Easy to get

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Movie
German title Easy to get
Original title Easy A
Easy to have (film), Schriftzug.jpg
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2010
length 92 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director I want luck
script Bert V. Royal
production Will Gluck
Zanne Devine
music Brad Segal
camera Michael Grady
cut Susan Littenberg
occupation
synchronization

Simply to have (original title: Easy A ) is an American comedy by the director Will Gluck from 2010. The film thematizes the momentum that lies can develop, especially in the age of Web 2.0 .

The film is designed as a review in the form of a private webcast by the protagonist Olive Penderghast, played by Emma Stone , and in five chapters illuminates the events at her school that were triggered by her lies. This was the last film with Amanda Bynes since she ended her acting career that same year.

action

The inconspicuous Olive Penderghast speaks in a webcam recording about a white lie she invented that started it all. In a conversation that Olive has with her best friend Rhiannon Abernathy, who she wants to take on a camping trip, Olive picks up on one and invents a boy named George, with whom she has a weekend date. When Rhiannon asks at school on Mondays how the date went and keeps pushing Olive, she confirms what Rhiannon obviously wants to hear. Yes, she slept with the boy. The very Christian classmate Marianne Bryant happened to overhear the conversation. She is outraged and specifically passes what she hears on to other classmates. That's how the story goes at school and is always spun a little further, so that Olive is considered an easy girl to have in the end.

With their favorite teacher, Mr. Griffith, the students in English class are currently studying The Scarlet Letter , in which the exclusion of the adulteress Hester by her Puritan fellow citizens in the 17th century is discussed. Nina, another religious classmate, describes Hester as a "bitch", compares her to Olive and asks her to wear a red "A" on her chest, analogous to the story. Olive defends herself with an insulting remark to Nina and is then called to the school principal. There she meets the injured Brandon, a homosexual friend with whom she has not spoken in a long time. As a punishment, Olive and Brandon, who had a fight with a classmate, have to clean the school.

A little later, Olive is at home with her family and tells them that she had to go to the school principal. Brandon then comes to visit and sadly tells Olive about his terrible life. He persuades her to fake sex with him so that he is considered straight and no longer ostracized. When the most popular girl in school throws a party, Olive thinks it is the right time to retreat to a room with Brandon and loudly simulate sex, not without first making it public. When Brandon leaves the room, he is accompanied by loud hoots. Olive, however, goes home unhappy and with a feeling of shame after she happens to run into Todd at the party, an old friend who still means something to her.

Olive's marginalization by her classmates increases, but she has lost her reputation as a slut . She defiantly decides to wear the red "A" after all and provides a topic of conversation. Some guys learn from Brandon that they just played the whole thing. Olive then receives gift cards, vouchers and money from classmates so that they can claim to have had sexual contact with her. They hope it will increase their reputation.

Unaware of the hoax, Rhiannon becomes jealous of the attention Olive is suddenly getting and joins Marianne's church group. For Olive, however, the situation is becoming increasingly difficult. Marianne's friend Micah, allegedly as she refuses exactly sex before marriage, she has to Mrs. Griffith, the guidance counselor , cheated. He caught chlamydia and told his parents that he got them from Olive. When Olive sees the wife of her favorite teacher, Mr. Griffith, crying, she wants to help her and joins the game.

Nobody wants to have anything to do with Olive now, except Anson, who asks her out on a date. They go to a restaurant where Todd works, which they leave after a short time because Olive sees Rhiannon among the guests. She knows that Anson is her ex-girlfriend's great love. It quickly becomes clear that Anson actually thinks that he bought the right to sex with a voucher from a hardware store that he gave Olive. Olive just leaves him confused and hurt. Todd happens to be out of work, sees Olive, and drives her home. He tells her that he doesn't believe the rumors and that he didn't fall for Olive's lies. When he asks Olive for a kiss after showing how much he likes her, she declines on the grounds that she isn't ready for it today.

Olive is now doing everything possible to save her reputation and asks the boys who have used her for their own purposes to admit that it was all just talk and a lie. However, everyone refuses and Olive has to think of something else. When Mrs. Griffith refuses to admit that she had something with Micah and tells her that no one will believe her anyway, she runs to her husband, disappointed and angry, and tells him about his wife's affair. Seconds later, however, she regrets that she could be the cause of the breakup of her favorite teacher's marriage.

