Boy Soldiers
| Movie | |
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| German title | Boy Soldiers |
| Original title | Toy soldiers |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1991 |
| length | 112 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
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| Director | Daniel Petrie Jr. |
| script | Daniel Petrie Jr., David Koepp |
| production |
Jack E. Freedman , Patricia Herskovic , Wayne S. Williams |
| music | Robert Folk |
| camera | Thomas Burstyn |
| cut | Michael Kahn |
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Boy Soldiers is an American action film from the year 1991 .
action
Luis Cali, the son of a Colombian drug chief, tries to free his father, who has been caught by the authorities, but learns that he has already been extradited to the United States . Together with his American friend Jack Thorpe and his people, Cali flees the country and secretly goes to the USA. Once there, the group travels to Regis High School in Virginia , a private boys' boarding school. One of the students, Phil Donoghue, is the son of the judge who leads the trial of Cali Sr.; Cali plans to take him hostage in order to free his father.
Regis High School has a special, if dubious, reputation: the students' parents are generally wealthy and influential, but the students are considered - or are - extremely rebellious; many of them were expelled from other private schools for violating school rules, strikes and general insubordination. One of the most notorious groups is Billy Tepper, a friend and roommate of Donoghue's. They often play pranks on the teachers and the local sheriff, which has earned Billy the quiet but respectful hostility of Dean Parker, the vice-director.
Just before Cali and his men arrive, Donoghue is picked up by federal officials and taken to a secret location for Cali Sr.'s trial. When Luis Cali arrives and realizes that his target person is no longer there, but that most of the students are children from the upper class, he instead takes the student body and the director hostage. An attempt by the sheriff to free the hostages fails and the military moves in. Since Cali's gang is heavily armed and has mined the entire school, the military, on Parker's advice, decide to approach the matter carefully.
But Billy and his friends don't plan on just sitting still. They secretly collect all information about the terrorists , plan a way to neutralize the explosives in the school and use a secret cellar to get the rest of the students out of the line of fire, and allow Billy to escape the school for a short time and relay the information to the military. Parker, convinced Billy is doing the right thing, supports and advocates his plan in command of the operations. With the help of the information, the military begin to prepare for the liberation, but since too much is at stake, they prefer to release Cali Sr.
One of the students and Billy's best friend is Joey Trotta, the son of a New York Mafia boss . Out of respect for his father, Luis Cali decides to release Joey. But Joey, who despises his father, fights for a submachine gun and tries to free his friends by force, but is shot. Although Luis Cali tries to make it clear that it was just "an accident", Joey's father decides to avenge his son's death and has Cali Sr. killed in prison. This puts the military in a tight spot, and preparations are made to storm the school in a hurry.
The next morning, Billy and his friends begin implementing the plan and manage to get the other students and the principal to safety. A bomb disposal team is sent to the school, but is eliminated with a hand grenade ; Parker, who has followed the men, helps the wounded team leader get to the director's office. When Luis Cali notices what is going on, it is already too late: The military is deliberately incapacitating his guards, he only finds Billy as the only hostage, and thanks to his sabotage he cannot blow up the school either. When the special forces come threateningly close to him, Cali tries to detonate the bombs by hand. Parker intervenes and is wounded, and Cali is shot dead. After Billy and Parker have found a friendlier relationship, Billy reunites with his now freed friends.
criticism
The lexicon of international films said: "Partly gripping, but conventionally structured story, which is very brutal and subliminally spreads militaristic tendencies."
background
The Miller School of Albemarle in Charlottesville , Virginia was the location of the thriller . In 1997, Masterminds - The Duel with Patrick Stewart and Vincent Kartheiser , directed by Roger Christian, was a remake.
Film music
Since the film was originally to be produced by Steven Spielberg's production company Amblin Entertainment (in fact, some of Spielberg's employees were already working on the film and some of them, such as the film editor Michael Kahn , are also significantly involved in the end product), John Williams was initially responsible for the Score engaged. Williams was unable to accept the job due to lack of time, as he was working in Boston at the same time . Thereupon Robert Folk was hired as the new composer.
That folks music sounds like a direct throwback to John Williams is by design. In an interview Robert Folk stated: “Yes, you wanted to have music that was based on Williams. The director Daniel Petrie had a pretty good idea of what the music should sound like. [...] With Boy Soldiers [...] the music is very present, very dominant, just like in Spielberg's productions. "
Award
Sean Astin, Wil Wheaton, Keith Coogan, TE Russell and George Perez were nominated for the Young Artist Award in 1992 in the category “Best Ensemble in a Fiction”.
synchronization
The voice actors for the German version:
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Web links
- Boy Soldiers in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Comparison of the cut versions FSK16 - R-Rated by Boy Soldiers at Schnittberichte.com
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for Boy Soldiers . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , June 2014 (PDF; test number: 66 321 V).
- ↑ Boy Soldiers. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Der Deutsche Filmmusik-Dienst No. 18 / September 1991 - Interview with Robert Folk - by Thomas Karban , p. 13
- ↑ Boy Soldiers. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on August 22, 2015 .