Downhill (2020)

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Movie
German title Downhill
Original title Downhill
Country of production USA , Austria
original language English
Publishing year 2020
length 87 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Nat Faxon ,
Jim Rash
script Jesse Armstrong ,
Nat Faxon,
Jim Rash
production Julia Louis-Dreyfus ,
Anthony Bregman ,
Stefanie Azpiazu
music Volker Bertelmann
camera Danny Cohen
cut Pamela Martin
occupation
synchronization

Downhill is a 2020 US - Austrian feature film directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash with Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell . The film is a remake of the Swedish drama Force Majeure by Ruben Östlund (2014).

The premiere was on January 26, 2020 at the Sundance Film Festival . In the US, the film was released on February 14, 2020. The Austrian premiere is scheduled for August 28, 2020 as part of the 8th Kitzbühel Film Festival . In Germany and Austria, the cinema release was planned for the beginning of April 2020 and was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

action

Billie and Pete would like to spend a relaxing winter holiday in the Alps with their children and enjoy the snowy winter landscape. When the family is sitting on the terrace of a ski hut at lunch , an artificial avalanche is triggered that seems to get out of control.

Pete leaves his family behind in the face of the impending avalanche and instead only keeps himself and his smartphone safe, testing the relationship between him and his wife.

synchronization

The German synchronization took over the FFS Film & TV sync . The dialogue book was written by Tobias Neumann , and the dialogue was directed by Solveig Duda .

role actor Voice actor
Billie Julia Louis-Dreyfus Silvia Missbach
Pete Will Ferrell Uwe Büschken
Zach Zach Woods Johannes Raspe
Rosie Zoë Chao Nora Jokhosha
Mountain Rescue Kristofer Hivju Norman Matt
Charlotte Miranda Otto Eva Brunner

Production and Background

The shooting took place from January 9th to March 1st, 2019. The film was shot in the Austrian federal states of Tyrol and Vienna . Filming locations included Fiss , Ischgl and the Kaunertal .

Most of the skiing scenes were recorded in the Silvretta Arena . The scene in which the avalanche rushes towards the Stanton family takes place on the viewing terrace of the Wonnealm in the Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis ski area . For the shooting, the crew got their own Silvretta Bahn gondola , which was reserved only for them. A plaque was placed in gondola 64 to commemorate the film. In Vienna, the film was shot for two weeks in Hall 1 of the Rosenhügel Studios .

Fox Searchlight Pictures , Likely Story Ltd and Wiener Filmhaus Films were involved in the production . The production was supported by the funding initiative Filmstandort Austria (FISA) and Cine Tirol .

Actor Kristofer Hivju was already seen in the Swedish original Force Majeure by Ruben Östlund (2014).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Approval certificate for downhill . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 199849 / K). Template: FSK / maintenance / type not set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. ↑ a b c Downhill at crew united . Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  3. ↑ a b Kate Erbland: 'Downhill' Review: Julia Louis-Dreyfus Shines in an Otherwise Unnecessary and Uneven Remake. In: IndieWire . January 27, 2020, accessed on August 15, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Downhill (2020) - Release Info - IMDb . Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  5. ↑ Barbara Schuster: "Downhill" on top of the mountain. In: blickpunktfilm.de. July 17, 2020, accessed August 15, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Kitzbühel Film Festival: interesting films in barren cultural times. July 26, 2020, accessed August 15, 2020 .
  7. ↑ a b Downhill. In: ffkb.at. Retrieved August 15, 2020 .
  8. ↑ a b c d New film "Downhill": Tyrolean ski resorts as a Hollywood backdrop. April 17, 2020, accessed August 15, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Downhill. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing index , accessed on August 15, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Oezguer Anil: The Kitzbühel Film Festival attracts visitors with its mountain panorama and drive-in cinema . In: film.at. August 11, 2020, accessed August 15, 2020 .
  11. ^ A b Lisa Hintner: Tyrol is the backdrop for the US comedy "Downhill". In: Tyrolean daily newspaper . January 18, 2019, accessed August 15, 2020 .
  12. ^ From Will Ferrell to 007: Film locations in Tyrol. In: tirolwerbung.at. Retrieved August 15, 2020 .
  13. ↑ a b Downhill: Location Austria - The national film commission. In: locationaustria.at. January 31, 2020, accessed August 15, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Downhill (2018) - Company Credits . Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  15. ↑ filmhaus films / film House Vienna. In: filmhaus.com. Retrieved August 15, 2020 .