Fisherman's Friends - From the cutter to the charts
| Movie | |
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| German title | Fisherman's Friends - From the cutter to the charts |
| Original title | Fisherman's Friends |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2019 |
| length | 112 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Chris Foggin |
| script | Nick Moorcroft Meg Leonard Piers Ashworth |
| production | Nick Moorcroft Meg Leonard James Spring |
| music | Rupert Christie |
| camera | Simon Tindall |
| cut | Johnny Daukes |
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Fisherman's Friends - From Cutter to the Charts is a British feature film that tells the story of Fisherman's Friends , a Cornish folk band made up of fishermen . The film is laid out in the style of a romantic comedy .
action
Four men from the music industry are traveling from London to Port Isaac in Cornwall to celebrate a bachelorette party on a sailing boat. Since the boat is not seaworthy, the four of them have to pass the time with stand-up paddling. The encounters with local residents on the street or in the pub are not marked by mutual sympathy; the Londoners are seen more as arrogant intruders.
In the port of Port Isaac they see a local folk band performing, fervently singing old shanties and being cheered by the locals. Danny is persuaded by the others to try to manage the band and record an album with its members. The music is in demand, traditional and easy to market. Actually they just want to play a joke on him, his friends don't see great potential for the music market. Nonetheless, Danny, who is subsequently left behind by his friends in the small town, tries to do everything possible to put the plan into practice. Although this does not seem to be motivated entirely selflessly. Because he really likes the single parent Alwyn, whose father Jim and grandfather Jago are among the singing fishermen. Danny takes a room at Alwyn and her father's guesthouse and learns more about the place and the history of the fishermen. The central meeting place in town is the pub. All important things are discussed here and a pub quiz is organized every now and then. But the pub is doing badly financially, so the owners have to sell it. Danny establishes contact with the potential buyer Charles Montague, who initially promises to continue operating it as a pub.
Initially, the fishermen are not particularly fond of the idea of recording a record and proving themselves in the music business. They appreciate their work and do not want to change the usual processes. Nevertheless, they accept Danny's suggestions. He makes demo recordings with them in order to offer them to the producers of the record companies. The group is allowed to perform at Danny's friend's wedding, which causes different reactions. Danny succeeds through his commitment and his way of winning Alwyn and her daughter Tamsyn over. It comes to a first night together between Danny and Alwyn. Danny eventually takes the band to London to audition in person. Although she did not get a contract with a large record company, she received an offer to sing the English national anthem during a television broadcast. This is believed to be the case, but to everyone's surprise they sing the Cornwall anthem. Despite this scandal, the band got over a million clicks on a video platform within a very short time. Hereby the record company takes notice of the band again and offers them a contract worth a million pounds.
Jago dies shortly before the album is released. At the memorial service in the pub, it turns out that Danny brokered Montague. He will definitely not continue running a pub, but rather make something profitable out of it. Alwyn and Jim are mad at him, also because they see commission as Danny's main motive. This leads to Danny moving back to London. On the day the charts are released, Danny returns to Port Isaac. He bought the pub from Montague by letting him his London apartment. To everyone's delight, the album reached number 9 in the charts. Danny and Alwyn make it up.
background
The film was released in the United Kingdom in March 2019 and in Germany in August 2019.
reception
The lexicon of international films describes the film as "a comedy that refers to the true success story of singing fishermen, which uses conceivably clichéd fronts and, above all, is disappointingly unimaginative in the presentation of the music."
Lutz Granert writes on filmstarts.de that the film is dramaturgically based on genre clichés: “This is how the romantic comedy“ Fisherman's Friends - From the cutter to the charts ”seems ultimately too tasteless and predictable to really touch, despite the sympathetic moments. "
The editorial staff of Cinema praised the charm of the film and describes it as "British feel-good cinema about singing fur seals from Cornwall."
Web links
- Fisherman's Friends - From boats in the charts in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fisherman's Friends - From the cutter to the charts. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 1, 2020 .
- ^ Lutz Granert: Critique of the FILMSTARTS editorial team. 2019, accessed August 1, 2020 .
- ↑ Cinema editors: Fisherman's Friends - From the cutter to the charts. 2019, accessed August 1, 2020 .