Finding Amanda

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Movie
German title Finding Amanda
Original title Finding Amanda
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2008
length about 100 minutes
Rod
Director Peter Tolan
script Peter Tolan
production Richard Heller ,
Wayne Allan Rice
music Christopher Tyng
camera Tom Houghton
cut Paul Anderson
occupation

Finding Amanda is an American comedy film from the year 2008 . Directed by Peter Tolan , who also wrote the script.

action

Taylor Peters is a screenwriter and producer for a bad television sitcom. He hates his job, is an addict and a former alcoholic. His marriage is already heavily burdened by his overcoming alcohol addiction, which is why he hides his gambling addiction from his wife. Taylor is asked by his family to travel to Las Vegas to find his niece Amanda. She is said to be performing as a dancer in a pub and - according to the family's assumption - to be a drug addict, which is why Peters should take her to a rehab clinic. To convince his wife that he has his addiction under control, Taylor agrees. Visiting Las Vegas without playing there should prove his willpower.

Arriving in Las Vegas, he meets Amanda and discovers that she is not only a drug addict, but also works as a stripper and prostitute and has a friend who cheats on her and exploits her. Even so, Amanda refuses to go to rehab.

Taylor fell back on his gambling addiction in Las Vegas and ransacked his wife's bank account, after which she called for a divorce from him. Although he wins an enormous sum of money on his last evening , he hides the money under the influence of ecstasy that he received from Amanda. Unfortunately, the next morning he can't remember where. He also lost his job in his absence.

When one last attempt to bring Amanda to rehab fails, Taylor realizes that he himself needs rehab and ends up delivering himself. The hidden money is found in his hotel room by an elderly maid.

Reviews

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on June 26, 2008 that the film looked like it was made up of two different films. He would have been better if he had focused more on the character of Taylor Peters and less on Amanda's. Amanda's motivation is not explained.

Mark Olsen wrote in the Los Angeles Times on June 27, 2008 that the concept of the character of Amanda was problematic ( "The problem comes largely in the conception of the hooker-niece character, Amanda" ); the viewer does not know who she actually is. Snow doesn't act well enough to make this character believable. Broderick looks like he's sleepwalking through the movie.

backgrounds

The film was in Santa Clarita ( California turned). Its world premiere took place in April 2008 at the Tribeca Film Festival . On June 27, 2008 it was released in selected cinemas in the USA.

Thanks to a contract between the film's production companies and the US pay-TV channel Dish Network, the film was made available to subscribers of the channel from June 13th to 26th - even before its theatrical release.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Film review by Roger Ebert , accessed July 1, 2008
  2. ^ Film review by Mark Olsen , accessed July 1, 2008
  3. ^ Filming locations for Finding Amanda , accessed July 1, 2008
  4. ↑ Release dates for Finding Amanda , accessed July 1, 2008
  5. ↑ "Dish Sneaks 'Amanda' Before Theatrical Release" ( Memento of the original from June 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from Vlada Gelman, TV Week, accessed July 3, 2008 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tvweek.com