Only 60 seconds

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Movie
German title Only 60 seconds
Original title Gone in 60 Seconds
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2000
length Theatrical Version: 113 minutes
director's cut : 122 minutes
Age rating FSK 12 or 16 (Director's Cut)
JMK 14
Rod
Director Dominic Sena
script HB Halicki (first screen adaptation)
Scott Rosenberg (screenplay)
production Jerry Bruckheimer
music Trevor Rabin
camera Paul Cameron
cut Roger Barton
Chris Lebenzon
Tom Muldoon
occupation
synchronization

Only 60 seconds (original title: Gone in 60 Seconds ) is an action film from 2000 by Dominic Sena . It is a remake of Die Blechpiraten from 1974.

action

Memphis was the best car thief of its time in the Long Beach area . When he left town to get out of business six years ago, the rate of car thefts dropped 47 percent. Although he wanted to prevent exactly that with his exit, his little brother Kip enters the business and is almost caught by the police during a raid for Raymond Calitri. But he doesn't fare any better, because Calitri wants to kill him if he doesn't do his job. However, he offers Memphis to leave Kip alone if Kip takes over the business and steals 50 cars for him within three days - by the way, he would get $ 200,000 for the job. To protect his brother's life, Memphis adopts despite the fact that he once vowed never to steal a car again.

The whole action turns out to be impossible for Memphis at first, as the 50 cars on the list are high-quality classics, sports cars and luxury sedans that he cannot possibly steal on his own in this short time. He then made contact with his old acquaintances in town who, like Memphis, are former professional car thieves and who have already withdrawn from the business for several years. However, some of them still want to help him and Memphis can therefore, with the help of Kip and his friends, set up a team for the job. After some friction in the group, the plan is set shortly afterwards: All 50 cars are to be stolen last night, and in the previous night they scout the vehicles. But the police are also investigating. Detective Roland Castlebeck has long regretted never putting Memphis behind bars and wants to make it this time.

The campaign started promisingly, but replacement keys had to be obtained for three new Mercedes sedans in order to outsmart the electronic immobilizer. Kip's contact person for the key procurement, an employee of a Mercedes dealer, was exposed by Detective Castlebeck. So it happens that police surveillance vehicles are parked at every Mercedes for which a replacement key has been made. Memphis realizes this and stops the theft of these three vehicles. However, there is an alternative: during his failed raid, Kip had keys for three other vehicles of this model made and stolen them before they were confiscated by the police. Without further ado, the team breaks into the police car depository with the keys from the first raid and steals the three confiscated vehicles, which goes unnoticed.

The last car on the list was codenamed Eleanor by Memphis : a Shelby Mustang GT 500. Something went wrong in previous thefts of this vehicle, and this time the police are on its heels. The showdown comes as Detective Castlebeck arrives at the Mustang's location and catches Memphis red-handed. A wild chase ensues between Memphis in a Mustang and Detective Castlebeck, on the road in a BMW 540i . Finally, by using nitrous oxide injection, Memphis can harness the Mustang's superior engine power and hang out the police at high speed. Because of his escape from the police, Memphis arrives at the port twelve minutes late and thus misses the ship on which the remaining 49 vehicles were loaded. Calitri wants to have Memphis killed by two of his henchmen for this, but his brother comes to his aid and is able to prevent this. When Memphis now wants to tackle Calitri, the latter attacks him with a gun and chases him through the warehouses of the port. While searching for Memphis, Calitri meets Detective Castlebeck, who had followed Calitri's footsteps through an informant into the harbor. When Calitri is about to shoot the disarmed Castlebeck, he is surprised by Memphis and pushed over a railing, whereupon he falls to his death. Since Memphis saved the life of Detective Castlebeck, the latter lets him go for it. Shortly before Memphis disappears, however, he gives Castlebeck a clue as to which ship the stolen vehicles were loaded on, so that the latter can show a successful investigation without arresting Memphis.

