Suddenly a star

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Movie
German title Suddenly a star
Original title Monte Carlo
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2011
length 109 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Thomas Bezucha
script Thomas Bezucha
April Blair
Maria Maggenti
Kelly Bowe
production Denise Di Novi
Alison Greenspan
Nicole Kidman
Per Saari
Rick Schwartz
Arnon Milchan
music Michael Giacchino
camera Jonathan Brown
cut Jeffrey Ford
occupation

Suddenly Star (original title: Monte Carlo ) is an American romantic comedy by director Thomas Bezucha , which started on July 1, 2011 in the United States and on August 4, 2011 in Germany . The film is based on the novel A Ganovin seldom comes alone (original title: Headhunters ) by Jules Bass.

action

The three young women Grace, her stepsister Meg and Grace's best friend Emma want to fly to Paris . Grace has been saving for this trip for a long time. Unfortunately, the trip ends in a disaster, because their hotel turns out to be a shabby dump and the sightseeing bus , which chases them past all the sights at high speed, does not wait for the three, but leaves without them after climbing the Eiffel Tower . When the three women decide to take a break from their lousy tour and sneak into the lobby of a 5-star hotel, Grace is mistaken for a wealthy heiress named Cordelia. Before she even gets to reveal her true identity, the three of them are already entangled in a jumble of paparazzi , private planes and romances.

Emma persuades the two of them to take advantage of the fortunate turn of their trip and to accept the invitation to Monte Carlo . Since Grace is not averse to this proposal, they fly to the Côte d'Azur, contrary to Meg's concerns . In Monte Carlo, Grace meets the attractive Theo Marchand, who thinks she is an arrogant chick and treats her that way at first. But she can convince him more and more of herself with her natural way and so the two fall in love. Meanwhile, Meg gets to know the globetrotter Riley, with whom she has a lot of fun and with whom she feels safe for the first time since her mother's death. He also offers her to travel around the world with him, but she refuses for the time being. Meanwhile, Emma feels very flattered when a prince takes her out to dinner. To impress him, she puts on Cordelia's valuable necklace , which Meg takes off later that evening on the grounds that the necklace does not belong to Emma and puts it in Riley's pocket.

The next morning Cordelia appears in Monte Carlo and discovers the hoax. She reports her necklace to the police as stolen. Grace, Meg and Emma drive to the train station to stop Riley, who is about to leave without knowing that the necklace is in his pocket. They don't catch him anymore, but a little later they meet him at the hotel. He discovered the valuable piece and wanted to give it back to the three of them. Meanwhile, preparations are underway for an important auction at which the necklace is also to be auctioned. To make the mess perfect, Emma's boyfriend Owen shows up in Monte Carlo to apologize to her because the two had argued violently because of Owen's jealousy before Emma left for Paris . Emma tries to keep the real Cordelia trapped in her hotel room so that Grace can sell the necklace for as much money as possible for a good cause at the auction. Cordelia escapes and exposes the hoax in the auction room. But Grace tearfully asks the guests present to help anyway and Alicie, Cordelia's aunt, buys the necklace for several million to support the building of schools, for which Theo's father is also responsible. Theo Marchand, who feels betrayed by Grace, leaves the hall.

Meg decides to travel with Riley and accompanies him to Machu Picchu . Emma moves in with Owen. Grace begins an internship and helps set up new schools. At the same time Theo Marchand shows up and the two introduce themselves again, this time Grace naming her real name.

criticism

“The visually unimaginative comedy of confusion begins as an escapist teenage fantasy, but then ends up easily in high society, whose values ​​it adores. The naturally acting leading actress as well as some pretty directorial ideas don't make the film any more entertaining. "

- Lexicon of international film

"Director Thomas Bezucha (" The Stone family - no engagements! ") Is annoying with these boring clothes right from the start. The characters are introduced poorly and almost repulsively, the dialogues are stupid, the situation hair-raising horrible. In short: a film that is simply not right. In addition, there is the acting inability of the main actors. Simply terrible!"

- prism

background

Selena Gomez on the set of Monte Carlo in Paris

The film was produced by New Regency Productions, Regency Enterprises , Dune Entertainment and Walden Media .

The original plan was to cast Nicole Kidman and Julia Roberts in the film , but the producers eventually decided to choose a younger cast.

In March 2010 it was announced that Selena Gomez would play one of the leading roles. For the role, Gomez invested several weeks to learn polo and be able to speak with a British accent. Leighton Meester also got her role in March 2010, Katie Cassidy a month later. The French actor Pierre Boulanger made his American film debut with this film.

The film was shot in Dallas , Budapest , Paris and Monaco . Filming began on May 5, 2010 in Budapest and ended on July 7, 2010. The film was shot for four days in Paris and two weeks in Monaco. The budget of the film is approximately 20 million US dollars estimated. The first trailer was shown in the USA on April 8, 2011 and in Germany on May 26, 2011. On May 30, 2011, the film celebrated its world premiere in Russia and several other countries. The film was shown in the US from July 1, 2011. The film premiered on July 31, 2011 in Germany and was shown in German cinemas on August 4, 2011. On the opening weekend, the film grossed just under 8.6 million US dollars in the US, and its total revenues in the US amounted to almost 23.2 million US dollars. On the opening weekend, 83,000 tickets were bought at the German box office and the film reached seventh place on the cinema charts.

synchronization

actor speaker role
Selena Gomez Gabrielle Pietermann Grace Bennett / Cordelia Winthrop Scott
Katie Cassidy Luise Helm Emma Perkins
Leighton Meester Tanya Kahana Mary "Meg" Kelly
Cory Monteith Nico Sablik Owen Andrews
Catherine Tate Christin Marquitan Alicia Winthrop Scott
Andie MacDowell Sabine Arnhold Pam Bennett-Kelly
Luke Bracey Tim Knauer Riley
Brett Cullen Erich Rauker Robert Kelly
Pierre Boulanger Konrad Bösherz Theo Marchand

Soundtrack

"Who Says", sung by Selena Gomez & the Scene , is the title track of the film, for which she received the 2011 Teen Choice Award in the Choice Music: Single category.

On August 5, 2011, the soundtrack was released by the music label Colosseum, which contains 40 songs.

Awards

Selena Gomez was nominated for the 2011 ALMA Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical . In the same year she received a nomination at the Teen Choice Award in the category Choice Summer Movie Star: Female , while Cory Monteith in the category Choice Summer Movie Star: Male nomination and the film with a nomination for Choice Summer Movie was provided. With the title "Love You Like A Love Song" Selena Gomez & the Scene appeared at the Teen Choice Awards 2011, for which they were awarded in the category Choice Music: Love Song .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Suddenly Star on prisma.de (English), accessed on December 29, 2011
  2. ↑ a b Internet Movie Database : Background information
  3. ↑ Internet Movie Database : Filming Locations
  4. ↑ a b Internet Movie Database : Budget and Box Office Results
  5. ↑ a b c Internet Movie Database : Start Dates
  6. ↑ Blumped cinema charts , August 8, 2011
  7. ↑ Suddenly a star. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .
  8. ↑ a b Internet Movie Database : Nominations and Awards

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