The fortune hunters

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Movie
German title The fortune hunters
Original title See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1989
length 103 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Arthur Hiller
script Earl Barret ,
Andrew Kurtzman ,
Arne Sultan ,
Eliot Wald ,
Gene Wilder
production Marvin Worth
music Stewart Copeland
camera Victor J. Kemper
cut Robert C. Jones
occupation

Die Glücksjäger ( See No Evil, Hear No Evil ) is a 1989 American comedy film directed by Arthur Hiller .

action

Wallace Karue is blind, but denies this fact to himself and his environment. He meets the deaf kiosk owner Dave Lyons, with whom he later works in his shop.

Soon enough, Scotto, Wallace's bookmaker who smuggles a gold coin for Sutherland, comes to the store. When Scotto is murdered in the shop by the two killers Eve and Kirgo, the distracted Dave can only see Eve's legs and Wallace can only register her smell.

Wallace and Dave are suspected and arrested as perpetrators themselves. Since the killers soon suspect that Scotto probably left the coin with the two shop owners, they try to get both of them out on bail. In the meantime, however, the two manage to escape by complementing each other with their remaining sense organs.

However, the killers can take the coin from both of them. Since Wallace and Dave want to free themselves from suspicion of murder, they pursue the perpetrators. In fact, they can take the coin back from the killers. However, Wallace's sister is kidnapped by the killers and held at the Sutherland estate.

In the course of the liberation action started by Wallace and Dave it emerges that Sutherland himself is blind. Sutherland shoots Kirgo when he finds out that the coin is not a rare gold coin, but rather the most valuable superconductor in the world and then demands a higher fee. A little later, Eve also learns about the real value of the coin and shoots Sutherland. Eve then tries to escape with the coin, but is stopped by Wallace and Dave and the police called by Wallace's sister.

Reviews

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times of May 12, 1989 that the basic idea was good, but the “dumb” script did not take advantage of it. Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder would seem too nice for their roles. Ebert compared them to the team of Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin in the film Midnight Run - Five Days to Midnight , in which the emergency community of the characters would create more tension.

Hal Hinson described the comedy in the Washington Post on May 13, 1989 as "woolly". He praised the portrayal of Gene Wilder, who played the gags in an unexpected way.

“Technically experienced, but homemade crime comedy that relies on the contrast between the fundamentally different main characters, but only develops a few amusing moments from it. Beneficially, the film tries to ensure that people laugh about handicaps in everyday life rather than about handicapped people. "

- Lexicon of international film

“Even if the“ disabled joke ”is not always tasty, the main characters create a lot of situation comedy with slapstick interludes and black humor. However, it should not be overlooked that the story ranges from confused to idiotic. Conclusion: Partly extremely amusing, partly extremely flat. "

- Cinema

background

The film was shot in New York City and New Jersey . The grossing in US cinemas amounted to 46.9 million US dollars .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Review by Roger Ebert
  2. ^ Review by Hal Hinson
  3. ↑ The Fortune Hunters. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  4. ↑ The lucky hunters in Cinema
  5. ↑ Filming locations for See No Evil, Hear No Evil
  6. ^ Business Data for See No Evil, Hear No Evil

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