated reviews with a share of positive ratings of 86 percent (100 percent of 7 top critics). In the IMDb on January 23, 2015, the film received 38,217 audience ratings and 7.3 out of 10 points.

backgrounds

The film was shot in Almería , Andalusia , Spain and London . The movie's villa is located in Agua Amarga , Cabo de Gata . According to Box Office Mojo on June 6, 2008, the film grossed around 10 million US dollars worldwide ( Total Lifetime Grosses ), budget information is not included.

Awards (selection)

Ben Kingsley has received numerous awards for the role of "Don Logan" . Among other things, he received the European Film Award for Best Actor in 2001 . In 2002 he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award and the Oscar in the category “Best Supporting Actor”.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b be at Rotten Tomatoes , accessed April 6, 2015
  2. ↑ a b [1] at Metacritic , accessed on April 6, 2015
  3. ↑ Sexy Beast in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  4. ^ Anthony Lane: The Current Cinema - Exiles. In: The New Yorker . June 18, 2001, accessed June 5, 2008 .
  5. ↑ Michael Haberlander: Sexy Beast. In: Artechock. Retrieved June 5, 2008 .
  6. ↑ Sexy Beast . In: Der Spiegel . No. 26 , 2002, p. 148 ( online ).
  7. ↑ Sexy Beast. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  8. ↑ IMDB.com
  9. ↑ Sexy Beast. In: Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 6, 2008 .