Agent zero zero nothing
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Agent zero zero nothing |
| Original title | The Man Who Knew Too Little |
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| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1997 |
| length | 94 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jon Amiel |
| script |
Robert Farrar , Howard Franklin |
| production |
Arnon Milchan , Michael G. Nathanson , Mark Tarlov |
| music | Christopher Young |
| camera | Robert M. Stevens |
| cut |
Paul Karasick , Pamela Power |
| occupation | |
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Agent Null Null Nix (Original Title: The Man Who Knew Too Little ) is an American comedy film directed by Jon Amiel from 1997. The main role was played by Bill Murray . The plot is based on the novel The Coolest Detective (Watch That Man) by the British Robert Farrar .
action
The London banker James Ritchie receives a visit from his American brother Wallace on the very day of an important business dinner. Ritchie therefore pays his brother to participate in the theater play Theater Of Life , which is played in a real environment. The street phone booth integrated into the play is being used to report a contract killing just as Wallace is waiting for her to receive instructions from the theater people. Convinced that this is part of the theater, he takes on the role of the hit man and gets caught up in a real terror plot that seeks to revive the Cold War . When he meets his victim and supposed female lead, Lori, he changes the supposed script and works with her. The people behind the planned attack are therefore convinced that the unsuspecting Wallace is a real danger to their plan and try to eliminate it for their part. He never misses an opportunity to embellish his role with numerous espionage clichés. Through this act of sovereignty (and a series of happy coincidences) he repeatedly outdoes his opponents, who ultimately submit to his apparent superiority.
Reviews
James Berardinelli wrote on ReelViews that the comedy would not parody the film The Man Who Knew Too Much , but the James Bond films. He praised Richard Wilson's performance and some scenes.
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on November 14, 1997 that the title of the film alone was funny. The idea of the film is not funny.
The lexicon of international films said: “A witty, fast-paced spy film parody that strings together a wealth of gags and alienated genre quotes and, last but not least, entertains the convincing main actor. (The German version unfortunately loses a lot of the wit of the original due to numerous superficial foolishness.) "
The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating "valuable".
Trivia
The film opened in US theaters on November 14, 1997 and was able to reap a little more than $ 13 million on an estimated budget of US $ 20 million. The film opened in Germany on June 14, 1998 and was seen by 165,891 moviegoers.
The contract killer in the last scene of the film is called Venkmann . A nod to the role of Bill Murray Dr. Peter Venkman in the movie Ghostbusters .
Web links
- The Man Who Knew Too Little in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Man Who Knew Too Little at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Agent Null Null Nix in the online film database
Individual evidence
- ^ Review by James Berardinelli
- ^ Review by Roger Ebert
- ↑ Agent Zero Zero Nothing. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Rating of the German Film and Media Assessment
- ↑ The Man Who Knew Too Little on boxofficemojo.com (English), accessed November 14, 2012
- ↑ Top 100 Germany 1998. In: insidekino.de. Retrieved November 14, 2012.