Catwoman (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Catwoman |
| Original title | Catwoman |
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| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2004 |
| length | 104 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 12 JMK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Pitof |
| script |
John D. Brancato , Michael Ferris , John Rogers |
| production |
Denise Di Novi , Edward McDonnell |
| music | Klaus Badelt |
| camera | Thierry Arbogast |
| cut | Sylvie Landra |
| occupation | |
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Catwoman is the real-life adaptation of the supporting character Catwoman from the DC Comics about Batman by director Pitof from 2004 . It was released in US cinemas on July 23, 2004 and in German cinemas on August 17.
action
Patience Phillips, an advertising designer at the cosmetics company Hedare, happened to find out one evening about the criminal intentions of group chairman Laurel Hedare: when she broke into the main building at night to hand in a project and accidentally had a conversation between Hedare and the chief scientist about the destructive effects of one Pursuing a new beauty product, Phillips is killed that evening by the industrialists' henchmen by flooding the chemical waste pipe through which she escapes. But that same night she is brought back to life by a magical ancient Egyptian cat named Midnight - and with it her new alter ego Catwoman .
This character offers Patience Phillips completely new freedoms and the opportunity to live unfamiliar desires and feelings. So Patience finally dares to get to know Detective Tom Lone better. She defeats him in basketball, impresses him in throwing cans and saves a child before his eyes. First of all, Patience and Catwoman are two independent characters in one person. But gradually their intentions mix more and more, because both want to find their murderer.
With the help of Ophelia Powers, the owner of Midnights, Catwoman gets closer and closer to solving her murder, but she also gets entangled in the crimes of Laurel Hedare, who hangs the murders she has committed on the people who stand in her way, Catwoman. In the course of his investigation, Detective Lone not only discovers Catwoman's true identity, which he then locks up in prison, but also collects evidence of Laurel's perpetration.
When Lone wants to confront Laurel, he is shot by her. Before Laurel can kill him, he is rescued by the now-broken Catwoman. Laurel falls to her death after a fight between Laurel and Catwoman. Since Lone suspects Phillips in prison, he concludes that she is not Catwoman.
In the end, Catwoman says goodbye to Detective Lone in a letter and walks over the rooftops towards the full moon.
backgrounds
- The Catwoman portrayed in the film is only loosely based on the Catwoman from the comic book . For example, the name of Catwoman from the comic, which Michelle Pfeiffer also wore in Batman's Return , was changed for the new actress from Selina Kyle to Patience Phillips . The offshoot does not feature Gotham City or Batman . However, in the film there is a picture of Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman.
- With a budget of 100 million US dollars the shooting on September 29, 2003 began Los Angeles , California , United States ; Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada , at Warner Bros Studios in Los Angeles and Lions Gate Film Studios in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada. They ended on February 2, 2004.
Reviews
"Staged without charm and surprises, the meticulously told, formally not very compelling film misses above all the secret of the chimerical existence between inconspicuous normality and excessive border crossing."
“In 'Catwoman', director Pitof [fiddles] around with annoying staccato cuts and mediocre computer animation in a shockingly awkward manner. [...] In addition, Pitof is increasingly relying on the curves of his main actress. Halle Berry plays the seductive cat woman in lacquer and leather lasciviously and sexy, but her portrayal of the wallflower Patience, who keeps tripping over her own feet, seems too affected. [...] But most of all, the banal story spoils the fun of the superhero. It takes action against toxins in face creams, of all things. The fact that cosmetics trigger allergies and pimples is not a threat, it is almost normal. "
“The whole film doesn't work magic, it's boring and sedate. For the most part, 'Catwoman' does not fulfill what one rightly expects from a superhero film, offers neither action, nor humor, nor intelligent ideas: Although it should actually be about female self-awareness, in the end all that remains is concern about 'him' Guys' and the moral of women's magazines: fat friends are nice, and beauty madness is stupid. It's a shame about the missed opportunity. "
“But when Catwoman sneaks away over the roof gable into the moonlight at the end, with her backside swaying, then you've definitely had more fun than the majority of this year's summer blockbusters. Schnurrrrr! "
"... a terribly badly told film that confuses tension with noise and speed with hectic."
Awards
The film, which fell short of commercial and artistic expectations, won a number of awards at the 2005 Golden Raspberry Awards . In addition to the “main prize” for the worst film and prizes in the categories of director and screenplay , Oscar winner Halle Berry was also honored with the Golden Raspberry for the worst leading actress . However, she surprised her by personally picking up this anti-prize at the award ceremony. There she repeated, ironically modified, her acceptance speech at the reception of the Oscars three years earlier.
The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating particularly valuable.
Web links
- Official movie site ( english )
- Catwoman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Catwoman in the online movie database
- Catwoman in the TMDb (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Age rating for Catwoman . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ Catwoman. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ cf. TV feature film
- ↑ cf. BR-online ( Memento from April 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Matthias Matussek: To the point, kittens . In: Der Spiegel . No. 34 , 2004 ( online ).
- ↑ Cf. Das Science Fiction Jahr 2005 , ed. by Sascha Mamczak and Wolfgang Jeschke , Wilhelm Heyne Verlag , ISBN 3-453-52068-8 , p. 732.
- ^ The worst films of all time, heise.de , accessed on January 22, 2013