John Carter - Between Two Worlds
| Movie | |
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| German title | John Carter - Between Two Worlds |
| Original title | John Carter |
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| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2012 |
| length | 139 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 12 JMK 10 |
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| Director | Andrew Stanton |
| script | Andrew Stanton, Mark Andrews , Michael Chabon |
| production |
Lindsey Collins , Jim Morris , Colin Wilson |
| music | Michael Giacchino |
| camera | Dan Mindel |
| cut | Eric Zumbrunnen |
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John Carter - Between Two Worlds (AKA John Carter ) is an American epic - science fiction film , which was released on March 7, 2012 in Belgium and France for the first time. One day later the film was released in Germany and on March 9th in the United States - in Disney Digital 3-D and IMAX 3D . The basis for the film is the book The Princess of Mars from the science fiction series John Carter vom Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs . While the film from Walt Disney Pictures was produced, was Andrew Stanton made his directorial debut in a movie with real actors.
action
The film opens in 1881 with the news of the death of Civil War veteran John Carter. His nephew Edgar Rice Burroughs comes to the funeral as the sole heir, only to learn that Carter's body is being kept in a mausoleum that can only be opened from the inside. Carter's lawyer hands him his diary, and Edgar ("Ned") begins to read.
In 1868 the former Confederate officer John Carter, who is on the road as a gold prospector in Arizona , is miraculously teleported to Mars on the run from the Apaches : In a cave in which he is hiding from the Indians, a stranger suddenly appears, a star from Mars attacking Carter. Carter kills Thern and is teleported to Mars through his medallion, but his body falls into a kind of coma and remains in the cave. On Mars, it is mysteriously given an identical body.
The originally Earth-like planet Barsoom, as Mars is called by the locals, has developed into an inhospitable, hostile environment over the millennia. The once great civilization of Mars is largely in ruins, and some of the once peaceful inhabitants have turned into bellicose barbarians who see their only chance of survival in the constant battle for scarce resources. Mars is inhabited by different races, the main ones being the "normal" red people and the white people, a mysterious caste of priests, the Therns, as well as the approximately three meter tall green four-armed Tharks.
Upon arriving at Barsoom, Carter meets the Jeddak (King) of the Tharks, Tars Tarkas. Carter wins his respect thanks to his martial arts and especially his superior strength, which is based on the lower gravity of Mars, which is less than 40% of the Earth's gravity. With the help of his skills he saves the life of the princess of the city of Helium, Dejah Thoris, who is on the run from soldiers from the city of Zodanga, which is hostile to helium. Sab Than, the Jeddak of Zodanga, is supported by Matai Shang, the leader of the White Martians, with a new, powerful weapon.
Dejah Thori's father, the Jeddak of Helium, sees no other way out than to accept Sab Than's wedding offer in order to prevent the impending defeat of his city. Dejah, Carter and Sola, whom Tarkas reveals to them as his daughter, make their way to the Issus River to find a way for Carter to return to Earth. However, Carter is captured and ultimately falls into the hands of Matai Shang. Carter learns from him that the Therns have been manipulating the fate of both planets with their transporter technology for thousands of years.
Dejah Thoris has since agreed to marry Sab Than. Carter manages to escape Matai Shang and sets out with a Thark army to save Helium from a surprise attack by the Zodangans, which succeeds at the last second. He is additionally driven by the desire to save Dejah, who is to be killed in the course of an intrigue of the Therns shortly after their marriage. Sab Than is killed in battle, and Carter marries Dejah. That same night he throws away his medallion because he wants to stay on Mars forever, but then Matai Shang, who has been there the whole time as an advisor to Sab Than, appears and transports Carter back to Earth.
