The crook
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The crook |
| Original title | The Reivers |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1969 |
| length | 111 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Mark Rydell |
| script |
Harriet Frank Jr. Irving Ravetch |
| production | Irving Ravetch |
| music | John Williams |
| camera | Richard Moore |
| cut | Thomas Stanford |
| occupation | |
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The Rogue is an American comedy film from the year 1969 , directed by Mark Rydell . The script is based on the novel The Rogues by William Faulkner , which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1963 . The film premiered on December 25, 1969. In Germany, the film was shown in the cinema for the first time on February 13, 1970.
action
The McCaslin family lived in Jefferson, Mississippi, USA in 1905 . Eleven-year-old Lucius is eagerly awaiting the arrival of the new family car, a yellow Winton Flyer . Boon Hogganbeck works for the McCaslins and is now supposed to work as a chauffeur. Father Maury and Grandfather Boss are expected at a funeral in St. Louis . Lucius is to stay at home in Aunt Callie's care.
Lucius persuades Boon to take him for a spin in the new car. As they are on their way, Black Ned appears. The young man taken in by the McCaslins was hiding in the back seat of the car. The three of them drive to Memphis, and it takes them 24 hours to get there. Once there, Ned makes off. Boon takes Lucius to Miss Reba's establishment. There Boon wants to have fun with his favorite Corrie. Corrie wants to give up her job as a prostitute and get married.
Lucius is staying with Corrie's nephew Otis. When Otis calls his aunt a whore, Lucius tries to defend her honor. During the fight he was cut. The next morning, Ned appears. He sold the car for a racehorse named Lightning . To reassure Boon, he explains that the car will win a horse race. Lightning is supposed to compete against another horse, Coppermine . But Lightning doesn't seem to be a hit. Only when Ned eats a sardine sandwich in his presence does Lightning become lively. He demolished his stable and later set a track record.
Sheriff Butch Lovemaiden is a racist and hates black people. Boon has to use force to defend Ned against the sheriff. Boon, Ned and Lucius are arrested. But Corrie is able to free the three when she seduces the sheriff. Boon gets angry about it and leaves Corrie in an argument. Lucius, who is very fond of Corrie, wants to go home instead of riding Lightning. Only when he sees the Winton at the racetrack does he change his mind. The race is tight, Coppermine wins by cheating. Lightning wins the newly started race without any problems. After the race, Grandpa Boss appears and brings Lucius, Boon, Ned, the car and Lightning home.
Father Maury wants to punish Lucius. Boss can save his grandson from being beaten. He makes it clear to Lucius that he must face the consequences of his actions. Lucius feels encouraged and delighted that Boon and Corrie are getting married. They want to name their first child after him.
background
The film The Reivers is based on the novel of the same name by Nobel Prize laureate William Faulkner , who died a month after its publication in 1962 as a result of a riding accident. The unusually comical novel, easy to understand by Faulkner's standards, earned him his second Pulitzer Prize . Production company National General Pictures bought the film rights and commissioned Harriet Frank Jr. and Irving Ravetch , a married couple and also a screenwriting couple, to do the adaptation.
The film was also shot on location in Faulkner's home state Mississippi . During the filming, there were arguments between McQueen and director Mark Rydell, who had already met as an unknown actor in the 1950s - when McQueen Rydell had cheated on his girlfriend. McQueen broke the contract terms and took part in a stock car race. McQueen thought Rydell's way of working was bad and called for his replacement. Only the intervention of the production director brought calm to the rest of the shooting. There were also arguments about the casting of the roles, as McQueen was able to get his preferred candidate Sharon Farrell for the lead role against Rydell's will. McQueen and his production company Solar Productions co-financed the film and therefore had a say in the casting. But Rydell was able to get Rupert Crosse through as Ned - against the will of McQueen, who feared above all that he would look small next to the 1.90 meter tall Crosse with his height of 1.77 meters. Rydell and McQueen never worked together again.
The Winton Flyer is not a real model from the US automaker Winton. The model built especially for the film was bought by Steve McQueen for his automobile collection after filming. After the actor's death in 1980, it was given to the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles . Finally, the car was in 2006 at the auction house Bonhams for more than 100,000 dollars at auction.
