London boulevard
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | London boulevard |
| Original title | London boulevard |
| Country of production |
United Kingdom United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| length | 107 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | William Monahan |
| script | William Monahan |
| production | William Monahan Tim Headington Quentin Curtis Graham King |
| music | Sergio Pizzorno |
| camera | Chris Menges |
| cut |
Robb Sullivan Dody Thorn |
| occupation | |
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London Boulevard is an American - British thriller from 2010 . It is the literary film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Ken Bruen .
action
Mitchel, called Mitch, is released from Pentonville Prison after three years . His buddy Billy picks him up there and gets him an apartment that belonged to a doctor. Before his evening welcome party, Mitch visits homeless Joe and gives him money. At the party, Mitch meets Penny, who invites him to a villa in Holland Park, because she sees him as the right person for a certain job: Mitch is supposed to be the caretaker in the villa of the reclusive film star Charlotte. However, he refuses the job and instead helps Billy collect money. His boss, the gangster Gant, offers Mitch a large sum to rob Charlotte's villa, but Mitch rejects the offer.
Shortly thereafter, the homeless Joe, with whom Mitch was on friendly terms, is murdered, whereupon Mitch lets the perpetrators be searched through his contacts. Gant forces Mitch to meet with him and tries to get him to his side with increasingly brutal methods. However, Mitch vehemently refuses to work for Gant. When Mitch receives the name of Joe's killer, he seeks revenge. When he finally stands behind Joe's killer to shoot him, he lets go because he wants to part with his criminal past.
Although Mitch had not accepted the job of caretaker, he spends time with Charlotte in her villa in Holland Park, which is besieged by unscrupulous paparazzi. Mitch takes on the role of her bodyguard and moves into the servants' house next to Charlotte's villa. He and Charlotte get closer and eventually spend the night together. When Charlotte receives an assignment, she has to fly to Los Angeles, and Mitch decides to take care of Gant after Billy is found dead at Charlotte's mansion.
Since Gant couldn't convince Mitch to work for him, he set up a murderer on Mitch. However, this beats the killer and kills him. He then penetrates Gant's villa and shoots him. When he can finally follow Charlotte to Los Angeles, he is stabbed by Joe's killer and dies. Charlotte announces through her attorney that she has no relationship with Mitch.
background
The film is set in London, where the majority of the scenes were filmed. Some scenes were filmed at Ealing Studios and Hammerwood Park . Further recordings were made in Los Angeles . Filming began on June 8, 2009 and ended on August 14, 2009.
London Boulevard premiered in the United Kingdom and Ireland on November 26, 2010 . The film opened in theaters on November 11, 2011 and grossed only $ 4.6 million worldwide. This meant that the budget, which is estimated at 25 million US dollars, could not be recovered. In addition to various other screenings, the film was shown on June 28, 2011 at the Munich International Film Festival . It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on April 5, 2012.
Jordan offers Mitchel a Chinese product that bears the title of the film Departed in Chinese characters , for which William Monahan also wrote the script.
German dubbed version
The German synchronous editing was done at Scalamedia GmbH in Berlin . Jörg Hartung wrote the dialogue book , synchronous Director led Gerrit Schmidt-Foss .
| actor | German speaker | role |
|---|---|---|
| Colin Farrell | Florian Halm | Mitchel |
| Keira Knightley | Giuliana Jakobeit | Charlotte |
| David Thewlis | Frank Röth | Jordan |
| Anna Friel | Manja Doering | Briony |
| Ben chaplin | Peter Flechtner | Billy Norton |
| Ray Winstone | Roland Hemmo | Gant |
| Eddie Marsan | Gerald Schaale | DI Bailey |
| Sanjeev Bhaskar | Helmut Gauss | Dr. Raju |
| Stephen Graham | Olaf Reichmann | Danny |
| Ophelia Lovibond | Magdalena Turba | penny |
| Jamie Campbell Bower | Konrad Bösherz | Whiteboy |
| Lee Boardman | Lutz Schnell | lee |
| Jonathan Cullen | Viktor Neumann | Anthony Trent |
| Heath Finn | Gerrit Schmidt-Foss | Charlotte's lawyer |
| Jamie Blackley | Kim Hasper | footballer |
| Michelle Asante | Peggy Sander | Woman in Brixton Flat |
| Alan Williams | Uli Krohm | Joe |
| Sarah Niles | Claudia Gáldy | Nurse |
| Tim Plester | Rainer Fritzsche | paparazzo |
| Jake Abraham | Bernhard Völger | paparazzo |
criticism
"Straightforwardly designed thriller, which is increasingly fascinating with its extraordinary volts and condenses into a pitch-black gangster and love story as well as an exciting puzzle between cool facial expressions and incidentally sharp dialogues."
"What sounds like stylish genre cinema unfortunately turns out to be a half-baked crime film adaptation with consistently good actors. Some scenes are strong, others are almost involuntarily funny. At least the good camera work by Chris Menges helps over the shortcomings in the character drawings. "
“'London Boulevard' is a dirty little film, but shot in a grand, pathetic style. […] Brutality with style, cynicism as self-protection, an exaggerated desire for elegance: So it is apparently cool to be a gangster. The days of this coolness are over in 'London Boulevard', screenwriter William Monahan is looking for it. "
Awards
At the Evening Standard British Film Awards , David Thewlis was nominated for the Peter Sellers Award for Comedy in 2011 .
Web links
- London Boulevard in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- London Boulevard at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Official German website
- Official website (English) ( Memento of 21 July 2015, Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Approval for London Boulevard . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2012 (PDF; test number: 129 895 V).
- ↑ a b c Internet Movie Database : Filming Locations , accessed April 4, 2015
- ↑ a b Internet Movie Database : Budget and Box Office Results , accessed April 4, 2015
- ↑ a b Internet Movie Database : Launch Dates , accessed April 4, 2015
- ↑ London Boulevard (2011) at boxofficemojo.com (English), accessed January 20, 2012
- ↑ DVD release , accessed October 29, 2012.
- ↑ Internet Movie Database : Background information , accessed April 4, 2015
- ↑ a b c London Boulevard. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on April 4, 2015 .
- ^ London Boulevard on prisma.de , accessed January 20, 2012
- ^ Fritz Göttler: Like a British pop song on sueddeutsche.de from December 1, 2012, accessed on January 20, 2012
- ↑ Internet Movie Database : Nominations and Awards , accessed April 4, 2015