Boeing-Boeing (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Boeing-Boeing |
| Original title | Boeing Boeing |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1965 |
| length | 102 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | John Rich |
| script | Edward Anhalt |
| production | Hal B. Wallis |
| music | Neal Hefti |
| camera | Lucien Ballard |
| cut |
Warren Low Archie Marshek |
| occupation | |
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Boeing-Boeing is a 1965 American comedy film.
action
Bernard Lawrence, an American journalist and now a foreign correspondent in Paris , is engaged to three stewardesses at the same time and plans his love life according to the flight schedules of three airlines. The French Jacqueline works for Air France , Lise Bruner for Lufthansa and Vicky Hawkins for British United . This requires an enormous logistical effort, with his housekeeper Bertha helping him.
When he takes Vicky to the airport and wants to pick up Lise, they meet Robert, an old friend who has been transferred from Berlin to Paris. This is reluctantly inaugurated by Bernard because he has not found a hotel room and wanted to stay with him. When they arrive home with Lise, Vicky calls from the airport to say that she has been transferred to the new type of aircraft, the VC-10 , and is now coming home. Bernard rushes to the airport and can catch Vicky just in time. While they are talking, Lise appears, who was also transferred to another aircraft, the "Super Boeing". The women barely miss each other. At the same time, Jacqueline arrives at the apartment and meets Robert, who is now even more astonished about the third woman. Jacqueline has also been transferred to a newer, faster aircraft, the “Ultra-Caravelle”. Bernard is appalled that this upset his plans (one above, one below and one commuting).
More and more people are now present in the household than Bernard's nerves can handle. The three women almost meet each other several times. Housekeeper Bertha is so annoyed by the mess that she quits. When Robert lures Vicky out of the house so that Bernard can take care of Jacqueline, Lise faints because Bertha had previously overdosed on her sedative. Bernard and Robert rush home. Meanwhile, Vicky has fallen in love with Robert and wants to break off her engagement to Bernard. There is a final meeting in Bernard's apartment, where Vicky meets Jacqueline. Bernard introduces her as his new fiancée, as Vicky is now Robert’s fiancée. Suddenly Lise appears, who has woken up and Bernard's dizziness is exposed. As they flee from the apartment, to make matters worse, Bernard's translator suddenly appears and introduces him to a stewardess from Japan Air Lines .
background
The film was based on the successful tabloid comedy of the same name by the French writer Marc Camoletti , which premiered in Paris in 1960. The play was translated into English and performed for the first time in London in 1962 . It hit Broadway in 1965 and was made into a film that year. The Broadway production was played for seven years. The role of Bernard played there Ian Carmichael . In 1991 it was entered in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's most-performed French play . The play experienced a revival on Broadway in 2008 with great success. The role of Bernard played this time Bradley Whitford and the role of housekeeper Bertha took over Christine Baranski . Mark Rylance received a 2008 Tony Award for his role as Robert Reed .
Reviews
- Lexicon of International Films : Amusing Hollywood Star Comedy.
- Protestant film observer : “Amusing, if provided with a few moral question marks, Hollywood theater play turned into a cinematic slapstick, which, in terms of writing and direction, gives little indication of the glamor of the best US film comedies. [...] The film can convey little of the pleasure that critical adults can experience in the theater with the story. "
Awards
Jerry Lewis was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1966 for best actor in a comedy . Thelma Ritter also received a Golden Globe nomination for best supporting actress.
Web links
- Boeing Boeing in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Boeing-Boeing. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Evangelischer Presseverband München, Critique No. 89/1966