The price of power

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Movie
German title The price of power
Original title True Colors
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1991
length 105 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Herbert Ross
script Kevin Wade
production Laurence Mark ,
Herbert Ross
music Trevor Jones
camera Dante Spinotti
cut Robert M. Reitano ,
Stephen A. Rotter
occupation

The price of power ( True Colors is) an American film drama of Herbert Ross from the year 1991 .

action

Law students Peter Burton and Tim Garrity become friends. After graduating, Peter sets himself the goal of becoming a US Senator . He is hired as assistant to Senator Stiles, Diana Stiles' father.

Tim's friend Diana begins a relationship with Peter, who can offer her a higher social status. She later marries him. Burton finds a sponsor who wants to get rid of an annoying competitor in a tender. Burton hands his now prosecutor friend a few allegations. When Garrity checked this, it was spread in the media that an investigation would be pending against the competitor . The competitor is not awarded the contract and Garrity is suspended because he was careless to a journalist on the phone about the investigation. When Garrity learns he was set up, he suggests that he might help with the investigation into Burton and his sponsor.

Burton wants to run for Congress for now . He requests assistance from his father-in-law, Senator Stiles. At the same time, he suggests that the senator's serious illness could become public. Stiles is outraged, but he agrees. Diana, Stile's daughter and Burton's wife, grows angry when she learns of the deal and her husband's blackmail attempt.

Garrity, who works undercover for the investigative authorities, becomes Burton's campaign manager and in this way meets Burton's financier. Burton wins the election, but Diana notifies him during the ceremony that she will file for divorce. Shortly thereafter, he learns that Garrity is collecting evidence and accusing him of treason.

Burton is arrested and Garrity's boss congratulates his undercover agent. Tim, however, regrets that Burton’s election is a major humiliation for his friend, as he is already getting a lot of press coverage. Then Tim learns from his boss that law would only become a profession if it cost you something to practice.

A few days later, Garrity and Burton meet again. Burton brings a case of champagne because he lost a previous bet - although he was elected as a MP, he is not allowed to take his place in Congress because he will not be sworn in. Garrity warns him that he may have to testify against him as a witness.

background

The drama was filmed in Washington, DC , Virginia , Maryland and Montana . The film was in the US revenues of around 420,000 US dollars recorded. The film premiered on March 15, 1991 in the United States and its video premiere in Germany was on January 8, 1992. On January 8, 2004, the film was released on DVD. "The Price of Power" was Richard Widmark's last film .

criticism

According to the editorial staff of Prisma , the political thriller is "captivating". The game by John Cusack was praised, the role of the "ice cold person who goes over corpses for the purpose of a career" was "played excellently".

Rita Kempley compared the film in the Washington Post to the film " The Guns of Women ", for which Kevin Wade also wrote the script. The two films would obey different morals.

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times that the film was designed to be sophisticated. He praised Cusack and Spader.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Locations according to the Internet Movie Database
  2. ↑ Box office results according to the Internet Movie Database
  3. ↑ Start dates according to the Internet Movie Database
  4. ↑ a b “The Price of Power” , Prisma
  5. ↑ Background information according to the Internet Movie Database
  6. ^ Film review , Rita Kempley , March 15, 1991
  7. ^ Film review , Roger Ebert , April 5, 1991