Anchorman - The Legend Returns
Movie | |
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German title | Anchorman - The Legend Returns |
Original title | Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 2013 |
length | 119 minutes |
Age rating |
FSK 12 JMK 12 |
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Director | Adam McKay |
script |
Will Ferrell , Adam McKay |
production |
Judd Apatow , Will Ferrell, Adam McKay |
music |
Andrew Feltenstein , John Nau |
camera | Oliver Wood |
cut |
Brent White , Melissa Bretherton |
occupation | |
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chronology | |
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Anchorman - The Legend Returns (Original Title: Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues ) is an American comedy film directed by Adam McKay and is the sequel to Anchorman - The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004). The film opened in German cinemas on January 30, 2014.
action
Reporter Ron Burgundy, his wife Veronica Corningstone, weather expert Brick Tamland, street reporter Brian Fantana and sports expert Champ Kind starred on a local channel 4 news show in San Diego, but the team was split up. Seven years later, Ron and Veronica work as a presenter duo for a national broadcaster in New York until their boss promotes Veronica and Ron quits at the same time. He can't cope with this situation at all and gives his wife the choice between a career and marriage. She chooses the job. This is how things go downhill with the abandoned Ron: First he hires out as a presenter of a dolphin show in a theme park, but there, too, he is fired. It wasn't until one day representatives of the new round-the-clock broadcaster GNN showed up and wanted to hire him for a news program that the tide turned. Ron sets out to hire his old comrades, but Brian Fatana is now a successful cat photographer, Champ Kind runs a fast food restaurant and Brick Tamland appears to have had a serious accident.
background
In May 2008, Adam McKay said that he and Will Ferrell were discussing a sequel to the first film. On July 23, 2008, McKay announced that he and Ferrell were already working on the film. Carrell, Rudd, and Ferrell himself accepted wage cuts for the film. In March 2012, Paramount Pictures confirmed the sequel.
Filming took place from March to May 2013 on St. Simons Island and Georgia , among others . The film premiered on December 18, 2013. The film was released under distribution by Paramount Pictures .
Reviews
In the USA the film received mostly good reviews - on Rotten Tomatoes 75% of the 177 recorded reviews were (rather) positive, with many reviews indicating that the sequel is very similar to its predecessor.
For example, B. Richard Corliss in Time Magazine :
"Wine connoisseurs would call this a new Burgundy with an old bouquet."
"Wine lovers would describe this film as a new Burgundy with an old bouquet."
In the Internet Movie Database , the sequel achieved a rating of 6.3 (around 144,000 users voted).
German-speaking critics gave the film mixed ratings. While Andreas Staben on Filmstarts.de described the film as a “successful satire on the news business”, Cinema reported “insults and nonsense alternating - the mix doesn't always make it easy for the viewer”. Christopher Diekhaus described the sequel in his reviews for Kino-Zeit.de and Spielfilm.de as “questionable pleasure” with only “a few successful gags” and all the more “dull jokes”. The film service found that the sequel wanted to "continue the carefree comedy of the original", which did not quite succeed. Nevertheless, the "episodically told film entertained with its carefree humor, which despite satirical swipes primarily revolves around the stupidity of its main characters."
Awards
- 2013: 3rd place in the Key Art Awards for “Best Sound & Video Technology” for the trailer .
- 2014: American Comedy Award for Will Ferrell as "Best Actor"
Cameo appearances
- Harrison Ford : Mack Tannen, WBC
- Vince Vaughn : Wes Mantooth, Channel 9
- Will Smith : Jeff Bullington, ESPN
- Jim Carrey : Scott Riles, CBC News
- Marion Cotillard : Reporter for the French-speaking Québec News
- Sacha Baron Cohen : BBC News reporter
- Drake : Soul Brother
- Kirsten Dunst : El Trousias, the virgin from the clouds
- Tina Fey and Amy Poehler : Entertainment Tonight's news team
- Liam Neeson : Reporter from the History Channel
- John C. Reilly : Spirit of Thomas Jonathan Jackson
- Kanye West : Wesley Jackson of MTV News
Web links
- Anchorman - The Legend Returns in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Anchorman - The Legend Returns at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Anchorman - The Legend Returns at Metacritic (English)
- Anchorman returns in the online film database
- Anchorman - The legend returns in the German dubbing index
- Official website for the film
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release Certificate for Anchorman - The Legend Returns . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2014 (PDF; test number: 142 877 K).
- ↑ Age rating for Anchorman - The Legend Returns . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ Premiere in Germany
- ↑ Anchorman 2 at rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved January 27, 2014 .
- ↑ Richard Corliss . In: Time Magazine . Retrieved January 27, 2014.
- ^ Anchorman 2 at imdb.com. Retrieved December 12, 2017 .
- ^ Anchorman 2 at Filmstarts.de. Retrieved January 27, 2014 .
- ↑ Anchorman 2 at Cinema.de. Retrieved January 27, 2014 .
- ↑ Anchorman 2 at kino-zeit.de. Retrieved January 27, 2014 .
- ↑ Anchorman 2 at spielfilm.de. Retrieved January 27, 2014 .
- ^ Anchorman 2 at filmdienst.de. Retrieved January 27, 2014 .