Pixels

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Movie
German title Pixels
Original title Pixels
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2015
length 105 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
JMK 6
Rod
Director Chris Columbus
script Tim Herlihy ,
Timothy Dowling
production Adam Sandler ,
Chris Columbus,
Allen Covert ,
Mark Radcliffe
music Henry Jackman
camera Amir M. Mokri
cut Hughes Winborne
occupation
synchronization

Pixel is an American science fiction - film comedy from the year 2015 by Chris Columbus . The script was written by Tim Herlihy and Timothy Dowling , based on the short film of the same name by Patrick Jean from 2010.

action

In 1982 the teenager Sam Brenner competed in the first World Arcade Championship with his friend Will Cooper . There they meet the child prodigy Ludlow Lamonsoff and the egocentric Eddie Plant, who also take part in the tournament. Brenner reaches the final, but loses against the nasty Plant in the game Donkey Kong . The NASA sends the recordings of all the games in a space capsule into space to get in touch with possible extraterrestrial life.

Years later, Brenner worked as a television technician and Cooper was President of the United States. On one of his assignments, Brenner meets the newly divorced Violet Van Patten. Suddenly, Guam is attacked by aliens, whereupon Cooper asks his friend Brenner into the White House. Even Lieutenant Colonel Van Patten arrives there, because it belongs to the crisis staff of the military. Brenner recognizes on a recording that the attack was modeled on the pattern of the old video game Galaga , but it is initially not believed.

On the drive home, Brenner meets Ludlow Lamonsoff again, who was hiding in his car. It turns out that the aliens interpreted the message at the time as an aggressive act, because Lamonsoff discovered their declaration of war on a VHS tape with which he had previously recorded a television series. The aliens declare that more attacks will follow, and whoever wins three victories first will be allowed to destroy the loser's homeworld.

There is a second attack by the aliens in which they break the Taj Mahal into cubes of light. Cooper appoints Brenner and Lamonsoff as civil advisers. Since the attackers are made of energy, the military cannot do anything with conventional weapons. Only the light cannons developed by Van Patten's team can destroy the beings. Together with Van Patten, they are preparing a group of elite soldiers for the next attack that is to take place in London by means of training on video slot machines . There the aliens attack with the game Centipede . Since the soldiers are not up to the task, Brenner and Lamonsoff take up their light weapons and destroy the attackers.

They realize they need the support of Plant, who is now in jail. After Cooper has agreed to respond to Plants numerous special requests, such as dinner with Serena Williams , he agrees to help. In their next game, they chase Pac-Man through the streets of New York in cars . You win the game through Plant, and as the second battle trophy sent by the aliens, Q * bert joins Brenner's team, who from now on will be at your side in an advisory capacity. Then the aliens find out that Plant has cheated by using cheat codes. They then kidnap Van Patten's son Matty and declare themselves victorious.

Eventually, the aliens launched the concentrated attack , sending an army of video game characters to Washington, DC . While Lamonsoff and Plant keep the attackers in check with their light cannons, Brenner, Cooper and Van Patten are teleported to the alien spaceship and are given one last chance by the aliens - they have to win a game of Donkey Kong as pawns. Brenner seems to succumb, but Matty tells him about Plant's cheating at the World Cup. Brenner, newly motivated as the rightful arcade world champion, hurls the hammer at Donkey Kong , who then disintegrates.

At a press conference, Cooper reported on a peace deal with the aliens. Plant apologizes to Cooper, Brenner and Van Patten become a couple, Plant meets with Serena Williams and Martha Stewart , Lamonsoff marries Lady Lisa , a video character from Lamonsoff's youth and his secret love into which Q * bert had turned. A year later, have Lamonsoff and Lady Lisa a playpen full Q * bert children.

production

development

On May 12, 2010, it was announced that Columbia Pictures and Sandler's Happy Madison Productions were negotiating a 3D animated feature film based on Patrick Jeans' short film Pixels . Half a year later, Tim Herlihy was hired to write the script. In July 2012, Timothy Dowling was hired to rewrite Herlihy's script. At the same time, Seth Gordon was under discussion to direct the film. However, the following year Chris Columbus was shortlisted.

occupation

When the implementation of the film was ensured, it was announced on February 26, 2014 that Adam Sandler would take on one of the leading roles in the film. Meanwhile, Kevin James and Josh Gad were still in preliminary talks. On March 28th, Peter Dinklage was confirmed as the fourth male lead. Jennifer Aniston was originally intended for the female lead, but had to cancel due to scheduling difficulties. On April 4, Michelle Monaghan was signed instead .

Tōru Iwatani , the inventor of Pac-Man, made a cameo in the film as "Electric Dream Factory Repairman". He himself is portrayed in the film by Denis Akiyama . Adam Sandler's wife Jackie Sandler , his daughters Sadie and Sunny, and his nephew Jared Sandler star in the film . Kevin James' daughters Sienna and Shea also got small supporting roles.

