Dad (film)
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| German title | Dad |
| Original title | Dad |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1989 |
| length | 117 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Gary David Goldberg |
| script | Gary David Goldberg |
| production | Gary David Goldberg, Joseph Stern |
| music | James Horner |
| camera | Jan Kiesser |
| cut | Eric A. Sears |
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Dad is an American drama from 1989 . Directed by Gary David Goldberg , who also wrote the screenplay based on a novel by William Wharton and co-produced the film.
action
John Tremont, who works as a manager, learns that his mother has had a heart attack . Furthermore, it turns out that his father Jake has cancer . John returns to his hometown, devotes more time to his father and gets closer to him. He also gets closer to his own son Billy, who wants to drop out of college and live in a commune in Mexico . Jake later falls into a coma and wakes up after a while. John and the attending physician seek a medical explanation and agree that the best sounding one is that John's love and care brought his father back.
Jake dies some time later. The film ends with the family funeral service.
Reviews
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on October 27, 1989 that the story told produced "disbelief . " If you just told it, it would move the audience.
Film-Dienst wrote that the film offered “a cinema of reconciliation developed in warm colors, which at times was emotionally too thick” and “ lost sight of reality” . He gains in effect "through the excellent Jack Lemmon and some realistic highlights" .
Cinema magazine wrote that the film was a "puss" that was "worth seeing thanks to Jack Lemmon" . The editors quoted the director as saying that the film addresses "the obligation of generations to be there for one another" .
Awards
The film was nominated for an Oscar in 1990 for Best Makeup . Jack Lemmon was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Drama in 1990 . The film for Best Drama and Ethan Hawke were nominated for a Young Artist Award in 1990. The film received the Wise Owl Award from the Retirement Research Foundation in 1990 .
backgrounds
The film opened on 27 October 1989 in the cinemas of the USA, in which he approximately 19.7 million dollars grossed. It was released in German cinemas on March 8, 1990.
Web links
- Dad in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Dad at rotten tomatoes (English)