Kissing Jessica
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Kissing Jessica |
| Original title | Kissing Jessica Stein |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2001 |
| length | 97 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 6 JMK 10 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Charles Herman-Wurmfeld |
| script |
Jennifer Westfeldt and Heather Juergensen , based on the play Lipschtick |
| production |
Brad Zion's Eden Wurmfeld |
| music | Marcelo Zarvos |
| camera | Lawrence Sher |
| cut |
Kristy Jacobs Maslin Greg Tillman |
| occupation | |
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Kissing Jessica is a romantic independent comedy from 2001. The film is based on the off-Broadway play Lipschtick .
action
The 28-year-old Jessica Stein, a Jewish journalist who lives in New York , is actually tired of the various blind dates when she stumbles upon a classified ad quoting Rainer Maria Rilke . The ad is from gallery owner Helen Cooper. At first skeptical, Jessica gets involved with Helen. At first the relationship seems almost perfect, but the longer Jessica keeps the relationship a secret, the more unsatisfied Helen becomes with the situation. Jessica's family also seems to be an obstacle, as the mother tries again and again to couple Jessica.
Awards
At the Los Angeles Film Festival, the film received the Audience Award for Best Feature Film and the Critics Special Jury Award . Further awards were e.g. For example: Glitter Award, Audience Award at the Miami Film Festival and the Golden Satellite Award .
synchronization
The film was set to music at RC Production in Berlin. Marianne Groß wrote the dialogue book, Andreas Fröhlich directed the dialogue.
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Jessica Stein | Jennifer Westfeldt | Claudia Lössl |
| Helen Cooper | Heather Juergensen | Christin Marquitan |
| Judy Stein | Tovah Feldshuh | Regine Albrecht |
| Josh Myers | Scott Cohen | Bernd Vollbrecht |
| Joan | Jackie Hoffman | Sandra Schwittau |
| Martin | Michael Mastro | Gerald Schaale |
| Sebastian | Carson Elrod | Marius Clarén |
| Dan Stein | David Aaron Baker | Dietmar miracle |
| Charles | Jon Hamm | Viktor Neumann |
Others
The two main actresses already played the roles in the stage play and also wrote the script. In the audio commentary, the producers talk about the shooting; many random passers-by as well as the grandmother of one of the producers appear in the film. Some background scenes in New York were later cut out because they showed the World Trade Center .
Web links
- Kissing Jessica in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Review of the film in Lespress magazine
- very detailed discussion at arte-tv
Individual evidence
- ↑ German synchronous index: German synchronous index | Movies | Kissing Jessica. Retrieved April 4, 2018 .