On a knife edge - rivals on the edge

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Movie
German title On a knife edge - rivals on the edge
Original title The Edge
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1997
length 117 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Lee Tamahori
script David Mamet
production Kind Linson
music Jerry Goldsmith
camera Donald M. McAlpine
cut Neil Travis
occupation

The Razor's Edge - rivals on the brink ( The Edge ) is an American film drama by Lee Tamahori from the year 1997 . The script was written by David Mamet , with Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin in the lead roles .

action

The photographer Robert Green is supposed to take photos of the photo model Mickey Morse in Alaska . She is accompanied by her older and wealthy husband, Charles Morse, who soon realizes that she is cheating on him with the photographer. When Robert sees an old Indian in a photo, he wants to take a series of photos. Since the Indian lives on a distant lake, he undertakes a flight to this lake with Charles, his assistant Stephen and the pilot. During the flight, Charles asks Robert if he would like to kill him. Before there can be an answer, the plane gets caught in a flock of birds and crashes into a lake. The pilot dies instantly. The three other men save themselves, but are soon confronted with the dangers of the wilderness . Charles' knowledge of life in the wild will help them overcome most hazards. After Stephen has been attacked and eaten by a Kodiak bear , the bear hunts Robert and Charles, as Charles' assessment has given him a "taste for people". The two are forced to work together, and they manage to kill the bear.

When they finally reach a hut where they find a map and a rifle, Robert believes that he no longer needs Charles to find his way back to civilization. He intends to kill Charles. Robert is not only jealous of Charles' beautiful young wife, but also envious of his enormous wealth.

Robert, who got drunk on courage for the murder, is nervous and seriously injured when he falls into a pit that serves as a bear trap. Although Charles provides him with medical care, Robert dies as a result of the accident during the march through the wilderness. Shortly before his death, he asks Charles for forgiveness and tells him that the woman was not privy to the murder plan. Charles Morse is the only one saved.

Back in civilization, he tells his wife that he knows everything about adultery. He then tells the press that Robert died trying to save his life.

background

The film was shot in various locations in Alberta and British Columbia . Filming began on August 19, 1996 and ended on November 22, 1996. The film had its world premiere on September 6, 1997 at the Toronto International Film Festival . On September 26, 1997 he was seen for the first time in the USA. The film was shown on November 26, 1997 at the International Film Festival in Thessaloniki . It was shown in German cinemas on April 16, 1998. He was seen in Austria from June 5, 1998. On the opening weekend, the film grossed over 7.7 million US dollars in the USA , while in Germany over 475,000 D-Marks were made. A total of almost 27.8 million US dollars was earned in the USA, outside the US there was further income of around 6.3 million US dollars. In the first week of the game, over 40,500 viewers were counted at the German box offices. On June 4, 2002, the film was 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment as DVD releases, is included on the no bonus material.

After the initial planning, Dustin Hoffman should play the role of Charles Morse, it was also planned to cast the role with Robert De Niro .

The German Film and Media Evaluation FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the title valuable.

Soundtrack

The score was written by Jerry Goldsmith and published twice on CD.

With the film release on September 30, 1997 , RCA Records released a CD that contains ten music tracks.

No. title
1. Lost in the Wind
2. The ravine
3. Birds
4th Mighty Hunter
5. Bitter coffee
6th stalking
7th Deadfall
8th. The River
9. Rescued
10. The Edge

On June 15, 2010, the special label La-La Land Records released a version of the soundtrack consisting of 20 music tracks and three bonus tracks, which represent alternative versions of previous tracks. The release contains around 25 minutes of previously unreleased material, with production of the CD limited to 3,500 copies. While on the RCA-CD in the title "Rescued" some interfering noises can be heard in quieter parts of the piece of music, this error was corrected when La-La Land Records was re-released.

No. title Duration
1. Early arrival 1:32
2. Lost In The Wild (s) 2:59
3. A lucky man / open door 1:41
4th Mighty Hunter 1:31
5. The Spirit 0:36
6th Birds 2:22
7th The Fire / Breakfast 2:31
8th. Rich man 0:58
9. The ravine 4:36
10. Bitter coffee 3:01
11. Wound 1:38
12. Stephen's Death 2:26
13. The Cage / False Hope / No Matches 3:34
14th stalking 5:46
15th Deadfall / Bear Fight 6:21
16. The Discovery / Turn Your Back 5:01
17th The River 2:26
18th Rescued 6:03
19th End Title (Lost In The Wild) (s) 1:59
20th The Edge 2:55
21st False Hope (Alternate Take) 1:08
22nd Rescued (Film Version Ending) 1:19
23. The Edge (Alternate Take) 3:00

criticism

James Berardinelli wrote on movie-reviews.colossus.net that the film was more of a parody of an adventure film. He said the scriptwriter and the director had completely different concepts of the film. Berardinelli praised the music by Jerry Goldsmith and the special effects in the scene of the plane disaster. In the "Chicago Sun-Times" of September 26, 1997, Roger Ebert found the clichés of the film amusing ("funny"). TV Movie 8/1998 certified the film as having "psychological depth". Film-dienst 8/1998 praised the nature shots and criticized that the film was neither an adventure film nor a “psychological chamber play”; the "weak" script was also criticized. Der Spiegel 16/1998 described the film as implausible. Hans Schifferle found in the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” of April 16, 1998 that Tamahori had made a “precise, gripping film” that “hides some secrets in its simple structure. Tamahori could become one of Hollywood's last auteurs , succeeding Andrew Marton , Robert Aldrich and John Huston . ”In the“ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ”on April 17, 1998, Lars-Olav Beier wrote :“ Sometimes The Edge is marginalized a self-discovery trip under extreme conditions, an adventure vacation for the tormented soul, even if the film never crashes in the end. The attraction of Mamet's scripts is that their construction always shines through, but this time the artificiality contrasts strongly with the ambience in which the film is set. "

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for Auf Messer's Edge - Rivals on the Abyss . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 78713 / V). Template: FSK / maintenance / type not set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. ↑ Locations according to the Internet Movie Database
  3. ↑ a b c d budget and box office results according to the Internet Movie Database
  4. ↑ a b c d e Start dates according to the Internet Movie Database
  5. ↑ Background information according to the Internet Movie Database
  6. ↑ Soundtrack from RCA Records
  7. ↑ Soundtrack ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , La-La Land Records @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lalalandrecords.com
  8. ^ Review by James Berardinelli
  9. ^ Review by Roger Ebert
  10. ↑ On a knife edge - rivals on the precipice. Brief review. In: film-dienst 8/1998. August 1998, accessed August 20, 2014 .
  11. ↑ Cristina Moles Kaupp: Film review: "On a knife edge - rivals on the precipice" - Frozen clichés. In: Der Spiegel . April 14, 1998, accessed August 20, 2014 .
  12. ↑ Cinema in a nutshell: On a knife edge - rivals on the edge. In: Der Spiegel . No. 16 , 1998 ( online - 13 April 1998 ).

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