Goat
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Goat |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2016 |
| length | 102 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Andrew Neel |
| script |
David Gordon Green , Andrew Neel, Mike Roberts |
| production |
James Franco , David Hinojosa , Vince Jolivette , Christine Vachon |
| camera | Ethan Palmer |
| cut | Brad Turner |
| occupation | |
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Goat is an American drama directed by Andrew Neel , which premiered on January 22, 2016 at the Sundance Film Festival and was shown at the Berlin International Film Festival 2016 , where it was shown on February 12, 2016 celebrated its German premiere. The film is based on Brad Land's memoir Goat .
action
After a party, Brad Land takes two strangers in his car. As a thank you, they not only rob him, but also brutally beat him up. It takes an entire summer until his wounds heal slowly, and the 19-year-old decided to enroll at the university and there like his older brother Brett a frat join. In order to be accepted into the Phi Sigma Mu , the elite association of the university, the aspirants have to endure a lot and undergo a humiliating ritual, which, in addition to a mud fight, also includes vomiting and urinating in public as well as eating from toilet bowls Includes dormitory. The candidates are also pelted with rotten fruit and kept blindfolded like cattle in the cellar. Who does not drink enough beer quickly so threatened, needs to punish a goat (in English "Goat") board, they then kill and eat. Hence, the first probationary period for joining the fraternity is also known as Hell's Week .
Determined to prove himself, Brad also undergoes the humiliating test. His older brother Brett, on the other hand, is feeling increasingly remorseful about being part of the painful ordeal Brad has to endure. As part of the admission rite, Brad is forced by his fraternity brothers to crawl around almost naked on the basement floor. The hell that was believed to have been overcome after his attack starts all over again for Brad. After the humiliation, Brad begins to question his own manhood because he once again failed to fight this attack.
production
Staff and idea
The director took Andrew Neel , as producers acted alongside Christine Vachon and James Franco also Vince Jolivette and David Hinojosa . The screenplay for the film, written by David Gordon Green with Andrew Neel and Mike Roberts , is based on a true story that Brad Land wrote in his 2004 memoir Goat, in which he tells of his harrowing experiences. As in the film, Land himself had undergone such a reception ritual to impress his older brother and hoped that this would lead to a closer brotherly relationship with him.
Cast and dubbing
The role of the younger brother Brad Land, which corresponds to the author of the literary model for the film, was cast with Ben Schnetzer , the American singer and actor Nick Jonas took the role of his older brother Brett.
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Jonas, who started his film and singing career as a teenage crush at Disney Channel and had appearances in the television series Hannah Montana , in the films Camp Rock and Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam and also in the format Jonas LA , which was tailored to him , started An image change in 2014 after his band, the Jonas Brothers , officially split up in October 2013 and he then started a solo career as a singer and imitated Mark Wahlberg's well-known underwear commercial for Calvin Klein . In October 2014, the television series Kingdom first aired, in which he had to wrestle with his masculinity and a conservative family in the lead role of Nate Kulina. In the TV series Scream Queens , Jonas then played Boone, a member of the student union and charity foundation Dickie Dollar, from 2015. In this role he first had a dark side as a gay serial killer.
Right at the beginning of the filming of Goat , the former curly-headed swarm of teenagers had become an actor who was looking for physical challenges and which, according to Jonas, was able to find his way better into the role of Brett Land in Goat , in which, in addition to the difficulties in the development process of young people Men are mainly concerned with the rituals of masculinity and thus also the dark side of becoming a man, which he wants to start a discussion about, says Jonas. Jonas said about the rituals portrayed in the film that they essentially show today's concept of masculinity and brotherhood, which does not contain the love that one is looking for and actually needs. Nowadays at this age there is a distorted view of what a modern man is due to the inability to be honest with one another. Jonas had already used drugs in his role in Kingdom , and Jonas also admitted private drug and alcohol consumption. Jonas also said he had prepared for his role in Goat at a long binge at Bowling Green , where Bowling Green State University is located. During the Berlinale on February 17, 2016, Jonas admitted that he could no longer remember exactly that night, during which he had to drink a lot of tequilas, but it would have made him feel good about the harassment that is experienced in the film prepared.