Serena Williams and Martha Stewart also have short appearances in supporting roles.

Filming

Props for shooting in Toronto to imitate the New York Metro

In March 2014 it was confirmed that filming would take place from May 28th to September 9th in Toronto , including in the Pinewood Studios there. The exterior shots began on June 2, with the downtown streets and some buildings serving as backdrops for New York City and Washington, DC . On July 29th, filming took place outside of Markham , Ontario and on August 26th in Cobourg .

Film music

Henry Jackman , who had already written the music for Ralph Enough , composed the music for the film. Rapper Waka Flocka Flame is also featured on the soundtrack with the single "Game On" (featuring Good Charlotte ) . The film also features the songs We Will Rock You by Queen and Everybody Wants To Rule The World by Tears for Fears .

publication

The film was originally supposed to be released on May 15, 2015, but the start on August 12, 2014 was postponed to July 24, 2015.

The first trailer for the film was published on March 19, 2015 and reached 34.3 million views worldwide within 24 hours. With that he broke the record of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 from 2014 with 22 million. The second trailer was released on June 13, 2015.

The film was released on July 24, 2015 in 2D, 3D and IMAX 3D . The cinema release in Germany was on July 30, 2015. On October 27, 2015 it was released on DVD , 3D Blu-ray and Blu-ray.

reception

The film grossed approximately $ 244 million at the box office. That's roughly double the estimated manufacturing budget of $ 129 million.

The film received mostly negative reviews. At Metacritic , it achieved a Metascore of 27% based on 37 reviews. At Rotten Tomatoes , only 16% of 155 reviews are positive. At the IMDb, however, the film received 5.6 out of 10 points, and 3.7 out of 5 possible points for film releases.

Kino Kino , the film magazine of Bavarian television, was disappointed with Columbus' film. Florian Kummert judged: “For a film that deals with the nostalgic and anarchic fun of computer game classics, it is fatal if this fun is not felt in the slightest. Game Over. "

Trailerwatch.de had a similar headline: "All in all, Pixels could have been a cool 80s retro nerd movie - because unfortunately the cast around Adam Sandler in combination with the joke-riddled script does not make for the hoped-for popcorn cinema - or to put it more appropriately: GAME OVER! "

The film was nominated for a 2016 Golden Raspberry in six categories , including Worst Picture and Worst Screenplay.

synchronization

role actor Voice actor
Sam Brenner Adam Sandler Dietmar miracle
cooper Kevin James Thomas Karallus
Ludlow Lamonsoff Josh Gad Gerrit Schmidt-Foss
Eddie Peter Dinklage Claus-Peter Damitz
Lt. Col. Violet Van Patten Michelle Monaghan Gundi Eberhard
Admiral Porter Brian Cox Engelbert von Nordhausen
Corporal Hill Sean Bean Torsten Michaelis
1982 Championship MC Dan Aykroyd Thomas Danneberg
Max headroom Matt Frewer Detlef Bierstedt
Mickey Lamonsoff Lainie Kazan Eva-Maria Werth
Pac-Man victim Nick Swardson Christian Gaul
Serena Williams Serena Williams Victoria Storm
White House Junior Aide Jared Jared Sandler Constantin von Jascheroff

Trivia

  • The film's logo actually shows voxels .
  • The winner of a dispute between humans and aliens receives a trophy as a reward. So after defeating the Centipedes, people get the dog from the video game Duck Hunt and after defeating Pac-Man Q * bert . In return, the aliens kidnap a soldier from Guam, an Indian and Matty after their three victories. These three take the position of the pawn Pauline in the final game, Donkey Kong .
  • Lady Lisa is the main character in Dojo Quest , which is not an 'original game' but was designed for the film.
  • Duck Hunt did not appear until 1984. A few other themed computer games were not made until a few years after 1982. Columbia Pictures did not value authentic information here.
  • Pac Man's power pills don't work for ten seconds, as claimed. Their duration varies depending on the level.
  • The 1982 championships show how Donkey Kong is defeated by collapsing his tower, but then greeted with GAME OVER. So the main character actually won the game and should go to the next level, but contrary to the rules of the game, the decision was made to use this as the GAME OVER scene.

Computer games in the film

The following games are mentioned in the credits. The year indicates the time of the first publication.

game Publisher year
Donkey Kong Nintendo 1981
Duck Hunt Nintendo 1984
Smurf Coleco 1982
Space Invaders Midway Games 1978
Arkanoid Taito 1986
Paperboy Atari Games 1984
Joust Williams Electronics 1982
Defender Williams Electronics 1981
Robotron Williams Electronics 1982
Centipede Atari 1981
Q * bert Gottlieb 1982
Breakout Atari 1976
Asteroids Atari 1979
Missile Command Atari 1980
Dig Dug Namco 1982
Burger time Data East 1982
Frogger Sega 1981
Tetris Electronics 1984
Pac-Man Midway Games 1980
Galaga Namco 1981

Web links

Individual evidence

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