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Movie
German title American Gun
Original title American Gun
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2005
length 95 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Aric Avelino
script Aric Avelino,
Steven Bagatourian
production Ted Kroeber
music Peter Golub
camera Nancy Schreiber
cut Richard North
occupation

American Gun is an American drama film directed by Aric Avelino in 2005 .

action

The film tells three stories, all of which have to do with weapons. Janet Huttenson's son had shot dead several people in a high school three years earlier before he was shot himself. Janet and her second son David experience financial difficulties. The woman accepts the offer to appear on a television show - for which she should receive money. The police officer Frank also appears in the program.

Carter runs a high school located in downtown Chicago . He moved to town from a smaller town in Ohio . His marriage is in turmoil due to the workload. His student Jay is caught with a gun and is about to be expelled from school.

Carl Wilk runs a gun shop in Charlottesville . His student granddaughter Mary Ann Wilk works in this shop. She feels uncomfortable after one of her friends is ambushed with a gun. At the end of the film, a sign is shown in Carl's shop announcing that used weapons are being purchased.

synchronization

The German dubbing was carried out by FFS Film- & Fernseh-Synchron GmbH, Munich, dialogue direction was carried out by Marina Köhler based on the dialogue book by Stefan Sidak .

Reviews

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on April 7, 2006 that the film tells three quiet, sad stories; the end of one of the stories is open. They were stories about people who would find that weapons in the hands of other people would make life almost impossible. All three stories ask how a meaningful life is possible in a society in which many people can be armed.

Joe Leydon wrote in Variety magazine on November 7, 2005 that the film was slow-paced and dramatically diffuse, which made it a failure. He lacks a focus and the momentum to connect the three stories. The strong cast could attract video viewers, but not the cinema audience. The most interesting are the scenes with Marcia Gay Harden and Chris Marquette; they could have been made into a separate film.

Awards

Ted Kroeber in the Best Picture category and Forest Whitaker and Marcia Gay Harden as actors were nominated for the Independent Spirit Award in 2007.

background

The film had its world premiere on September 15, 2005 at the Toronto International Film Festival . It was shown in individual cinemas in the USA, where it grossed around 24,000 US dollars .

swell

  1. ↑ Certificate of Release for American Gun . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , July 2008 (PDF; test number: 114 700 DVD).
  2. ^ Review by Roger Ebert, accessed on August 2, 2007
  3. ↑ Review by Joe Leydon, accessed on August 2, 2007 ( Memento of August 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ American Gun premiere dates, accessed August 2, 2007
  5. ^ Box office / business for American Gun, accessed August 2, 2007

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