Schnetzer, who received his acting training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and plays his younger brother Brad in the film, even though he is a few years older than Jonas in real life, speaks of Goat's provocative film that he hopes will be that this would initiate a rethinking and conversations about masculinity. Schnetzer's attempts to prepare for the role were to have a chat with one of his friends who is a fraternity member. However, he did not want to comment on this, as if he had signed a confidentiality agreement. About the shooting, Schnetzer said, who had to endure greater hardship than his fellow actor Jonas, especially the scene in which they were forced to form a human pyramid wearing only underpants, was tougher than he would have expected.
James Franco , who was also involved in the production of the film, plays an elderly fraternity member in a cameo who shows up at a party.
Konrad Bösherz lends his voice in the German dubbing Brett, Kim Hasper speaks for Mitch.
Filming and production design
Filming began on May 4, 2015 in Cincinnati , Ohio, where work on The Long Home had also taken place at the same time , with Franco in a leading role. Most of the filming took place there on the campus of Xavier University , but also at the University of Cincinnati , Walnut Hills High School, in downtown Newtown and in the Cincinnati neighborhoods of North Avondale and Clifton. In Clifton, recordings took place at the frequently visited Uncle Woody's Bar on Calhoun Street, which is also near the University of Cincinnati campus. In Finneytown, Hamilton County , a house was also converted into a fraternity building.
During a press conference at the Berlinale, the director stated that there had been a safeword on the film set . That was Pineapple .
University of Cincinnati
Finneytown
Walnut Hills High School
Exploitation and publication
The film premiered on January 22, 2016 at the Sundance Film Festival . After the premiere there, Paramount Home Video secured the worldwide rights to the film for 2.25 million US dollars on February 12, 2016. From February 12, 2016, the film was shown at the Berlin International Film Festival 2016 , where it celebrated its German premiere. From September 5, 2016, the film was shown at the Deauville Film Festival as part of the competition. The film was released on DVD in the USA on September 23, 2016 .
reception
Reviews
The film was able to convince 77 percent of the critics at Rotten Tomatoes (out of 64 critics in total, as of October 24, 2016).
Andrew Neel himself describes his film as a narrated study of masculinity and wanted to start a conversation about modern masculinity . Jeff Sneider from thewrap.com confirms the success of this attempt and praises Neel's instinct for grasping the recklessness of youth and emphasizes his skill for its sometimes almost nightmarish staging, which is particularly evident in the first attack by the two eerie strangers on Brad. Sneider describes Goat as a dark film about young people that describes the dangers and the mental consequences of physical violence. Sneider praises the entire cast of the film, who are equally excellent from start to finish.
Variety's Peter Debruge puts the key question the film asks as exactly where all American aggression comes from. Christoph Petersen from filmstarts.de also deals with this question and comes to the frightening realization: "The real abyss only opens up for the viewer after visiting the cinema, when he thinks about how the hazing actually affects all the other residents of one Country, in which such a rite is so widespread. After all, the whole thing takes place mainly in the elite schools and it is in particular the later politicians and business leaders, but also the prison directors, who were humiliated here in such an inhuman way and who humiliated themselves . "
Andreas Köhnemann of spielfilm.de sums up his criticism: A bulky youth drama with convincing actors. Despite its harshness, the director does not exploit the subject, but allows reflection on peer pressure and devastating notions of masculinity. Nora Hiller from Berliner Stadtmagazin 030 compares the film with Riot Club , a film in which Ben Schnetzer also starred, and praises Goat not only for the terrifying but honest narrative, but also for a number of young, talented actors who are one with her Become a role, have unused faces and of which the international cinema can use more.
Awards
- Nomination for the best casting in the category Low Budget - Comedy or Drama
- Nomination for the Grand Jury Prize ( Andrew Neel )
- Nomination for the Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic (Andrew Neel)
Web links
- Goat in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Goat in the German dubbing index
- Nick Jonas in conversation with Today (Video, English)
- Goat in the program of the 66th Berlinale
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jamie Berger: Blood brothers: Memoir explores male brutality - in and out of fraternities In: San Francisco Chronicle, February 15, 2004.
