Nothing but the Truth (2008)

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Movie
German title Nothing but the truth
Original title Nothing But the Truth
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2008
length 108 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Rod Lurie
script Rod Lurie
production Marc Frydman ,
Rod Lurie,
Bob Yari
music Larry Groupé
camera Alik Sakharov
cut Sarah Boyd
occupation

Nothing but the Truth is an American political thriller from the year 2008 . It was directed by Rod Lurie , who also wrote the script and co-produced the film.

action

The film begins with an attempted assassination attempt on the President of the United States . In response, Venezuela is attacked, where the US government suspects the perpetrators of the crime.

Journalist Rachel Armstrong's son goes to the same school as Erica Van Doren's little daughter. Armstrong, who for the newspaper Capitol Sun-Times works, learns of a informant that Van Doren, a CIA - Agent is. She publishes an article that publishes explosive information about the background to the attack and states that Van Doren was unable to find any parallels to the attack on the US president on a trip to Venezuela.

Armstrong is charged. However, she refuses to disclose the source of her information. Her lawyer, Albert Burnside, defends her in court, but the journalist is arrested. For over a year, principled Armstrong refused to name the informant. During this time their marriage breaks up and their young son becomes estranged from her.

After the Supreme Court in favor of the national security decision and so Armstrong in custody would remain, she dismisses the judge from the same, as would no longer be assumed that they divulge their informants.

Shortly after her release, Armstrong was arrested again and charged with refusing to interfere with a federal investigation. Armstrong accepts an offer to go to prison for two years instead of being officially charged, with the prospect of a long sentence. In the final scene, Armstrong remembers her source. It was Van Doren's young and awkward daughter herself who Armstrong had let in on her mother's activities without malicious intent and to whom she had promised not to betray them.

background

The plot of the film - like Resurrecting the Champ previously produced by Rod Lurie in 2007 - is inspired by true events. The background to the film Nothing but Truth is the so-called Plame Affair .

The film was shot in Memphis and Shelby County , Tennessee . Filming began on 10 October 2007 and ended on 19 November 2007. Production costs were estimated at 11.5 million dollars . The world premiere took place on September 8, 2008 at the Toronto International Film Festival . After a screening on December 19, 2008 in New York City , the film was shown in selected cinemas in the USA from January 9, 2009. This was followed by a screening at the Santa Barbara Film Festival on January 22, 2009. Due to legal restrictions, the film was not shown outside of theaters in New York City and Los Angeles . The film was released on DVD in the United States on April 28, 2009. It was released on DVD in Germany on February 18, 2010.

For the scene in which Vera Farmiga is subjected to a polygraph test, in which she confirms that she is a CIA agent and that her name is Erica Van Doren, a real polygraph was set up on the set and operated by an expert. After the filming of this scene was completed, the lie detector tester pointed out to the director Rod Lurie that the test had confirmed Farmiga's truthful statement and that she had thus tricked the test. According to Roger Ebert, Matt Dillon played his role as if he were not the antagonist , but as if he were embodying the honorable role of the film.

synchronization

actor German speaker role
Kate Beckinsale Marie Bierstedt Rachel Armstrong
David Schwimmer Jaron Lowenberg Ray Armstrong
Matt Dillon Charles Rettinghaus Patton Dubois
Vera Farmiga Claudia Urbschat-Mingues Erica Van Doren
Alan Alda Bodo Wolf (voice actor) Alan Burnside
Noah Wyle Oliver Field Avril Aaronson
Angela Bassett Anke Reitzenstein Bonnie Benjamin
Michael O'Neill Eberhard Prüter CIA director
D'Army Bailey Peter Groeger Supreme Court Judge
Dirk Mueller Jim (Prologue) / Reporter / Cop / Bailiff / Alan Murphy (Killer)

Reviews

Todd McCarthy wrote in Variety magazine on September 10, 2008 that the film was "cleverly constructed". The portrayals of Kate Beckinsale and Vera Farmiga are "nice". Beckinsale does a good job of conveying the courage of the character being played.

Michael Rechtshaffen wrote in The Hollywood Reporter on September 8, 2008 that the film was a "typical intelligent [...] political thriller" that lived on the achievements of the leading actors Kate Beckinsale, Vera Farmiga and Alan Alda. However, the director creates neither special tension nor fast pace, which would draw the viewer more in.

Conclusion from Prisma.de : "A top-class star ensemble in a multi-layered political thriller about the price of integrity and freedom."

Awards

Kate Beckinsale was nominated for Best Actress at the 2009 Critics' Choice Movie Awards , while Vera Farmiga was nominated for Best Supporting Actress. The film won the 2010 Saturn Award for best DVD release.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b www.tiff08.ca ( Memento of the original from September 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 26, 2008 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tiff08.ca
  2. ↑ Certificate of Release for Nothing But Truth . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , November 2009 (PDF; test number: 120 693 V).
  3. ^ Nothing But the Truth. In: uk.rottentomatoes.com. Archived from the original ; accessed on September 30, 2017 (English).
  4. ↑ a b c d e Background Information , Internet Movie Database , accessed August 7, 2012
  5. ^ Gossip: "Nothing but the Truth's" Valerie Plame game now a work of friction , New York Daily News , November 16, 2008, accessed February 19, 2011
  6. ^ Locations , Internet Movie Database, accessed September 26, 2008
  7. ↑ a b Budget and Box Office Results , Internet Movie Database, accessed September 26, 2008
  8. ↑ a b c d e launch dates , Internet Movie Database, accessed September 26, 2008
  9. ↑ Nothing but the truth. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on August 7, 2012 .
  10. ↑ Film review by Todd McCarthy ( Memento of the original from September 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 26, 2008 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.variety.com
  11. ^ Film review by Michael Rechtshaffen ( memento from December 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on September 26, 2008
  12. ↑ Nothing but the truth. In: prisma.de. prisma-Verlag , accessed on September 30, 2017 .
  13. ↑ a b Nominations and Awards , Internet Movie Database, accessed August 7, 2012