The framework story is taken up again, and Ned learns that Carter tried for many years to find traces of other Thern activities on earth, in order to possibly get into possession of another medallion, which he finally apparently succeeded. During his renewed journey to Mars, the body must be kept safe on earth, because physical damage on earth or on Mars would kill him in both worlds. Ned manages to decipher the clues for opening the mausoleum, but when he opens the door, the mausoleum is empty. A Thern who was following Ned in the background suddenly appears and tries to kill him. However, he is shot dead by John Carter. It was all just a trap for the Therns because, in fact, Carter had not been able to find a second locket. Carter goes to the mausoleum to return forever to Mars with the medallion of the slain Therns.
history
The first attempt to film John Carter made in 1931 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer with the director Bob Clampett . It should have been the first long cartoon before Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs . After the director and John Coleman had created the first drawings, nothing seemed to stand in the way of the project. But after filming had been made for testing purposes in 1936 and it was shown to the public, the criticism was negative. As a result, the productions were put on hold and Clampett turned to a cartoon series by Tarzan .
When Walt Disney Pictures acquired the film rights to John Carter for the first time in 1980, they wanted to produce a film version in order to be able to oppose the popular competitors of the time, Star Wars and Conan the Barbarian . John McTiernan should have directed and Tom Cruise should have starred. Because the director found the visual effects technique too primitive, production was stopped and the film rights returned to Burroughs' heir.
A third failed attempt came from Paramount . After Harry Knowles had convinced the production company of Burroughs' science fiction saga, they wanted to acquire the film rights. But Columbia also seemed to be interested in this, which is why it came to an argument. Paramount won it, after which Knowles began production. But the attempt to have Frank Miller co-direct the film failed . In October 2005, Jon Favreau should direct, who should turn the first three books into a single film. Paramount, however, criticized his involvement in the film and discontinued the productions in August 2006 when the studio decided to no longer keep the film rights. Favreau then turned to the film adaptation of Iron Man , the first part of which appeared in 2008.
production
In January 2007 Disney reacquired the rights and hired director Andrew Stanton and screenwriter Mark Andrews . At the beginning of 2008 they presented their draft - the first part of a trilogy . In April 2009, Michael Chabon replaced Mark Andrews. Since Stanton and Pixar managing director Jim Morris thought the original designs by Frank Frazetta were now too old-fashioned, they adapted the visual design of the film. Filming locations in Surrey were the Ham House , Longcross Studios and Shepperton Studios . The film was also shot in Shiprock and in the US state of Utah . Filming began in England in January 2010 and ended in Utah in July 2010.
The budget of the film is 250 million US dollars estimated plus advertising costs of a further 100 million dollars. In the first few weeks, the film only brought in a small part of this amount. Disney announced in March 2012 that John Carter is expected to make an operating loss of $ 200 million in the current quarter. As a result, the head of the Disney film studios Rich Ross announced his resignation in April 2012.
Overall, the film grossed only $ 73 million at box offices in the United States and Canada, but added nearly $ 210 million in grossing from worldwide theatrical use outside the two countries.
synchronization
The German dubbing was based on a dialogue book by Alexander Löwe, directed by Axel Malzacher.
| role | actor | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| John Carter | Taylor kitsch | Stefan Günther |
| Dejah Thoris | Lynn Collins | Tanja Geke |
| Sola | Samantha Morton | Susanne von Medvey |
| Tars Tarkas | Willem Dafoe | Pure beauty |
| Valley Hajus | Thomas Haden Church | Oliver Stritzel |
| Matai Shang | Mark Strong | Tom Vogt |
| Matai Shang (as an older woman) | Eileen Page | Christel Merian |
| Matai Shang (as a Zodangan officer) | Darwin Shaw | Axel Malzacher |
| Tardos Mors | Ciarán Hinds | Bernd Rumpf |
| Sab Than | Dominic West | Torsten Michaelis |
| Kantos Kan | James Purefoy | Jacques Breuer |
| Powell | Bryan Cranston | Frank Glaubrecht |
| Sarkoja | Polly Walker | Gundi Eberhard |
| Edgar Rice Burroughs | Daryl Sabara | Patrick Baehr |
| Zodangan general | Art Malik | |
| Dix | Don Stark | Jan Spitzer |
| male thern # 1 | Philip Philmar | Peter Flechtner |
| male thern # 2 | James Ambree | Matthias Klages |
| doctor | Jeremy Booth | |
| Noah Dalton | Nicholas Woodeson | Bodo Wolf |
| Rowdy # 2 | Jared Cyr | Raimund Krone |
| Sarah Carter | Amanda Clayton | Franca Orlia |
| Telegraph | Edmund Kente | Axel Lutter |
| Thompson | Rupert Frazer | Reinhard Kuhnert |
criticism
The film received mixed reviews. Rotten Tomatoes received 123 positive and 112 negative reviews. Metacritic counted 18 positive, 20 mixed and 7 negative publications. On the Internet Movie Database page, the weighted average score of 6.6 out of 10 was determined from 247,683 users.
