Legend (2015)

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Movie
German title Legend
Original title Legend
Legend Film logo.svg
Country of production United Kingdom ,
France
original language English
Publishing year 2015
length 131 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Brian Helgeland
script Brian Helgeland
production Tim Bevan ,
Eric Fellner ,
Chris Clark,
Quentin Curtis ,
Brian Oliver
music Carter Burwell
camera Dick Pope
cut Peter McNulty
occupation
Tom Hardy (2014) embodies Reggie and Ronnie Kray in a dual role

Legend is an English-French thriller by Brian Helgeland , which premiered on September 9, 2015 , was presented at the Toronto International Film Festival from September 12, 2015 and was released in German cinemas on January 7, 2016. The film is based on the book The Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins by John Pearson.

action

The film tells the story of the identical twin gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray , who were involved in organized crime in the East End of London in the 1950s and 1960s, making them some of the most notorious criminals in British criminal history. Their unscrupulousness enables them to ascend quickly in the underworld. While Reggie has a knack for money, his recently released brother Ronnie endangers the building of the empire and is dominated by outbursts of anger. When Reggie falls in love with Frances Shea, his brother completely loses control. Not only are the brothers increasingly in the public spotlight, but soon they are also the focus of Scotland Yard's investigation . Reggie marries Frances and wants to rebuild the Kray empire along the lines of the Mafia in Las Vegas, while Ronnie wants to go back to the good old days when all problems were simply solved with violence.

background

The film is based on the book The Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins by John Pearson, a biography of the Kray twins . Their lives were marked by violence from an early age, and they were rivals in the boxing ring as early as the 1930s and 1940s . Helgeland first became aware of the story of the Kray twins in 1998.

reception

Age rating

In Germany the film is FSK 16 . The statement of reasons for the release states: “For the most part calmly staged, the film contains some scenes of violence which, due to their drastic nature, can overwhelm children under the age of 16. However, they are always embedded in the context of the character development of the two protagonists and are never presented in a glorifying or stimulating way, so that people aged 16 and over can process these scenes. In addition, the historical setting and longer, quiet passages make it easier to distance yourself emotionally from the action.

Reviews

After its premiere and screening at the Toronto International Film Festival , the film won over 61 percent of Rotten Tomatoes critics (based on 61 reviews, as of November 15, 2015) and achieved a score of 55 on Metacritic (based on 31 reviews, as of November 15, 2015) November 2015). A critic from filmfutter.com says: “Legend skillfully mixes the style of the American gangster film with its British flair. Tom Hardy, who stands out twice, turns an initially banal story into a very exciting and entertaining thriller. ”Lena Bopp from the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung comments that Hardy is the best thing that could have happened to the film because Legend draws his strength from the fight, the acting is one of Tom Hardy against Tom Hardy and he can be anything in the film: “Heartbreaker and sadist, mother's son and big city cowboy, dandy and fool. He is awkward as Ronald and lithe as Reginald, and with both of them he submits to the film like a great gangster rules a city. ”Even if Andreas Borcholte of Spiegel Online calls the film essentially“ botch ”, he also shows himself to be from Hardy's talent impressed, who embodied the two sixties gangsters in a double role in such a way that this already makes the film “worth seeing”: “If it can even be seen twice, the screen inevitably belongs to him. He contrasts the acting finger exercise of the gallant handsome Reggie with the psychopath Ronnie, who scratches hard at the caricature, but murmurs deliciously through his pursed frog mouth. You can hardly get enough of these unequal brothers. "

Franz Everschor from film-dienst found that the film lacks “original events” and instead feeds the viewer “with a series of uniform gangster scenes”, “as we know from dozens of similar films”. Nonetheless, Everschor also highlighted the portrayal of Tom Hardy, who embodies the twin brothers “with great pleasure and a lot of energy”: “Especially the brutality of the schizophrenic Ronnie, which is always on the verge of explosion, makes the worst fear at every moment and makes the story more exciting than it is based on its plot. "Christian Schröder from Tagesspiegel criticizes that the film fails because of the lack of depth:" Brian Helgeland is not interested in scratching the surface of organized crime with 'Legend', showing what violence looks like and itself feels. He celebrates the fame of his protagonists. "

Gross profit

On its opening weekend, the film grossed over $ 8 million in the UK, making it number 1 on the UK cinema charts. The worldwide revenue of the film is around 43 million US dollars (as of June 26, 2016). In Germany, the film has so far had 159,803 admissions (as of July 7, 2019).