- ↑ Alexa Rae Johnson: Trying to pull a Marky Mark? Former Jonas Brothers band member Nick mimics Wahlberg's 1992 Calvin Klein poster In: dailymail.co.uk, October 2, 2014.
- ↑ Kendall Fisher: Nick Jonas Talks Becoming an LGBT Icon and Addresses Gay Baiting Accusations In: eonline.com, May 10, 2016.
- ^ The evolution of Nick Jonas In: usatoday.com. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
- ↑ Carolyn Hiblen: 'It's been fun to change my physicality': Nick Jonas proudly shows off his ripped body as he reveals just what it took to get in fighting shape for his role in Kingdom In: dailymail.co.uk, October 23 2014.
- ↑ Nick Jonas and Ben Schnetzer on Andrew Neel's controversial 'Goat' In: thescene.com. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
- ↑ a b c Nick Jonas in conversation with Jen Yamato: Nick Jonas on Playing a Rowdy Frat Boy: 'I've Had Sex and Drank a Lot' In: thedailybeast.com, January 24, 2016.
- ↑ Cole Delbyck: Former Purity Ring Owner Nick Jonas Wants You To Know He's All About Sex And Booze In: The Huffington Post, January 25, 2016.
- ↑ Etan Vlessing: Berlin: Nick Jonas Says Family Upbringing Prepared Him for Frat Hazing Film 'Goat' In: The Hollywood Reporter, February 17, 2016.
- ↑ Stars of Sundance: Ben Schnetzer In: vmagazine.com, May 11, 2016.
- ↑ James Franco, Nick Jonas, and Josh Hutcherson all begin filming Cincinnati, OH this week In: onlocationvacations.com, May 5, 2015.
- ↑ Vivienne Machi: Part of James Franco movie to be filmed in Hamilton In: journal-news.com, April 21, 2015.
- ↑ Nick Jonas visits Brockman Hall ( memento of the original from September 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: xavier.edu. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
- ↑ Jacqueline Oka: UC and the Sundance Kid ( Memento of the original from September 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: bearcastmedia.com, February 3, 2016.
- ^ Nathan Vicar: Filming begins in Cincinnati on second James Franco movie In: raycomgroup.worldnow.com, May 6, 2015.
- ↑ Samantha Hall: UC's late nights: a guide to burn the midnight oil In: newsrecord.org, August 28, 2016.
- ↑ Hannah G. Jones: 'Goat' begins filming in local neighborhood In: local12.com, May 4, 2015.
- ↑ Etan Vlessing: Berlin: Nick Jonas Says Family Upbringing Prepared Him for Frat Hazing Film 'Goat' In: The Hollywood Reporter, February 17, 2016.
- ↑ Dave McNary: Sundance: Nick Jonas Fraternity Drama 'Goat' Bought by Paramount In: Variety, January 29, 2016.
- ↑ 66th Berlin International Film Festival. Panorama ( Memento of the original from December 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: berlinale.de. Retrieved February 10, 2017 (PDF; 17.6 MB)
- ^ Competition In: festival-deauville.com. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ↑ Goat ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: flixster.com. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
- ↑ Goat In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
- ↑ 'A Narrative Investigation of Masculinity': Director Andrew Neel. Goat In: January 23, 2016.
- ↑ Jeff Sneider: Nick Jonas `` Goat 'Takes Aim at College Frat Hazing, Modern Masculinity In: thewrap.com, January 23, 2016.
- ↑ Peter Debruge: Sundance Film Review: 'Goat' In: Variety, January 23, 2016.
- ↑ Christoph Petersen: Goat In: filmstarts.de, January 28, 2016.
- ↑ Andreas Köhnemann: Review: Goat (2016) In: spielfilm.de, February 11, 2016.
- ↑ Nora Hiller: 66th Berlinale Film Review : Goat In: berlin030.de, February 13, 2016.
- ↑ Denise Petski: Casting Society Unveils 2017 Artios Awards Film Nominees In: deadline.com, January 3, 2017.
- ↑ Goat (Sundance 2016 US Dramatic Competition) ( Memento of the original from February 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: indieentertainmentmagazine.com, December 28, 2015.
