Penguins in the Bronx
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Penguins in the Bronx |
| Original title | Five Corners |
| Country of production | UK , USA |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1987 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | Tony Bill |
| script | John Patrick Shanley |
| production | Tony Bill, Forrest Murray |
| music | James Newton Howard |
| camera | Fred Murphy |
| cut | Andy Blumenthal |
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Five Corners ( Five Corners ) is a feature film in 1987 with Jodie Foster , Tim Robbins and John Turturro . The film was directed by Tony Bill , the score was composed by James Newton Howard and the producer was George Harrison . The script was written by John Patrick Shanley , who grew up in the Bronx.
Jodie Foster won the Independent Spirit Award for the film , and John Turturro and John Patrick Shanley were nominated for this award.
action
The action takes place in the New York borough of Bronx in 1964. John Turturro plays the psychopath Heinz, who has been released from prison . He was convicted after attempting to rape neighbor Linda (played by Jodie Foster).
Heinz brings Linda two penguins stolen from a zoo as a present, but Linda doesn't want to hear from him. She asks her friend Harry (played by Tim Robbins) for help, but doesn't get it. Heinz kidnaps Linda. At the end, he drags Linda into his apartment, where he talks and dances with his own mother and throws her out the window in a sudden fit of madness.
criticism
film-dienst : … psychodrama that suffers from inconsistent staging and content overload. Effective but without depth, clichés and genre quotes are strung together and garnished with macabre humor.
Web links
- Five Corners in the Internet Movie Database (English)