52 pick-up
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | 52 pick-up |
| Original title | 52 pick-up |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1986 |
| length | 110 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | John Frankenheimer |
| script |
Elmore Leonard , John Steppling |
| production |
Menahem Golan Yoram Globe |
| music | Gary Chang |
| camera |
Jost Vacano Stephen Ramsey |
| cut | Robert F. Shugrue |
| occupation | |
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52 Pick-Up is an American thriller from the year 1986 . The literary film adaptation is based on Elmore Leonard 's novel of the same name. Directed by John Frankenheimer . Roy Scheider and Ann-Margret can be seen in the leading roles .
action
Harry Mitchell, a veteran of the Korean War , is a successful industrialist living in suburban Los Angeles . His wife Barbara, with whom he has been married for 23 years, is a candidate for the city council. He has an affair with 22-year-old Cini. Three blackmailers, Alan, Bobby and Leo, filmed him meeting Cini and are demanding $ 105,000 from him. Otherwise, they want to reveal the secret of his wife and the public. Harry's attorney advises against paying, as he says the blackmailers won't keep their word, so Harry doesn't pay. Because he fears for his wife's political career, he doesn't go to the police either. He gets a remorse and confesses to his wife the affair, which hurts her very much.
After Harry fails to pay, Alan breaks into his house and steals a gun and other items. When Barbara shows up at home, he pretends to be an insurance broker to her. Then the blackmailers murder Cini and kidnap Harry in an abandoned warehouse. They show Harry the murder of Cini, which they videotaped, and charge Harry $ 105,000 a year for the rest of his life. Otherwise, they want to manipulate the evidence so that the police believe Harry is the killer. Harry begins a dangerous game with the blackmailers that puts his and his wife's lives in danger. Through the stripper Doreen, whom he had once seen at Cini, he succeeds in finding out the identity of the blackmailer. Doreen is Bobby's friend. Harry's plan is to play the gangsters off against each other. Despite the high risk he takes, his plan works as the gangsters start killing each other. Only Alan remains. Harry gives him the money and his sports car. As Alan triumphantly tries to drive away in the sports car, he realizes that he has fallen into a trap. The car is locked, won't start and Harry blows it up.
criticism
The New York Times film critic , Janet Maslin, describes this film as "garish, hectic, fast -paced, exploitative and loaded with evil energy" ("... fast-paced, lurid, exploitative and loaded with malevolent energy") . John Frankenheimer has not filmed anything since Black Sunday that was so full of gloomy entertainment. "
For the lexicon of international film , the film is a "stereotypical thriller in a tension-free routine staging."
background
The novel was filmed in 1984 under the name The Ambassador by J. Lee Thompson . The film was set in Israel and had strong links to the Middle East conflict. After its theatrical release on November 7, 1986, the film grossed just over 5 million US dollars. In Germany the film was released in cinemas on February 5, 1987, and on VHS in May 1987 . In 1988 the film was indexed, but in January 2013 it was deleted from the list. After a re-examination by the FSK, the film was then downgraded to "16+".
Web links
- 52 Pick-Up in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- 52 Pick-Up at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ New York Times Company (Nov. 7, 1986). Screen: '52 PICK-UP, 'A No-Frills Thriller by Janet Maslin . Retrieved March 25, 2007.
- ↑ 52 Pick-Up in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on April 10, 2012
- ↑ Pick-Up (1986) on boxofficemojo.com (English), accessed April 12, 2012