Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
| Movie | |
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| German title | Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga |
| Original title | Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2020 |
| length | 123 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | David Dobkin |
| script |
Will Ferrell , Andrew Steele |
| production | Will Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum , Chris Henchy |
| music | Atli Örvarsson |
| camera | Danny Cohen |
| cut | Greg Hayden |
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Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga is an American comedy film directed by David Dobkin and produced by Netflix . The main roles are played by Will Ferrell , Rachel McAdams , Pierce Brosnan and Dan Stevens . In addition to Andrew Steele, Ferrell was also responsible for the script.
The film was released on Netflix on June 26, 2020 .
action
The Icelandic singer Lars Erickssong dreams of winning the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC). Together with his childhood friend Sigrit Ericksdottir, he founded the band Fire Saga , which performed in their hometown of Húsavík . The management of the Icelandic preliminary decision for the ESC 2020 intends to send the singer Katiana into the race, as she could actually win the competition. There are already 11 participants for the preliminary decision, but the statutes stipulate that twelve participants are required. Since everyone is assuming that Katiana will win anyway, they just blindly choose a group. The choice falls on Fire Saga. Lars is so ecstatic with joy that he is even brought to the police station because he rang the church bell. Sigrit, meanwhile, is convinced that the elves she asked for help are responsible for this unexpected luck.
Both of them receive no support from their parents. Lars' father thinks he wasted his life on stupid daydreams, Sigrit's mother thinks she deserves better than Lars. A lot goes wrong during the preliminary round, and Lars is embarrassed. He's so sad that he won't go to the attendee aftershow party, which is on a boat. Sigrit remains by his side as mental support. Suddenly the boat explodes. This makes Fire Saga the last remaining candidate.
At the ESC in Edinburgh , Lars and Sigrit have different ideas about their appearance. Lars has a new stage design developed and works with a K-Pop star to spice up the song. In the run-up, both meet the Russian singer Alexander Lemtov, who is hosting a party to which Fire Saga is also invited. Numerous winners from previous ESCs are guests at the party, as well as this year's participants. Sigrit spends the evening with Lemtov, while Lars stays with the Greek singer Mita. However, Lars has a slightly dismissive effect, since he only speaks of winning the ESC. The evening creates tension between Lars and Sigrit because Lars doesn't want to lose them to Lemtov. Sigrit, on the other hand, fears that Lars slept with Mita, which turns out to be wrong.
At the beginning of the semifinals everything looks pretty good, until Sigrit's scarf gets caught in a gymnastics wheel placed on the stage and the performance ends in disaster. However, they finish the song. Lars immediately leaves the stage and goes back to Iceland, while Sigrit stays and receives support from Lemtov. Lars doesn't even notice that the audience applauded at the end, nor that Iceland was voted into the final. In Iceland, Lars decides to give up his dreams and work as a fisherman. He also confesses his love for Sigrit to his father. He tells him to fight for Sigrit. When Lars learns that Iceland has made it to the final, he asks the organizing team for support for the return trip to Edinburgh. But the CFO Victor tries to kill him. Under no circumstances should Iceland win, as the country does not have the means to host the competition the following year. In the course of this, he also confesses to the murder of all candidates who died on the boat, in the hope that Iceland would not be able to participate in the ESC. He is killed by elves, however, because Lars previously asked for their support from the ESC.
Lars arrives just in time and suggests that Sigrit sing her specially composed song for Lars. This is against the rules and will result in disqualification, but winning is not everything. They kiss to great applause. Erick proudly watches the competition with Sigrit's mother Helka. Alexander, who is gay but does not want to show this publicly in Russia, discusses the possibility of moving to Greece with Mita.
Lars and Sigrit return to their hometown, where they are greeted with a grand reception. A few months later, Fire Saga performs with her young baby at Erick and Helka's wedding.
production
In May 2018, Will Ferrell visited the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon ( Portugal ) in preparation for the film to look for possible characters and scenarios for the film. Ferrell also spoke to the candidates behind the scenes. On June 18, 2018, it was announced that Ferrell would produce a film inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest . He should also take on the male lead and write the script. The film was supposed to be distributed by Netflix. In March 2019, David Dobkin was signed to direct the film.
The female lead alongside Ferell was cast in May 2019 with Rachel McAdams . McAdams and Ferrell were spotted at the dress rehearsals of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Israel . In August 2019, Pierce Brosnan and Demi Lovato joined the cast. Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo were responsible for the choreography.
During the music part Song-A-Long the following ESC participants performed: John Lundvik (Sweden, 2019 ), Anna Odobescu (Moldova, 2019), Bilal Hassani (France, 2019), Loreen (Sweden, winner of 2012 ), Jessy Matador (France, 2010 ), Alexander Rybak (Norway, winner of 2009 and participant of 2018 ), Jamala (Ukraine, winner of 2016 ), Elina Netšajeva (Estonia, 2018 ), Conchita Wurst (Austria, winner of 2014 ) and Netta (Israel , 2018 winner). They sing Believe from Cher , Ray of Light from Madonna , Waterloo from ABBA, Ne partez pas sans moi from Celine Dion and I Gotta Feeling from The Black Eyed Peas .
Salvador Sobral appeared as a street musician with Amar pelos dois , while Graham Norton was seen as a commentator for the ESC. Filming took place in Great Britain ( Glasgow and Edinburgh ) and Iceland . All music recordings were made on the stage of the ESC 2019 in May 2019. The Knebworth House served as the outside backdrop for Alexander's house. The SSE Hydro and Glasgow Airport were filmed in October 2019 .
