Ellie Parker
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Ellie Parker |
| Original title | Ellie Parker |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2005 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Scott Coffey |
| script | Scott Coffey |
| production | Scott Coffey Naomi Watts |
| music |
Neil Jackson BC Smith |
| camera | Scott Coffey Blair mast boom |
| cut |
Matt Chesse Catherine Hollander |
| occupation | |
Ellie Parker is an American comedy film of Scott Coffey from the year 2005 with Naomi Watts in the title role. Two supporting roles are occupied by the well-known Hollywood greats Chevy Chase and Keanu Reeves .
action
Australian actress Ellie Parker is trying to make a career in Hollywood . She goes to numerous audition appointments, puts on new clothes, tries out new language accents and takes acting courses. She is gradually becoming desperate and beginning to doubt herself. When she finds out that her boyfriend Justin is cheating on her, her self-esteem is down. Annoyed, she rushes to the next casting, but meets Chris on the way, which she builds something up again. So she moves out of Justin and looks for shelter with her friend Sam. Justin tries to get her back, but Ellie doesn't get involved. She wants to fall in love again quickly and wants a relationship in which she can finally be herself and not always just the way her boyfriend wants her to be. As an actress, she has to pretend she's somebody else and secretly she's a little scared of becoming like the person she pretends to be.
When Ellie loses faith in her chances of success, her manager doesn't try to convince her to try again. In his opinion, she lacks self-confidence and her eternal self-doubts, with which she annoys the people on set, no one would want to hear. He gives her back her papers and wishes her the best of luck with whatever she should choose.
When Ellie meets Chris again, she wants to start a relationship with him. After they have sex with each other, Chris confesses that he is bisexual and actually more interested in men. Angry, she throws him out of the house, even calls Justin again out of sheer anger and then says she wants to go to a casting again.
background
Scott Coffey wrote that he wanted to show the " absurdity of modern life " in Los Angeles . The film is a " metaphor of modern American life ". He himself not only directed, but also wrote the script, produced the film, stood behind the camera and played a supporting role himself.
The comedy is based on a short film by Scott Coffey from 2001 with Naomi Watts in the lead role. This 16-minute film was shown at the Sundance Film Festival in 2001 and then expanded with additional scenes.
The film was screened at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2005 and at the Seattle International Film Festival in June 2005 . Since November 11, 2005 it has been shown in selected cinemas in the USA. It was released in Great Britain on July 14, 2006, in Japan - October 7, 2006.
Reviews
Melissa Anderson wrote in the Village Voice on November 8, 2005 that the film was "a clumsy burlesque from Hollywood".
Kevin Thomas wrote in the Los Angeles Times on November 11, 2005 that the film was "funny". He shows a story that is "as old as Hollywood" in a "refreshing" way. Ellie Parker's character has a "very intense" personality.
Gianni Truzzi wrote in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer of November 11, 2005 that the film was "affected", "truthful" and "funny". It shows that Naomi Watts and Scott Coffey have not forgotten their efforts at the beginning of their careers.
The lexicon of international film said: “Tragic comedy in a semi-documentary style, which provides insights into the mechanisms of the dream factory through numerous cameo appearances and the biography of the main actress Naomi Watts, who achieved film fame herself through perseverance. Developed from a 16-minute short film project in four years of shooting. "
Awards
Naomi Watts and Scott Coffey won awards from the Seattle International Film Festival in 2005 . Scott Coffey was nominated for the 2005 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize.
Cast and dubbing
| actor | role | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Naomi Watts | Ellie Parker | Irina von Bentheim |
| Rebecca Rigg | Sam | |
| Scott Coffey | Chris | |
| Mark Pellegrino | Justin | Jan-David Rönfeldt |
| Blair mast boom | Smash Jackson | Markus Pfeiffer |
| Chevy Chase | Dennis Swartzbaum | Lutz Mackensy |
| Jennifer Syme | Casting chick | |
| Greg Freitas | Rick Saul | Wolfgang Wagner |
| Gaye Pope | Leslie Towne | |
| Jessica Vogl | Trixie | Gundi Eberhard |
| Kim Fay | Therapist | Antje von der Ahe |
| Keanu Reeves | Musician at "Dogstar" | Benjamin Völz |
Web links
- Ellie Parker in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ellie Parker in the Lexicon of International Films
- Official website (English)
- Ellie Parker at rotten tomatoes (English)
- Ellie Parker at Metacritic (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Background at rottentomatoes.com
- ^ Start dates for Ellie Parker
- ↑ Critique by Melissa Anderson
- ↑ Review by Kevin Thomas
- ^ Critique by Gianni Truzzi
- ↑ Ellie Parker. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous file , accessed on March 12, 2018 .