Olive asks all students in the gym with a daring vocal interlude to visit her website freeolive.com , as a sex show with Todd is to be recorded there. The response is great, as is the disappointment, Olive tells us how it really was and that all the stories were just made up. During her narration, Brandon who ran away with a man, Mr. Griffith, who separated from his wife, and Micah, who lives with his grandparents because of his "fornication", can be seen. Olive makes it clear that what happens when she is with a man is entirely up to her, and that she will certainly not share it with others. It seems that Todd could be that man for Olive. A reconciliation with her former friend Rhiannon is also likely.

Background and publication

Easy to get was filmed in Ojai , California . Filming began on June 9, 2009. The budget of the film was approximately 8 million US dollars estimated.

The original title "Easy A" can be interpreted in different ways. " Easy " (dt. "Simple, easy" ) in old-fashioned slang means " promiscuous " , while the "A" is a reference to the novel The Scarlet Letter is and its films. In addition, "Easy A" is a fixed term for a school examination, in which the best school grade A in the USA is achieved with little effort .

Emma Stone decided not to take part in the production of the feature film Sucker Punch in order to have easy to shoot. Logan Lerman auditioned for the role that was ultimately awarded to Dan Byrd .

In a cameo , the wife and two children of director Will Gluck can be seen in the scene in the ice cream parlor where Olive is talking to Evan towards the end of the film.

FreeOlive.com , mentioned by Olive in the film, has been registered by Sony Pictures for marketing the film. The opening scene seen in the film from the webcam was shot during Emma Stone's audition for the film. All of the scenes featured in Olive's webcasts were filmed in a single day within 14 hours. In Olive's webcast monologue, the film references the 1980s teen films Teen Lover , Can't Buy Me Love , You Can Only Do This as an Adult , The Breakfast Club and Ferris Goes Blue . Furthermore , film clips from The Scarlet Letter and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn can be seen in Easy to Have .

The script, apart from the last ten pages, was written by Bert V. Royal within five days.

The first names of the Penderghast family members consist entirely of food names. Olive's parents' names are derived from dill and rosemary , while her brother goes by the name Chip . Olive is named after the fruits of the olive tree . At the same time, the anagram “I love” can be formed from Olive's name , as Olive discovers in the film.

Emma Stone collapsed while filming the scene in which Brandon and Olive pretended to be having sex . After she recovered, she said with a laugh that she "couldn't even simulate sex without dying." The film scenes that take place in the fictional Ojai North High School were shot in the Nordhoff High School in Ojai .

In the English-language original version of the film, Olive pronounces the cinema film title The Scarlet Letter in German when she buys tickets at the box office. Although the original language of Easy to Have is English, the title is explicitly posted in German on the notice board of the cinema. Therefore, the film adaptation of the 1973 novel by Wim Wenders of the same name must be meant. Excerpts are shown from the film adaptation from 1934 (with Colleen Moore in the lead role).

The music track that can be heard more often in the background of the film and also accompanies the end credits is called Change of Seasons and was interpreted by the band Sweet Thing .

The film begins and ends with the Screen Gems logo, whose background is a blue sky and whose nickname is “ The S from heaven ” (German: “The S from heaven” ). At the beginning of the film, the rotating “S” can be seen in the blue sky with clouds, which illustrates the nickname.

On September 11, 2010, the film celebrated its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival . It was first shown in Australia on September 16, 2010, and a day later in the US. The film was shown in German cinemas from November 11, 2010. On the opening weekend, the US grossed over 17.7 million US dollars, with total US revenues exceeding 58.4 million US dollars. In 2010, more than 70 million US dollars were posted worldwide. In Germany, the film was released in video stores on April 21, 2011 and was available for purchase on May 19, 2011. Due to the DVD and Blu-ray release, the film was able to gross more than 12.66 million US dollars.

