One heart and one cannon

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Movie
German title One heart and one cannon
Original title Gun shy
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2000
length 97 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Eric Blakeney
script Eric Blakeney
production Sandra Bullock
music Rolfe Kent
camera Tom Richmond
cut Pamela Martin
occupation

Gun Shy is a comedy by Eric Blakeney from the year 2000 .

action

Since his last assignment, which almost cost him his head, drug investigator Charlie, once known as "the cop who never trembles", is ripe for the island. He just wants to enjoy his view of the sea. But before he can give up his job, he has one last job that forces him to do money laundering with mafia boss Fulvio.

The tide seems to be turning when Charlie meets the pretty nurse Judy while visiting a gastrointestinal specialist. With both of them it sparks immediately and Judy's optimism gives Charlie new courage. He also finds sympathetic listeners for his problems in a self-help group that he visits on the advice of his psychiatrist .

But Fulvio's situation is also different from what it appears at first glance. He is tired of being bullied by his wife and her father, the equally powerful and feared Don Carmine, and would like to grow tomatoes in Italy .

For both of them, events take an unexpected turn when Don Carmine decides to entrust Fulvio with a sumptuous millions on the advice of Charlie, in order to let them invest in crooked businesses that promise high profits. The deal does not go through as a shootout breaks out between the gangsters. Fulvio and Charlie manage to get the amount entrusted to them back into their possession when Dexter Helvenshaw, Charlie's superior, appears on the scene and blows his camouflage. But Fulvio forgives Charlie's deception and so the two team up against Dexter Helvenshaw to secure the money for their old age. Judy, who in the meantime has appeared with Charlie's new friends from the self-help group and who are all wearing FBI clothing, escort the two to a waiting boat to flee.

So Fulvio finally manages to pursue his dream of growing tomatoes in Italy.

background

The production of the film had a budget, estimated at 10 million US dollars available. Filming began on October 19, 1998 and continued through December 1998. The film was made on locations in Los Angeles and New York City . The film premiered in the United States on February 4, 2000. It was shown in German cinemas from June 29, 2000. The film grossed a good 1.6 million US dollars in US cinemas, including over 700,000 US dollars on the opening weekend.

Reviews

In the opinion of the Lexicon of International Films , A Heart and a Cannon is “a comedy produced with little effort that satirizes the motifs and stereotypes of the gangster film. Despite the not entirely new basic idea, it is amusing for a long time mainly because of the actors. "

Elvis Mitchell wrote in The New York Times that comedy was one of the most subtle and inspired comedies of the year. The direction is competent.

Eric Harrison wrote in the Los Angeles Times that there was nothing recommended in the film. The role of Sandra Bullock is dispensable.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Budget and box office results according to the Internet Movie Database
  2. ↑ Locations according to the Internet Movie Database
  3. ↑ a b Start dates according to the Internet Movie Database
  4. ↑ A heart and a cannon. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 26, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  5. ^ Elvis Mitchell : "Gun Shy": Tough on the Outside, Pudding on the Inside. In: The New York Times . February 4, 2000.
  6. ↑ Eric Harrison: "Gun's" comic Aim Is Shaky. In: Los Angeles Times . February 3, 2000.