Mighty Ducks - The super team

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Movie
German title Mighty Ducks - The super team
Original title The Mighty Ducks
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1992
length 103 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
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Director Stephen Herek
script Steven Brill
production Jon Avnet
Jordan Kerner
music David Newman
camera Thomas Del Ruth
cut John F. Link
occupation
chronology

Successor  →
Mighty Ducks II - The super team returns

Mighty Ducks - Das Superteam ( engl. The Mighty Ducks ) is an American sports comedy from 1992, directed by Stephen Herek was filmed. The film is about a successful yuppie - lawyer , who as punishment for his drunken driving 500 hours of community service as a youth hockey coach is expected to work. At first not very enthusiastic, he begins to find fun and leads the kids from victory to victory until he meets his former team, with whose coach he has a traumatic event.

action

The young lawyer Gordon Bombay has won 30 cases in a row with some unfair tricks. However, his unscrupulousness also damages the reputation of his law firm . When Gordon is caught drunk behind the wheel again, his boss Gerald Ducksworth negotiates a deal with the judge : Gordon should do 500 hours of community service as a youth ice hockey coach, so that he can learn a lesson in fairness and team spirit. Of course he is not very enthusiastic about this task, but since he was a keen player himself as a teenager, he finally accepts.

But when he sees that his protégés are losing game after game and embarrassing themselves terribly, it awakens his sporting spirit. He finances all of his team's equipment with funds from his law firm, and the first successes are soon to be seen under his leadership. With the new name Ducks , Gordon leads the former losers to the final of the Minnesota Junior Championship . There the Ducks meet the Hawks , the former team of trainer Gordon and Ducks player Banks, with whose trainer Jack Reilly Gordon still has a bill. Ultimately, the Ducks win the final with a penalty from Charlie Conway.

backgrounds

The film was shot in various cities exclusively in Minnesota .

The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim , now Anaheim Ducks , owe their name to the film. The Disney subsidiary Buena Vista produced Mighty Ducks , while Disney founded the team itself. Disney's bosses expected the naming to have a synergy effect, but this was only moderate.

Mike Modano and Basil McRae made a cameo in the film as former Minnesota North Stars players .

success

In 1993 Mighty Ducks was nominated for the Young Artist Award in the following areas .

Best representation in a feature film - supporting actor

Best group in a feature film

Sequels

Two sequels followed, both of which were not so successful in Germany , while they were able to build on the success of the first part in the USA :

Reviews

"Educationally valuable and yet entertaining."

- Cinema

“An athlete's story for the little ones, which comes up with the typical motifs of the genre: purification, team spirit and the will to succeed. Moderate entertainment based on familiar patterns. "

- Film lexicon on the lexicon of international films

The German Film and Media Evaluation FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the title valuable.

media

  • DVD: Buena Vista / Walt Disney Home Ent.
  • Video: Walt Disney Home Video

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Critique on cinema.de
  2. ↑ Mighty Ducks - The Super Team. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film Service , accessed April 14, 2012 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used