Please Stand By
Movie | |
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German title | Please Stand By |
Original title | Please Stand By |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 2017 |
length | 93 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 6 |
Rod | |
Director | Ben Lewin |
script | Michael Golamco |
production |
Lara Alameddine , Daniel Dubiecki |
music | Heitor Pereira |
camera | Geoffrey Simpson |
cut | Lisa Bromwell |
occupation |
Please Stand By is an American tragic comedy . The film was presented at the Austin Film Festival on October 27, 2017 and was released in theaters in the United States on January 26, 2018. In Germany, the film was released on DVD on July 27, 2018.
action
Wendy is a young woman with autism . She lives in a nursing home and, with the support of her carer, can cope with everyday life and has a job. She uses her free time to write a script for a new Star Trek film. She would like to submit this to a competition at Paramount Pictures in a few days . When her sister Audrey visits, it becomes clear that Wendy wants to go back home, but Audrey sees no way to do so. Desperate Wendy sees the prize money as an opportunity to change her sister's mind. Since there is no longer enough time to send it by post, she and her dog flee the nursing home the next morning to bring the script to Los Angeles herself. An adventurous journey begins. At the same time, her carer from the nursing home and her sister Audrey try to find Wendy, who has been reported missing. Despite several setbacks, Wendy makes it to Los Angeles, but is found there by a police patrol. The escape ends after the policeman, who knows about her love for Star Trek, wins her trust with a conversation in Klingon . Ultimately, Wendy is given the opportunity by her supervisor and her sister to hand in the script herself and thus to prove her independence. Wendy doesn't win the competition. In the final scene, however, she is sitting with her sister on the veranda of her parents' house and holding their baby in her arms.
Cast and dubbing
The German dubbed version was produced by Scalamedia based on a dialog book and directed by Kai Taschner .
role | actor | Voice actor |
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Wendy Welcott | Dakota Fanning | Farina Brock |
Audrey (sister) | Alice Eve | Stephanie waiter |
Scottie (supervisor) | Toni Collette | Christin Marquitan |
Lexi Aaron (resident) | Lexi Aaron | |
Dominique Brown (resident) | Dominique Brown | |
Brittanie Sanders (resident) | Brittanie Sanders | |
Cindy Miyashiro (resident) | Cindy Miyashiro | |
Madeline | Lara Lihiya | |
Richard (resident) | Dan Cordell | |
Nemo (Wendy's work colleague) | Tony Revolori | Manuel scrubbing chair |
Jack (Audrey's husband) | Michael Stahl-David | Sebastian Winkler |
Sam (Scottie's son) | River Alexander | Felix Mayer |
Policeman Frank | Patton Oswalt | Kai Taschner |
Policewoman Doyle | Robin refuses | Dorothea Anzinger |
reception
Reviews
- Please Stand By has so far won over 62 percent of Rotten Tomatoes ' critics . The average rating is 6/10.
- film-rezensions.de gives the film a rating of 7/10. “ Please Stand By gives us a glimpse into the world of an autistic girl. The journey that Wendy embarks on is interesting, sometimes exciting, and now and then something is staged. Dakota Fanning plays her role great, therefore definitely recommended. "
Details
The Klingon dialogue does not contain random gibberish, but correctly spoken Klingon . It was translated by a member of the Klingon Language Institute . In the English version, the actors twisted a few lines and pronounced them incorrectly. This error was noticed while editing the German dubbed version and then corrected.
Web links
- Please Stand By in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official page for the film
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Please Stand By . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 179367 / V).
- ↑ PleaseStandBy with translation on klingonwiki.net
- ↑ Please Stand By In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
- ↑ Please Stand By In: film-rezensions.de. Retrieved February 23, 2019.