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| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Awesome |
| Original title | Running with Scissors |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2006 |
| length | 116 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ryan Murphy |
| script | Ryan Murphy |
| production |
Dede Gardner , Brad Gray , Ryan Murphy, Brad Pitt |
| music | James S. Levine |
| camera | Christopher Baffa |
| cut | Byron Smith |
| occupation | |
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Krass is a 2006 American drama film directed by Ryan Murphy . Ryan Murphy wrote the screenplay based on Augusten Burroughs' 2002 autobiographical novel "Krass!" ("Running with Scissors: A Memoir") .
action
The action begins in 1972 when seven-year-old Augusten Burroughs listens to his mother Deirdre reading a poem. Six years later, Deirdre breaks up with her husband Norman, who is suffering from alcoholism. She meets with the therapist Dr. Finch, she sometimes takes her son to meetings.
Dr. Finch is married to Agnes and has two daughters, Hope and Natalie, and an adopted son, Neil. Nevertheless, Deirdre decides to join Dr. Draw Finch. You and Dr. Finch enter into a sexual relationship.
Augusten begins a relationship with Neil. Augusten's greatest wish is to go to beautician college and he takes the opportunity to practice on family members. Augusten's mother discovers her lesbian tendencies and transfers custody of Augusten to Dr. Finch. Deirdre is suffering from psychotic attacks and is becoming more and more estranged from her son.
Over time it turns out that Dr. Finch embezzled money from his daughter Natalie and Augusten's mother. After the psychotic Neil tried unsuccessfully to get Dr. To kill Finch, he and Augusten leave town. Augusten realizes that he can neither stay with Finch's family nor return to his mother. He asks Natalie to go to New York with him. However, she refuses. Natalie's mother, Agnes, gives Augusten her savings to start a new life in New York, despite the Finch's house being foreclosed.
Reviews
Justin Chang wrote in Variety on October 13, 2006 that the "rudderless" film adaptation does not reflect the narrative style of the novel. Chang praised several scenes, but compared the film to a patched quilt . He praised the "complex" portrayal by Annette Bening; Brian Cox and Jill Clayburgh were also praised.
Rob Nelson wrote in the Village Voice on October 17, 2006 that the film was a sure candidate for the Oscars ("inevitable Oscar contender").
synchronization
The film was set to music at Scalamedia in Munich. Eva Schaaf wrote the dialogue book, Peter Woratz directed the dialogue.
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Deidre Burroughs | Annette Bening | Traudel Haas |
| Dr. Finch | Brian Cox | Joachim Höppner |
| Neil Bookman | Joseph Fiennes | Philipp Moog |
| Natalie Finch | Evan Rachel Wood | Farina Brock |
| Norman Burroughs | Alec Baldwin | Klaus-Dieter Klebsch |
| Augusten Burroughs | Joseph Cross | Clemens Ostermann |
| Agnes Finch | Jill Clayburgh | Heidi Treutler |
| Hope Finch | Gwyneth Paltrow | Katrin Fröhlich |
| Dorothy | Gabrielle Union | Elisabeth Günther |
| Michael Shephard | Patrick Wilson | Andreas Borcherding |
| Fern Stewart | Kristin Chenoweth | Veronika Neugebauer |
| Suzanne | Dagmara Domińczyk | Ulla Wagener |
| Joan | Colleen Camp | Katharina Lopinski |
background
The shooting was done in Los Angeles . Production costs were estimated at 12 million US dollars .
The company TriStar Pictures acts as a distributor . Screenings began in the US on October 20, 2006; the cinema release in Germany was January 18, 2007.
Web links
- Krass in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Crass at rotten tomatoes (English)
- Krass at Metacritic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Krass . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , February 2007 (PDF; test number: 108 801 K).
- ^ Criticism by Justin Chang ( Memento of the original from October 16, 2006 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.
- ^ Review by Rob Nelson
- ↑ German synchronous index: German synchronous index | Movies | Awesome. Retrieved April 3, 2018 .