Production costs in Iceland were $ 3.6 million, of which the country took over one million.
synchronization
The synchronization was done by RRP Media UG , in the sales department of Netflix Services Germany GmbH , under the direction of Torsten Sense. Thomas Maria Lehmann wrote the dialogue book.
| role | actor | German voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Lars Erickssong | Will Ferrell |
Uwe Büschken Nikita Steinert (young) |
| Sigrit Ericksdottir | Rachel McAdams | Ranja Bonalana |
| Alexander Lemtov | Dan Stevens | Sascha Rotermund |
| Erick Erickssong | Pierce Brosnan | Frank Glaubrecht |
| Victor Karlosson | Mikael Persbrandt | Bernd Vollbrecht |
| Neils Brongus | Ólafur Darri Ólafsson | Torsten Münchow |
| Mita Xenakis | Melissanthi Mahut | Wicki Kalaitzi |
| Arnar | Björn Hlynur Haraldsson | Tino Kießling |
| Graham Norton | Graham Norton | Gerald Schaale |
| Kevin Swain | Jamie Demetriou | Arne Stephan |
Marketing and Publishing
The first advertisement for the film was published on May 16, 2020, on the day of the actual Eurovision Song Contest 2020. It was the music video for Volcano Man , which was shown, among other things, as a commercial break at the Free European Song Contest . The video was then published on the streaming service's YouTube channels as a "promotion video". An official film preview ("trailer") was released on June 11, 2020.
The film was released worldwide on the Netflix streaming service on June 26, 2020. Originally a release was planned for May 2020 during the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 . However, this was canceled because of the measures taken against the global COVID-19 pandemic , and the film release was also postponed.
Soundtrack
The music for the film was released on June 26, 2020. McAdams voice was mixed with that of the Swedish singer Molly Sandén , who is performed under the stage name My Marianne . Erik Mjönes doubled the voice of Stevens and Petra Nielsen doubled that of Mahut.
As the first single of the album, Volcano Man was released on May 16, 2020 together with the music video.
- Track list
- Double Trouble (Tiësto's Euro 90s Tribute Remix) - Will Ferrell , Rachel McAdams , My Marianne & Tiësto
- Lion of Love - Erik Mjönes
- Coolin 'with Da Homies - Savan Kotecha
- Volcano Man - Will Ferrell, Rachel McAdams & My Marianne
- Yeah Ding Dong - Will Ferrell, Rachel McAdams & My Marianne
- In the Mirror - Demi Lovato
- Happy - Will Ferrell, Rachel McAdams & My Marianne
- Song-A-Long: "Believe", "Ray of Light", " Waterloo ", "Ne partez pas sans moi", and "I Gotta Feeling" - cast from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
- Running with the Wolve - Courtney Jenaé & Adam Grahn
- Fool Moon - Anteros
- Hit My Itch - Antonio Sol, David Loucks, Taylor Lindersmith & Nicole Leonti
- Come and Play (Masquerade) - Petra Nielsen
- Amar pelos dois - Salvador Sobral
- Husavik - Will Ferrell, Rachel McAdams & My Marianne
- Double Trouble (Film Version) - Will Ferrell, Rachel McAdams & My Marianne
- Eurovision Suite - Atli Örvarsson
reception
Sidney Schering from Oddsmeter.de judges that the film is "a colorful, musical Will Ferrell comedy", "which takes place in front of an" ESC "backdrop, but only occasionally draws humor from the show event".
Filmstarts.de thinks that Will Ferrell loves the Eurovision Song Contest, and he shows this in the film too. In addition, the reviewer believes that the film is a "comical and warm alternative to the 2020 show spectacle - including the amiable and bizarre musical performances".
Rotten Tomatoes posted an approval rating of 61 percent based on 112 reviews and sums it up: “ Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga contains inspired ingredients and moments that make you laugh out loud, but the shallow passages are in on this lengthy comedy The Metacritic website gavea Metascore of 49 out of 100 points, based on 34 published reviews by recognized critics.
Web links
- Euro Vision Song Contest: The Story of Fire saga in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Björn Becher: The Eurovision Song Contest is coming to Netflix - as a comedy with Will Ferrell. In: Filmstarts.de. June 18, 2018, accessed May 30, 2020 .
- ^ Amy Spiro: Will Ferrell, Rachel McAdams filming Eurovision movie in Tel Aviv. In: JPost.come. May 19, 2019, accessed May 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Anthony D'Alessandro: Pierce Brosnan Joining Will Ferrell & Rachel McAdams In Netflix Pic 'Eurovision'. In: Deadline.com. August 7, 2019, accessed May 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Anita Bennett: Demi Lovato Joins Cast of Will Ferrell's Netflix Comedy 'Eurovision'. In: Deadline.com. August 20, 2019, accessed May 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Netflix film "Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga" - slapstick or homage? In: ESC-Kompakt.de. May 25, 2020, accessed May 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing index , accessed on July 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Julius Vietzen: The Eurovision Song Contest is available on Netflix in 2020: German trailer for "The Story Of Fire Saga" with Will Ferrell. In: Filmstarts.de. June 11, 2020, accessed June 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Sidney Schering: "ESC" on Netflix: "Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga". In : quotemeter.de . June 26, 2020, accessed June 28, 2020 .
- ↑ Björn Becher: Criticism of the FILMSTARTS editorial team: Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga. In: Filmstarts.de . Retrieved June 28, 2020 .
- ↑ Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga. In: rottentomatoes.com. Accessed June 30, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga. In: metacritic.com. Accessed June 30, 2020 (English).