Always anger about the dojo

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Movie
German title Always anger about the dojo
Original title Monkey Trouble
Country of production USA , Japan , Italy
original language English
Publishing year 1994
length 96 minutes
Rod
Director Franco Amurri
script Franco Amurri,
Stu warrior
production Mimi Polk Gitlin ,
Heide Rufus Isaacs
music Mark Mancina
camera Luciano Tovoli
cut Ray Lovejoy ,
Chris Peppe
occupation

Always Trouble for Dojo (original title Monkey Trouble ) is an American-Japanese-Italian comedy film by the Italian director Franco Amurri from 1994 . Amurri also contributed to the script. Nine-year-old Eva, played by Thora Birch , has to keep a secret from her parents, played by Mimi Rogers and Christopher McDonald , that a capuchin monkey has sought refuge with her. In addition, the little one has to defend herself against its owner Azro ( Harvey Keitel ).

action

The Capuchin Monkey Dojo was trained to steal by the gypsy Azro. Azro works as a street artist in the Venice Beach area. He trained the monkey to steal watches and jewelry from pockets. It is planned that in a few days, the animal will enter the mansion of rich people on behalf of a gang boss and steal from them. Before it can come to that, Dojo runs away because Azro is not treating him very lovingly. Azro pulls the gangster out of the affair by claiming the animal is sick. Then he goes looking for the dojo.

Dojo has now found shelter with nine-year-old Eva, who has always wanted an animal to play with. The girl has difficulties both at school and at home. She lives there with her mother Amy, her stepfather Tom and her little brother, whose birth she was not happy about because she would have preferred a dog and the newcomer all too often attracts attention. However, her stepfather is allergic to animal hair. In addition, Eva's mother does not trust her daughter to be able to look after an animal responsibly.

When Eva is out in the supermarket with Dojo, whom she has named "Dodger" because of his preference for baseball caps, she notices that the monkey is stealing. In the years that followed, she worked lovingly with the animal and gradually managed to wean him off of stealing after several dangerous situations in the supermarket had repeatedly come up. But Eva also knew how to keep the animal's presence a secret from her parents and to take responsibility for Dodger all by herself. A relationship of trust has developed between the two of them, which has a positive influence on Eva's development. In addition, the girls and monkeys have a lot of fun together.

When Azro discovers his monkey at Eva one day, the girl can, so to speak, at the last moment prevent him from taking the animal with him. With presence of mind, she gets into a taxi with the monkey and escapes. But now her Azro is on the trail and Eva cannot prevent Azro from taking the monkey with her the second time. For the gypsy, however, it is a bitter experience when, in the presence of his client, the gang boss, he realizes that Dojo is no longer thinking of stealing. The mafiosi are quickly annoyed by the new situation.

In the meantime, Eva has found it difficult to explain because her mother has found numerous items stolen from the dojo at home. Since she has never seen a monkey at Eva, she accuses her daughter of having stolen herself and of having made up the story with the monkey in her own defense. Everything clears up, however, Azro goes to prison and the monkey now finally finds a new home with Eva after her stepfather has overcome his allergy.

production

Production notes

It is a production by New Line Cinema, Ridley Scott / Percy Main Production, Effe Films and Victor Compony of Japan, Ltd. The shooting took place in Los Angeles in Santa Monica and Venice ( California instead).

background

Franco Amurri chose the name Eva for Thora Birch in her role after the name of his daughter, whom he and Susan Sarandon have. Amurri dedicated the film to his daughter Eva.

Soundtrack

  • Sold for Me , Lecture: The Aintree Boys
    written by Dylan MacAlinion and Granville Ames
  • Posie , Lecture: The Aintree Boys
    written by JD Tru and Ross Hogarth
  • Who gets Da Loot , Lecture: Quo,
    written by JD Tru and Ross Hogarth
  • VB Rap , Lecture: Gee Boyz
    written by Tim Tedemer and Howard Drossin
  • Girls , Lecture: Gee Boyz
    written by Darlene Gallegos
  • Monkey Shines , Written and Lecture: Robert J. Walsh

reception

Publication, success

The film premiered on March 18, 1994 in the United States. In 1994 it also ran for the first time in the following countries: Brazil, Australia, South Korea, Argentina, Japan, Sweden, United Kingdom and Ireland. In 1995 it was published in: Germany, Denmark, the Czech Republic, France, Spain and Italy, there under the title Il mio amico zampalesta . It was also published in Bulgaria, Canada, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine. The international title is: Monkey Trouble.

The film grossed approximately $ 16.3 million in US cinemas .

criticism

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times that the monkey with the name Finster "steals the show from the other actors with a captivating performance" that goes beyond the training and ends in the action itself. The film is as entertaining as Free Willy - Call of Freedom ; maybe even better, because monkeys are much more “charismatic” than whales. The critic drew the conclusion: "This is a great family film." However, he restricted the question as to why the character of Azro was portrayed as a gypsy afflicted with "negative stereotypes" .

Rita Kempley wrote in the Washington Post that the film was "middling". Eva looks “true-to-life”, Azro looks “grotesque”.

Brandon L. Summers said Monkey Trouble was charming in many ways. The figure of Eva is perfectly described and is played by Birch. While Keitel is an odd choice for a gypsy villain in a family movie, he pulls it off effortlessly in a way you wouldn't expect him to do otherwise. The film was particularly successful when it comes to the scenes with Eva and Dodger. All in all, this is a commendably humble family film.

Linda Snöberg praised the film on the Fanatisk Film page with the words: This is an intelligent, well-produced family film that offers something for everyone. A wonderful story that everyone can enjoy, doesn't matter how old you are. Just give him one chance. She wrote about Thora Birch's performance that the girl had a heartbreaking talent, about Harvey Keitel that he was entertaining and about Mimi Rogers that she was doing a great job as Eva's mother. The monkey plays the role that perfectly complements Thora's performance.

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

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Filming locations for Monkey Trouble
  2. ↑ Always anger about Dojo sS IMDb Crazy Credits (English)
  3. ↑ Business Data for Monkey Trouble
  4. ^ Roger Ebert: Monkey Trouble sS rogerebert.com, March 18, 1994 (English). Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  5. ^ Rita Kempley: Monkey Trouble In: The Washington Post , March 18, 1994 (English). Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  6. ↑ Brandon L. Summers: Monkey Trouble sS chucksconnection (English). Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  7. ↑ Linda Snöberg: Monkey Trouble sS fanatiskfilm.blogspot.de (Swedish). Retrieved March 15, 2018.