Loser - Losers are lucky too

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Movie
German title Loser - Losers are lucky too
Original title Loser
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2000
length 92 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Amy Heckerling
script Amy Heckerling
production Twink Caplan ,
Amy Heckerling
music David Kitay
camera Rob Hahn
cut Debra Chiate
occupation

Loser - Losers are lucky too (Original title: Loser ) is an American comedy film from 2000 . The Director led Amy Heckerling , which is also the script wrote. Jason Biggs and Mena Suvari played the leading roles .

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The New York student Paul Tannek is considered a loser. He befriends his colleague Dora Diamond, who has a secret relationship with her professor Edward Alcott. Tannek finds Dora passed out after a party. Suspecting a drug overdose as the cause, he takes Dora to the hospital. There he learns that she has named Professor Alcott on her ID as the person who should be notified in the event of an accident. Dora moves in with her professor and hopes that their relationship will be made public, but that doesn't happen. After a falling out with her professor, she finally finds shelter with Paul.

Professor Alcott is meanwhile being blackmailed by Paul's colleagues for knowing about the relationship. They hope this will give them better grades. Professor Alcott erroneously assumes that Paul also belongs to this circle. Dora is disappointed in Paul. Only later does she find out that Paul did not blackmail the professor and that he gave him a bad grade, which endangers Paul's scholarship. Dora finally ends the relationship with her professor and finds herself with Paul via detours. The professor is allowed to go to prison for this.

Production and publication

Production costs amounted to approximately 20 million US dollars . The premiere in the USA took place on July 21, 2000 , the one in Germany on October 26, 2000. The film grossed approx. 15.6 million US dollars in cinemas in the USA and approx. 2 million US dollars in cinemas in other countries . $ 8 million.

Reviews

The film received mostly negative reviews. Oliver Kaever described the film in TV Movie 22/2000 magazine as "far too superficial". The lack of “originality” was criticized in film-dienst 22/2000.

Film music

The song Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus , which is part of the film's soundtrack, was - in contrast to the film - a great success (chart placement D: 2; GB: 2; A: 1). In the music video for the song, newly filmed scenes with the main actors of the film, Jason Biggs and Mena Suvari, were used. A part of the song Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) by the group The Offspring (chart placement D: 2; GB: 1) can also be heard briefly in the film. Also Mint Car of The Cure is briefly alluded (chart positions D: -, GB: 31, USA: 14).

Awards

Jason Biggs was nominated for the Teen Choice Award .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.swr3.de/musik/poplexikon/Wheatus/-/id=927882/did=70510/11lplsj/index.html
  2. ↑ http://www.dvdmg.com/loser.shtml

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