“Conclusion: The science fiction epic 'John Carter' will irritate many moviegoers, because director Andrew Stanton takes Edgar Rice Burroughs' pulp literature model seriously and so his spectacle exudes a trashy charm that only seems to contradict it exorbitant budget of $ 250 million. Stanton uses his creative freedom and considerable resources to create a desolate interplanetary battle painting that, despite some flaws, is a lot of fun. "
“Similar to even the best wines, the ravages of time are also gnawing at the John Carter film. Countless attempts to bring the screen epic to the big screen much earlier failed for just as many different reasons. In view of these omens, it is almost a miracle that John Carter has finally made it to the big screen with a mega budget of almost 250 million US dollars. But overall, the 130-minute film looks like a relic from a bygone era: We have all the story elements in countless other sci-fi and fantasy films, such as Star Wars , Planet of the Apes or even Avatar have already been processed in a much more differentiated way. On the one hand, it speaks for the development of the films themselves, on the other hand, for the 'coldness' and 'hardness' of an industry in which a once pioneering and revolutionary template will no longer elicit a tired smile from almost anyone (and if so, then come back again through the evolution of technology). "
Trivia
- In 2012, the fictional character John Carter not only celebrated its film adaptation, but also its centenary. The Bildschriftverlag published the first four volumes of the cycle in German. The Kranichborn Verlag put at least the first two books into circulation again in the 1990s, although the ISB numbers of all 15 volumes had already been determined.
- In order to remain as authentic as possible, the Tharks language was created by a linguist from the few words that Edgar Rice Burroughs used in his novels.
- The crystals in Dejah Thoris' wedding dress were made by Swarovski . 120,000 pieces cover the dress, veil, crown and sleeves. Every single one of them was inserted by hand. Designer Mayes C. Rubeo designed around 1,800 costumes for the film.
- With Ciarán Hinds, James Purefoy, Nicholas Woodeson and Polly Walker, four actors are involved who played an important role in HBO's television series Rome .
- David Schwimmer and Jon Favreau have a very brief cameo as Thark Warriors.
publication
The DVD and Blu-ray release took place in Germany on July 19, 2012. In the United States, the release took place on June 5.
Web links
- John Carter - Between two worlds in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ John Carter. In: disney.de. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012 ; accessed on July 14, 2018 .
- ^ Certificate of Release for John Carter - Between Two Worlds . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , March 2012 (PDF; test number: 131 865 K).
- ^ Age rating for John Carter - Between Two Worlds . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ Lost Cartoons: The Animated “John Carter of Mars” .
- ↑ a b c David Hughes: The Greatest Science Fiction Movies Never Made . Titan Books, 2008, ISBN 978-1-84576-755-6 , S * 311-322.
- ^ The John Carter Animation Project.
- ↑ Loss of millions on "John Carter" - Disney's monster flop . Spiegel Online , March 20, 2012
- ↑ After "John Carter" flop: Disney boss Ross resigns . Spiegel Online , April 21, 2012
- ^ John Carter at Box Office Mojo, accessed December 1, 2012
- ↑ John Carter - Between Two Worlds. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on April 6, 2018 .
- ↑ John Carter on rottentomatoes.com , accessed March 6, 2020
- ^ John Carter on metacritic.com , accessed March 6, 2020
- ↑ John Carter on imdb.com , accessed March 6, 2020
- ↑ Carsten Baumgardt: John Carter - Between Two Worlds: Film Starts Critique .
- ↑ David Rams: John Carter - Between Two Worlds . Retrieved May 18, 2012