My cold-nosed partner

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Movie
German title My cold-nosed partner
Original title K-9
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1989
length 97 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
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Director Rod Daniel
script Steven Siegel
Scott Myers
production Charles Gordon
Lawrence Gordon
music Miles Goodman
camera Dean Semler
cut Lois Freeman-Fox
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My partner with the cold snout (Original title: K-9 ) is an American comedy film from 1989 . The Director led Rod Daniel , the writer wrote Steven Siegel and Scott Myers . The main role was played by James Belushi .

The film was continued with the sequels Mein Partner mit der Kalten Schnauze 2 (1999) and Mein Partner mit der Kalten Schnauze 3 (2002).

action

Cop Mike Dooley, who works in San Diego , prefers to work alone. When drug dealers equipped with a helicopter destroy his company car, he only gets a new company car if a partner gives his consent. Dooley refuses. In order to catch the drug traffickers red-handed, he tries to get a drug sniffer dog. But since there is no such dog available at the moment, all he can do is take the very headstrong dog Jerry Lee with him as a drug detection dog. Jerry Lee shows himself to be almost an equal partner, tied to the car he destroys the exterior mirror of the car ( Ford Mustang ) because Dooley does not want to take him to the cafe to shade. He disrupts Dooley's love life, locked in a room, he defecates in revenge.

When Dooley fights against drug traffickers for Lyman, who kidnapped Dooley's friend Tracy, Jerry Lee saves his life and is shot in the process. Dooley takes Jerry Lee to the hospital and forces the doctors to operate on the dog. Dooley later sees the dog lying motionless, speaks to him and says how important Jerry Lee would have been for the police officer. It turns out that the dog is alive. In the end, Dooley, Tracy, Jerry Lee, and a dog go on vacation together.

Reviews

The lexicon of international films writes: "A largely enjoyable story of an unequal partnership that is tailor-made for the dog, but leaves the human actor very little room for development."

Roger Ebert criticized in the Chicago Sun-Times of April 28, 1989 that there were too many clichés at the beginning of the film and too many monologues at the end of the film. Ebert found it "unacceptable" that the film would imply that the dog understood English and thought in a human way. The scene in which Dooley speaks to the apparently dead dog, upset the critic ("Give me a break!").

Rita Kempley pointed out in the Washington Post on April 28, 1989 that it was "customary" in action films that the beginning of the cooperation between the film partners was "difficult" ("rocky"). This would also apply to Dooley's initial problems with Jerry Lee . She described the portrayal of James Belushi as "lovely" ("fetching"), although he would play a clichéd role.

background

The film was shot in San Diego and Coronado, California . It grossed approximately $ 43.2 million in US cinemas. It was shown in German cinemas on July 20, 1989 and was first released on video in March 1990 .

The original title K-9 is onomatopoeic for the English word canine , which translated means dog -like or dog-like .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b My partner with the cold snout in the Lexicon of International FilmsTemplate: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used , accessed on August 20, 2008
  2. ^ Review by Roger Ebert , accessed on August 20, 2008
  3. ^ Review by Rita Kempley , accessed August 20, 2008
  4. ^ Filming locations for K-9 , accessed August 20, 2008
  5. ↑ Box office / business for K-9 , accessed August 20, 2008