Murder and Margaritas

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Movie
German title Murder and Margaritas
Original title The matador
Country of production USA
Ireland
Germany
original language English
Publishing year 2005
length 93 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
JMK 12
Rod
Director Richard Shepard
script Richard Shepard
production Pierce Brosnan
Bryan Furst
Sean Furst
Beau St. Clair
music Rolfe Kent
camera David Tattersall
cut Carole Kravetz
occupation
synchronization

Mord und Margaritas (OT: The Matador ) is a satire from 2005. Richard Shepard is responsible for the script and direction . The main roles are played by Pierce Brosnan , Greg Kinnear , Hope Davis and Philip Baker Hall . The film had its world premiere on January 21, 2005 at the Sundance Film Festival . The film was shown in Germany from April 20, 2006.

action

The conscience-plagued contract killer Julian Noble befriends the honest businessman Danny Wright in Mexico. Danny tells Julian that his son has died. To change the subject, Julian tells a vulgar joke. Danny considers this behavior to be disrespectful, whereupon the two go their separate ways for the time being. Danny has to stay in Mexico for renegotiations with a business partner because his main competitor has overtaken him, and so he meets Julian again. He invites him to a bullfight to apologize for his faux pas. During the event, Julian talks about his “job” as a “mediator of deaths”, as he calls it himself, and shows him, at Danny's request, how he would kill a target chosen by him at random. Danny is visibly euphoric and his doubts about the truth of Julian's crude assertion have been removed. After he has completed an assignment, he receives another from his client, Mr. Stick, where he asks Danny for help with a diversionary maneuver. But although this would be rewarded with 50,000 dollars, he indignantly refuses. The following night, Danny sits intoxicated on the balcony of his hotel room in deep despair over the hopelessness of his acquisition, while Julian, drunk, knocks on Danny's room door and tries to apologize. At first it remains unclear whether Danny will open the door, but in the further course of the film it becomes apparent that Julian was left standing in front of the locked door.

Over the next six months, Julian travels the world alone to carry out contract killings in various countries. However, he cannot carry out some of these tasks because he is completely burned out: When looking through his telescopic sight, instead of his target person, he always sees himself as a child in front of his inner eye.

Six months after the first meeting between Julian and Danny in Mexico, Julian rings the doorbell of the Danny and Bean couple that night and tells them about his problem: Mr. Stick, Julian's client, would like to have him eliminated as a confidante and because of his unreliability. Finally, Julian asks Danny again for his help with one last assignment after which he wants to retire.

Danny agrees to help, and together they fly to a racecourse in Tucson . Although Julian at first cannot pull the trigger because he is still suffering from his mental problems, he finally succeeds in committing the murder, as Danny uplifts him mentally and even drives him to act. On the return flight, Julian reveals to his friend that the person killed was not only the target who relieved him, but his client himself, Mr. Stick. They remember their last night at the hotel in Mexico City. At that time, Danny let Julian in and asked him to get his company's main competitor out of the way. In return, he offered to help him with an assassination attempt with a diversionary maneuver. Julian turned down this offer, however, because Danny was too good a person in his eyes, would break psychologically after the murder and from then on would only have bad luck.

Danny is back from Tucson on time to visit their son's grave with Bean on the fourth anniversary of his death. Julian watches them benevolently from a distance and then sticks an envelope with flight tickets to Greece (where he plans to spend the rest of his life with "little Greek women") under the windshield wiper of their car.

production

Regardless of the locations around the world, the entire film was shot in and around Mexico City . Filming began on April 4, 2004 and ended after 40 days of shooting on May 30, 2004. The budget of the film is estimated at 10 million US dollars . The production company was Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG II.

