The agony of choice

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Movie
German title The agony of choice
Original title The Campaign
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2012
length 85 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
JMK 12
Rod
Director Jay Roach
script Chris Henchy ,
Shawn Harwell
production Jay Roach,
Adam McKay ,
Will Ferrell ,
Zach Galifianakis
music Theodore Shapiro
camera Jim Denault
cut Craig Alpert ,
Jon Poll
occupation
synchronization

The agony of choice (Original title: The Campaign ) is an American comedy film from 2012 . Directed by Jay Roach and written by Chris Henchy and Shawn Harwell . It stars Will Ferrell , Zach Galifianakis , Jason Sudeikis , Katherine LaNasa and Dylan McDermott .

action

The democratic deputies Cam Brady wants the poll in North Carolina a row for the fifth time in the Congress are elected. However, his campaign is marred by the discovery of an affair with one of his followers who comes out after he accidentally leaves a sexually suggestive message on a local family's answering machine.

Two corrupt businessmen, Glen and Wade Motch, took this opportunity to convince Marty Huggins, director of the Hammond City Tourist Office and son of one of their associates, Raymond Huggins, to take on Cam for the Republicans . Cam initially underestimates Marty and humiliates him by showing a video biography about his naive life so far. The Motch brothers then hire Tim Wattley as Marty's campaign manager. He manages to present Marty in public as a successful politician and family man. Marty's polls also go up significantly with his new campaign, while Cam's continues to drop when he tries to hit Marty but hits a baby. Cam later runs commercials portraying Marty as an al-Qaeda terrorist, while Marty exposes Cam as a false Christian when he misrepresents the Our Father . Cam tries to restore his religious image in public by visiting a snake handler church, but is bitten by a snake. A video of the bite ends up on the Internet, causing Cam's poll ratings to drop even further.

When Cam's son tries to run for the office of class representative, Cam finds that he is a bad role model for him and visits Marty to make peace. Marty begins to get Cam drunk, whereupon Cam tells him that he became a politician to help the people. For example, he tells of a story when he was a child and, as a class representative, had an old rusty climbing frame removed from the playground. After Cam leaves, Marty is persuaded by Tim to call the police and blackmail Cam for driving under the influence of alcohol. He was arrested for this and his popularity continued to decline. When Marty airs a commercial calling Cam's son Marty "Dad", Cam takes revenge on Marty by seducing Marty's neglected wife, Mitzi, secretly recording sexual intercourse with her, and broadcasting it as a campaign commercial. The released video humiliates the Huggins family and leads Cam's campaign manager, Mitch, to leave him, believing that Cam has gone too far with the sex tape. Marty retaliates when he shoots Cam in the leg while on a hunting trip, increasing Marty's own popularity.

As the election date approaches, Marty meets with the Motch brothers and learns of their plans to sell Hammond to their Chinese business partners and turn the city into a cluster of factories. Marty notices that he has only been used and refuses any further support from the brothers. In order to still be able to implement their plans, they offer their support to the cam, which is far behind at the time. Meanwhile, Marty is reconciled with his family again.

On election day, Cam's victory seems to be a sure bet until Marty promises in a last minute commercial that he will become the most honest MP if he is elected. He also reveals the Motch brothers' plan and announces further missteps from Cam's previous life. In the end, Cam wins and remains a member of Congress because the voting machines were manipulated by the Motch brothers. While Cam is partying, Marty shows him the large scars he left in an accident on the rusty jungle gym and says that he looked up at him at school after removing the jungle gym. Cam then realizes how far he has strayed from his true motivations as a politician and does not accept the election as Congressman. So Marty finally wins the election. With his resignation, Cam has regained respect and the two agree to work together again later. Marty also appoints Cam as his chief of staff.

Six months later, Marty and Cam uncover the Motch brothers' machinations and summon them to a hearing on a committee of inquiry in Congress led by Marty. The two brothers note that everything they did, according to the judgment in the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission is legal. They are eventually arrested because they had ties to Tim Wattley, the campaign manager and an internationally wanted refugee.

Cast and dubbing

The German synchronization was created under the dialogue director of Sven Hasper by the synchronous company Interopa Film GmbH in Berlin .

