The hour of the patriots (film)
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| German title | The hour of the patriots | ||
| Original title | Patriot Games | ||
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| Country of production | United States | ||
| original language | English | ||
| Publishing year | 1992 | ||
| length | 112 minutes | ||
| Age rating | FSK 16 | ||
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| Director | Phillip Noyce | ||
| script |
W. Peter Iliff , Donald Stewart |
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Mace Neufeld , Charles H. Maguire |
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| music | James Horner , Clannad | ||
| camera | Donald M. McAlpine | ||
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Neil Travis William Hoy |
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The hour of the patriots (original title: Patriot Games ) is a literary film adaptation of the bestseller of the same name by Tom Clancy . The 1992 film was directed by Phillip Noyce and Harrison Ford played the lead role as Jack Ryan . The film opened in German cinemas on October 22, 1992.
action
The American Jack Ryan, a former lieutenant in the marine infantry , visits London with his family as a tourist and thwarted an attack by an IRA faction on Lord Holmes , the British Minister for Northern Ireland and distant relatives of the Queen of England . He is shot and is thanked by the royal family for his intervention.
The arrested assassin Sean Miller is freed after his conviction in a prison transfer and wants to avenge his brother Paddy, who was shot by Jack Ryan in the exchange of fire. After an attack on his wife and daughter, Ryan uses all his energy to neutralize the terrorists together with the CIA and special forces from various western countries. Some can be found in a training camp in Libya . A SAS commando penetrated there and killed all residents of the camp, which Ryan observed live via satellite broadcast.
When Lord Holmes visits the Ryans at their property in Maryland to honor Ryan for his rescue, the terrorists who fled Libya in time raid the meeting with the help of a traitor, an assistant to Lord Holmes who had also helped with the attack on Lord Holmes. Ryan and his friend, Lieutenant Commander Robby Jackson, who is also present, can discover the impending attack in time, rescue everyone present and kill the terrorists; the traitor is killed by the terrorists.
Reviews
“Undisturbed agent thriller that praises the inhuman power politics of the CIA and the patriotism of the American citizen. Elaborately and very densely staged in the grand finale, the film wins only a few oppressive moments from the incidentally addressed topic of modern warfare via satellite and computer. "
“Phillip Noyce (' Salt ') skillfully builds up the tension, saves on patriotism and lets Ford shine in his typical role. Conclusion: calculated thrill, good finale. "
Awards
Thora Birch was nominated for the Young Artist Award in 1993. James Horner won the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Film and Television Music Award in 1993 . The film was nominated for the Saturn Award in 2004 as part of The Jack Ryan Special Edition DVD Collection .
backgrounds
This is the second adaptation of a Jack Ryan novel after the 1990 Hunt for Red October starring Alec Baldwin . For the first time Harrison Ford can be seen in the lead role, as well as in the follow-up The Cartel . Baldwin was supposed to continue to play the role of Ryan, but the deal fell through. a. because of Baldwin's fee claim. Ford then signed a contract for three films. The fee Ford received for The Hour of the Patriots and The Cartel was $ 9 million. The planned second sequel with Ford never happened. Therefore, The 2002 attack with Ben Affleck in the lead role differs significantly from the novel and the earlier films: Affleck's Ryan is a bachelor, whereas in the earlier films he is shown as married and with children in accordance with the respective novels.
Web links
- Patriot in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Patriot Games at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Patriot Games at Metacritic (English)
- The hour of the patriots in the online film database
- The hour of the patriots in the German dubbing index
- Comparison of the cut versions Pro 7 from 12 - FSK 16 , cable 1 from 12 - FSK 16 from Die hour der Patrioten at Schnittberichte.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ The hour of the patriots. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ The hour of the patriots on tvspielfilm.de
- ↑ Nominations and Awards in the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Robert Sellers: Harrison Ford: A Biography. vgs, Cologne 1994, ISBN 3-8025-2304-0 , p. 216 f.