Against every chance
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Against every chance |
| Original title | Against All Odds |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1984 |
| length | 128 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Taylor Hackford |
| script | Eric Hughes |
| production |
Jerry Bick , William S. Gilmore , Taylor Hackford |
| music |
Larry Carlton , Phil Collins , Michel Colombier |
| camera | Donald E. Thorin |
| cut |
Fredric Steinkamp , William Steinkamp |
| occupation | |
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Against all odds (Original title: Against All Odds ) is an American thriller by Taylor Hackford from 1984 . The plot is based on the plot of the 1947 film Goldenes Gift (Out of the Past) . Both films are based on the novel Goldenes Gift (Build My Gallows High) by Daniel Mainwaring , who wrote it under the pseudonym Geoffrey Homes .
action
The aging football player Terry Brogan has money problems and so accepts an assignment from a former friend. For the club owner Jake Wise he is supposed to track down his girlfriend Jessie Wyler in Mexico and bring her back to Los Angeles. She's the stepdaughter of real estate developer Caxton, who owns the football team Brogan just released. Before she fled, she allegedly stole money from Jake. Brogan finds Jessie and the two start a love affair. When the fitness coach of Brogan's team shows up with a pistol on Jake's behalf, he is shot by Jessie in a fight with Brogan. Jessie flees back to Los Angeles while Brogan sinks the body in a lake.
In LA, he meets Jessie at Jake's and receives an order from him to break into the office of the games agent Kirsch, who is also Brogan's agent, and steal files. But instead of the files, Brogan finds the dead Kirsch and a security guard who wants to shoot him on Jake's behalf. Brogan escapes the trap.
With the help of Kirsch's secretary Edie, Brogan is able to obtain classified material about fraudulent deals from Wise and Caxton. With this he can get the two of them to meet, during which Jake, about to kill Brogan, is shot by Jessie. Caxton forces Jessie back home and separates from Brogan.
synchronization
| role | actor | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Jessie Wyler | Rachel Ward | Traudel Haas |
| Terry Brogan | Jeff Bridges | Randolf Kronberg |
| Jake Wise | James Woods | Joachim Pukass |
| Hank Sully | Alex Karras | Edgar Ott |
| Mrs. Grace Wyler | Jane Greer | Barbara Adolph |
| Ben Caxton | Richard Widmark | Arnold Marquis |
| Tommy | Dorian Harewood | Ulrich Gressieker |
| Edie | Swoosie Kurtz | Alexandra Lange |
| Steve Kirsch | Saul Rubinek | Joachim Tennstedt |
background
The film was shot in Los Angeles and Mexico . He played 25.1 million in the cinemas of the United States dollar one. Two actors from the original 1947 film took on roles in Against Any Chance : Jane Greer can be seen as Mrs. Wyler, while Paul Valentine makes a small appearance as councilor.
Reviews
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times that the flick showed the most interesting film relationship in a long time. He is not a remake of the film from 1947, the two films only have the "cynical love triangle" in common. The plot is "probably too extensive". The film contains "muted" criticism of professional sport and environmental sins.
Awards
Phil Collins was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe Award in 1985 for the song Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) . The film music, to which Peter Gabriel also contributed the song Walk Through the Fire , was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1985.
literature
- Geoffrey Homes : Goldenes Poison (Original title: Build My Gallows High ). Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main and Berlin 1989, 157 pages, ISBN 3-548-10604-8
Web links
- Against All Odds in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Against All Odds at Rotten Tomatoes (English)