Full throttle to San Fernando
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Full throttle to San Fernando |
| Original title | Any Which Way You Can |
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| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1980 |
| length | 116 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Buddy Van Horn |
| script | Stanford Sherman |
| production |
Robert Daley Fritz Manes |
| music | Snuff Garrett |
| camera | David Worth |
| cut |
Ron Spang Ferris Webster |
| occupation | |
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With full throttle to San Fernando (original title: Any Which Way You Can ) is an American action film by director Buddy Van Horn from 1980. The film opened on February 12, 1981 in German cinemas. The film is a sequel to The Man from San Fernando from 1978. It grossed around $ 71 million.
action
Philo Beddoe still appears as a boxer in underground fights on the US west coast , but is now planning to end his career. On the US east coast , the boxer Jack Wilson no longer finds any opponents who want to compete against him, as he acts extremely brutally against them. The mafia behind Wilson kidnap Philo's girlfriend Lynn Halsey-Taylor to force him into a fight. After Philo saves Wilson's life by accident, the two team up to save Lynn. Nevertheless, there is a fight between the two in which Philo breaks an arm, but wins anyway. Wilson then takes Philo to the hospital to have the broken arm treated there.
The motorcycle gang "Black Widows" had meanwhile put all their savings on Philo's victory. When the East Coast Mafia wants to kill him, the biker gang defends Philo and beats up the gangsters. The enmity between the biker gang and Philo that still existed from the first film is resolved in view of the win from the boxing bet.
background
The song of the same name for the (English) film title Any Which Way You Can (music and text by Milton Brown , Steve Dorff and Snuff Garrett) was sung by the American country singer Glen Campbell . It was a huge hit in both the US and Canada in 1980 , reaching number 10 on the country charts. Some of the music in the film is from Clint Eastwood, who is also a musician and composer . Sondra Locke was also the private partner of Clint Eastwood, with whom she was in a relationship from 1975 to 1990. Fats Domino plays himself in a supporting role on the piano. The orangutan Clyde is not the same as in the previous film The Man from San Fernando , because this was now considered more adult and more dangerous. The orangutan named Buddha, who starred in this film, was beaten to death by his animal trainer for "stealing" a few donuts.
criticism
Roger Ebert said tornly, "Clint Eastwood's" Full Throttle to San Fernando "is not a very good film, but it is difficult not to develop reluctant affection for him." The lexicon of international films also weighed up: "Partly enjoyable- parodistic action comedy, but towards the end unnecessarily brutal. "
Web links
- Any Which Way You Can in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Full throttle to San Fernando in the All Movie Guide (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Any Which Way You Can . In: Box Office Mojo . Retrieved March 5, 2009.
- ↑ Rachel Abramowitz: 'Every which way but abuse' should be motto . In: Los Angeles Times . August 27, 2008, ISSN 0458-3035 ( latimes.com [accessed October 23, 2018]).
- ^ Clint Eastwood's "Any Which Way You Can" is not a very good movie, but it's hard not to feel a grudging affection for it. , Review on RogerEbert.com (English)
- ↑ Full throttle to San Fernando. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .