Bound

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Movie
German title Bound
Original title Bound
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1996
length 108 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director The Wachowskis
script The Wachowskis
production Stuart Boros ,
Andrew Lazar
music Don Davis
camera Bill Pope
cut Zach Staenberg
occupation
synchronization

Bound - Gefesselt (Original title: Bound ) is an American thriller from 1996 . It is the first directing work by the Wachowski siblings , who also wrote the script . The main roles were played by Gina Gershon , Jennifer Tilly and Joe Pantoliano .

action

Violet lives with her friend Caesar, who works for the Mafia . Caesar and the other gangsters are shown torturing a man named Shelly who owes the Mafia money. They threaten to cut off his fingers.

Violet gets to know the craftsman Corky, who was arrested shortly before. Violet thinks she is very different from herself at first. They get to know each other better and begin an affair. When Violet learns that Caesar is keeping Shelly's two million dollars in the apartment , she persuades Corky to steal the money. She hopes that Caesar will lose his nerve and go into hiding so that he can be used as a scapegoat.

Caesar sees through the plan, ties Corky and threatens her to mutilate Violet. With difficulty, the two women succeed in overpowering Caesar, killing him and making the corpse disappear. At the end of the film, they are sitting in a car in which they want to leave town. Corky asks Violet about the differences between the two and adds - after Violet doesn't know any - that she doesn't know any either.

Reviews

James Berardinelli compared the film on ReelViews to the thriller The Usual Suspects and counted it among the most notable films of the time. He described the portrayal of Gina Gershon as "excellent" and Jennifer Tilly as "perfect". Berardinelli also praised the film's images and camera work.

Prisma-online.de described the film as “intelligent” and “sparkling”.

synchronization

role actor Voice actor
Violet Jennifer Tilly Sandra Schwittau
Corky Gina Gershon Claudia Kleiber
Caesar Joe Pantoliano Crock Krumbiegel
Micky Malnato John P. Ryan Klaus Guth
Johnnie Marzzone Christopher Meloni Michael Schernthaner
Gino Marzzone Richard C. Sarafian Klaus Kindler

Awards

The film was nominated for the Saturn Award in five categories : Best Thriller , Gina Gershon as Best Actress , Jennifer Tilly as Best Supporting Actress , Joe Pantoliano as Best Supporting Actor , Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski as Best Screenwriters .

Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly were nominated for the MTV Movie Award . Jennifer Tilly won the Fantasporto Award from the Festival Internacional de Cinema do Porto .

The Wachowski siblings won the Fantasporto Award , the Outfest Award from the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival and a prize from the Stockholm International Film Festival . You have been nominated for the Chlotrudis Award and for a prize at the Deauville Film Festival .

The film won the GLAAD Media Award . Bill Pope was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for cinematography .

The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating particularly valuable.

background

The Wachowski siblings said in an interview that they wanted to break the conventions of film noir and create two strong female characters. The success of the film made it possible for both of them to realize the Matrix film project according to their own ideas.

The music of a jew's harp played by Corky can be heard or seen several times in the film. The jew's harp is played by Gina Gershon herself.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ reelviews.net: Bound
  2. ↑ prisma-online.de: Bound - tied up
  3. ↑ German synchronous index: German synchronous index | Movies | Bound. Retrieved March 7, 2018 .

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