Mainly Beverly Hills
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Mainly Beverly Hills |
| Original title | Slums of Beverly Hills |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1998 |
| length | 87 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Tamara Jenkins |
| script | Tamara Jenkins |
| production |
Michael Nozik , Robert Redford , Stan Wlodkowski |
| music | Rolfe Kent |
| camera | Tom Richmond |
| cut | Pamela Martin |
| occupation | |
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Mainly Beverly Hills (original title Slums of Beverly Hills ) is an American comedy film directed by Tamara Jenkins from 1998 . The main roles in the comedy are cast with Alan Arkin , Marisa Tomei , Natasha Lyonne and Bryna Weiss .
action
Murray Samuel Abromowitz is an unsuccessful car dealer of Jewish descent. He and his children live in rundown Beverly Hills properties , and the family moves frequently. Murray's daughter Vivian falls in love with a boy from the neighborhood.
Rita, Murray's pregnant niece, is also moving in there. Rita's wealthy father Mickey is willing to pay the rental costs if his brother takes care of Rita in return. Rita is supposed to complete an apprenticeship as a nurse.
When Mickey and his wife visit their relatives, Mickey insults his brother by calling him a good-for-nothing. Vivian then rams a fork in her uncle's leg. At that moment, Rita reveals to her parents that she is pregnant. Shortly afterwards she leaves with her parents.
The Murrays family now loses Mickey's financial support and has to move again.
production
Production notes, budget
The film was produced by Fox Searchlight Pictures / Soutfork Pictures. The film was shot in July 1997 in Beverly Hills and in Highland Park, California, USA
The film was a budget of about 5 million US dollars produced.
Soundtrack
- I'd Love to Change the World by Alvin Lee , Lecture: Ten Years After
- Let's Make a Deal - Theme Song by Sheldon Allman, Marilyn Hall, Lecture: Stan Worth & His Orchestra
- You an Your Folks, Me and My Folks by George Clinton , Clarence Haskins, William B. Nelson, Bernie Worrell , lecture: Funkadelic
- The Morning After by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn , arrangement Rolfe Kent from the film Die Höllenfahrt der Poseidon
- Papa Loves Mambo by Al Hoffman , Dick Manning, Bickley Reichner, Lecture: Perry Como
- Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker) by George Clinton, Bootsy Collins , Jerome Brailey, Lecture: Parliament
- Before the Next Teardrop Falls by Ben Peters, Vivian Keith, Lecture: Freddy Fender
- A Fool in Love by Ike Turner, Lecture: Ike & Tina Turner
- Luck Be a Lady by Frank Loesser , Lecture: David Krumholtz
- Let Your Love Flow by Larry Williams , Lecture: Bellamy Brothers
- Shambala by Daniel Moore, Lecture: Three Dog Night
publication
The film premiered on May 21, 1998 at the France Film Festival in France. On August 14, 1998, it was released in limited numbers in the United States. In France, it also ran on September 4, 1998 at the Deauville Film Festival and ran on September 9, 1998 in the country. On September 11, 1998, it was presented at the Athens Film Festival in Greece. It ran nationwide in the US on September 11, 1998, in Australia in October 1998, in Singapore and the United Kingdom in November 1998, and in Ireland in December 1998. It was released in New Zealand in February 1999 February 1999 in Germany.
It celebrated its video premiere in Hungary in March 1999. On April 10, 1999, the film was presented at the Hong Kong International Film Festival. It was released on video in Argentina in May 1999. In June 1999 it was shown in cinemas in Italy and Greece, and in May 2001 it had its video premiere in Japan. It was also published in Bulgaria, Spain, Finland, Poland, Romania, Russia and Venezuela.
criticism
Lisa Schwarzbaum wrote in Entertainment Weekly that the comedy had a big heart and a lively look as well as an original sense of humor.
Jeff Giles, in Newsweek magazine , said the film would look like a retro postcard.
James Berardinelli particularly praised the portrayal of Natasha Lyonne, saying that the film was alternately funny and then again poignant and effectively expressed the various traumas of the young women. Tamara Jenkins admitted in the interviews that she built her own experiences into the script.
Roger Ebert praised the portrayal of Natasha Lyonne, who plays a key character , in the Chicago Sun-Times on August 28, 1998. In addition, Slums of Beverly Hills was created to inspire the creation of a sitcom, probably a pretty good one.
In the lexicon of international film there was talk of a “debut film with a remarkable level of entertainment that strings together entertaining everyday stories and is able to compensate for the lack of character development with biting, ironic undertones”. It was also stated that “especially the male leading actors” would convince with “striking performances”.
Awards
- Tamara Jenkins and the producers were nominated for the Independent Spirit Award in 1999.
- Marisa Tomei was nominated for an American Comedy Award in 1999.
- Natasha Lyonne was nominated for the 1999 Chicago Film Critics Association Award .
- Rita Moreno was nominated for the ALMA Award in 1999.
- Eli Marienthal was nominated for the YoungStar Award in 1999.
- The German Film and Media Evaluation FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the title valuable.
Web links
- Mainly Beverly Hills in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Mainly Beverly Hills at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Mainly Beverly Hills at Metacritic (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Lisa Schwarzbaum: Slums of Beverly Hills sS metacritic.com. (English). Retrieved September 25, 2018.
- ↑ James Berardinelli : Slums of Beverly Hills see preview.reelviews.net (English). Retrieved September 25, 2018.
- ^ Roger Ebert : Slums of Beverly Hills sS rogerebert.com (English). Retrieved September 25, 2018.
- ↑ Mainly Beverly Hills. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed September 25, 2018 .