Charro!
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Charro |
| Original title | Charro! |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1969 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Charles Marquis Warren |
| script | Charles Marquis Warren Frederick Louis Fox |
| production |
George Templeton Harry Caplan Charles Marquis Warren |
| music | Hugo Montenegro |
| camera | Ellsworth Fredericks |
| cut | Al Clark |
| occupation | |
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Charro is an American Independent - Western from 1969 and Elvis Presley third last film. When it was first released in the Federal Republic of Germany, it was still approved for ages 18 and over, but in May 2007 the film industry's voluntary self-regulation certified it to be approved for ages 12 and over based on current standards.
action
In Mexico in 1870, Jess Wade broke up with a group of bandits . From now on he wants to live in a righteous way, but the group around the brutal Vince Hackett will not allow this. She steals the “Victory Gun”, a cannon with religious - patriotic value for the Mexicans, and accuses Wade of the theft. Hackett causes the pressure of wanted posters , which are tailored to Wade and him with a supposed scar describe the neck. Thereupon the criminals catch their former companion in a small town and use a glowing metal rod to attach the scar that they were looking for in the wanted man to the appropriate place.
Wade returns to the city where his former love Tracey Winters owns a hotel and stays with her. He convinces his friend, the sheriff of the city, of his innocence and together they forge a plan how they can put an end to the gang. When Hackett's stupid brother Billy Roy comes to town for pleasure one evening, the two want to arrest him. In the heat of the moment, the crook shoots the sheriff down, but is arrested by Wade and locked in a cell. While the sheriff's chances of survival decrease, he appoints Wade to be his bedside helper.
Hackett wants to free his brother, and when Wade is unwilling to release him, his group bombs the small town with the "Victory Gun". Wade is unpopular with residents because of deaths; the sheriff is also killed in an explosion in his home. Then the sheriff's wife reveals the scar on Wade's neck - all residents believe he is the wanted criminal. Single-handedly, Wade can ultimately deceive and overwhelm his adversaries. Billy Roy dies in the action and the gang surrenders. Wade promises Winters to return to her when he has turned the bandits over to court .
background
The shooting for Charro found July-August 1968 in Apache Junction , Arizona , and in November 1968 in the Samuel Goldwyn studios in Hollywood instead. The film was to carry the title Come Sundown, Come Hell until shortly before its premiere (March 13, 1969) (" Hell begins with sunset"). The ultimately eponymous Charro ( span . "Proud cowboy ") is the traditional Mexican vaquero and the nickname Wades in the film. In West Germany, Charro! First performed on August 15, 1969.
It's the only Elvis Presley movie in which Presley has a beard and doesn't sing during the plot. Only one song - Charro , recorded on October 15, 1968 - is recorded during the opening credits and appeared in the same year as the B-side of the Presley single Memories . Another piece, called Let's Forget About the Stars , was recorded for the film but was ultimately not used. The compilation Let’s Be Friends (1970) contains it along with other previously unreleased songs.
Presley received $ 850,000 in gage , more than half of the total film budget .
criticism
Joe Hembus states that Presley is acting in “a confused, downright ridiculously unbelievable film.” Phil Hardy notes that Presley is clearly making an effort, but “Warren's static direction, the camera lingering on Presley's unassuming facial expression in close-up (...) and the stupid story ” are “ just too much ” . Even the Protestant film observer does not think much of the film : "The cleanly staged film fails miserably because of the illogic and confusion of its material."
Web links
- Charro! in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Release certificate for Charro! Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , May 2007 (PDF; test number: 41 010 DVD).
- ↑ IMDb : Titles with certificate: West Germany: 18 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Charro! In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed October 5, 2016 .
- ↑ elvis.ie: Archive link ( Memento of the original from November 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ elvistribute.us: Elvis Movie “Charro” (1969) ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Joe Hembus: Western Lexicon - 1272 films from 1894-1975. Carl Hanser Verlag Munich Vienna 2nd edition 1977. ISBN 3-446-12189-7 . P. 86
- ^ Phil Hardy: The Encyclopedia of Western Movies. Woodbury Press Minneapolis 1984. ISBN 0-8300-0405-X . P. 312
- ↑ Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 376/1969
