Mr. Destiny

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Movie
German title Mr. Destiny
Original title Mr. Destiny
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1990
length 105 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director James Orr
script James Orr,
Jim Cruickshank
production Jim Cruickshank,
Laurence Mark ,
James Orr
music David Newman
camera Alex Thomson
cut Michael R. Miller
occupation

Mr. Destiny is an American comedy film from the year 1990 . Directed by James Orr , who co- wrote the script with Jim Cruickshank . The main role was played by James Belushi .

action

Larry Burrows made a mistake as a teenager that lost his high school team during an important baseball game . Since then he has been considered a loser in his city. He's frustrated on his 35th birthday. When his car breaks down, he goes to a bar.

Burrows meets the barman Mike in the bar, to whom he tells his worries. Mike serves Larry a drink that transports him into an alternate reality. There he didn't make the mistake, the team won.

Burrows is no longer a small employee of the company, but rather the chairman of the board. He is married to Cindy Jo Bumpers, the daughter of the owner Leo Hansen. Burrows prevents the company from being sold to a group of investors by a dishonest manager.

In the cafeteria, Burrows meets Ellen, to whom he is married in his real life. She hardly knows him. Mike tells him that Ellen is the union leader and hates him as the head of the company. She is married to another man.

Larry lurks in front of Ellen's house. There he sees that Ellen breaks up with her husband.

During management negotiations with the union, Burrows agrees to all union demands - on condition that Ellen spends an evening with him to discuss the details. During dinner, he tells her the whole story. She doesn't believe him until he tells her what music was on the radio when she got her first ticket.

The dishonest manager calls Cindy, who is watching Larry and Ellen meet. She cries and moves her father to fire Larry. Since she later throws Larry out of the common house, he drives to an apartment where he met his lover. There the dishonest manager waits for him, who wants to kill Burrows and fake a robbery.

Hansen drives the resignation letter into the same apartment where the manager mistakenly kills him. Burrows, who arrived later, is arrested by the police. When his lover shoots him in the parking lot in front of the building and the police duck, he flees. He drives into the bar to ask Mike to reverse the exchange. The bar is empty.

When a car with a blue light stops in front of the building, Burrows wants to give up. However, it is not a police car, but the tow truck called at the beginning of the film. Larry is happy to be back in his old life. Mike who suddenly appeared wishes him all the best.

Burrows first drives to the office, where he prevents the company from being sold to a front company. Then he goes home, where Ellen and numerous friends await him. Cindy and her husband arrive late at the party, and Larry learns that he will be promoted.

Reviews

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on October 12, 1990 that the plot was " on loan ." As in the story A Christmas Carol , a man learns about possible alternatives to his life, with someone accompanying him. James Belushi is " very good " in the role of Larry, but his portrayal does not save the " muted " film. Ebert also praised the portrayals of Linda Hamilton, Rene Russo and Michael Caine.

"Clearly based on Frank Capra's comedy Isn't life beautiful?" (1947) designed entertaining comedy about the eternal value of self-modesty.

- Lexicon of international film

background

The shooting took place in North Carolina . Production costs were estimated at 20 million US dollars . The film opened in cinemas in the United States on October 12, 1990 and grossed around 15.38 million US dollars there.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Film review by Roger Ebert