Second hand lions

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Movie
German title Second hand lions
Original title Secondhand Lions
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2003
length 111 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
Rod
Director Tim McCanlies
script Tim McCanlies
production David Kirschner ,
Scott Ross ,
Corey Sienega
music Patrick Doyle
camera Jack N. Green
cut David Moritz
occupation

Secondhand Lions (original title: Secondhand Lions ) is an American adventure film from Tim McCanlies from the year 2003 .

action

In the summer of 1962, 12-year-old Walter is given by his mother Mae to his great-uncles Hub McCann and Garth McCann, who are said to live on a farm and have a hidden fortune. After initial difficulties, the three find each other and mutual affection develops.

Garth and Hub buy a variety of toys, such as a clay pigeon thrower, pleasure boats, and finally an aging lioness, to shoot for fun. But since the lioness is too old and does not offer a sporty lion hunt, she stays alive and Walter takes care of her. He gives her the name Jasmin, whereupon Garth explains to him that this name has a special meaning for Hub. Garth tells Walter about the experiences of the brothers in their younger years during the First World War . At that time, both of them had reached France on a trip to Europe on the day of the German invasion and were forced to join the Foreign Legion . After the war, Garth stayed in Africa as a tour guide , while Hub traveled the world. He got to know Jasmin in an Arab country and fell in love with her. Jasmin was supposed to have married a sheikh , however . Hub fled with her, whereupon the sheikh put a bounty on him. Both brothers were repeatedly threatened by bounty hunters and killers until Garth pretended to be such and claimed to want to hand over Hub to the sheikh. There was a duel between Hub and the Sheikh. Hub won, but spared the sheikh. He withdrew the bounty and let them both go.

After some time on the farm together, Mae and her new friend Stan come to the farm from Las Vegas . Stan tells Walter that Garth and Hub were bank robbers and that their hidden assets are not theirs. Since Walter does not believe these allegations and does not reveal where Garth and Hub hide their wealth on the farm, Stan beats Walter several times. However, the lioness Jasmin attacks Stan and seriously injures him, but suffers a fatal heart attack from the exertion. Walter and Mae then leave the farm again. But when Mae tells her son that she will not part with Stan despite the previous arguments, Walter insists on going back to his great uncles. Mae gives in. As another toy, they buy a double-decker from the First World War and fly with it.

The adult Walter can be seen in the epilogue of the film. He has become a successful comic artist, not only processing his own experiences on the farm, but also the stories that his great uncles have told him. When he learns from the police that they were killed in an accident, he goes back to the farm. The district sheriff shows him the wreckage of the plane, which has bored into the barn. The sheriff does not want to rule out that the two men have voluntarily passed out of life in this way. A helicopter lands unexpectedly on the farm, it belongs to an Arab oil company. An elegantly dressed young man gets out and introduces himself as a representative of the company in the USA. He read about the deaths of the two men in the newspaper and understood that they were the two American adventurers his grandfather, a sheikh, had told him about so often. So Walter gets confirmation that their stories were based on actual events.

Reviews

Kenneth Turan wrote in the Los Angeles Times on September 19, 2003 that the film is one of those films that viewers want to see more often than it is possible. The line-up is "excellent".

The lexicon of international films wrote that second-hand lions were “a dignified, sometimes somewhat sentimental family comedy”. It offers the old stars "splendid roles" and develops "in flashbacks to the exuberant fairy tale in the style of the Münchhausen stories". In addition, the film was "photographed in an atmospheric way" and "of high entertainment value".

Cinema saw a "nostalgic story of growing up with playful old stars" and summed up: "A fantastic comedy with a lot of heart."

Awards

Haley Joel Osment, Marc Musso, Mitchel Musso and Jennifer Stone were nominated for the Young Artist Award in 2004. The film won an award at the Heartland Film Festival in 2003 .

background

The film was shot in Texas . Its production amounted to an estimated 30 million US dollars . It grossed $ 41.4 million in American cinemas. The UK grossing was £ 0.7 million .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for second hand lions . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , March 2004 (PDF; test number: 97 367 V / DVD).
  2. ↑ Review by Kenneth Turan ( Memento from August 19, 2009 on WebCite )
  3. ↑ Second hand lions. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed June 6, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  4. ^ Film review , Cinema
  5. ↑ Filming locations for Secondhand Lions
  6. ↑ Business Data for Secondhand Lions

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