Finally, Memphis receives the badly damaged Mustang from his brother, which he exchanged for his motorcycle. Deeply touched by this gesture, Memphis is reconciled with his brother.

background

  • The film is based on the 1974 film Die Blechpiraten . Although only the basic elements of the plot have been adopted, Eleanor comes from the original. While a brand new 1973 Mustang Mach 1 is still in use in the original, it becomes a 1967 in just 60 seconds , but both cars are parked in Long Beach's International Towers. The scene in which leftover heroin is blown away with the exhaust fumes of a car when the police are there is also taken from the original. Furthermore, the nickname of civil police, which is continuously involved in the pursuit of Eleanor in the original (1 Baker 11), was reused for Detective Castlebeck's vehicle.
  • The film title is not easy to understand. First of all, the German title is an imprecise translation of the original title "Gone in 60 Seconds". This in turn has been taken from the 1974 original of the same name. Only here is the title explained. The film's advertising poster at the time reads:

" You can lock your car, but if he wants it ... it's Gone in 60 seconds "

- original 1974 movie poster
In German, for example:
You can lock your car, but if he wants it ... it'll be gone in 60 seconds
So the title refers to the speed of car theft. In addition, there is a notice in the 1974 film, on which "... gone in 60 seconds" is written in a similar context. The same sign also appears in the remake.
  • In one scene, Vinnie Jones' character Sphinx takes a knife out of his pocket to cut open Otto's (Robert Duvall) dog , who previously ate the keys. This is based on the movie Snatch - Pigs and Diamonds with Vinnie Jones as "Bullet Tooth" Tony, where the dog swallows a diamond.
  • Production costs were estimated at $ 90 million. The film grossed around $ 237 million in cinemas worldwide, including around $ 101 million in the United States.
  • The central vehicle in the film is a Shelby Mustang GT500 from 1967 that has been tuned in terms of performance and appearance . The producers commissioned Steve Stanford for the design and the well-known vehicle tuner Chip Foose for the practical implementation . Then 12 copies were made for filming, only a few of which were really drivable. Most were only used as dummies . This GT500, designed for the film, received so much attention that this vehicle was reproduced in small series by Unique Performance under the name Shelby GT500E .

vehicles

The vehicles are mainly upscale sports cars . The list includes five Ferrari , five Porsche , four Mercedes-Benz, four Chevrolet , four Cadillac , three Bentley , two Aston Martin , two Jaguar and other supercars . Below is the list of 50 vehicles with their code names:

Reviews

"Action film based on a simple and predictable pattern with unconvincing characters, but rather respectable action scenes and the obligatory car chases."

- Lexicon of international film

Awards

At the Taurus Awards 2001 the film was nominated three times, of which it won an award for the best stunt driver . In addition, Touchstone Pictures was named Best Production Company of the Year at the California on Location Awards and Buena Vista International received the Bogey Award for 1 million viewers in 10 days .

For jumping over the truck bed on the bridge, the film was nominated for the best action sequence at the MTV Movie Awards , but came away empty-handed.

In the BMI Film & TV Awards received Trevor Rabin an award for the best soundtrack . Angelina Jolie was named Favorite Actress in an Action Movie at the Blockbuster Entertainment Awards , and Nicolas Cage was nominated for the male part.

synchronization

The synchronization was carried out by Berliner Synchron under the direction of Michael Nowka .

actor Dubbing voice role
Nicolas Cage Martin Keßler Randall 'Memphis' Raines
Angelina Jolie Solveig Duda Sara 'Sway' Wayland
Chi McBride Jan Odle Donny Astricky
Giovanni Ribisi Gerrit Schmidt-Foss Kip Raines
TJ Cross Michael Iwannek Mirror Man
Robert Duvall Friedrich Georg Beckhaus Otto Halliwell
Will Patton Peter Reinhardt Atley Jackson
James Duval Robin Kahnmeyer Freb
Scott Caan Matthias Hinze Tumbler
Vinnie Jones Bernd Rumpf sphinx
William Lee Scott Tobias Müller Toby
Christopher Eccleston Antonio Paradiso Raymond Calitri
Delroy Lindo Reinhard Brock Det. Castlebeck
Timothy Olyphant Peter Flechtner Det. Drycoff
Carmen Argenziano Lutz Mackensy Det. Mayhew
Bodhi Elfman Stefan Krause Fuzzy frizz
Grace Zabriskie Inken summer Helen Raines
Kevin West Matthias Klages Internal 1
Arye Gross Hans Hohlbein James S. Lakewood
Master P Thomas Petruo Johnnie B.
Stephen Shellen Reinhard Kuhnert Roger
Erich Rauker One of Calitri's men
Sandra Schwittau Woman on the phone
Bernhard Völger Pathology staff
Christian Rode rich car owner
Roland Hemmo Guy at the police stop

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for only 60 seconds . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , April 2005 (PDF; test number: 85 308 V / DVD).
  2. ↑ schnittberichte.com
  3. ↑ Age rating for only 60 seconds . Youth Media Commission .
  4. ↑ Only 60 seconds left. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 13, 2016 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  5. ↑ Only 60 seconds left. German synchronous index , accessed on April 25, 2013 .