Glittering asphalt
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Glittering asphalt |
| Original title | Street Smart |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1987 |
| length | 97 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jerry Schatzberg |
| script | David Freeman |
| production | Yoram Globus , Menahem Golan |
| music | Michael Bishop , Robert Irving III |
| camera | Adam Holender |
| cut | Priscilla Nedd-Friendly |
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Glitzernder Asphalt (Original title: Street Smart ) is an American drama from 1987 . The Director led Jerry Schatzberg , the writer wrote David Freeman . The main role was played by Christopher Reeve .
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The New York reporter Jonathan Fisher is threatened with job loss. He presented some ideas for a new article to his boss Ted Avery, but none of them met with approval. Finally promises Fisher, an interview with one in the area around Times Square make pimp to supply. He only has a few days until the editorial deadline.
The pimp known as Fast Black and his helper visit one of the prostitutes . She is being hit by her client. Fast Black beats the man who has a heart attack and dies. Fast Black is arrested but released on bail . The prosecutor wants to charge him with murder .
Fisher's research does not yield enough material. He gets to know the prostitute Punchy, but can't get close to a pimp. His friend Alison Parker suggests that she accompany him on the research. She is molested by a man in a bar and cries. The following night, Fisher makes up the story about a pimp. Avery is thrilled. Fisher does television reporting in addition to his previous work.
The prosecutor investigating Fast Black shows interest in the person described, whom he identifies with the accused. He visits Fisher and asks for background information. The reporter is summoned to court and asked to hand over all of the notes. Since Fisher rejects it, he will in Beugehaft taken. Meanwhile he is celebrated in the media. Avery praises its ethical principles .
Parker says, however, Fisher has changed and would live well with the lie. She is leaving him.
Fast Black suggests to the released Fisher that they take notes together that would give Fast Black an alibi. This would solve both men's problems. Fisher refuses. Instead, he reveals to the judge that he made up the article, but is not believed. Fisher is taken into custody again.
To put pressure on the journalist, Fast Black tortures Punchy, who works for him and who has since become friends with Fisher. His helper injures Parker, whereupon Fisher agrees. The prosecutor threatens him with jail.
Punchy visits the prosecutor and wants to testify. Almost Black kills them.
Fisher secretly films when Fast Black's aide takes money from one of the prostitutes. He shows the recording to the man, who is shocked about it. When the ignorant Fast Black wants to speak to his helper, the man panics and shoots Fast Black. Fisher reports about it on camera.
Reviews
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on March 20, 1987 that the film was a " clever thriller ". He praised the " wonderful " performances by Morgan Freeman and Kathy Baker. The plot would be more interesting if it were more realistic. The second half of the film looks like a collection of scenes from two different films. The end is a " disappointment ".
Dietrich Kuhlbrodt wrote in epd Film 10/1987 that Christopher Reeve seemed untrustworthy as a journalist and could “ play no roles at all ”. The characters of the pimps are " pale and bland ", and there is no development of the characters. The film also lacks " Manhattan authenticity ".
Awards
Morgan Freeman was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe Award in 1988 . He won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award in 1987 and the New York Film Critics Circle Award, and in 1988 the Independent Spirit Award and the National Society of Film Critics Award .
Kathy Baker won the Boston Society of Film Critics Award and the National Society of Film Critics Award in 1988 . She was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award in 1988.
backgrounds
Filming took place in New York City and Montreal . The film grossed $ 1.119 million in US cinemas.
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Web links
- Glistening asphalt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Glittering asphalt at rotten tomatoes (English)