Role name Actress Voice actor
Camden "Cam" Brady Will Ferrell Uwe Büschken
Martin "Marty" Huggins Zach Galifianakis Michael Iwannek
Mitch Wilson Jason Sudeikis Norman Matt
Rose Brady Katherine LaNasa Melanie Pukass
Tim Wattley Dylan McDermott Tom Vogt
Glen Motch John Lithgow Frank-Otto Schenk
Wade Motch Dan Aykroyd Thomas Danneberg
Raymond Huggins Brian Cox Klaus Sunshine
Mitzi Huggins Sarah Baker Nicole Hannak
Janette Taryn Terrell
Tripp Huggins Josh Lawson Philipp Moog

background

Filming began in and around New Orleans and Hammond , Louisiana on November 14, 2011 and continued through February 2012. In the United States, the film premiered at the Traverse City Film Festival on August 4, 2012, before being regularly released in theaters on August 10, 2012. Total earnings for the day of the premiere were $ 10.25 million, putting The Spoiled for Choice in second place behind The Bourne Legacy . After the first weekend, the revenue from 3205 cinemas amounted to 26.6 million dollars and thus represents the best premiere of a film about the campaign at all. The total worldwide box office is over 105 million, with nearly 87 million of them from the USA . The German theatrical release was on October 4, 2012. The total box office income in Germany is the equivalent of over 150 thousand US dollars.

It was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the USA on October 30, 2012 and in Germany on February 8, 2013.

reception

The film received mixed to positive reviews, with a 66 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes , based on 194 reviews. So, “its raw mark of political satire […] isn't quite as smart or sharp as one might have hoped it would be in an election year, but The Campaign manages to generate a sufficient number of laughs thanks to its well-coordinated leading characters ". Lukas Foerster of the daily newspaper wrote that the film “lives from the two main actors” and goes on to say that the film is “refreshingly obscene in the dialogues” and “takes up countless smaller and larger scandals from the recent past”, but one should " Still don't expect sharp, up-to-date political satire in the style of the Daily Show ". Richard Roeper gave the film an "A-" and described it as "one of the best comedies of the year" where "the material is offensively funny but the laughs are very consistent". The Toronto Star, on the other hand, judged the film as "loud, profane and relentlessly vulgar", while it was "occasionally funny". Claudia Puig of USA Today also noted that "the humor is inconsistent and the political satire lacks the necessary bite". The lexicon of international films described the film as “a bitter, sometimes borderline satire that unrestrainedly exaggerates the pursuit of political power in order to expose the actors' selfish motives” and went on to state that it was “extremely entertaining, not least because of its intended allusions to real US politician "was.

The film also attracted attention from the award critics, with both Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis being nominated at the People's Choice Awards 2013 in the Favorite Comedic Movie Actor category. The two also received a nomination for best film couple at the 2013 MTV Movie Awards . The composer Theodore Shapiro won the BMI Film & TV Award in 2013 for best film music .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for Die agony of choice . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , September 2012 (PDF; test number: 134 834 K).
  2. ↑ Age rating for The agony of choice . Youth Media Commission .
  3. ↑ a b The agony of choice. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous file , accessed on June 3, 2013 .
  4. ↑ Mike Scott: Will Ferrell comedy 'Dog Fight' looking for a few good extras ahead of New Orleans shoot . In: Nola.com . October 26, 2011. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  5. ↑ The agony of choice - release dates . In: IMDb.com . Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  6. ↑ Ray Suber: Friday Report: Solid start for 'Bourne,' 'Campaign' . In: Box Office Mojo . August 11, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  7. ↑ Ray Suber: Weekend Report: 'Legacy' Debut Keeps 'Bourne' franchise alive . In: Box Office Mojo . August 11, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  8. ^ The Campaign . In: Box Office Mojo . Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  9. ↑ The agony of choice . In: FilmStarts.de . Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  10. ^ The Campaign - International Box Office Results . In: Box Office Mojo . Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  11. ^ The Campaign Movie Reviews . In: Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  12. ↑ Lukas Foerster: The agony of choice . In: Taz.de . October 4, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  13. ^ The Campaign Review . In: RichardRoeper.com . Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  14. ^ Bruce DeMara: The Campaign review: Dirty politics . In: Toronto Star . August 9, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  15. ↑ Claudia Puig: 'The Campaign' is a stumper . In: USA Today . August 9, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  16. ↑ The agony of choice. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed June 3, 2013 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used