The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen |
| Original title | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen |
| Country of production | USA , Germany , Czech Republic , UK |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2003 |
| length | 106 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 12 JMK 12 |
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| Director | Stephen Norrington |
| script | James Dale Robinson |
| production |
Trevor Albert , Don Murphy |
| music | Trevor Jones |
| camera | Dan Laustsen |
| cut | Paul Rubell |
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a fantasy - action film in 2003 by director Stephen Norrington . It is about seven heroes of 19th century literature who have to save the world in 96 hours and is based (with numerous deviations) on the first part of the comic series of the same name by Alan Moore . The main roles are cast with Sean Connery , Shane West and Peta Wilson . The film opened in German cinemas on October 2, 2003.
action
Europe and the world are facing a new age in 1899. Nobody suspects impending danger until a few serious incidents occur. An armored vehicle appears in London , heading straight for the Bank of England . The arriving police have to watch helplessly as the armored vehicle penetrates to the vault. There, men dressed in German soldiers' uniforms jump out of the vehicle and a man with a mask who calls himself Das Phantom .
After the raid, Britain accused the Germans of attacking their bank. A little later, the phantom raids a German zeppelin factory, leaving the Germans to believe that the British army has raided the factory. It quickly becomes clear that this is the way to stir up mutual accusations and conjure up a world war.
In all distress or not to bring the legendary, now visibly aged adventurer Allan Quatermain from his self-imposed exile in Africa and takes him through the mysterious M in the so-called League of Extraordinary Gentlemen one. Together with Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus , the invisible thief Rodney Skinner , the vampire Wilhelmina Harker and Dorian Gray , who is immortal as long as his cursed portrait remains hidden, Quatermain is supposed to track down the phantom and prevent the world war. Soon Dr. Henry Jekyll with his monstrous second personality Edward Hyde and the American secret agent Tom Sawyer to the group. But the seven do not have much time to avert the threatening global conflict and prevent the world war, because the phantom plans to attack Venice in a few days, where the heads of state of Europe meet for a secret conference.
Initially, all gentlemen seem to be working towards the same goal, namely preventing the destruction of Venice, but it quickly turns out that they have a traitor in their midst who works for the Phantom. Skinner, first suspected, is innocent and Dorian Gray turns out to be a traitor. Nevertheless, the remaining heroes manage to prevent the destruction of Venice and unmask the mysterious phantom. This turns out to be the perfidious James Moriarty - who also played the role of M to mislead the league. He and Gray manage to escape to the icy steppes of Mongolia , where Professor Moriarty has a factory in which he makes war machines. But before that they have seized the powers and secrets of the occasional league gentlemen, including the vampire powers of Mina Harker, the elixir of Dr. Henry Jekyll, who transforms him into Edward Hyde, a sample of Rodney Skinner's skin to steal his ability to be invisible, and photographs of Captain Nemo's submarine to use his technology himself. He wants to sell these skills and the machines in Professor Moriarty's factory to the highest bidder in Europe in order to bring about world war.
The league pursues the two and is finally able to destroy the factory and rescue the kidnapped scientists and their families. While Mina Harker is killing Gray, Sawyer is able to kill Professor Moriarty while on the run with a long-range shot, who has previously rammed a knife into Quatermain. Quatermain dies shortly afterwards from his stab wound. His body is transferred to Africa and buried by his companions in African soil. At last you see a shaman dancing around his burial mound, an unusual storm brewing in the sky and the burial mound beginning to shake.
production
The production budget for the film was approximately $ 78 million. Worldwide, the film grossed 175.5 million US dollars, 66.5 of which in the US and 109 in the rest of the world. It ranks 27th among the most financially successful films in 2003.
The film was shot in Prague in the second half of 2002 before and after the flood of the century in the Czech Republic . The 20-week filming had to be interrupted in August because some sets had been destroyed. The release date has been postponed by a few weeks. There were also a few days of shooting in Malta , where the exterior shots were shot on the submarine, and in Los Angeles , where close-up shots were shot. The European premiere of the film took place in Prague, with the proceeds being donated to the flood victims.
Peta Wilson replaced Monica Bellucci , who had to leave the project due to scheduling difficulties.
synchronization
The German synchronous processing was created in 2003 by Berliner Synchron GmbH Wenzel Lüdecke . The dialogue book was written by Tobias Meister , who also directed the dubbing and lent his voice to Tom Goodman-Hill .
Reviews
The reviews were mostly negative.
So that gave Empire magazine the film 2 out of 5 stars: The film was a depressing plumper action movie whose characters lacking any depth.
At Rotten Tomatoes , the film reached a 4.10 rating, with only 17% of all reviews are positive.
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Tribune gave the film a star.
“The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen assembles a splendid team of heroes to battle a plan for world domination, and then, just when it seems about to become a real corker of an adventure movie, plunges into ... inexplicable motivations, causes without effects, effects without causes, and general lunacy. "
“The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen gathers a wonderful team of heroes to prevent a plan for world domination, and then, especially when it looks like a really good adventure film is coming out of it, he throws himself into [...] incomprehensible motives "Causes without effects, effects without causes and general idiocy."
Awards
There were four nominations in 2004 for the Saturn Award , the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films award
- Best fantasy film
- Shane West (Cinescape Genre Face of the Future Award)
- Peta Wilson (Best Supporting Actress)
- Jacqueline West (Best Costumes)
There was also a 2004 nomination for the Visual Effects Society Awards .
literature
- Kevin J. Anderson : The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. The novel about the film. Based on the script by James Dale Robinson. Based on the comic books by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill. (Original title: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen ). German by Andreas Brandhorst . Heyne, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-453-87726-8 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , July 2003 (PDF; test number: 94 824 K).
- ↑ Age rating for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen . Youth Media Commission .
- ^ Box Office Mojo : The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
- ↑ The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in the German dubbing index ; Retrieved September 5, 2010
- ↑ "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" Review sS empireonline.com (English)
- ↑ The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen sS rottentomatoes.com (English)
- ↑ The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen sS rogerebert.com (English)
Web links
- The league of extraordinary gentlemen sS fox.de
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen ( Memento from April 30, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) in the Dirk Jasper FilmLexikon
- The league of extraordinary gentlemen on Filmszene.de
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Links and reviews at www.filmz.de