Dominick & Eugene
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Dominick & Eugene |
| Original title | Dominick and Eugene |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1988 |
| length | 109 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Robert M. Young |
| script |
Corey Blechman , Alvin Sargent |
| production |
Mike Farrell , Marvin Minoff |
| music | Trevor Jones |
| camera | Curtis Clark |
| cut | Arthur Coburn |
| occupation | |
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Dominick & Eugene (Dominick and Eugene) is an American drama movie from 1988 . Directed by Robert M. Young and written by Corey Blechman and Alvin Sargent .
action
The twin brothers Eugene (called Gino) and Dominick (called Nicki) Luciano live together in an apartment in Pittsburgh. Nicki, 12 minutes older than Gino, was mentally retarded after an accident in childhood. He works as a garbage collector so that his brother can complete his medical degree. Lovable Nicki, who likes "Hulk" comics and wrestling matches, never wants to part with his brother and dreams of a life together in a beautiful house by the lake. While the naive Nicki is now and then used by drug dealers for criminal errands, Gino falls in love with his fellow student Jennifer Reston.
The brothers have long been planning to go to a big wrestling match on their 26th birthday, which Nicki is looking forward to. At short notice, Nicki receives a call from Gino who refuses because he has to work in the hospital. Nicki is very disappointed and decides to go to the fight with a friend and work colleague. After Nicki announces that he no longer wants to go to the wrestling match, his acquaintance takes him to his lover, where Nicki hears the two of them having sex and cannot be encouraged to join in. After this visit, Nicki ends up with his friend in a pub and tries to call his brother Gino, who cannot be reached. Incited by his friend, who tells Nicki that Gino is only taking advantage of him, he starts a drunk argument with Gino who is waiting for him there with Jennifer. Nicki accuses Gino of only working for him as a garbage collector so that he can finish his medical degree and is disappointed in him because Gino would rather spend time with Jennifer than with him. An argument and scuffle ensues, in which Gino Nicki says that his life would turn out this way because he felt responsible for an "idiot".
The next day, Gino apologizes to Nicki at a picnic, which the brothers' older neighbor and Jennifer also take part. Gino tries to make Nicki understand that he cannot finish his medical studies in Pittsburgh. He wants to go to another university without his brother Nicki. During this discussion, which Nicki does not really understand, his dog runs into the street and is run over by a car. Nicki seeks solace in church and visits the grave of his mother, who died giving birth to the twin brothers. Then he would like to visit little Michael, whom he knows from the neighborhood. He arrives at his house when the boy has a violent argument with his strict father, who falls Michael down the stairs, injuring Michael seriously. The father immediately alerts the ambulance, who arrives immediately. Nicki, deeply shocked by this incident, hurries on foot to the hospital where little Michael was brought. Once there, he goes in search of the injured child and meets the father there, who insists on “not having seen anything” and threatens to finish him off. Meanwhile, little Michael has succumbed to his injuries. Shocked by Michael's death, Nicki calls the police to tell the truth about the alleged accident, but hangs up again and looks at home for his brother Gino, who is not there. Desperate, Nicki finds a gun in a car, takes it and visits little Michael's family.
Michael's mother has a crying fit when Nicki arrives there. While her husband tries to comfort her, Nicki takes the family's baby, threatens the couple with a revolver and is able to flee. Alerted by the child's parents, a large police force goes in search of Nicki, who is wandering around Pittsburgh with the toddler. He is caught on the run by a patrol car, reinforcements arrive and Nicki is quickly surrounded.
His brother Gino also arrives at the scene with girlfriend Jennifer and persuades the responsible officers to talk to his brother before other measures have to be taken. He enters the building where Nicki is hiding with the baby and tries to persuade him to give the baby back. Nicki refuses, however, and says that he has to protect the baby, otherwise his "dad" would hurt him. He accuses Gino of lied to him about his accident as a toddler - he did not fall, but assumed that his own father hit him and that he was mentally retarded. Gino admits that there was a bad argument in which Nicki stood in front of him to protect him from the beatings of his brutal father, who kept beating him, so that the handicap could arise. Gino breaks down crying and tells Nicki that because of this incident he would always feel responsible for Nicki because he saved him.
Gino reacts touched and at that moment takes responsibility for his brother and tells him that he can complete his studies in another city and that he would be fine. Nicki agrees to come out of hiding with his brother and the baby and to face the police. The baby's parents are now also there and the father wants to shoot Nicki, which Gino can just prevent. Nicki finally tells the police and the press that he saw little Michael die; you believe him, Michael's father is being led away.
A short time later the brothers split up and Gino realizes his plans to study in another city. Nicki gives Gino a small box that he made himself with a photo of himself so that he can always think of him. Gino promises Nicki to come back home for Christmas. Nicki is left alone with the older neighbor. He continues to work as a garbage collector and copes well with his life even without Gino.
Reviews
Janet Maslin wrote in the New York Times on March 18, 1988 that the film was " much better than a standardized heartwarming film " that the story sounds like (" is a lot better than the standard-issue heartwarmer it may sound like ") . He is not very sentimental. The two main characters would do " an excellent job " in bringing the characters played to life; they would work well together. Maslin also praised the " winning " appearance of Jamie Lee Curtis and the " funny " role of Todd Graff.
The magazine Time Out London wrote that the film get into the lane of Rain Man and do not be afraid to address complex emotions. He would still lack a deeper insight (" ... but what few patronizing and hackneyed insights it offers are waved like red flags. Unsophisticated ").
"Set in everyday life in the working-class city of Pittsburgh, realism and emotionality combine to create a sympathetic film that unobtrusively sharpens awareness of the situation of disabled people."
Awards
Tom Hulce was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Drama in 1989 . The film was nominated for casting for the Artios Prize of the Casting Society of America in 1989.
backgrounds
The film was shot in Pittsburgh . It grossed approximately $ 3.1 million in US cinemas .
Web links
- Dominick & Eugene in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Dominick & Eugene at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Film review by Janet Maslin, accessed December 3, 2007
- ↑ Film review in Time Out London , accessed on December 3, 2007 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Dominick & Eugene. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 3, 2017 .
- ^ Filming locations for Dominick and Eugene, accessed December 3, 2007
- ^ Box office / business for Dominick and Eugene, accessed December 3, 2007
