Black Moon (1986)
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German title | Black moon |
Original title | Black Moon Rising |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1986 |
length | 100 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 16 |
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Director | Harley Cokeliss |
script |
John Carpenter William Gray |
production |
Douglas Curtis Joel B. Michaels |
music | Lalo Schifrin |
camera | Misha Suslov |
cut | Todd Ramsay |
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Black Moon (Original Title: Black Moon Rising ) is an American feature film from 1986 . The director was Harley Cokeliss (aka Cokliss) and the script was co-written by John Carpenter and William Gray . The main roles were played by Tommy Lee Jones and Linda Hamilton .
action
The federal tax authorities and the FBI are making no progress in investigating a company. The thief Sam Quint is assigned to steal a magnetic tape cassette with the evidence of the crimes from the corporate headquarters. He is recognized and hunted; on the run, he hides the cassette in the prototype of the high-tech Black Moon car .
A short time later, the prototype is stolen by Nina and taken to the underground garage under a high-rise complex. She works for a gang of car thieves led by Ed Ryland. Ryland fears that Black Moon as a very special car could be easily recognized anywhere and has it locked in a box. Nina is upset about it. When she leaves the complex in her car, Quint follows her to a nightclub, where he approaches her. They have sex at home.
Quint is pressured to hand over the cassette to his client within 72 hours. He allies himself with the designers of the vehicle, who want it back as quickly as possible, and together they plan a break-in into the high-rise complex. This succeeds as far as possible, but an unknown safety device prevents Black Moon and Nina from escaping , who has fallen out of favor with Ryland. Ryland uses the car elevator to take the vehicle to a higher floor. Quint and Nina run over him there and use a special drive to escape through the air into the neighboring high-rise, where Quint hands over the cassette.
background
The eponymous car is based on the Wingho Concordia II from 1980. The designers were Bernard Beaujardin and Clyde Kwok from the Montreal-based company Wingho Auto Classique . Since it was a one-off piece, a copy had to be made for the stunts, and another copy was built for the interior shots. The cinema premiere in Germany took place on January 16, 1986.
Reviews
Film-Dienst wrote that the film was “ surprisingly skilled in terms of craftsmanship, effective in some technical details and for the most part entertaining; in terms of content and character, however, it is extremely insubstantial ”.
Awards
Harley Cokeliss has been nominated for the MystFest Prize of the Festival Internazionale del Giallo e del Mistro Cinema Televisione Letteratura .
Web links
- Black Moon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Black Moon in the online film database
- Black Moon atRotten Tomatoes(English)
- Black Moon Rising - a review in English
- http://www.famouscars.de/images/black-moon/black-moon.htm ( Memento from January 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- Comparison of the cut versions FSK 16 - R-Rated by Black Moon at Schnittberichte.com