Homer and Eddie
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Homer and Eddie |
| Original title | Homer and Eddie |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1989 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Andrei Konchalovsky |
| script | Patrick Cirillo |
| production |
Moritz Borman , James Cady |
| music | Eduard Artemyev |
| camera | Lajos Koltai |
| cut | Henry Richardson |
| occupation | |
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Homer and Eddie (Original title: Homer and Eddie ) is an American drama from 1989 . It was directed by Andrei Konchalovsky and written by Patrick Cirillo . James Belushi and Whoopi Goldberg played the main roles in the road movie .
action
Homer Lanza grew up without his birth parents. As a child, he was hit in the head by a baseball. This left him mentally retarded and in the hospital for a long time. The last time he saw his parents was when he was 14 years old. When Homer learns that his father is terminally ill, he takes a trip from Arizona to his childhood home in Oregon . As a hitchhiker, the inmates of a red Ford rob him of his $ 87 before he meets the Afro-American Eddie Cervi, who offers to drive him to Oregon and get his money back. During the journey, she reveals to him that she suffers from a brain tumor and has only one month to live. An operation is impossible and she refuses to take medication because it would turn her into "a zombie". She also fled from a closed institution .
Eddie gives an invalid credit card to pay for the first meal on the way. Homer has to flee from the restaurant owner who is chasing him in the car of the fast-moving Eddie. Because she thinks Homer has not fucked enough so far, she takes him to a small puff on the side of the road in Nevada . Her cousin Esther works there and accepts Homers for $ 30. In order to be able to pay for this, Eddie drives to a store and robbed the cash register at gunpoint. She shoots the owner when he looks at his hidden weapon. Eddie later sees a red Ford. Although Homer asserts that it is not the robbers' vehicle, Eddie uses her gun to force the driver to hand over her wallet. Then she visits her mother, who lives between graves in a cemetery. To cheer Eddie up, Homer pulls a paper bag over his head and dances in front of her. While Eddie is filling up with Homer afterwards, she shoots the owner of the gas station and steals the money. Homer is horrified and takes her to confession in a church, where she initially only mentions minor sins. Only at the end does she confess the most recent and two previous murders. The priest says he cannot give her absolution and demands that she turn herself in to the police. Eddie refuses and leaves.
The two reach the destination two days after the death of Homer's father. Homer meets his mother during the funeral service, but is disappointed with the encounter. Eddie sees their trip together as over and hands over to a policeman who knows Homer his suitcase and the money she still has. She misses this when she goes to a store to buy aspirin. When rummaging through her pockets, she also gets her pistol in her hand, whereupon the owner, who believes in an attack, shoots her. Eddie dies in Homer's arms, who was looking for her.
background
Filming took place in California and Oregon .
The German-born actor Fritz Feld had his last role as an undertaker in this film. In 1917, 72 years earlier, he made his film debut in the German silent film The Golem and the Dancer . It was also her last role for Anne Ramsey, she died before the premiere of the film.
Reviews
Hal Hinson wrote in the Washington Post on February 26, 1990 that there were "probably" "more unpleasant" couples than James Belushi and Whoopi Goldberg, but he couldn't think of any. He praised the pictures of Lajos Koltai and criticized the script as "banalities". The film is a " colossally unappetizing meal ".
The lexicon of international films wrote that the film relies on "the expressive play of the main actors". He is "humanly moving" and shows the United States "critically". The "conventions of US entertainment films" were criticized, the "headstrong humor" was praised.
Awards
Andrei Konchalovsky won the main prize of the Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia-San Sebastián in 1989 and was nominated for a prize at the French Deauville Festival du Cinema Américain.
Web links
- Homer and Eddie in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Homer and Eddie at rotten tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hal Hinson's review on washingtonpost.com
- ↑ Homer and Eddie. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .