The List (TV Movie)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The list |
| Original title | The Client List |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| length | 87 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Eric Laneuville |
| script | Suzanne Martin |
| production | Ted Bauman |
| music | Richard Marvin |
| camera | Tony Westman |
| cut | Lisa Robison |
| occupation | |
The list (original title: The Client List ) is an American television film from 2010 by Eric Laneuville with Jennifer Love Hewitt in the leading role. The film is a fictional dramatization of the 2004 prostitution scandal in Odessa , Texas and follows Horton Samantha, a mother of three who is prostituting herself to make ends meet. The film was the first time on 19 July 2010 at the cable channel Lifetime Television broadcast. It was first broadcast in German on January 18, 2012 on Sky .
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Samantha "Sam" Horton, a former Texas beauty queen , mother of three and a trained physical therapist, and her husband, Rex, a former football player, have financial difficulties and can no longer pay the mortgage on their house. With her house facing foreclosure in a month's time , Sam desperately goes looking for a job. She eventually finds a job in a massage parlor, but discovers a little later that the masseuses are actually prostitutes for prominent members of society.
At first Sam refuses to take the job, but one night when there is not enough money for enough fuel, she realizes how much her family needs money. When she sees that she has no other option, Sam reluctantly accepts the job. She finally begins to work in the massage parlor under the pseudonym “Brandy”. While lying to her husband, mother, and friends about her real job, Sam makes a ton of money. As a result, she and her family begin to live in a luxury that they did not know before. In addition to the much earned money, Sam soon becomes the most popular prostitute in the salon and customers start giving her high quality gifts such as real gold and diamond jewelry.
Sam spends more and more hours at her job while Rex starts an exterminator job and expresses concern about the many hours she works. Exhausted and feeling guilty, at the suggestion of one of her clients, Sam starts using cocaine to manage what she is doing. This makes her addicted. When another prostitute realizes that a local pastor will be her next customer, she decides to quit the job. The young woman then reports to the clergyman of a nearby church about the brothel, disguised as a massage parlor, and gives God the motivation for its disclosure.
Eventually the police are alerted and they storm the shop. Sam, her staff, and some of her clients are arrested for prostitution, and Sam is also charged with drug possession when the police find cocaine on her. A terrified Rex learns through the TV news that Sam has been arrested as one of the prostitutes, and despite Sam's attempts to mend their broken marriage, Rex moves the children to live with his mother. A lawyer friend helps Sam and the other former prostitutes negotiate a reduced sentence in exchange for testifying some of their well-known clients. As a result of the deal, all of the defendants were sentenced to 30 days in prison, which they serve immediately. After Sam is released, they visit some of the local women and seek advice on how to rekindle the excitement in their own relationships. Meanwhile Sam has taken a job as a waitress and goes back to school to forget her mistakes.
On her birthday, Sam finally spends some time with her children again and makes up with her mother. Rex, who is also present, speaks to her and indicates that he is ready to re-establish a relationship with her, albeit in small steps.
Cast and dubbing
The German synchronization was created under the dialogue director of Monica Bielstein .
| Role name | Actress | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Samantha "Sam" Horton | Jennifer Love Hewitt | Luise Helm |
| Rex Horton | Teddy Sears | |
| Dee | Sonja Bennett | Marie Bierstedt |
| Jackie | Lynda Boyd | Peggy Sander |
| Doreen | Chelah Horsdal | Antje von der Ahe |
| Tanya | Heather Doerksen | Katrin Zimmermann |
| Emma | Kacey Rohl | Shanti Chakraborty |
| Laura | Kandyse McClure | Melanie Hinze |
| Cassie | Cybill Shepherd | Monica Bielenstein |
| Jim Reed | Carmon McDonald | |
| Carol Reed | Haviland Stillwell | Maria Koschny |
| Charlie Horton | Olivia Steele-Falconer |
background
The list was produced by Wintergreen Productions and the US cable broadcaster Lifetime. The film premiered on July 19, 2010 on Lifetime. The premiere was followed by 3.9 million viewers and was the most watched program that evening among female viewers between the ages of 18 and 49. Its German premiere took place on January 18, 2012 on the pay-TV channel Sky . A television series of the same name based on the film with initially ten episodes ran on US television on Lifetime on April 8, 2012. The series is a remake of the film, with Hewitt's character having a different name and the plot of the series not being a direct continuation of the plot of the film. The series ran over two seasons with a total of 25 episodes before it was discontinued by the broadcaster in November 2013 after a dispute over the creative direction of a possible third season between the producers and the leading actress Hewitt. The German-language first broadcast of the series was shown from November 5, 2013 on the pay TV channel Passion .
reception
criticism
The list has been described by the television magazine Entertainment Weekly as a typical lifetime movie that "offers cheap thrills ... [but] at the same time offers a moral boost". The film was also rated poorly by TV Spielfilm and described as " Hung - Far better for girls". She also titled the film as a TV colportage and went on to say that it "shows the (alleged) consequences of the economic crisis", but that it is based on "real events" while "shamefully ignoring the ugly side of prostitution".
Awards and nominations
- Golden Globe Award
- 2011 : Nomination for Best Actress - Mini-Series or TV Movie for Jennifer Love Hewitt
- Young Artist Award
- 2011 : Award for Best Supporting Actress in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special for Olivia Steele-Falconer
Web links
- The list in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The list. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on July 8, 2012 .
- ↑ a b Release Info . In: IMDb.com . Retrieved July 8, 2012.
- ^ Stuart Levine: 'Client List' fares well for Lifetime . July 20, 2010. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
- ^ Sara Bible: Lifetime and Jennifer Love Hewitt to Share 'The Client List' with Viewers on April 8 . In: TV by the Numbers . February 21, 2012. Archived from the original on April 27, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
- ↑ Lenka Hladikova: The Client List: Lifetime discontinues series with Jennifer Love Hewitt . In: Serienjunkies.de . November 1, 2013. Accessed November 2, 2013.
- ^ The Client List . In: Fernsehserien.de . Retrieved November 2, 2012.
- ↑ Ken Tucker: 'The Client List' review: Jennifer Love Hewitt shook her money-maker . In: Entertainment Weekly . July 19, 2010. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
- ^ The Client List . In: TVSpielfilm.de . Retrieved July 8, 2012.
- ↑ Golden Globe Awards 2011 - Nominations and Winners . In: GoldenGlobes.org . Retrieved July 8, 2012.
- ↑ 32nd Annual Young Artist Award - Nominations . In: YoungArtistAwards.org . Retrieved July 8, 2012.
