Garfield 2

Movie
German title	Garfield 2 - Laziness Committed
Original title	Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2006
length	80 minutes
Age rating	FSK 0 ; JMK 0
Rod
Director	Tim Hill
script	Joel Cohen , Alec Sokolow
production	John Davis , Brian Manis
music	Christophe Beck
camera	Peter Lyons Collister
cut	Peter S. Elliot
occupation
	Breckin Meyer : Jon Arbuckle; Jennifer Love Hewitt : Liz; Bill Murray : Garfield (voice); Tim Curry : Prince (voice); Gregg Berger : Odie (voice); Roger Rees : Mr. Hobbs; Lucy Davis : Mrs. Whitney; Billy Connolly : Dargis; Ian Abercrombie : Smithee, the butler; Lucy Davis : Miss Westminster; Oliver Muirhead : Mr. Greene; Roscoe Lee Browne : Narrator (voice); Sharon Osbourne : Christophe (voice); Bob Hoskins : Winston (voice); Rhys Ifans : McBunny (voice); Vinnie Jones : Rommel (voice); Joe Pasquale : Claudius (voice);
chronology
	← Predecessor ; Garfield - The Movie

Garfield 2 (Original title: Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties ) is an American comedy film by director Tim Hill from 2006 with the cartoon cat Garfield as the main character. The film is a sequel to Garfield - the film from the year 2004 . It is a co-production by Davis Entertainment, Ingenious Film Partners and 20th Century Fox , distributed by 20th Century Fox Germany and opened in US cinemas on June 16, 2006 and in German cinemas on August 6, 2006.

action

Jon wants to propose marriage to his beloved Liz. But when she flies to England at short notice to give a lecture, Jon wants to travel behind. Garfield is to be stored in the shelter. Garfield, however, cannot accept being deported and hides in Jon's suitcase with Odie.

When Garfield arrives in London, a daring adventure begins. The Countess von Dargis has passed away and leaves her entire fortune to her tomcat Prince, who looks very similar to Garfield. The omitted Lord Dargis comes up with a diabolical plan to make Prince disappear unnoticed. He would then become the sole heir. After the Countess's former butler (now: land manager) notices that Prince has disappeared without a trace (or thrown into the river by Lord Dargis and reappeared in the London sewer system), he goes in search of him. Unsuspecting, he runs into Garfield, who is roaming around in London, and takes him to the castle, thinking it is the missing Prince.

From now on, Garfield can enjoy all the benefits of rich life. But the joy does not last long, because the other animals on the farm beg Garfield to help them and to protect them from the evil Dargis. He now has to choose between eating too much and justice. Meanwhile, Dargis forges new plans to get rid of Prince (or Garfield) for good. He has very different plans for the castle: He wants to turn it into a huge hotel complex.

But Garfield is now doing everything to protect his beloved "subjects". After the actual Prince is brought back by Jon, the "Animals vs. Lord Dargis" showdown begins. At the end of the fight, the villain is knocked down by Jon with a punch and then handed over to the police. Now Prince and his subjects can live in peace again. Garfield settles back in the USA after a boisterous pool party with Jon, Liz and Odie.

Reviews

"Only marginally related to the comic template, the entertaining film knows how to win over itself thanks to the clever adaptation of Mark Twain's novel" Prince and Beggar Boy "and the lustful exaggeration of the scheming British landed nobility."

- Lexicon of international film

“ ... Lousy CGI effects and helpless grimacing actors make the hopeless debacle, in which even kids are allowed to get their claws out, perfect. Because even if Garfield is allowed to swing his hairy bum to the Black-Eyed Peas in line with the target group : his jokes are as rancid as an expired can of cat food. Conclusion: what was Helge Schneider singing ? "Cat loo, cat loo, yes, that makes the cat happy"? U.S. as well. When the film roll disappears in it! "

- Cinema

backgrounds

Filming for the film began on August 31, 2005 in Greenwich and York, among others . Further recordings followed in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills , California . All filming ended on November 8, 2005.

Castle Howard in North Yorkshire , England appears in the film as Carlyle Castle.

The film grossed $ 28 million in the US and over $ 141 million worldwide.

Garfield was voiced by Bill Murray in the original English version, as in the first film . In the German dubbing , this time Oliver Kalkofe took over this task instead of Thomas Gottschalk .

The original title "Garfield: A Tail Of Two Kitties" alludes to the novel "A Tale Of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens , which is also about two doppelgangers from different countries.

The film was nominated for the Golden Raspberry in 2006 for the worst prequel or sequel category, but it won Basic Instinct - New Game for Catherine Tramell .

continuation

An indirect sequel to Garfield 2 is the film Garfield - Fat in Life . In contrast to its predecessors, it is a fully animated film. The film is a direct-to-DVD production and was released on March 3, 2008. The director was Mark AZ Dippé .

Individual evidence

↑ Release certificate for Garfield 2 . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , July 2006 (PDF; test number: 106 861 K).
↑ Age rating for Garfield 2 . Youth Media Commission .
^ Garfield 2. In: Lexicon of the international film . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
↑ Cinema.de: film review
↑ Budget and gross profit

Web links

[FSK-1] Release certificate for Garfield 2 . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , July 2006 (PDF; test number: 106 861 K).

[JMK-2] Age rating for Garfield 2 . Youth Media Commission .

[3] Garfield 2. In: Lexicon of the international film . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .

[4] Cinema.de: film review

[5] Budget and gross profit