Head above water
| Movie | |
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| German title | Head above water |
| Original title | Head Above Water |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1996 |
| length | 88 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Jim Wilson |
| script | Theresa Marie |
| production | John M. Jacobsen , Jim Wilson |
| music | Christopher Young |
| camera | Richard Bowen |
| cut | Michael R. Miller |
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Head Above Water (Original title: Head Above Water ) is an American film comedy of Jim Wilson , who in 1996 was produced. In the film, Harvey Keitel and Cameron Diaz can be seen in the leading roles . The film is a remake of the Norwegian comedy Holidays with a Corpse (original title: Hodet over vannet ) from 1993.
action
Nathalie marries the judge George, who previously sentenced her to a mild sentence in a criminal case. The newly wed couple are spending their vacation at their vacation home on an island in Maine . Nathalie's one-time lover, Kent shows up at Nathalie's while George is on a night fishing trip. Kent dies surprisingly overnight after drinking a lot of alcohol. In a panic, Nathalie hides the naked corpse under a hatch in the basement so that her husband does not notice the nightly visit of her former lover.
When George returns from the fishing trip, he discovers that the floor hatch is not closed and helps with a powerful kick. In doing so, he unwittingly breaks the neck of the corpse hidden there. Nathalie confesses to her husband that Kent visited her last night and that she died of natural causes. Nathalie wants to report the incident to the police, but George says they would not believe in an accident and accuse him of murder, as the circumstances suggest anything but natural death. For example, there was methanol in the vodka bottle Kent emptied . In addition, the neck of the naked corpse is broken and her clothes can no longer be found because Nathalie sank her into the sea in her panic.
So George and Nathalie want to sink the body in the sea, but Lance, who has been friends with Nathalie since childhood and lives in the immediate vicinity on the otherwise uninhabited island, bothers them. George then dismembered the body and concreted it in the steps of her newly built gazebo.
Nathalie cannot believe what deed her husband was able to do. Since George fears that she could call the police, he tries to kill Nathalie, who seeks help from the very understanding Lance.
However, she found a postcard from Lance from Kent, on which he announced his arrival. She suspects Lance of jealousy to have changed the contents of the bottle and runs back to George to tell him. George got drunk in the meantime and shoots Lance in the following argument. He ties Nathalie to a chair again and concretes her feet in a large bucket. He threatens to throw her into the sea, but it turns out that he has also drunk methanol and is now blind. George falls into the water and is pierced by the falling top of the gazebo. Nathalie also falls into the water. However, she is rescued by a Coast Guard officer who shows up on the island to look for the boat stolen from Kent.
When Nathalie leaves the island with the policeman and records the course of events on the boat trip, the policeman asks for some refreshment. Then Nathalie offers him a water bottle that George poisoned with Nathalie's narcotics, which Nathalie knows nothing about.
Reviews
Jack Mathews wrote in the Los Angeles Times on June 25, 1997 that the plot was "slight". He criticized the portrayals of Cameron Diaz and Harvey Keitel, whom he thought was a miscast in a comedy.
Fred Hong Joo Jung criticized the portrayal of Cameron Diaz in " Korea Times ".
The film was referred to on www.eye.net with the words “mish-mash” and “bullshit”. It should be “infinitely dismissive” and “infinitely missable”.
Awards
The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating particularly valuable.
Christopher Young won a 1996 Catalonian International Film Festival award for film music ; Jim Wilson was nominated for the similar award.
backgrounds
The film is a remake of the Norwegian film vacation with a body (Hodet over vannet) from the year 1993rd
synchronization
The film was dubbed Pierre Peters-Arnolds by PPA Film GmbH. The diaglogbook was written by Pierre Peters-Arnolds , who also directed the dialogue.
| figure | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| George | Harvey Keitel | Joachim Kerzel |
| Kent | Billy Zane | Charles Rettinghaus |
| Lance | Craig Sheffer | Christian Weygand |
| Nathalie | Cameron Diaz | Katrin Zimmermann |
| police officer | Shay Duffin | Norbert Gastell |
Web links
- Head above water in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Discussion of the film music
- Head above water at Rotten Tomatoes (English)