8 million ways to die

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Movie
German title 8 million ways to die
Original title 8 million ways to die
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1986
length 110 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Hal Ashby
script Oliver Stone ,
David Lee Henry
production Stephen J. Roth
music James Newton Howard
camera Stephen H. Burum
cut Robert Lawrence ,
Stuart H. Pappé
occupation

8 Million Ways to Die ( 8 Million Ways to Die ) is an American thriller from Hal Ashby from the year 1986 after the crime novel ways to bypass Murder (Original title: Eight Million Ways to Die ) by Lawrence Block . Jeff Bridges and Rosanna Arquette played the leading roles .

action

Cop Matthew Scudder, in the exercise of his duty, shoots a small drug dealer who refuses to be arrested in front of his family. After that he falls into a crisis that leads to alcoholism and ends with his divorce. Scudder is fired. He goes to the Alcoholics Anonymous meetings , where he meets the prostitute Sunny the day he has been dry for six months and receives a button for it.

When Sunny is killed, he suffers a relapse and blackout and finally looks for the perpetrators. He finds out that the head of a drug trafficking organization is behind the murder. In the end there is a shootout.

production

The plot is based on the Shamus Award-winning novel Many Roads Lead to the Murder of Lawrence Block from 1982. While the plot of the novel is set in New York City , it has been moved to Los Angeles in the film.

The film was shot in Los Angeles . It grossed $ 1.3 million in American cinemas .

Due to ongoing arguments and disagreements, director Hal Ashby was fired from the production company at the end of the last day of shooting. 8 Million Ways to Die was his last feature film.

synchronization

Some larger speaking roles were spoken by Hans-Georg Panczak (Andy Garcia), Norbert Langer (Jeff Bridges), Katja Nottke (Rosanna Arquette), Madeline Stolze (Alexandra Paul) and Hartmut Reck (Vyto Ruginis).

Reviews

Walter Goodman criticized the script in the New York Times on April 25, 1986. He found the meeting with the prostitute and the shooting in the end unreliable. In between there are numerous meaningless scenes. The representations are loud and aimless .

Filmdienst classifies the film as a solid and exciting crime film “with a serious background and convincing actors”, but criticizes the increasing stereotyping of the genre.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ IMDb
  2. ↑ German synchronous index: German synchronous index | Movies | 8 million ways to die. Retrieved September 12, 2017 .
  3. ↑ 8 million ways to die. Retrieved September 12, 2017 .