The smart asses (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The smartass |
| Original title | Asilo di polizia / Detective School Dropouts |
| Country of production | Italy , USA |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1986 |
| length | 92 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Filippo Ottoni |
| script |
David Landsberg Lorin Dreyfuss |
| production |
Yoram Globe Menahem Golan |
| music | George S. Clinton |
| camera | Giancarlo Ferrando |
| cut | Cesare D'Amico |
| occupation | |
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Die Klugscheißer is a 1986 Italian-American comedy film.
action
Donald Wilson tries to get by with different jobs in New York. He reads detective novels all the time, so that because of his distraction he makes various mishaps that keep costing him his jobs. Through a notice he becomes aware of Paul Miller's detective training, whose school he therefore visits. This is in a dilapidated house and owner Paul owes all sorts of debts to various creditors. Instead of getting a proper education, Donald is financially exempted as the school's only detective candidate and has to take part in Paul's fraudulent activities to reduce his debt. Here, both of them happen to come into conflict between three Italian cheese-making families, the Lombardis, the Zanettis and the Falcones. They discover Caterina Zanetti, kidnapped by the Falcones, the woman Carlo Lombardi actually wanted to marry. Carlo was told in a forged letter that Caterina had fallen in love with another man. The Falcones now want to marry him off to Sonia Falcone in order to maintain their position in the Italian cheese market. Caterina is able to hand the two unsuspecting Americans a message, which they should hand over to their cousin Mario Zanetti at the airport so that the fictitious wedding can be stopped.
Paul and Donald drive to the airport and have to steal two passports to follow Mario Zanetti onto the plane. Since they are being chased by the Falcones, for better or worse they have to fly to Rome with them. On the flight, Mario is poisoned, so that the two have to deliver the message. Since Donald lost his wallet with the murdered Mario, he is now also one of the murderers wanted by the police. While searching for Carlo, Paul and Donald are constantly exposed to persecution by their families, so that they are constantly on the run and, for example, have to disguise themselves as monks in the Vatican. Despite everything, they manage to convey the message to Carlo that Caterina still loves him. Carlo wants to cancel the wedding with Sonia, who looks "like a beaver", but he is threatened with killing Caterina if he does not marry Sonia. He could see Caterina one last time in Venice, but had to marry Sonia.
Unlike Paul, Donald still wants to prevent the wedding. After a short stop in Pisa, you drive to Venice for the planned wedding. After Carlo and Caterina meet on a canal, Paul manages to free Caterina, while Donald can tie up the supposed bride Sonia. They exchange the bride and only when the veil is lifted does Carlo see himself face to face with his beloved Caterina. The families draw their weapons, but see the event in the church as a sign from God that the wedding will continue. Paul turns down a reward of $ 25,000 because he is allowed to keep a - in his opinion - valuable follower. Back in New York, the two want to sell the trailer and it turns out that it is actually worth 300,000. However, it is not dollars, but Italian lira, so it is not even $ 175 in total.
background
The film was shot on locations in the United States (New York) and Italy (Rome, Pisa, Venice). It was released in theaters in the United States in August 1986 but was unsuccessful financially. It is said to be the only Cannon Group film that did not make a profit; nevertheless, it is said to have achieved a certain cult status with many people who grew up with it.
The two main actors David Landsberg and Lorin Dreyfuss shot another film together, Surzflug ins Chaos - When weird birds learn to fly (reference title: Die Pleitegeier ), which was released in 1987.
synchronization
| actor | role | German voice |
|---|---|---|
| David Landsberg | Donald Wilson | Michael Nowka |
| Lorin Dreyfuss | Paul Miller | Joachim Pukass |
| Christian De Sica | Carlo Lombardi | Andreas Mannkopff |
| George Eastman | Bruno Falcone | Thomas Danneberg |
| Valeria Golino | Caterina Zanetti | Sabine Jaeger |
| Mario Brega | Don Lombardi | Hans W. Hamacher |
| Rik Battaglia | Don Zanetti | Arnold Marquis |
| Alberto Farnese | Don Falcone | Michael Chevalier |
| Giancarlo Prete | Mario Zanetti | Joachim Kerzel |
| Loris Bazzocchi | Fredo | Jochen Schröder |
| Geoffrey Copleston | Mr. Hamelfarm | Gerd Duwner |
| Franco Angrisano | Uncle Baba | Alexander Duke |
reception
The lexicon of international films sees the comedy as "low-speed, confused clothes about two New York private detectives who get caught up in an argument between rival Mafia families in Italy."
The Cinema judges: "A lot of simple-minded slapstick slapstick."
Sean Ferguson writes that the film is clumsily staged, full of cheesy dialogues and gags, and that it looks predictable. Nevertheless, the film has its laughs and fans of kitschy 80s comedies should get their money's worth here.
Web links
- The smart-ass in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Sean Ferguson: DVD Review Detectives School Dropouts (in English). Retrieved August 6, 2020 .
- ↑ The smart asses. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on August 11, 2020 .
- ↑ The smart asses. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 6, 2020 .
- Jump up ↑ Cinema editorial team: Die Klugscheißer. Retrieved August 6, 2020 .