Finish - the final spurt to victory
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Finish - the final spurt to victory |
| Original title | The Boy in Blue |
| Country of production | Canada |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1986 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Charles Jarrott |
| script | Douglas Bowie |
| production | Steve North, John Kemeny, Dennis Heroux |
| music | Roger Webb |
| camera | Pierre Mignot |
| cut | Rit Wallis |
| occupation | |
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Finish - the final spurt to victory (original title: The Boy in Blue ) is a Canadian sports film from 1986. Nicolas Cage plays the leading role .
action
Ned Hanlan is adopted by a player named Bill, who promotes the boy on the sculling circuit for his own monetary gain. As a young man, Ned is very prone to problems, but he does not lack the determination that is required to become a great athlete. In this attempt, a businessman named Knox takes control of Hanlan's career who supports Ned for his personal gain and throws him off when that gain is no longer in sight. Ned meets his niece Margaret through Knox and falls in love with her. The two marry, but Knox realizes that his professional success is limited by the marriage.
synchronization
The film was dubbed in 1984 in Hamburg .
| role | actor | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Ned Hanlan | Nicolas Cage | Torsten Sense |
| Margaret | Cynthia Dale | Rebecca Völz |
| Knox | Christopher Plummer | Friedrich Georg Beckhaus |
| Walter | Sean Sullivan | Heinz Theo branding |
| Bill | David Naughton | Jürgen Heinrich |
| Duids | Melody Anderson | Heike Schroetter |
reception
The film received mostly negative reviews. On IMDb, the film has a rating of 5.3 out of 10. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 44% based on 709 reviewers.
The New York Times believed the film didn't go beyond the typical stereotype of films about athletes and believes that these types of films follow a mandatory formula. If the formula doesn't work, the movie will "just look silly," which the New York Times said it did with this movie.
Web links
- Finish - final sprint to victory in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Finish - the final spurt to victory. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing index , accessed on May 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Nina Darnton: The boy in blue . In: The New York Times .