The cartel
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| German title | The cartel | ||
| Original title | Clear and Present Danger | ||
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| Country of production | United States | ||
| original language | English | ||
| Publishing year | 1994 | ||
| length | 141 minutes | ||
| Age rating | FSK 12 | ||
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| Director | Phillip Noyce | ||
| script |
Donald Stewart , Steven Zaillian , John Milius |
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| production |
Mace Neufeld , Robert Rehme |
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| music | James Horner | ||
| camera | Donald M. McAlpine | ||
| cut | Neil Travis | ||
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The cartel (Original title: Clear and Present Danger ) is an American feature film from 1994 , based on the novel The Shadow War by Tom Clancy . The thriller was directed by Phillip Noyce and written by Donald Stewart , Steven Zaillian and John Milius . The main role of Jack Ryan is played by Harrison Ford . The film opened in German cinemas on September 29, 1994.
The character Jack Ryan was previously played by Harrison Ford in The Hour of the Patriots (1992). Alec Baldwin plays Jack Ryan in The Hunt for Red October (1990), Ben Affleck plays him in The Attack (2002) and Chris Pine in Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014).
action
The US Coast Guard discovered the murder of an American businessman, an old friend of US President Bennett's, and his family on board a ship . The senior CIA - Agent Jack Ryan determined by order of the President of the Colombian drug lord Ernesto Escobedo as the author of the attack. The president then instructs his security advisor, James Cutter, to retaliate, but only indirectly, as a direct assignment would violate American law. Cutter then instructs the Deputy Director of Operations Robert Ritter to use military means against the drug barons and their machinations. He has the experienced command specialist John Clark put together a secret special unit to operate covertly in Colombia.
In the meantime, Jack Ryan is temporarily appointed deputy CIA director for his ailing friend Admiral Greer . However, he is not informed of the actions taken by Ritter and therefore unknowingly successfully requests funds from Congress for the purpose of combating drug trafficking, ignorant that they should and will ultimately be used for the military action. In Colombia , the retaliatory action developed into a small guerrilla war , with the US elite unit destroying several drug deliveries and thus giving drug lord Escobedo severe blows.
Security Advisor Escobedo, Felix Cortez, then arranged an attack on the convoy of the FBI - Director Emile Jacobs, who because of the seizure of drug money on the way to negotiations with the Colombian government in Bogota is. However, this happens without the knowledge of Escobedo, since Cortez actually has the intention of inciting the Americans to a major military strike against the Cali cartel and then taking over the cartel himself after the death of the bosses.
Jack Ryan is also in the car convoy and barely survives the attack. Only slowly Jack Ryan sees through the confusion about power and tries to hold the masterminds to account. As anticipated by Cortez, after the attack, the Americans use a laser-guided bomb to bomb a gathering of drug lords, killing women and children. However, the main boss Ernesto Escobedo remains unharmed as he was late for the meeting.
Felix Cortez finds out from evidence at the crime scene that an American elite unit must already be in the country and arranges a meeting with US security advisor James Cutter. At this meeting he made a deal with Cutter: After taking over the Cali cartel and murdering Escobedo, he wanted to cut drug imports to the United States in half and steer them into order. In return, Cutter is to sacrifice the US elite unit and reveal their positions. Cutter accepts the deal and the American soldiers fall into a trap. Most are killed and a few captured. Cutter and Ritter convey to Clark that command was relinquished at Ryan's instigation and promise him further support against the cartel in the event that Ryan is killed.
With the help of eavesdropping protocols from the DEA , Jack Ryan finally finds out about the conspiracy and travels to Colombia. There he is first captured by Clark. However, he quickly realizes that he was betrayed by Cutter and Ritter instead of Ryan. The two set out into the jungle to look for the rest of the commando, but only find Domingo Chavez alive.
