I love you Phillip Morris
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | I love you Phillip Morris |
| Original title | I love you Phillip Morris |
| Country of production | USA , France |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 102 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Glenn Ficarra , John Requa |
| script | Glenn Ficarra, John Requa |
| production |
Andrew Lazar , Far Shariat for Almode Film |
| music | John Swihart |
| camera | Xavier Pérez Grobet |
| cut | Thomas J. Nordberg |
| occupation | |
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I Love You Phillip Morris (English for "I love you, Phillip Morris") is a 2009 comedy film based on the story of Steven Jay Russell and starring Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor .
action
After a traffic accident, the father of the family Steven Russell finally decides to live out his homosexuality, which had been kept secret until then, and begins a dissolute life in Florida. Since this turns out to be very costly, Steven begins to stay afloat with frauds and fake accidents and the resulting insurance sums. After a while, however, this is revealed and he ends up in prison , where he meets Phillip Morris, who is also gay in the prison library. The two fall in love and Steven succeeds in being transferred to a cell with Phillip through various bribes.
However, Steven is later moved to another prison and released shortly afterwards. Using his new freedom, he tries to get Phillip out of prison as well, which he finally succeeds through various petitions. The two move in together. However, Stevens' standard of living, or the standard of living he would like to offer Phillip, turns out to be too high to be legally funded, and he starts cheating again. As a result, he was sentenced to further prison terms, as was Phillip for alleged complicity. In order to free himself and Phillip, he fakes his own death and can also free Phillip as a "lawyer". However, he is found out again and this time he is sentenced to life imprisonment. In the credits it is learned that Phillip was released in 2006 and that Steven has to spend 23 hours a day alone in his cell.
publication
It premiered on January 18, 2009 at the Sundance Film Festival . A rental in the United States to find the film, which also was heterosexual scenes containing re-edited for gay sexual scenes in March of 2009. In May 2009 it was announced that the Consolidated Pictures Group had acquired the rights for distribution.
In the United States, the film was originally scheduled to start on March 26, 2010, then a launch in selected cinemas was announced for April 30 and then postponed indefinitely. Shortly after, it was announced that a limited performance would start on July 30th and a nationwide launch scheduled for August 6th. On June 3, it was announced that the film launch had been postponed to October 2010 due to legal disputes in a court of law. It finally started in the US on December 3rd.
In Germany, the film premiered on February 7, 2009 during the European Film Market . The German-language cinema release was on March 18, 2010 in Switzerland , on April 29 in Germany and on July 16 in Austria . The film has also been shown in Eastern Europe , Asia and South America since 2010 . It has been available on DVD in Europe since November 2010.
Reviews
“The story of a con artist based on real events strikes a balance between over-the-top comedy and drama. The courage to stage a gay love affair as a romantic star cinema is also counteracted by the exaggeratedly ironic gesture. "
"Sometimes you get the impression that the director, screenplay and cast have all cobbled together their version of homosexuality from a heterosexual perspective."
Web links
- I Love You Phillip Morris in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Elizabeth Day: I love you Phillip Morris: a conman's story . In: The Guardian , September 6, 2009
- Soundtrack list and official CD
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for I Love You Phillip Morris . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , February 2010 (PDF; test number: 121 646 K).
- ^ Toby McDonald: McGregor gay film too risque for cinema , The Sunday Times , March 15, 2009
- ↑ Michael Fleming: Consolidated loves 'Phillip Morris' , Variety , May 11, 2009
- ↑ Steven Zeitchik: Jim Carrey's 'I Love You Phillip Morris' back on the shelf , Los Angeles Times, April 8, 2010
- ↑ Krystal Clark: I Love You Phillip Morris Gets July 30th Release ( Memento of the original from July 26, 2011 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. , ScreenCrave, April 12, 2010
- ↑ Mathew Tyler: No Love For 'Phillip Morris' ( Memento of the original from July 18, 2010 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. , thefilmstage.com, June 3, 2010
- ↑ Carolina Astrain: The movie that won't come out, or "I Love (Envy) You Steve McVicker," Culturemap Houston, November 16, 2010
- ↑ The gay escape king , queer.de, November 1, 2010
- ^ I Love You Phillip Morris in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed February 16, 2012
