The legend of the lonely ranger

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Movie
German title The legend of the lonely ranger
Original title The Legend of the Lone Ranger
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1981
length 98 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director William A. Fraker
script Ivan Goff ,
Ben Roberts ,
Michael Kane ,
William Roberts
production Walter Coblenz ,
Lew Grade ,
Jack Wrather
music John Barry
camera László Kovács
cut Thomas Stanford
occupation

The Legend of the Lone Ranger (original title: The Legend of the Lone Ranger ) is an American western by William A. Fraker from 1981 . The film is based on the radio play series from 1933 and the subsequent film adaptations of the characters by Fran Striker and George W. Trendle about the Lone Ranger . The film premiered in the USA on May 22, 1981.

action

Texas 1854, the Reids ranch is raided by bandits. Only ten year old Johnny survives. Through his friend, the Indian Tonto, Dan is accepted into his tribe. Tonto and Johnny form a blood brotherhood . Eventually John is picked up by his older brother Dan. The stagecoach, in which the now grown-up John also travels, is ambushed by the dreaded Cavendish gang. John is on his way to see his brother, who is now a captain in the Texas Rangers . When John prevents the bandits from killing the driver, he impresses Amy Striker. John learns from Dan through Cavendish, who leads his gang like an army, even the sheriff is on his side.

John also joins the Texas Rangers. When Amy's uncle, the newspaper publisher Lucas, is killed by the Cavendish gang, the rangers go into pursuit. The ranger Collins betrays his group and lures them into an ambush. The rangers are brutally slaughtered in a ravine. In order not to arouse suspicion of the only survivor, Cavendish also injures Collins. Tonto observed the matter by chance, he recognizes in John his old friend and saves his life. He nurses John back to health with his tribe and teaches him to shoot. Since John is not a particularly good shooter, Tonto gives him silver bullets, and their flight behavior means that John hits them with precision. When John rescues a wild stallion from a pit, he soon becomes his loyal companion Silver. Ultimately, John now swears to fight for law and order and is the last lonely ranger to put on a mask.

First, the ranger tries to find out about Cavendish's whereabouts from the renegade ranger Collins. In a tavern he shows the traitor his brother's ranger badge. Before Collins can say anything, he is ambushed and shot. The sheriff, who was present immediately, arrested Tonto, who was waiting in front of the building, as an alleged murderer. When he is about to be hung, the ranger saves him by shooting through the rope and escaping with him.

The American President Grant travels in the company of Buffalo Bill , General Custer and Wild Bill Hickok on a train through Texas to hunt buffalo . By allowing the President's car to be uncoupled unnoticed, Cavendish succeeds in bringing Grant into his power. He wants to get the president to hand over Texas to him. With the help of the other western heroes, the Lone Ranger and Tonto save the president. The ranger can catch the fleeing Cavendish and hand him over to the authorities.

background

The role of newspaper publisher Lucas Striker is played by John Hart . He was already involved in two episodes of the television series The Lone Ranger in 1950 and played the Lone Ranger for 52 episodes from 1952.

The title track The Man In The Mask is sung by Merle Haggard .

reception

At the box office, the film, which had a budget of $ 18 million, flopped with box office earnings of just $ 12 million. The film service describes the film as a completely unsuccessful attempt to reactivate the popular heroes for the big screen. The plot is described as "too brutal", the story as "too boring" and the main role as "played miserably". Cinema described the “infusion of the B cult” as “cold coffee”.

Even with the English-language critic portal Rotten Tomatoes , only 39% of viewers gave the film a positive rating.

Awards and nominations

price category person result
Golden Raspberry Worst actor Klinton Spillsbury Won
Worst newcomer Won
Worst film score John Barry Won
Worst movie William A. Fraker Nominated
Walter Coblenz Nominated
Worst song John Barry Nominated
Dean Pitchford Nominated

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ John Hart dies at 91; the other 'Lone Ranger' (English) , LA Times 22 September, 2009
  2. ↑ Aljean Harmetz, Specia L. To the New York Times: Hollywood Is Joyous Over Its Record Grossing Summer . In: The New York Times . September 9, 1981, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed October 27, 2019]).
  3. ^ Film review on filmdienst.de , accessed October 25, 2019
  4. ↑ Editorial review on Cinema.de, accessed October 25, 2019
  5. ↑ Legend of the Lone Ranger. In: rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved October 25, 2019 .