Career with left
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Career with left |
| Original title | From the hip |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1987 |
| length | 111 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Bob Clark |
| script | Bob Clark David E. Kelley |
| production | Bob Clark René Dupont |
| music | Paul Zaza |
| camera | Dante Spinotti |
| cut | Stan Cole |
| occupation | |
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Career Left is a 1987 comedy written by Bob Clark and David E. Kelley and directed by Bob Clark. The leading roles are played by Judd Nelson , Elizabeth Perkins , John Hurt and Beatrice Winde .
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Robin "Stormy" Weathers has just passed his law exam and is hiring at a large law firm. He manages to persuade the supervisors of his law firm to entrust him with a case that is as hopeless as it is meaningless. After his client has asked him to do so, Robin succeeds in artificially extending the hearing with spectacular maneuvers to the delight of his client, the audience and the judge. The law firm's senior partners are outraged and want to kick him out. However, he wins the case and the media hype brings the law firm several new customers. Weathers stays with the company and is even promoted.
Next he is supposed to take on the defense in a murder case. The indicted is the infinitely arrogant and highly intelligent university professor Benoit, who is said to have killed a prostitute with a hammer. The evidence is overwhelming. Weathers advises the professor that he has no experience but wants him to be a lawyer after seeing him in court. Benoit tells Weathers that he is innocent and is looking for a lawyer who the jury would like.
Weathers accepts the case, and his noisy and unconventional behavior in the courtroom amazes the judges and spectators alike. The jury likes him and the probability of an acquittal increases.
Weathers tries to persuade Benoit to make a criminal trial deal, but Benoit wants conviction or acquittal. When the two quarrel and Weathers unintentionally insults Benoit, it suddenly becomes apparent to Weathers that Benoit really did murder the prostitute consciously and deliberately. Benoit, who, as an intellectual and cultured person, feels superior to others - in the spirit of Nietzsche's Übermensch - even brags about how he had split the whore's skull with full "clarity of mind" while she was still alive. When Weathers' blood freezes in his veins, Benoit tries to portray his confession as a joke, but Weathers realizes the truth and no longer believes Benoit.
Weathers faces a dire conflict between his duty as a lawyer and his moral obligation to make Benoit pay for his crimes. Despite the possibility of having his lawyer license revoked, he decides to let Benoit appear. He provokes him in court so that he loses his self-control and attacks Weathers with the murder weapon, whereby Benoit's line of defense breaks down, which is based on the fact that he is a fundamentally peaceful person and cannot harm a fly. Benoit is found guilty.
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Grossing results
The film grossed $ 9.5 million.
criticism
- Rotten Tomatoes evaluated six reviews and came up with a positive result of 17 percent.
- Film critic Roger Ebert described the film as untrustworthy from beginning to end. However, he praised the acting performance of John Hurt.
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Judd Nelson was nominated for the worst leading actor for the Golden Raspberry .
Web links
- From the Hip in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- From the Hip with Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ box office results on boxofficemojo.com (engl.)
- ↑ Career with left at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- ^ Review by Roger Eberts
- ↑ Nominations for the Golden Raspberry 1987 ( Memento of the original from May 1, 2014 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. on razzies.com