Awards

Tom Hardy was named Best Actor at the British Independent Film Awards 2015 for his dual roles as Reggie and Ronnie Kray in December 2015 and was honored with the Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor . Hardy also received a nomination for Best Actor in the 2015 Satellite Awards . As part of the Saturn Awards ceremony in 2016 was Legend in the category international film Best nominated. Carter Burwell was named Film Composer of the Year at the 2016 World Soundtrack Awards for his work on film music .

Soundtrack

The score was composed by Carter Burwell . The soundtrack for the film includes 33 songs and was released on September 11, 2015.

CD 1
  1. Legend - Carter Burwell
  2. Green Onions - Booker T & The MG’s
  3. Cissy Strut - The Meters
  4. He's In Town - The Rockin 'Berries
  5. Watermelon Man - Poncho Sanchez
  6. I'm Into Something Good - Herman's Hermits
  7. Are you sure? - Duffy
  8. Hideaway - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, Eric Clapton
  9. Chapel Of Love - The Dixie Cups
  10. Moonglow - The Starsound Orchestra
  11. Little Miss Lonely - Helen Shapiro
  12. Make The World Go Away - Duffy
  13. Elegy For Frances - Carter Burwell
  14. Sleepwalk - Santo & Johnny
  15. Somethin 'Stupid - Tammi Terrell & Marvin Gaye
  16. Your Race Is Run - Carter Burwell
  17. Whole Lotta Love (Legend Soundtrack Version) - Duffy
CD 2
  1. Dawn Yawn - Georgie Fame
  2. I'm The Face - The High Numbers
  3. What Do You Want - The Yardbirds
  4. The In Crowd - Ramsey Lewis Trio
  5. Strut Around - The Graham Bond Organization
  6. I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town - Rod Stewart
  7. My Baby Loves Me - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
  8. Hung On You - The Righteous Brothers
  9. They Can't Convince Me - Ronnie Scott
  10. Lady E - Tubby Hayes & The All Stars
  11. The Look Of Love - Burt Bacharach
  12. I Wanna Put A Tiger In Your Tank - Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated ( feat.Cyril Davies )
  13. Grow your own
  14. Back In My Arms - Hattie Littles
  15. Come On Do The Jerk - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
  16. Theme From A Summer Place - Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra

Web links

See also

Individual evidence

  1. Release certificate for Legend . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , November 2015 (PDF; test number: 155 698 K).
  2. Danny Leigh: The Krays were glamorous guys In: theguardian.com, July 22, 2015.
  3. ^ Reason for release for Legend In: Voluntary Self-Control of the Film Industry. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  4. Legend In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  5. Legend In: Metacritic. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  6. Legend In: filmfutter.com, November 5, 2015.
  7. Lena Bopp: Gangster film "Legend" in the cinema. The brother stays at the helm In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, January 7, 2016.
  8. Andreas Borcholte: Gangster Ballad "Legend": A lot of style, little sense In: Spiegel Online, January 5, 2016.
  9. ^ Franz Everschor: Legend In: Filmdienst, January 7, 2016.
  10. ^ Christian Schröder: Tom Hardy in "Legend". Murderers in bespoke suits In: Der Tagesspiegel, January 7, 2016.
  11. United Kingdom Box Office. September 11-13, 2015 In: boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
  12. Legend (2015) In: boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
  13. Top 100 Germany 2016 In: insidekino.com. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  14. British Independent Film Awards 2015 In: bbc.co.uk, December 6, 2015.
  15. And the winners are ... In: torontofilmcritics.com, December 14, 2015.
  16. ^ Satellite Awards 2015. Nominations In: International Press Academy. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  17. Carter Burwell Named Film Composer of the Year at World Soundtrack Awards In: filmmusicreporter.com, October 19, 2016.
  18. for Brian Helgeland's 'Legend' Announced In: filmmusicreporter.com, August 10, 2015.
  19. Legend Soundtrack List Movie (2015) In: songonlyrics.net. Retrieved January 12, 2016.