Little giants
| Movie | |
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| German title | Little giants |
| Original title | Little Giants |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1994 |
| length | 102 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
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| Director | Duwayne Dunham |
| script | James Ferguson, Michael Goldberg , Robert Shallcross , Tommy Swerdlow |
| production | Arne Schmidt |
| music | John Debney |
| camera | Janusz Kamiński |
| cut | Donn Cambern |
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Little Giants (Original title: Little Giants ) is an American comedy film directed by Duwayne Dunham from 1994 .
action
Becky O'Shea lives in Urbania, Ohio and is feared by the boys because she is stronger and more aggressive than the boys. Her nickname is "Ice-Box", ( English for 'refrigerator'). She grows up alone with her father because the mother once left the family. Becky plays American football very well , but her uncle Kevin O'Shea refuses to join the team he leads, "The Cowboys". He mercilessly sorts out the weaker children and Becky because she is a girl. Her father Danny O'Shea, who in contrast to his brother Kevin was not a football hero and who is sorry for the disappointed children, founds another team with the sorted children and his daughter Becky, "The Giants", which is with his brother's team competes and has to play an elimination with Kevin O'Shea's team, because each city can only provide one team. Danny's new team doesn't really stand a chance because the children his brother Kevin has sorted out are really not talented footballers or athletes, with the exception of Becky O'Shea. Although the "Little Giants" try hard, it is mainly their physical ailments that hinder their own talent. B. Obesity, weak physique, allergies, etc. In the course of the film you experience how the desperate and weak children grow into a force determined to do anything. From a sporting point of view, however, due to their physical disadvantages, they have no chance in this decision game.
By a fortunate coincidence, a bus with the stars of the football league comes by and encourages them when they see what it's about. One of the weaker children is an overly intelligent lad who looks like a little professor. He develops strategies for the children how they can still defeat the strong. At first it looks very bad. At halftime, the "Giants" are hopelessly behind. Becky, who is fighting over whether she should pretend to be a real girl or an “ice box”, lets the boys play alone at first and only helps the girls as a cheerleader. But when the boy, with whom she is secretly in love, is injured due to a nasty foul, she changes clothes and aggressively intervenes in the action. So the "Giants" attack again. With a portion of shrewdness and mental strength, they catch up point by point. Becky really lives up to her name and makes the sometimes strong boys look bad. Intelligence and cunning triumph over physical strength. Due to a clever bluff and a few rascal actions, or the joy of a boy about the appearance of his manager father, it is close to the end of a draw. Now the "Giants" use the ruse of the "professor" and with a clever ball relay they succeed in undermining the strong "cowboys" and the weakest of the little boys makes the decisive point as the final runner.
The team of Kevin loses the game and the "Giants" make the impossible possible and defeat the strong guys. There's also a happy ending for Danny O'Shea, who gets closer to his childhood sweetheart after the game. Becky and her crush also get closer after the game. Even Kevin O'Shea's wife is emotionally moving into the Giants camp. In the end, the two brothers get along again and lead the local, common sports team into the upcoming competition.
Reviews
Roger Ebert speculated in the Chicago Sun-Times of 14 October 1994, whether the film is the "most stupid" was ever seen film. Young children who have never seen a movie before might like this one. The older viewers would find that there had already been films with a similar plot in the same year.
Film review by Thomas Ays in moviesection: “With Kleine Giganten a funny family fun was created for the Sunday afternoon program, which was convincingly cast with Ed 'Al Bundy' O'Neill and Rick Moranis. Carefree television is guaranteed here. The little actors are also consistently great and make a decisive contribution to the success of the film. "
background
The film was shot in California . He played about 19.3 million in the cinemas of the United States dollar one.
Web links
- Little Giants in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Little Giants atRotten Tomatoes(English)