Off To Jail (2006)

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Movie
German title Off to jail
Original title Let's go to prison
Off to prison (2006) Logo.png
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2006
length 85 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Bob Odenkirk
script Thomas Lennon
Michael Patrick Jann
Robert Ben Garant
production Marc Abraham
Matt Berenson
Paul Young
music Alan Elliott
camera Ramsey Nickell
cut Eric L. Beason
Dennis Thorlakson
occupation

From in the jail (original title: Let's Go to Prison ) is an American comedy film directed by Bob Odenkirk from 2006 . The script is loosely based on the book You Are Going to Prison by Jim Hogshire. The first performance in Germany took place on April 26, 2007.

action

John Lyshitski spent most of his life in prison. As a teenager he was punished by Judge Nelson Biederman III. Now he wants to take revenge on the judge after his release, but he died peacefully three days before.

At the funeral, John's son, Nelson Biederman IV, is noticed. John steals Biederman's money from the car, spits in his coffee mug and empties the inhaler. When the choleric Nelson gets enraged on the way back from the funeral, he tries to use the empty inhaler. In his panic, he stops at a pharmacy and frantically clears the shelves in search of a new inhaler. The pharmacist thinks Nelson is a drug-addicted robber. He also thinks the inhaler is a small pistol and calls the police. Nelson is arrested and asked that the government resolve his case. The annoyed governor decides that Nelson should remain in custody.

However, John is not yet satisfied. He returns to prison after knowingly selling marijuana to an undercover police officer. At the trial of his case, he pleaded guilty to the same judge who sentenced Nelson. Through persuasion and bribery, he manages to get into a cell with Nelson. Nelson thinks he has found a friend in him.

Nelson usually manages, through luck and chance, to avoid all the difficulties John throws at him. He also discovers that he is gay and has fallen in love with the gang leader Barry. Nelson, who had to spend a year behind bars, passed the year without any major problems and was relatively popular with fellow inmates. The frustrated John sabotages Nelson's early release by drugging him the night before and writing “White Power” on his forehead and swastikas on his neck. Nelson's early release then came to nothing. Nelson finds out that John is responsible and fights with him. The corrupt guards separate the two and force them into a hopeless fight in which the survivor is to be killed by a guard.

John and Nelson quietly agree to work together and, while fighting, inject each other with a substance that puts them in a kind of coma, which the bribed doctor passes off as death. Both are buried in a cemetery outside the prison. The now dismissed Barry digs both up. Nelson and Barry want to stay together. A year later, Barry and Nelson present their wine to the public in their winery. A wine critic present truthfully wants to publish a scathing assessment, but is dissuaded by intimidation by John.

Reviews

“Comedy confrontation with the US penitentiary system, which offers only the worst possible entertainment. The film strings together clichés and tries to wrest funny aspects from drug abuse, corruption and prison rape. "

- Lexicon of international film

"" Off to jail "is one of the comedies that is best enjoyed in (cheerful) company. When the fun of jokes below the belt is greater than the cinematic claim. And you happily ignore holes in the plot - the main thing is that it continues funny and fast. "

- Cineman.de

"This film also belongs behind bars."

- TV movie

background

In the United States, the film grossed just under 17 million US dollars. It was filmed in Chicago , Skokie and the Joliet Prison , Joliet (all in Illinois ). Universal released the film on DVD on March 6, 2007.

literature

  • Jim Hogshire: You Are Going to Prison - English edition - Breakout Production, 1999 - ISBN 1-893626-22-9

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for jail . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , April 2007 (PDF; test number: 109 762 DVD).
  2. ↑ Off to jail. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. ↑ http://www.cineman.de/movie/2006/LetsGoToPrison/dvd.html
  4. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: tvspielfilm.de@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.tvspielfilm.de
  5. ↑ Article in the IMDB
  6. ↑ Skokie Library ( Memento of March 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive )