Ice cold angels

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Movie
German title Ice cold angels
Original title Cruel intentions
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1999
length 97 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Roger Kumble
script Roger Kumble
production Michael Fottrell
Neal H. Moritz
Christopher Ball
music Ed Shearmur
camera Theo van de Sande
cut Jeff Freeman
occupation
synchronization
chronology

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Ice Cold Angels 2

Ice cold angels (original title: Cruel Intentions , "Cruel intentions") is an American drama directed by Roger Kumble from 1999 , based on the novel Dangerous Liaisons by Choderlos de Laclos . Kumble moved the plot from 18th century France to contemporary New York, but largely retained the social structures that existed in the novel. In 2000 the prequel Eiskalte Engel 2 was created , followed in 2004 by Eiskalte Engel 3 .

action

The film is about the two step-siblings Kathryn and Sebastian, who attend a private school in New York . Her parents are very wealthy, view their offspring's life with great disinterest and spend their time separately at various luxury locations overseas. Sebastian enjoys his reputation as a seducer of women in high school. The only woman who turned him away is his stepsister Kathryn, of all people, which is an additional incentive for him to correct this. Aware of this fact, Kathryn wants to take advantage of the situation by proposing a bet to her stepbrother: If Sebastian manages to seduce the new principal's virgin daughter, Annette Hargrove, by the start of the new school year, she would sleep with him. If he doesn't make it, he'll lose his Jaguar XK 140, which is so important to him . Sebastian accepts the challenge.

Kathryn, for her part, was left shortly before by her friend Court Reynolds for the likewise rich but extremely naive Cecile. In revenge, she befriends Cecile and allows her to be seduced by Sebastian in order to ruin her reputation at the school. When Cecile falls in love with her music teacher Ronald Clifford, Kathryn reveals Ronald to Cecile's mother, who immediately fires him, which estranges Cecile from her mother. Ronald and Cecile seek the help of Kathryn and Sebastian to secretly continue their relationship.

Meanwhile, Sebastian starts to approach Annette, initially without success. But over time they both fall in love. This arouses feelings of jealousy in Kathryn, who then asks Sebastian to part with Annette. Since he fears for his reputation as a womanizer, he ends the relationship with Annette. When he demands his reward for the successful bet from Kathryn, she mocks him, claiming that she triumphed over him. An argument ensues; Sebastian realizes he's made a mistake. When Annette no longer wants to see him, he sends her his closely guarded diary as a token of his love, in which he has recorded all his conquests and thoughts.

Furious, Kathryn incites Ronald against Sebastian by telling him about his liaison with Cecile. Then Ronald confronts Sebastian in the middle of the street. A fight breaks out, with Annette, who has forgiven Sebastian, tries to break the two men apart and is accidentally pushed onto the busy street by Ronald. Sebastian saves her from an approaching taxi, but is fatally injured himself. At the funeral service, Annette and Cecile distribute copies of Sebastian's diary to students and teachers. Now everyone realizes what Kathryn has done with her intrigues in the past, and Kathryn's reputation as a lady is ruined. Finally, Annette is seen driving down a street in Sebastian's Jaguar.

Old Westbury Gardens
Fletcher-Sinclair House, 5th Avenue

backgrounds

  • The Old Westbury Gardens estate , where Aunt Helen lives, was used in Hitchcock's The Invisible Third and later in the films Hitch and Wolf .
  • The cover of Sebastian Kathryn's magazine reads Jennifer Love Hewitt , with whom Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillippe previously worked in the film I Know What You Did Last Summer .
  • Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon were married in the year the film was released. They had two children together, but the marriage ended in divorce on October 5, 2007.
  • The residence of Sebastian and Kathryn's family is the Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion in Manhattan on the corner of 2 East 79th Street and Fifth Avenue, the seat of the Ukrainian Institute of America since 1955.
  • In February 2016 it was announced that a television adaptation of the film in the form of a television series is planned. The story is set to take place 15 years after the film events, and Sarah Michelle Gellar will return in her role in the pilot.

music

  1. Placebo - Every You Every Me
  2. Fatboy Slim - Praise You
  3. Blur - Coffee and TV
  4. Day One - Bedroom Dancing
  5. Counting Crows - Colorblind
  6. Kristen Barry - Ordinary Life
  7. Marcy Playground - Comin 'Up From Behind
  8. Skunk Anansie - Secretly
  9. Craig Armstrong - This Love
  10. Aimee Mann - You Could Make A Killing
  11. Faithless - Addictive
  12. Abra Moore - Trip On Love
  13. Bobby Bare Jr. - You Blew Me Off
  14. The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
  15. The Cardigans - Lovefool

synchronization

The synchronous work took place at Berliner Synchron based on a dialogue book by Alexander Löwe and directed by Dorette Hugo .

In 2017, a new synchronization was commissioned by Netflix . This was created by Studio Hamburg Synchron , the dialogue book was written by Thomas Maria Lehmann, and the dialogue was directed by Douglas Welbat .

role actor Voice actor (1st version) Voice actor (2nd version)
Kathryn Merteuil Sarah Michelle Gellar Nana Spier Merete Brettschneider
Sebastian Valmont Ryan Phillippe Kim Hasper Tim Kreuer
Annette Hargrove Reese Witherspoon Marie Bierstedt Sonja Stein
Cecile Caldwell Selma Blair Carola Ewert Franciska Friede
Helen Rosemond Louise Fletcher Barbara Adolph
Blaine Tuttle Joshua Jackson Andreas Fröhlich Tobias Diakow
Bunny Caldwell Christine Baranski Liane Rudolph Kerstin Draeger
Dr. Greenbaum Swoosie Kurtz Ana Fonell Katja Brugger
Greg McConnell Eric Mabius Simon hunter Jesse Grimm
Marci Greenbaum Tara Reid Manja Doering Liza Ohm
Mrs. Sugerman Herta goods Tilly Lauenstein
Ronald Clifford Sean Patrick Thomas Oliver Field

Reviews

“Another film adaptation of the letter novel by Choderlos des Laclos, which transfers the scenario to the snobbish New England of today. In an ostentatious, ultimately unreal atmosphere of wealth, the young people live isolated and become easy victims for supposed lucky charms. Filmed in an elegant atmosphere and narrated coherently, the film sometimes misses too much the relationship to today's teenage world. "

- Lexicon of international film

"After 1782 appeared epistolary novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Choderlos de Laclos , the story of a sexually-depraved intrigues of the Parisian nobility, emerged after Vadims modern variant of 1959, Stephen Frears ' brilliant implementation of 1988 and Miloš Forman rather harmless Valmont now a version , which takes place in America today: Here, too, sophisticated and mean dialogues, excellent actors, impressive photography (the Dutchman Theo van de Sande was behind the camera) ensure the best entertainment. Sarah Michelle Gellar stands out among the actors as a scheming beast. "

- Prism Online

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ TheWrap.com, accessed on February 25, 2016
  2. ↑ German synchronous index: German synchronous index | Movies | Ice cold angels. Retrieved July 12, 2018 .
  3. ↑ German synchronous index: German synchronous index | Movies | Ice cold angels. Retrieved July 12, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Ice cold angels. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  5. ^ Criticism at Prisma Online