Soundtrack

No. title Interpreter
1 Change of Seasons Sweet thing
2 Bad Before Good Day One
3 Trouble is a friend Lenka
4th If You Were Here Cary Brothers
5 15 minutes The Yeah You's
6th Cupid Shoot Me Remi Nicole
7th Satellite junk
8th Don't You (Forget About Me) AT THE
9 We go together I Heart Homework
10 Numba 1 (Tide Is High) Cardinal Offishall
11 Perfect picture Carlos Bertonatti
12 The wolf Miniature tigers
13 Sexy silk Jessie J
14th When Life Gives Me Lemons I Make Lemonade The Boy Least Likely To
15th Pocketful of Sunshine Natasha Bedingfield
16 Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds

synchronization

The German-language synchronization was carried out by Film- & Fernseh-Synchron in Berlin based on a dialogue book by Marie-Luise Schramm based on the rough translation by Blondah Fritaud and directed by Elisabeth von Molo.

role actor Voice actor
Olive penderghast Emma Stone Anja Stadlober
Marianne Bryant Amanda Bynes Marie-Luise Schramm
Rhiannon "Rhi" Abernathy Alyson Michalka Julia digit
Todd Penn Badgley Robin Kahnmeyer
Mr. Griffith Thomas Haden Church Gerald Paradise
Dill penderghast Stanley Tucci Frank Röth
Rosemary Penderghast Patricia Clarkson Petra Barthel
Brandon Dan Byrd David Turba
Micah Cam Gigandet Sebastian Schulz
Mrs. Griffith Lisa Kudrow Sabine Jaeger
Director Gibbons Malcolm McDowell Wolfgang Condrus

criticism

The editorial team of Cinema judges: “The sovereign direction, which ironically quotes the adultery classic“ The Scarlet Letter ”, and the stunning Emma Stone (“ Superbad ”) in her first leading role make“ Easy A ”, the original title, one worthy followers of " The Opposite of Sex " or Michael Lehmann's " Heathers ". Conclusion: Cheeky teenage satire about the uptight sexual morality of the Americans. "

The editorial team of the film scene sums it up: “A lot of speed, even more wit, consistently believable characters, real understanding for the worries and needs of the teenage soul, the heart in the right place, with zero kitsch and absolutely no moral club - what should you get from a great one Anything Else Expecting Teen Comedy? Just. Great movie. Look at."

Christoph Petersen Screenrush believes Easy A was "thanks terrific actors and honed sharp dialogues but as the best high school comedy since" American Pie , "" evaluate. Petersen particularly praises the "biting lines from author Bert V. Royal and the outstanding performance of the eternal supporting actress Emma Stone" . “There are few high school comedies that can be described as great theater. “Simply to have” belongs at the top of a list of the few exceptions. ” Petersen's conclusion is, Simply to have proves “ that teenage entertainment and intelligent cinema are by no means mutually exclusive ” .

Awards

Easy to Have won the 2011 Critics' Choice Movie Awards for Best Comedy Film and was nominated for the same award at the Empire Awards . The film received another nomination at the 2011 GLAAD Media Awards in the Outstanding Film - Wide Release category .

Leading actress Emma Stone was nominated for the 2011 Golden Globe Award in the category "Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical". At the 2011 MTV Movie Awards , Emma Stone was named "Best Actor in a Comedy" and received another nomination for "Best Actress" while working with Amanda Bynes for the movie quote " There's a higher power that will judge you for your indecency . - Tom Cruise ? " (Eng. " There is a higher power that will condemn you for your fornication. - Tom Cruise? " ) Was nominated. At the 2011 Teen Choice Awards Emma Stone won the award in the category "Best Actress in a romantic comedy." Aly Michalka was nominated in the Scene Stealer Female category at these awards .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Locations according to the Internet Movie Database
  2. ↑ a b c Budget and box office results according to the Internet Movie Database
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Background information according to the Internet Movie Database
  4. ↑ freeolive.com
  5. ↑ I want my life to be like an 80's movie ( Memento from August 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), Youtube
  6. ↑ 5 naked facts ... about Emma Stone , moviepilot.de, Marie Krolock, November 11, 2010
  7. ↑ a b c Start dates according to the Internet Movie Database
  8. ↑ Box office results according to MovieJones.de, accessed on December 27, 2010
  9. ↑ German synchronous index: German synchronous index | Movies | Easy to get. Retrieved April 2, 2018 .
  10. ^ Cinema : film review
  11. ^ Film scene: film review
  12. ^ Film starts : film review , Christoph Petersen
  13. ↑ a b c d e f nominations and awards according to the Internet Movie Database