Novocaine - tooth for tooth
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Novocaine - tooth for tooth |
| Original title | Novocaine |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2001 |
| length | 91 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | David Atkins |
| script | David Atkins |
| production |
Paul Mones , Daniel M. Rosenberg , Michele Weisler |
| music | Steve Bartek |
| camera | Vilko Filač |
| cut | Melody London |
| occupation | |
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Novocaine - tooth for a tooth ( Novocaine ) is an American thriller from David Atkins from the year 2001 .
The title refers to the local anesthetic novocaine, novocaine and procaine, which was often used in dentistry at the time .
action
Dr. Frank Sangster runs a well-attended dental practice. He is engaged to Jean Noble, who works in his practice. Sangster gets to know his patient Susan Ivey better; she seduces him and steals sedatives from his practice. A Drug Enforcement Administration agent visits the doctor after a young man is caught after using the practice-derived drugs. The agent wants to check supplies of the tranquilizers and threatens Sangster with arrest.
Sangster wants to present the agent at least empty packaging of the allegedly used drugs. He visits Ivey and asks about the packaging. The woman seduces him again. The next day, Susan's brother Duane Ivey tells the doctor to keep his hands off his sister. A little later, Sangster is attacked in a hotel by Duane, whom he injures with scissors in self-defense.
When Duane Ivey is found dead, Sangsters among others are interrogated. The actor Lance Phelps takes part in the interrogations, preparing himself for a new film. You can find the dentist's prints on Ivey's body. Someone anonymously sends the scissors that injured Ivey to the police.
Sangster is suspected of murder and arrested; in front of the courtroom he meets Phelps, who needs further information and brings the dentist out of the courthouse. Sangster escapes and hides with Susan. Both sneak into Jean Noble's house, where they find an artificial set of teeth from the dentist, which Noble used to make - supposedly for training purposes. Sangster recalls that a clause in the partnership agreement provides for all shares of the practice to be transferred to Noble should Sangster be convicted of a crime.
Noble makes an appointment in the practice with her accomplice, the brother of the dentist, with whom she is also having an affair. He's playing with a mini camera when Noble kills him. It leaves bite marks on the body of the murdered Sangster. Sangster pulls out all of the murdered brother's teeth and replaces them with his own, then sets the practice on fire. It later turns out that the mini camera images were recorded on a video recorder located in the fireproof safe. Noble is arrested and sentenced to prison. Sangster moves to France with Susan Ivey; Ivey becomes pregnant from him.
Reviews
Peter Travers wrote in Rolling Stone magazine on December 6, 2001 that David Atkins created an atmosphere of film noir in his directorial debut . The director's intention was to portray the “decay of morality”, but the “slack” direction is a pain in the ass.
The lexicon of international films said: "Prominent" suspense "farce as a mixture of comedy and thriller, which shows the thoroughbred comedian Steve Martin from a rather unusual side."
background
- The film was in Chicago , in Geneva ( Illinois ) and in Cedarburg ( Wisconsin turned). Its production amounted to an estimated 6 million US dollars . It had its world premiere on September 8, 2001 at the Toronto Film Festival . It was subsequently screened at the Boston Film Festival , Woodstock Film Festival , Austin Film Festival and the London Film Festival . The film grossed approximately $ 2.0 million in US cinemas.
- Regarding the name of the film “Novocaine” → See Procaine , as well as the other reportable painkillers mentioned in the film Ibuprofen and Demerol .
Web links
- Novocaine - tooth for a tooth in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Novocaine - tooth for a tooth at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Novocaine - tooth for a tooth at Metacritic (English)