Adventurer on the Lucky Lady
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Adventurer on the Lucky Lady |
| Original title | Lucky lady |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1975 |
| length | 118 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Stanley Donen |
| script |
Willard Huyck Gloria Katz |
| production | Michael Gruskoff |
| music | Ralph Burns |
| camera | Geoffrey Unsworth |
| cut |
Peter Boita George Hively |
| occupation | |
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Adventurer on the Lucky Lady (original title Lucky Lady ) is a film by the director Stanley Donen , produced in 1975 in the USA.
action
Kibby Womack lives from smuggling alcohol from Mexico during the prohibition era . For this he uses his boat, the Lucky Lady . Walker Ellis and the singer Claire are his accomplices.
The trio fights against the gangster McTeague, who tolerates no competition. The boat is pursued by a McTeague armored boat and a gunfight breaks out. Womack and Ellis throw alcohol bottles with lit fuses at the pursuers until the gangsters' boat is burned. Both Kibby and Walker fall in love with Claire and try to win her over.
It comes to the decisive battle in a bay in which Womack and his friends defeat the gangsters around McTeague. The winners later smuggle alcohol on a boat that resembles the Coast Guard boats .
background
The film was shot from February to July 1975 in Guaymas , Mexico . Filming was tense as the weather and technical problems drove up the production budget. Several boats and ships were blown up and other special effects were used for the film.
reception
The film was a commercial flop and received mediocre to poor reviews from critics, but Liza Minnelli received praise for her role. The Newsweek summed up, Minnelli was "a born artist and a natural Star" and "better than Cabaret " show a "stronger, safer, funnier, more meaningful performance without giving up the quality of their yearning vitality. […] Minnelli creates one of the most enjoyable female characters in years. ”The film gave her “ a brilliant opportunity to show off [her] overwhelming talents, ” according to the TV Guide , and the New York Daily News raved that Minnelli was“ the best Pair of legs since Marlene Dietrich "show, speak" with the voice of Mae West ", but have" the vulnerability of a street child that no audience can resist ".
The Lexicon of International Films rated: “ Moderately amusing rogue comedy with some exaggerated severity. "
Adolf Heinzlmeier and Berndt Schulz in Lexicon Films on TV : “ The brisk triangular story remains rather pale despite the star cast. (Rating: 1½ stars = moderate) "
Awards
Liza Minnelli was nominated for the Golden Globe Award in 1976 .
Trivia
With a budget of about 13 million US dollars twisted comedy brought an approximately US $ 12 million in US cinemas.
Web links
- Lucky Lady in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Schechter: The Liza Minnelli Scrapbook. 2004, p. 79.
- ↑ Schechter: The Liza Minnelli Scrapbook. 2004, p. 20 and p. 81.
- ↑ Schechter: The Liza Minnelli Scrapbook. 2004, p. 81, cit. n. Kroll.
- ↑ Schechter: The Liza Minnelli Scrapbook. 2004, p. 81.
- ↑ Adventurers on the Lucky Lady. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ^ Adolf Heinzlmeier and Berndt Schulz in Lexicon Films on TV (extended new edition). Rasch and Röhring, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-89136-392-3 , p. 14