Change of horses on the wedding night

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Movie
German title Change of horses on the wedding night
Original title The Heartbreak Kid
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1972
length 106 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Elaine May
script Neil Simon
production Edgar J. Scherick
music Garry Sherman
camera Owen Roizman
cut John Carter
occupation

Change horses in the wedding night (Alternate title: The Heartbreakers ) is an American comedy film from the year 1972 . The film adaptation is loosely based on the short story A Change of Plan by Bruce Jay Friedman .

action

Leonard "Lenny" Cantrow marries Lila Kolodny. He's finally allowed to have sex with her after they just cuddled. But already on the trip to Miami Beach for his honeymoon , he noticed more and more annoying qualities in purple and he felt increasingly repulsed by her. The first conflicts arise and Lenny withdraws more and more angrily. On the beach, he meets the blonde Kelly who he likes and flirts with him. When Lila retires to her room because of a severe sunburn , he is all the happier when he meets Kelly again at the hotel bar. They arrange to meet up the next morning to sunbathe, where Kelly is still fond of him, even after Lenny confesses to her that he made a big mistake with his marriage. After they both do a magic show and a boat trip together, Lenny decides to part with Lila. So he confesses to her when they go to a restaurant together that the marriage is over and he accepts any divorce agreement.

However, Lenny's meeting with Kelly's parents was not as smooth as the divorce. Mr. Corcoran had already berated Lenny in Miami and threatened him if he ever got too close to his daughter. Now in Minneapolis , he is no less aggressive when Lenny rings the doorbell. But Lenny doesn't give up and see Kelly at the university, but she doesn't want to know anything more about him. After Lenny shows insistence, he manages to kiss her and spend two evenings with her, where they sleep together. When Lenny stands in front of Mr. Corcoran again and asks for his daughter's hand, the father is so skeptical that he offers Lenny more and more money so that he can leave his daughter alone. But he doesn't want the money, only Kelly, which is why he rejects every offer. And so Lenny finally manages to marry his dream woman Kelly.

criticism

"Boring comedy."

- Lexicon of international film

“ [Changing Horses on Wedding Night] is a top American comedy that's as startling as The Graduation . It is a film that has mastered the art of combining the cruelty and automatism of a Neil Simon comedy with the meaning and sensuality of F. Scott Fitzgerald in a wonderful and very peculiar way. "

- Vincent Canby in the New York Times

Awards

publication

Wedding Night Horse Change was first performed on December 17, 1972 in New York City . It started in the Federal Republic of Germany on July 18, 1974. In German-speaking countries it has not been released on VHS or DVD since then . However, the film ran on October 6, 2004 in a shortened 84-minute version on PREMIERE .

Elaine May's film was the first in a series of rematches of the same story, including The Heartbreak Kid (1993) and After 7 Days - Flittered Out (2007).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Change of horses on the wedding night. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. ↑ Vincent Canby : The Heartbreak Kid (1972) on nytimes.com, December 18, 1972 (English), accessed January 28, 2012
  3. ↑ Version view on ofdb.de , accessed on January 28, 2012