The film had its world premiere on January 21, 2005 at the Sundance Film Festival . There the Weinstein Company acquired the rights. On May 12, 2005 it was screened at the Cannes International Film Festival ; further appearances at various international film festivals followed. From November 16, 2005, the film was shown in French cinemas and on January 27, 2006, it was shown in US cinemas. The theatrical release in Germany and Austria was on April 20, 2006 and in Mexico on April 28, 2006. On the opening weekend, the film grossed a good 92,000 US dollars in the USA; total US revenues were over $ 12.5 million. In Austria, the equivalent of just over 100,000 US dollars was earned, in Germany the equivalent of over 245,000 US dollars and in Mexico over 300,000 US dollars. Almost 17.3 million US dollars were raised worldwide.

synchronization

The film was prepared by a dialog book under the dialogue director of Ulli Kinalzik synchronized.

actor German speaker role
Pierce Brosnan Frank Glaubrecht Julian Noble
Greg Kinnear Uwe Büschken Danny Wright
Hope Davis Claudia Lehmann Carolyn "Bean" Wright
Dylan Baker Till Hagen Mr. Lovell
Philip Baker Hall Otto Mellies Mr. Randy
Adam Scott Stefan Gossler Phil Garrison

Soundtrack

In the opening credits , the song was A Town Called Malice by The Jam used. At the end, when Julian leaves the cemetery, All these things that I've done can be heard from The Killers .

On April 21, 2006, a soundtrack was released by Edel , which comprises 14 music tracks with a total playing time of 44:49 minutes.

No. title Interpreter Duration
1. A Town Called Malice The Jam 2:56
2. El Matador Los Fabulosos Cadillacs 4:33
3. It's Not Unusual Tom Jones 2:01
4th 1, 2, 3, 4 titanium 4:12
5. Manila Fiasco Rolfe Kent 2:39
6th Garbageman The cramps 3:33
7th In The Heat Of The Moment Asia 3:51
8th. Bahia Blanca Ramon Stagnaro 3:04
9. A Mi Guitarra Daniel Indart 2:49
10. Matador theme Rolfe Kent 2:41
11. One night in Mexico Rolfe Kent 2:40
12. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning Dave van Norden 3:13
13. No Te Rajes Mariachi La Estrella 3:03
14th Matador (Radio Edit) Ritmo Ritmo 3:34

Some of the songs that appear in the movie are not on the soundtrack. These include the titles Querre Que by Trio Los Rivera , Dorado and Bandido by Mariachi La Estrella , Sinalo by Banda La Estrella , (Yo Te Amo Mucho) And That's That by Xavier Cugat , Cielo Andaluz by Rafael Bascon , Malenqua by Nick South , Amparito Roca by Jaime Texidor and Hunt Quartet-Adagio by Joseph Haydn .

criticism

According to the verdict of the Lexicon of International Films , the film is "a very respectable crime comedy thanks to the good actors, even if it clearly lacks bite". The cinema editors consider him “bold, politically incorrect and wonderfully cute. This unusual gangster farce amuses and amazes from the first to the last minute. "

Awards

Richard Shepard was born at Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival received the Jury Award for Best Director.

Pierce Brosnan was nominated for a 2006 Saturn Award for Best Actor and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy. The following year he was nominated for an IFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the Irish Film and Television Awards .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Certificate of Release for Murder and Margaritas . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , March 2006 (PDF; test number: 105 789 K).
  2. ↑ Age rating for murder and margaritas . Youth Media Commission .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Internet Movie Database : Start Dates
  4. ↑ Internet Movie Database : Filming Locations
  5. ↑ a b c d e Internet Movie Database : Budget and Box Office Results
  6. ↑ a b Internet Movie Database : Background information
  7. ↑ equitypictures-medienfonds.de: Filmproduktionen Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co KG II
  8. ↑ a b Murder and Margaritas. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on July 3, 2012 .
  9. ↑ Murder and Margaritas. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 30, 2018 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  10. ↑ Murder and Margaritas. In: Cinema . Hubert Burda Media , accessed January 30, 2018 .
  11. ↑ a b c Internet Movie Database : Nominations and Awards

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