The date professional

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Movie
German title The date professional
Original title School for Scoundrels
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2006
length approx. 100-108 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
JMK 12
Rod
Director Todd Phillips
script Scot Armstrong ,
Todd Phillips
production Daniel Goldberg ,
Geyer Kosinski ,
Todd Phillips
music Christophe Beck
camera Jonathan Brown
cut Leslie Jones ,
Dan Schalk
occupation

The Date Profi (original title: School for Scoundrels ; English for: School for Scoundrels) is an American comedy film by Todd Phillips from 2006 . It is a remake of a 1960 comedy based on the novel School for Scoundrels or How to Win without Actually Cheating! by Stephen Potter .

action

Roger lives in New York . He falls in love with his neighbor Amanda, whom he woos unsuccessfully. A friend gives him the secret tip that a certain Dr. P runs a school that teaches male behavior. Roger enrolls for the expensive course and learns many useful rules to conquer women. It is suggested to him and his classmates that serving up lies and putting oneself in dangerous situations for no reason makes an impression on women. Roger sticks to this advice and makes rapid progress in soliciting Amanda.

That calls Dr. P on the plan, for whom it is a challenge to get those students back down to earth who, in his opinion, succeed too quickly. He also begins to be interested in Amanda, for whom he now rivals Roger. He pulls out all the stops, pretending to be a grieving widower and child-friendly surgeon. Finally, with the help of classmates, he denounces Roger as a loving stalker in front of Amanda . In return, Roger lets Dr. Tow P, whereupon this cleverly causes Roger to lose his job. Finally, Dr. P offers him a "truce" and the repayment of half of the course costs, but makes it clear to him that he has fallen in love with Amanda.

In desperation, Roger seeks out former student Lonnie, whose similar fate has already made the rounds. His girlfriend was introduced to him by Dr. P relaxed and now he lives neglected with his cats in a small apartment outside the city. Lonnie tells him his story, shows him collected information about the Doc and together with Roger's friends Walsh, Diego and Eli, whom he met on the said course, they try to get Dr. P to finally put an end to the trade. He has already booked a flight with Amanda to a fictional medical congress. A diversionary maneuver succeeds in which Lesher, the doctor's right hand, is switched off and Amanda is picked up by Diego at the airport instead. In the meantime, Roger meets the doctor there, confronts him with the information he has gathered about his true identity and thinks he is already on the road to victory. But Dr. P just applauds and in turn confronts Roger with two tickets in the name of Amanda and Roger for winning his “final exam”.

Roger believes him and arranges for Amanda, who was supposed to be driven to the doctor's wife, to be taken to the airport. There he is waiting for her with flowers. But he was supported by Dr. P sent to the wrong gate . Dr. P and Amanda already checked in. At the last second, Roger storms into the plane and is initially mistaken for a psychopath by the passengers . He draws his last trump card and plays a swoon that overtakes him from time to time - most recently even in Amanda's presence. Now the help of the wrong doctor is Dr. P asked, who quickly diagnosed Roger with no breathing and saw the chance to put an end to the whole thing with a defibrillator .

But Amanda notices that Roger is still breathing and realizes that Dr. Ps. She strokes Roger and gives him a kiss. From now on the two are a couple.

Some time later, Roger and Dr. P, who hands him his "diploma". Roger declines an invitation to participate as a guest speaker in one of his courses.

criticism

James Berardinelli wrote on ReelViews that the film looked like a wasted opportunity. He is too "lukewarm" for a black comedy, not black enough. Billy Bob Thornton plays well, but he alone is not worth the ticket price. Jon Heder is not a good choice, he lacks the personality to keep up with Thornton.

Robert Koehler wrote in Variety magazine on September 24, 2006 that not even the presence of Billy Bob Thornton could bring the comedy to life. The two main characters are poorly developed.

Peter Travers wrote in Rolling Stone magazine on September 21, 2006 that the film was "raging" and "unexpectedly snappy". Travers praised the director and screenwriter Todd Phillips for hiding an “unassailable cleverness” behind “silliness”.

In the opinion of the Cinema editorial team, the film is “a rude satire on rituals of masculinity - with a soft core. Hearts are trumps!"

The lexicon of the international film found: "Black-romantic comedy about the printing of masculine role models, which convinces through good character development and performance."

Awards

Jon Heder was nominated for the Teen Choice Award in 2007.

synchronization

roll actor Voice actor
Dr. P Billy Bob Thornton Joachim Tennstedt
Roger Jon Heder Sebastian Schulz
Amanda Jacinda Barrett Anna Grisebach
Lesher Michael Clarke Duncan Tilo Schmitz
Becky Sarah Silverman Maria Koschny
Ian David Cross Uwe Büschken
Walsh Matt Walsh Stefan Gossler
Diego Horatio Sanz Stefan Fredrich
Eli Todd Louiso Robin Kahnmeyer
Ernie Jon Glaser Sven Hasper
Sergeant Moorehead Luis Guzman Peter Reinhardt
Zack Dan Fogler Lutz Schnell
Little Pete Paul Scheer Oliver Siebeck
Lonnie Ben Stiller Oliver Rohrbeck
Bee Bee DeRay Davis Michael Iwannek
Lawrence Omar Dorsey Charles Rettinghaus
Mrs. Washington Marcella Lowery Astrid Bless
Lois Joanne Baron Karin David
stewardess Lizz Carter Julia Blankenburg
Course mate Aziz Ansari Tobias Müller
Classmate Jim Parsons mute

background

The film was shot in Los Angeles , New York City and Seaford . Its production amounted to an estimated 20 million US dollars . The film grossed around 17.8 million US dollars in cinemas in the United States, of which a good 8.6 million US dollars was accounted for on the opening weekend. Almost 19,000 visitors were counted at the German box office. Shooting for the film started on October 31, 2005. On September 29, 2006, the film celebrated its premiere in the USA. It was released in German cinemas on August 2, 2007.

The director Todd Phillips, who is a big fan of Howard Stern , initially offered him the role of Dr. P at. Since he had to refuse the offer due to lack of time, Bill Murray in the role of Dr. P planned while Christopher Masterson was supposed to take on the role of Roger. However, both jumped off the project at short notice.

As Ben Stiller could not travel to New York due to overlapping dates for the shooting, the recordings were relocated to California and recorded there within two days.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for Der Date Profi . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , August 2007 (PDF; test number: 110 854 K).
  2. ↑ Age rating for Der Date Profi . Youth Media Commission .
  3. ^ Film review , ReelViews , James Berardinelli , 2006
  4. ↑ Film review ( Memento of the original from October 25, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Variety , Robert Koehler, September 24, 2006  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.variety.com
  5. ^ Film review , Rolling Stone , Peter Travers, September 21, 2006
  6. ^ Film review , Cinema
  7. ↑ The date professional. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  8. ↑ Awards according to the Internet Movie Database
  9. ↑ The date professional in the German dubbing index
  10. ↑ Locations according to the Internet Movie Database
  11. ↑ a b c d budget and box office results according to the Internet Movie Database
  12. ↑ a b Start dates according to the Internet Movie Database
  13. ↑ a b c d Background information according to the Internet Movie Database

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