Cool & Fool - My partner with the big snout

Movie
German title	Cool & Fool - My partner with the big snout
Original title	The Man
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2005
length	80 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Les Mayfield
script	Jim Piddock , Margaret Oberman , Steve Carpenter
production	Rob Fried
music	John Murphy
camera	Adam Kane
cut	Peter Fandetti , Jeffrey Wolf
occupation
Samuel L. Jackson : Derrick Vann Eugene Levy : Andy Fiddler Luke Goss : Joey / Kane Miguel Ferrer : Agent Peters Susie Essman : Lt. Rita Carbone Anthony Mackie : Booty Gigi Rice : Susan Rachael Crawford : Dara Vann Horatio Sanz : Santos Nestor Serrano : Manuel "Manny" Cortez

Cool & Fool - My partner with the big snout (Original title: The Man ) is an American action comedy from 2005 . Directed by Les Mayfield and written by Jim Piddock , Margaret Oberman and Stephen Carpenter .

action

The African American ATF agent Derrick Vann is looking for stolen weapons. His partner is killed during the undercover investigation. Since the arms dealers mistakenly mistakenly believe that sales representative Andy Fiddler was a contact person for the big deal, Vann uses the man to get at the criminals.

Vann and Fiddler meet arms dealer Joey, who demands $ 500,000 for the weapons. They split up after a dispute over the details of the transaction. Vann and Fiddler attend a theater performance in which Vann's daughter appears. They later call Joey and visit him at his house. Vann is exposed as an undercover agent, but claims he is making money on his own in addition to his salary. That convinces Joey.

Vann is suspended for his actions. He meets Joey again. A fight ensues in which Joey and many of his helpers are shot; Vann is injured.

Reviews

Neil Smith wrote on September 6, 2005 for the BBC that the film was neither good nor bad, but "deeply, depressingly average". One has the impression that it is much longer than the actual 83 minutes. While the contrasting characters in films like Nur 48 Hours and Midnight Run - Five Days to Midnight would work wonders, in this one the main actors would not make more of it than "rather repeated everyday tinkering".

The lexicon of international films wrote that the film offered a "not very original, at least solidly developed buddy-cop story with two renowned leading actors".

Awards

Eugene Levy was nominated for the 2006 Golden Raspberry for Worst Supporting Actor.

backgrounds

The film was shot in Toronto , in Hamilton ( Ontario ) and Oakville rotated (Ontario). Its production amounted to an estimated 33 million US dollars . The film grossed approximately 8.3 million US dollars in cinemas in the United States. In some countries like Germany and Hungary it was released directly on DVD.

Web links

• Cool & Fool - My partner The Man in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Cool & Fool - My partner with the big snout at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
• Comparison of the cut versions Pro7 afternoon - FSK 12 DVD by Cool & Fool - My partner with the big snout at Schnittberichte.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ Film review by Neil Smith, accessed March 28, 2008
2. ↑ Cool & Fool - My partner with the big snout in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on March 28, 2008
3. ↑ Filming locations for The Man, accessed March 28, 2008
4. ↑ Box office results for The Man, accessed March 28, 2008
5. ↑ The Man's premiere dates , accessed March 28, 2008