Ryan now informs Escobedo about the machinations of his security advisor. Then it comes to a showdown in Cortez 'coffee roastery. Escobedo is killed, but Clark, Ryan and Chavez manage to free the two captured soldiers. Cortez himself is initially spared by Ryan, but shortly afterwards shot by Chavez to protect Ryan and Clark.
After his return, regardless of the possible negative consequences for him, Ryan testifies before the investigative committee of the US Senate about what the end of his career means for the president, knight and cutter.
reception
The approximately 65 million US dollar film was released on August 3, 1994, where it grossed over 122 million US dollars, making it the seventh highest-grossing film in 1994 in the United States. The German theatrical release followed on September 29, 1994. In Germany, the film, which grossed over 207 million US dollars worldwide, was seen 951,008 times and was not among the thirty most successful films of 1994.
Reviews
James Berardinelli wrote on ReelViews that the bumpy process would drive viewers to sleep rather than on the edge of their seat. ("The uneven flow is as likely to lead to a snoozing viewer as to one on the edge of their seat.")
“With the third adaptation of a Jack Ryan bestseller, Philip Noyce (' Sliver ') made a big hit. In this intelligent, action-packed adaptation, Harrison Ford can seamlessly tie in with his masterpiece in ' Auf der Flucht '. The way he winds his way through a maze of intrigues to emerge victorious from the fight against corruption after a grandiose 141 minutes is the very best cinema entertainment. "
"A perfectly staged political adventure that not only shows interest in the effects customary in the genre, but also in the contradictions of characters and motifs, and which deals critically with the powerful in the state."
Awards
At the 1995 Academy Awards , Bruce Stambler and John Leveque were nominated for the film for Best Sound Editing and Donald O. Mitchell , Michael Herbick , Frank A. Montaño and Art Rochester for Best Sound . At the 1995 MTV Movie Awards , the film was nominated in the Best Action Scene category. The American Cinema Audio Society nominated him in the category Best Sound in a Feature Film . At the ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards , Das Kartell won along with several other films in the Top Box Office Films category . The American Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films nominated him in 1995 for the Saturn Award for best action film / adventure film / thriller . Harrison Ford won two Acting Awards at the Blockbuster Entertainment Awards .
synchronization
The dubbing company Berliner Synchron GmbH Wenzel Lüdecke was responsible for the German dubbing and Tobias Meister was responsible for the dialogue book and dialogue direction.
| actor | speaker | role |
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| Harrison Ford | Wolfgang Pampel | Jack Ryan |
| Willem Dafoe | Manfred Lehmann | John Clark |
| Anne Archer | Karin Buchholz | Cathy Ryan |
| James Earl Jones | Helmut Krauss | Admiral James Greer |
| Henry Czerny | Hubertus Bengsch | Robert Ritter |
| Donald Moffat | Lothar Blumhagen | US President Bennett |
| Joaquim de Almeida | Kurt Goldstein | Col. Felix Cortez |
| Harris Yulin | Joachim Nottke | James cutter |
| Miguel Sandoval | Horst Naumann | Ernesto Escobedo |
| Raymond Cruz | Martin Keßler | Domingo Chavez |
| Benjamin Bratt | Bernhard Völger | Cpt. Ramirez |
| Ann Magnuson | Martina Treger | Moira Wolfson |
Original title
The original title Clear and Present Danger is a quotation from the grounds of the judgment of the Supreme Court of the United States from the year 1919 on the Schenck v. US , which approved the restrictions of the First Amendment (which guarantees freedom of expression and freedom of the press ) by the Espionage Act of 1917.
Web links
- The cartel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The cartel at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- The cartel at Metacritic (English)
- The cartel in the online film database
- The cartel in the German dubbing index
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ TOP 100 GERMANY 1994 InsideKino . Retrieved December 10, 2017.
- ^ Review of James Berardinelli Reelviews . Retrieved December 10, 2017.
- ↑ The cartel. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Nominations and Awards in the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Das Kartell (1994) German synchronous card index . Retrieved December 10, 2017.
- ↑ Schenck v. United States, 249 US 47 (1919)