The murderous paradise
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The murderous paradise |
| Original title | The Mean Season |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1985 |
| length | 104 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Phillip Borsos |
| script | Leon Piedmont |
| production |
David Foster , Lawrence Turman |
| music | Lalo Schifrin |
| camera | Frank Tidy |
| cut | Duwayne Dunham |
| occupation | |
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The murderous paradise (original title: The Mean Season ) is an American crime thriller from 1985 . Directed by Phillip Borsos , the screenplay was written by Leon Piedmont based on the crime novel Das Murderische Paradies (original title: The Heat of the Summer ) by John Katzenbach .
action
The reporter Malcolm Anderson worked for a newspaper in Miami . He gets a call from a serial killer who says he likes Anderson's writing style. The serial killer offers Anderson some background information that the journalist uses. The killer shows a growing interest in the reporter's private life and kidnaps his girlfriend, the teacher Christine Connelly.
backgrounds
The film was shot in Miami-Dade County ( Florida ) and Everglades National Park . It grossed approximately $ 4.3 million in American cinemas .
Reviews
Janet Maslin wrote in the New York Times on February 15, 1985 that the film had a fast pace and momentum. There are more surprises than necessary. Kurt Russell plays solid, but there is no chemistry between him and Mariel Hemingway.
The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was an "exciting thriller that also posed questions about the responsibility of the press" . He was "due to some simplifications in the character drawing, exaggerated hardship and the unbalanced staged ending, but not completely successful" .
Awards
Phillip Borsos received a special award from the Cognac Festival du Film Policier in 1985 .
literature
- John Katzenbach : The murderous paradise. Detective novel (Original title: The Heat of the Summer ). German by Sepp Leeb . Heyne, Munich 1988, 363 pages, ISBN 3-453-10792-6
Web links
- The Mean Season in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Mean Season at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Filming locations for The Mean Season , accessed May 26, 2008
- ^ Box office / business for The Mean Season , accessed May 26, 2008
- ^ Film review by Janet Maslin , accessed May 26, 2008
- ↑ The murderous paradise. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 27, 2017 .