Paul - an alien on the run
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| German title | Paul - an alien on the run |
| Original title | Paul |
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| Country of production |
United Kingdom United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2011 |
| length | 104 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 12 JMK 12 |
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| Director | Greg Mottola |
| script |
Simon Pegg Nick Frost |
| production |
Nira Park Tim Bevan Eric Fellner |
| music | David Arnold |
| camera | Lawrence Sher |
| cut | Chris Dickens |
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Paul - An alien on the run (original title: Paul ) is a science fiction - comedy from the year 2011 , directed by Greg Mottola . Simon Pegg and Nick Frost can be seen in the main roles , who also wrote the script for the film.
action
The two British nerds and science fiction fans Graeme and Clive are on vacation in the USA . After visiting Comic-Con in San Diego , they visit various locations with alleged UFO sightings in a rented motor home. Destinations are Area 51 , Black Mailbox , Camp Verde, Arizona , Apache Junction, and Roswell, New Mexico . Her travel itinerary also includes locations from science fiction films such as Vasquez Rocks .
While driving, they witness a car accident. When they get off, they meet an alien who asks for help. He broke out of a military base in Area 51, where he has been held since his crash in the town of Moorcroft in 1947. The alien is called Paul because he crashed his UFO on a dog with that name. Paul tells them that he comes from a small Class M planet in the northern spiral arm of the Andromeda Galaxy. He can make himself invisible, but only as long as he holds his breath. He states that in addition to advising the government over the past few years, he also gave Steven Spielberg ideas for ET in 1980 and invented Agent Mulder . After he passed on all his knowledge, they wanted to take stem cells from him and kill them with them.
Graeme and Clive want to help him escape. This turns out to be difficult, however, as the FBI is soon after them. When the trio is stopping at a campsite, they get to know Ruth. The campsite owner's daughter was raised by her father to be a fundamentalist Christian and a follower of creationism . Since she happened to see Paul, they are forced to kidnap Ruth and now have their angry father on their heels. After Paul transferred his knowledge to Ruth and cured her eye disease, she found pleasure in her new freedom and lived it out through the intensive use of swear words.
After a long chase they reach their destination, but Ruth's father catches up with them. He shoots Paul and kills Graeme fatally. However, Paul is able to bring Graeme back to life with his skills and eventually fly home in a UFO.
background
- The film is not part of the Blood and Ice Cream trilogy , for which the films Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz - Two deviated professionals were shot. This has now been concluded with The World's End .
- In the scene in which Haggard falls down the gorge in his car (about 77 minutes of film), a Wilhelm scream can be heard.
- It was released in theaters on March 18, 2011 in the USA and on April 14, 2011 in Germany.
Allusions
- On the way to Area 51, Graeme and Clive stop at Vasquez Rocks in California. There they fight each other while Graeme wears a monster mask on her head. The fight, the mask and the location are similar to the fight scene from the 19th episode of the first season of the series Starship Enterprise , in which James T. Kirk, played by William Shatner, defends himself against the Gorn.
- Paul calls Steven Spielberg on the phone , gives him ideas for ET - The Extra-Terrestrial and sits in a warehouse that resembles that of the end of Indiana Jones - Raiders of the Lost Ark as well as that of the beginning of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull .
- Graeme and Clive speak a few words of Klingon during the film , a language invented for the Star Trek franchise. Simon Pegg is an avowed Star Trek fan and has played a leading role in the Star Trek reboot since 2009 .
- The band in the western bar plays the same song as the band in Star Wars Episode IV in Chalmun's Cantina on Tatooine .
- In the fireworks store, the tone sequence of the optical sound organ from the film Uncanny Encounters of the Third Kind is played and the film also ends at the Devils Tower .
- Paul is called "Mork" by Big Boss, like the alien from Mork by the Orc .
- The full name of Agent Zoil is Lorenzo Zoil what both in English the original title of the film Lorenzo's Oil ( Lorenzo's Oil sounds).
- In one scene, Agent Zoil fires his pistol at his radio in the car, breaking contact with the big boss. This is similar to the scene from Star Wars Episode IV in which Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Chewbacca end up in the Death Star prison wing while searching for Princess Leia. Han is asked by an imperial commander to give his service number, whereupon he destroys the radio with his laser weapon with the words "Was a boring conversation anyway". Agent Zoil uses the same words when destroying his radio.
- When Graeme was drawing the extraterrestrial Paul, he asked if he was also drawing his girls from France. This scene is similar to that from Titanic .
- When the mother spaceship leaves, it flies very long and very close to the camera, which is intended to illustrate the size of this ship. This was often done in the Star Wars films.
- The motorhome is called Beagle, like the ship on which Charles Darwin made his first voyage.
- When Ruth is held by the Big Boss, Tara knocks her down with the words "Please let her go, you bitch!" Ellen Ripley, also played by Sigourney Weaver, said the same sentence to the alien queen in Aliens: The Return .
- At the end, Ruth takes off the mask and replies to the question “Who are you?” With “Someone who loves you.” This is a one-on-one homage to Return of the Jedi as Han Solo from Princess Leia is freed from the carbonite.
Reviews
The reviews were mixed.
“The pale Simon Pegg with his slight grotto olm appeal and the burly Nick Frost [..] are friendly, innocent owls. In the hillbilly environment in which the two British aliens roam, this leads to gay jokes that probably sound more fun in the original than in the German dubbing. The gag palette ranges from gross motor jokes to silly slapstick to great punchlines. The two different speeds of humor sometimes seem strange, but keep a constant giggle level. "
“It was written by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, two British comedians who also play the two main human roles. [..] They are supported by great American comedians, which means that almost every cliché about America, science fiction, women, scientists or God is used, refuted and then proven again. "
“After comedic gems like 'Shaun of the Dead' and 'Hot Fuzz', one might have hoped for more than a cheap road movie with an expensive green special effect. [...] Not only child-minded science fiction friends, but also American creationists, homophobic rednecks and other backwoodsmen get their uncanny encounter of the green kind here. "
"Expertly ironic fine adventure swank with a lot of friendship, inside joke and a little love."
“The comedian duo, who are responsible for the script and at the same time impersonate the main characters, deliver rather embarrassing gags instead of fitting punchlines. A moderately original homage to the science fiction genre and its fans. "
“Priceless scenes - like Paul's phone call with Steven Spielberg - give an idea of how funny the parody, rich in quotations, could have been. But too many gags are flattened and kicked, rough action disturbs the overall picture, and real twists and turns are missing from the story. Conclusion: bizarre, but much too good. "
Awards
The German film and media rating awarded the film the rating particularly valuable .
Web links
- Official website
- Paul - An alien on the run in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Paul - An alien on the run in the lexicon of international films
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Paul - An alien on the run . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , February 2011 (PDF; test number: 126 522 K).
- ↑ Age designation for Paul - An alien on the run . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ Birgit Roschy: An ET comedy for the advanced . In: The time of April 12, 2011.
- ↑ Doris Kuhn: Carefree in space . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung from April 19, 2011.
- ↑ The little green man . In: Berliner Zeitung of April 14, 2011.
- Jump up ↑ Paul - An Alien on the Run . In: KulturSpiegel , issue 4/2011 of March 28, 2011.
- ^ Entry in the Lexicon of International Films
- ↑ https://www.tvspielfilm.de/kino/filmarchiv/film/paul,4434599,ApplicationMovie.html
- ↑ FBW press release of the German Film and Media Assessment