Bigfoot and the Hendersons

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Movie
German title Bigfoot and the Hendersons
Original title Harry and the Hendersons
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1987
length 111 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director William Dear
script William Dear,
Bill Martin ,
Ezra D. Rappaport
production William Dear,
Richard Vane
music Bruce Broughton
camera Allen Daviau ,
George Koblasa
cut Donn Cambern
occupation
synchronization

Bigfoot and the Hendersons (Original title: Harry and the Hendersons ) is an American comedy film from 1987 by director William Dear .

action

The Henderson family from Seattle are vacationing in the Rocky Mountains . Father George is blinded by the sun on the way home and hits a large, hairy creature in his car. Only on closer inspection does the family realize that it is the legendary mythical creature Bigfoot . Since George senses appearances on television shows and a lucrative business for the discovery of Bigfoot, they unceremoniously pack the lifeless creature on the roof of the car and drive it back to town. But Bigfoot just passed out and wakes up in the Hendersons garage that night. Bigfoot cannot find his way around the unfamiliar environment and devastates the family home. He is appalled by the many furs and stuffed animal trophies in the house and buries them in the garden.

The family fears Bigfoot at first, and George, who works in a hunting shop, wants to shoot the animal. But eventually he feels sorry for him and recognizes the human features of Bigfoot, who is basically a harmless giant. The Hendersons befriend Bigfoot and George names him "Harry".

Attempts to keep Bigfoot as a pet will fail because he just wasn't made for the human world. So the Hendersons decide that it is best for everyone to get Harry back into the wild. The project is made more difficult by the big game hunter Jacques LaFleur, who is hot on Harry's heels. Eventually the Hendersons manage to bring Harry back into his natural environment and even the hunter takes Bigfoot into his heart.

background

  • The film starring Ronald Reagan and a monkey, shown on television, is Bedtime for Bonzo from 1951.
  • The song Love Lives On , played during the credits, is sung by Joe Cocker .
  • Filming began on May 28, 1986 and ended in September 1986.
  • It was released in the US on June 5, 1987, and on December 17, 1987 in Germany.
  • The film grossed around $ 50 million in cinemas around the world, including around $ 30 million in the United States.
  • Between 1991 and 1993, a US television series of the same name appeared as a television offshoot of the movie with a total of 72 half-hour episodes.

Reviews

"An amusing, routinely staged comedy with good ideas, ironic echoes of the American lifestyle and sentimental-kitschy passages that address the need for protection of nature and ecological relationships without going deeper," said the lexicon of the international film . Cinema described the film as an " ET version that replaces the alien with a good-natured monster from whom the family can learn something for life". The result was: "Cuddly staged by Spielberg student William Dear for Spielberg's production company Amblin Entertainment."

Awards

At the 1988 Academy Awards , makeup artist Rick Baker won the "Best Make-up" category. The film was nominated for a Saturn Award in 1988 in four categories : As "Best Fantasy Film", William Dear as "Best Director", Melinda Dillon as "Best Actress" and Rick Baker for "Best Make-up". The film was also nominated in three categories for a Young Artist Award in 1988. In 1987 he also won a Genesis Award.

synchronization

The German dubbed version was created by Berliner Synchron Wenzel Lüdecke GmbH . Dialog book and direction was led by Andreas Pollak .

role actor Voice actor
George Henderson John Lithgow Christian Brückner
Nancy Henderson Melinda Dillon Marianne Lutz
Sarah Henderson Margaret Langrick Natascha Rybakowski
Ernie Henderson Joshua Rudoy Tarek Helmy
Harry (Bigfoot) Kevin Peter Hall
Jacques LaFleur David Suchet Joachim Kerzel
Irene Moffitt Lainie Kazan Evelyn Gressmann
Dr. Wallace Wrightwood Don Ameche Friedrich Schoenfelder
George Henderson Sr. M. Emmet Walsh Robert Dietl
Jerome Vern Taylor Wolfgang Völz

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Financial information for the film on boxofficemojo.com
  2. ↑ Bigfoot and the Hendersons. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed May 30, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. ↑ Bigfoot and the Hendersons on cinema.de
  4. ↑ Thomas Bräutigam : Stars and their German voices. Lexicon of voice actors . Schüren, Marburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-89472-627-0 , enclosed data CD.