Bush Christmas - 40 degrees in the shade
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Bush Christmas - 40 degrees in the shade |
| Original title | Bush Christmas |
| Country of production | Australia |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1983 |
| length | 91 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Henri Safran |
| script |
Ted Roberts, based on a short story by Ralph Smart, retold by Mary Cathcart Borer |
| production |
Gilda Baracchi Paul D. Barron |
| music | Mike Perjanik |
| camera |
Ross Berryman Malcolm Richards |
| cut | Ron Williams |
| occupation | |
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Bush Christmas - 40 degrees in the shade (Original title: Bush Christmas , cross-reference Prince and the Great Race ) is an Australian family film from 1983 directed by Henri Safran. The film plot is based on a literary adaptation of the short story by Ralph Smart , which was retold by Mary Cathcart Borer. It is a remake of the film The Children of Mara-Mara from 1947.
The young Helen, played by Nicole Kidman, who was 14 at the time in her first film role, pursues horse thieves in the rough Australian wilderness together with her siblings and the Aborigine Manalpuy.
action
The Thompson family makes a living from breeding racehorses. When their prince, their most valuable horse, is stolen, Helen, the daughter of the family, along with her younger brother and a cousin from England, set out to pursue the horse thieves. Manalpuy, an Aboriginal boy and friend of the Thompson children, is also there. Helen is not the only one who knows that the Thompsons Prince registered for a major race with a high prize money in order to avert the threat of expropriation by winning the money.
On their adventurous hunt through the Australian wilderness, the children get lost in the bush and have to fight for survival. Ultimately, however, they manage to capture the thieves and bring Prince back in time for the race. And the animal fulfills the expectations placed in it, wins the race and with it the prize money. A reason for the Thompsons to celebrate Christmas with special gratitude and a happy heart.
Production, background and publication
The film was produced by the Australian Hoyts Productions. The film was shot in Beaudesert in southeast Queensland , Australia .
After the production company ran out of money on the first attempt to make the film, Henri Safran was commissioned to direct the second attempt. Safran took on the task and took over the existing cast without looking. Nicole Kidman began a new phase of life with her first film role. The young actress was shocked when she first saw footage of herself. She is reported to have said: "I couldn't believe it was me, with that stupid walk and that strange voice." Despite her opinion of herself, the film was a success, which Kidman subsequently played in the action comedy BMX- Bandits procured. Already in her first film she was dubbed by Petra Barthel, who she later spoke in almost all of her films.
The film was released in Australia on December 22, 1983. In the GDR it was first broadcast on December 21, 1986 in the DFF under the title Horses as fast as an arrow - smart thieves . In the Federal Republic of Germany it was shown for the first time on July 5, 1992 in the program of the MDR / ORB . The film was shown in Portugal under the title Memórias dum Natal .
criticism
Cinema was of the opinion that it was a “passable remake of a children's film from 1947” and drew the conclusion: “O. k.-adventure with the young Kidman. "
For the lexicon of international films, it was about “exciting and humorous youth entertainment”.
Web links
- Bush Christmas - 40 degrees in the shade in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nicole Kidman - The Painful at bertz-fischer.de, accessed on December 21, 2015.
- ↑ The voice actor Nicole Kidman is Petra Barthel at synchronsprecher.com
- ↑ Bush Christmas - 40 degrees in the shade © cinema.de, accessed on December 21, 2015.
- ↑ Bush Christmas - 40 degrees in the shade. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .