¡Three amigos!
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | ¡Three amigos! |
| Original title | ¡Three Amigos! |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1986 |
| length | 104 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | John Landis |
| script |
Steve Martin Lorne Michaels Randy Newman |
| production |
George Folsey Jr. Lorne Michaels |
| music | Bernstein / Newman |
| camera | Ronald W. Browne |
| cut | Malcolm Campbell |
| occupation | |
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¡Three amigos! is a 1986 American western comedy starring comedians Chevy Chase , Steve Martin and Martin Short . The film satirizes classics of the western genre, with the plot being heavily based on John Sturges ' The Magnificent Seven , which is itself an adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai . In addition, figures from other genres ("the German", played by Kai Wulff ) and characters such as the "singing bush" (with the voice of Randy Newman ) appear.
Alfonso Arau , who plays the Mexican robber here, was previously known as an actor in similar roles, most likely through Sam Peckinpah's classic The Wild Bunch .
action
Hollywood in 1916: The three cowboy actors Lucky, Dusty and Ned, known as the silent film heroes "Three Amigos", lose their jobs. Then she received a call for help from a Mexican community that was being exploited by the evil bandit captain El Guapo (Spanish for 'the handsome'). Believing that it was a job as an actor, the three travel to Mexico. When they realize after the first encounters with the bandits that the villagers had taken their film roles for reality and should help them in a real conflict, they nevertheless decide to put an end to El Guapo's terror. Together they manage to defeat the bandits and save the village.
Reviews
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on December 12, 1986 that the film lacked the "madness" that makes a great farce. He is too "confident", "relaxed" and "clever" to be really funny. Steve Martin would come across as if he were distancing himself from the character being played.
"Cheeky Wild West slapstick with musical interludes that combines the romantic adventurousness of earlier genre films with modest jokes, without being able to illustrate the given passion for 'good old cinema'."
“'Blues Brothers' director John Landis shot an amusing lesson about appearance and reality, in which classic western romance is pulled through the cocoa. Conclusion: Grotesque, high-spirited Wild West slapstick. "
See also
- Galaxy Quest - A planlessly through space - a film that executes a very similar motif as a science fiction comedy
- The big crawl - an animated film that also deals with a similar motif
Web links
- ¡Three amigos! in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ¡Three amigos! at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- ¡Three amigos! at Metacritic (English)
- ¡Three amigos! in the online film database
- ¡Three amigos! in the German dubbing index
Individual evidence
- ^ Review by Roger Ebert
- ↑ ¡Three amigos! In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ ¡Three amigos! on cinema.de