Ellen Geer, who plays the prostitute Sally, is the daughter of the grandfather actor Will Geer, who became known in Germany for his role as grandfather in the TV series The Waltons . Tim Zinnemann, the son of veteran director Fred Zinnemann, worked as assistant director . In the original version, Burgess Meredith was engaged as the narrator's spokesman (who introduced the film plot) .
synchronization
The German dubbed version was created for the cinema premiere at Ultra-Film under dubbing direction by John Pauls-Harding based on a dialogue book by Eberhard Cronshagen .
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Narrator's voice (elder Lucius) | Burgess Meredith | Martin Hirthe |
| Boon Hogganbeck | Steve McQueen | Joachim Cadenbach |
| Corrie | Sharon Farrell | Almut Eggert |
| Lucius McCaslin | Mitch Vogel | Mathias Einert |
| Ned McCaslin | Rupert Crosse | Herbert Stass |
| "Boss" McCaslin, grandfather | Will Geer | Eduard Wandrey |
| Miss Reba | Ruth White | Tina Eilers |
| Mr. Binford, brothel owner | Michael Constantine | Klaus Miedel |
| Sheriff Butch Lovemaiden | Clifton James | Hans W. Hamacher |
| Uncle Possum | Juano Hernández | Franz Nicklisch |
| Maury McCaslin, Lucius' father | Lonny Chapman | Heinz Petruo |
| Hannah | Diane Shalet | Ursula Herwig |
| Judge Ed | Roy Barcroft | Herbert Weissbach |
Reviews
The film received mostly positive reviews. At Rotten Tomatoes , four of the five reviews are good.
The lexicon of international films describes the production as "a film adaptation of a novel by William Faulkner, told from the perspective of lovingly transfigured memories and wisdom of old age, conventionally, but staged with good craftsmanship and well played". Cinema magazine certified that the film had an “atmospheric southern atmosphere” and described it as a “charming film with a nostalgic flair”. The Rheinische Post was also full of praise. The film is an "atmospheric comedy that is particularly entertaining thanks to the good performance of Steve McQueen". Even the Protestant film observer is not stingy with praise: “After William Faulkner's cheerful novel, a splendid film was created that lively, atmospherically dense, in pretty colors and with unaffected, relaxed play the funny situations and with sensitive nuances the transition between childhood and adolescence portrays. We recommend."
For Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times , the film was "enjoyable and sincere" because it was pleasantly nostalgic. It is one of the rare family films that neither offends nor overburdens the intelligence of all viewers. TimeOut London described the film as "sunny nostalgic". For Variety , the film was "pretty lewd, kind of Walt Disney for adults".
Awards
The film was nominated for two Academy Awards: Rupert Crosse for Best Supporting Actor and John Williams for Best Score . Rupert Crosse became the first African American actor to be nominated in the history of the Oscars, which has existed since 1927, in the category of Best Supporting Actor. There were also two nominations for the Golden Globe: for Steve McQueen as best leading actor and for Mitch Vogel as best supporting actor . The script was nominated for a WGA Award from the Writers Guild of America .
literature
- William Faulkner: The Reivers . English original edition, Vintage Books, 1992, ISBN 0-679-74192-5 .
Web links
- The crooks in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ William Faulkner: Hollywood: Adaptations and Holywood Films. Retrieved July 19, 2019 .
- ↑ The crook at Turner Classic Movies (English)
- ↑ a b Mike Siegel in the booklet enclosed with the German Blu-Ray edition of the film
- ↑ German synchronous index | Movies | The crook. Retrieved April 17, 2020 .
- ↑ The crook at Rotten Tomatoes (English) , accessed on December 11, 2019.
- ↑ The crook. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ cf. cinema.de
- ↑ cf. rp-online.de ( Memento from February 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Evangelical Press Association, Munich, Review No. 71/1970
- ↑ cf. rogerebert.suntimes.com
- ↑ cf. timeout.com ( Memento of the original from November 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ cf. variety.com ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Edward Mapp: African Americans and the Oscar: Decades Of Struggle and Achievement . Rowman & Littlefield, 2008, pp. 21 .
