Kindergarten cop
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Kindergarten cop |
| Original title | Kindergarten cop |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1990 |
| length | 107 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ivan Reitman |
| script |
Timothy Harris , Murray Salem Herschel Weingrod |
| production |
Michael C. Gross , Joe Medjuck , Ivan Reitman |
| music | Randy Edelman |
| camera | Michael Chapman |
| cut |
Wendy Greene Bricmont , Sheldon Kahn |
| occupation | |
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Kindergarten Cop is an American comedy film from the year 1990 . The director was Ivan Reitman , the writer wrote Timothy Harris , Murray Salem and Herschel Weingrod . Arnold Schwarzenegger played the main role .
action
Die-hard cop John Kimble arrests drug dealer Cullen Crisp for the murder of an informant. The crime was observed by a young, drug addict woman who, as a witness, enabled Crisp to be arrested. In order to convict him, the police need the help of Crisp's ex-wife Rachel, who, however, is with her son Cullen jr. and went underground for a few million dollars from Crisp's drug business. The informant who was murdered by Crisp, however, had found her whereabouts: a kindergarten in Astoria , Oregon.
Kimble and his colleague Phoebe O'Hara are sent out to find the two and persuade them to work together, which is made difficult by the fact that no current photos exist of either of them. In order to find the two, O'Hara is supposed to take a job as a kindergarten teacher and identify Cullen Jr., but on the way there she falls ill unexpectedly, and so Kimble spontaneously has to take over the part. The children annoy him with their raging and their playful nature, but with the help of his police officer training he manages to teach the children discipline. At the same time, however, he is beginning to enjoy the job and is wholeheartedly committed to his students.
Kimble falls in love with a young teacher named Joyce, whose son Dominic is in his class. Over time, however, it turns out that she is Crisp's ex-wife and Dominic is actually his son. Likewise, Crisp only made up the story with the stolen drug money to get his son, whom his ex-wife wants to protect.
In the meantime, Crisp is released again through the initiative of his bossy mother: she made sure that the witness was sold pure heroin, so that the woman died of an overdose. This means that there is no longer any witness to the crime and Crisp will be released again. Immediately afterwards he shows up in Astoria and wants to take his son. To separate Dominic from Kimble, he sets the kindergarten on fire and kidnaps his son. When Kimble puts him in the school toilet, Crisp injures Kimble but is shot by him. Crisp's mother shows up and threatens Kimble to find out where her grandson is, but O'Hara overpowers her.
O'Hara, who is about to marry a clumsy cook, visits Kimble at the hospital and asks him where to send the wedding invitation. Kimble then decides to stay as a teacher in kindergarten and start a new life with Joyce and Dominic.
backgrounds
- Production costs were estimated at 26 million US dollars . The film grossed approximately $ 91.5 million in US cinemas.
- In the original, Schwarzenegger speaks two short but clear sentences in German when he carries Pamela Reed to the motel: “That pisses me off. Now I'm angry. "
- In 2016 the sequel Kindergarten Cop 2 was released . Dolph Lundgren took on the leading role without slipping into the character of Schwarzenegger. Directed by Don Michael Paul .
German version
The German dubbing was done by Michael Nowka , who was responsible for the script and dubbing.
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| John Kimble | Arnold Schwarzenegger | Thomas Danneberg |
| Rachel Crisp / Joyce Palmieri | Penelope Ann Miller | Marina Krogull |
| Phoebe O'Hara | Pamela Reed | Uta Hallant |
| Mrs. Schlowski | Linda Hunt | Tilly Lauenstein |
| Sylvester's mother | Cathy Moriarty | Judy Winter |
| Cullen Crisp | Richard Tyson | Detlef Bierstedt |
| Eleanor Crisp | Carroll Baker | Barbara Adolph |
| Dominic Palmieri / Cullen Crisp, Jr. | Christian Cousins / Joseph Cousins | Timm new |
| Zach's mother | Jayne Brook | Ulrike Möckel |
| Zach's father | John Hammil | Wilfried Herbst |
| Captain Salazar | Richard Portnow | Joachim Pukass |
| Cindy | Alix Koromzay | Maud Ackermann |
| Danny | Tom Kurlander | Andreas Fröhlich |
| Hairstylist | Jason Stuart | Michael Nowka |
| Joshua's mother | Heidi Swedberg | Katharina Koschny |
| Secretary to Miss Schlowski | Molly Cleator | Eva-Maria Werth |
The German dubbing makes a gross blunder: On July 4th ( American Independence Day ) the children recite the famous Gettysburg Address of Abraham Lincoln and begin with the words "407 years ago ...". Lincoln's “Four score and seven years ago” is called “87 years ago” (analogous to the French “quatre-vingt”, the English “score” here means “20”).
Reviews
The film received mixed reviews. The film review portal Rotten Tomatoes gives the film 50% positive reviews and it has a Metascore of 61 out of 100 at Metacritic .
“Brutal action film that blatantly propagates a paramilitary upbringing, glorifies violence as the solvent of conflicts and only in a few moments creates an ironic, but not recognizable for a young audience, distance to its 'end justifies the means' mentality. "
“After Gemini , Kindergarten Cop was the second Reitman film in which megastar Schwarzenegger didn't impress with his bulging muscles, but aimed at the laughing muscles of the audience. Quite successful: his new image earned him a fee of 15 million dollars and also appealed to viewers who have so far probably not paid an entrance fee for his tough action flicks. Nevertheless, despite a few good ironic text sequences and the cute child actors, the film remains conventional in its realization and clichéd in the story. "
The Wiesbaden film evaluation agency awarded the production the title “particularly valuable”.
Awards
The film won the Young Artist Award in two categories and was nominated for the same award in another. Randy Edelman won the BMI Film Music Award .
Web links
- Kindergarten Cop in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Kindergarten Cop at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- moviemaster.de: Kindergarten Cop
- cinema.de: Kindergarten Cop
- The New York Times: Kindergarten Cop (English)
- Comparison of the cut versions RTL Afternoon - FSK 12 , ORF 1 Afternoon - FSK 12 by Kindergarten Cop at Schnittberichte.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Box office / business for kindergarten cop
- ^ Dailymail.co.uk, accessed August 27, 2015
- ^ Kindergarten Cop in the German synchronous file ; Retrieved October 20, 2008
- ↑ Kindergarten Cop at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- ↑ Kindergarten Cop at Metacritic (English)
- ^ Kindergarten Cop. In: Lexicon of international film . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ -jg- in: The great TV feature film film lexicon . Digital library special volume (CD-ROM edition). Directmedia, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-89853-036-1 , p. 7020