I Saw the Light (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | I saw the light |
| Original title | I saw the light |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2015 |
| length | 124 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Marc Abraham |
| script | Marc Abraham |
| production | Marc Abraham, Aaron L. Gilbert , Brett Ratner , G. Marq Roswell |
| music | Aaron Zigman |
| camera | Dante Spinotti |
| cut | Alan Heim |
| occupation | |
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I Saw the Light is a US biopic from the year 2015 . Directed by Marc Abraham , who also wrote the screenplay to the 1994 biography Hank Williams: The Biography of Colin Escott over the Country singer Hank Williams based. The main roles are played by Tom Hiddleston and Elizabeth Olsen .
action
The last nine years are told from the life of the talented and difficult country singer Hank Williams , who in the course of his short life became one of the most influential songwriters and one of the most popular musicians in the USA. I Saw the Light is also one of the singer's most famous songs and was one of his first hits.
In 1944, the still unknown singer Hank Williams married the newly divorced Audrey Mae Sheppard at the local justice of the peace in a gas station. He works for the local radio station WSFA and appears in small pubs. His wife urges him to include her on the show during his appearances. Despite rather moderate singing skills, Hank complies with her request and also defends her in front of his band members. Due to his unreliability due to increasing alcohol consumption , he is fired from the station. In addition to improving his career, rehab helps him save his marriage.
The well-known music producer Fred Rose gave Williams a record deal with MGM Records and an appearance on the Louisiana Hayride radio show . Eventually he even manages to appear in the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville . He refuses a film role offered to him.
Shortly after his marriage to Audrey was divorced, Williams hitched up the girlfriend of the singer Faron Young, who also performed there, and married her shortly thereafter. His health deteriorated noticeably and he died of heart failure on New Year's Day 1953 at the age of 29 while driving to a concert in Ohio due to an intolerance to a drug.
background
The film premiered on September 11, 2015 in Canada at the Toronto International Film Festival . After various screenings at film festivals in Canada and the United States, the official cinema release in the USA was on April 1, 2016; in Germany, the film was released directly on DVD or Blu-ray on August 4, 2016. Production costs are estimated at around $ 13 million.
At the Christmas party that is shown after Hank's first Grand Ole Opry performance, the song Santa Baby , sung by Eartha Kitt , can be heard in the background. The song was only released nine months after Williams' death in October 1953. In one scene, Hank Lycrecia reads a story from a Pulp magazine . According to the storyline, the scene takes place in 1947, although the edition he is reading from was not published until November 1952.
reception
The reception of the film was largely negative. Although the acting was recognized, the film was described by the critics as "dull" and "unconvincing". At Rotten Tomatoes , 18% of critics gave the film a positive rating; in the audience rating it was 36%. The film service describes the film as “too superficial” “despite good actors”.
Film music / soundtrack
For the film, Williams actor Tom Hiddleston sang fourteen pieces himself, six of which were released on the soundtrack.
- Cold, Cold H eart (Tom Hiddleston and the Saddle Spring Boys)
- Even Though You Let Me Go (Elisabeth Olsen)
- I Can't Get You Out Of My Mind (Tom Hiddleston and the Saddle Spring Boys)
- Honky Tonkin ' (Tom Hiddleston and the Saddle Spring Boys)
- Blues Come Around (Tom Hiddleston, Elisabeth Olsen and the Saddle Spring Boys)
- The Tennessee Waltz ( Jo Stafford )
- Field Hand Man (The Delmore Brothers)
- Pan American (Tom Hiddleston, Elisabeth Olsen and the Saddle Spring Boys)
- Please Don't Let Me Love You ( George Morgan )
- Right Or Wrong ( Bob Wills )
- Lovesick Blues (Tom Hiddleston and the Saddle Spring Boys)
- A Pair Of Broken Hearts ( Spade Cooley )
- Walkin 'The Floor Over You ( Ernest Tubb )
- Santa Baby ( Eartha Kitt )
- Men With Broken Hearts (Tom Hiddleston and the Saddle Spring Boys)
- It Is Thy Servant's Prayer, Amen (The Sallie Martin Singers)
- Home In San Antone (The Saddle Spring Boys)
- Hey Good Lookin ' (Tom Hiddleston and the Saddle Spring Boys)
- That's What's Knockin 'Me Out ( Jimmy Liggins )
- Now That I Need You ( Doris Day )
- Law And Lonely ( Roy Acuff )
- Why Don't You Love Me (Tom Hiddleston and the Saddle Spring Boys)
- Jack Of Diamonds (The Saddle Spring Boys)
- Anytime ( Eddy Arnold )
- Your Cheatin 'Heart (Tom Hiddleston and the Saddle Spring Boys)
- I Saw the Light (Rodney Crowell, Cory Chisel, Tania Hancheroff, Chris Scruggs)
- I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Tom Hiddleston, Rodney Crowell and the Saddle Spring Boys)
- Jambalaya (Tom Hiddleston and the Saddle Spring Boys)
- Move It On Over (Tom Hiddleston and the Saddle Spring Boys)
- My Bucket's Got a Hole in It (Tom Hiddleston and the Saddle Spring Boys)
synchronization
The German dubbing was based on the books and directed by Michael Nowka in the studios of Berliner Synchron GmbH in Berlin .
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Hank Williams | Tom Hiddleston | Peter Lontzek |
| Audrey Williams | Elisabeth Olsen | Magdalena Turba |
| Billie Jean Jones | Maddie Hasson | Friederike Walke |
| Bobbie Jett | Wrenn Schmidt | Wicki Kalaitzi |
| Boyette | Richard Jackson | Rainer Gerlach |
| Don Helms | Wes Langlois | Gerrit Schmidt-Foss |
| Fred Rose | Bradley Whitford | Ronald Nitschke |
| Lillie Williams | Cherry Jones | Marianne Gross |
| Sammy Pruett | Joshua Brady | Benjamin Krause |
Web links
- I Saw the Light in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- I Saw the Light in the online Movie Database
- I Saw The Light on filmstarts.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of release for I Saw the Light . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF).
- ↑ Publication dates in the Internet Movie Data Base
- ^ Trivia page of the film in the Internet Movie Data Base
- ↑ Press review on filmstarts.de , accessed September 28, 2019
- ^ I Saw the Light. In: rottentomatoes.com. Rotten Tomatoes , accessed September 29, 2019 .
- ^ I Saw the Light - short review . In: Filmdienst.de . Retrieved October 29, 2019.
- ^ I Saw The Light in sync file , accessed September 28, 2019