Real Steel
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Real Steel - tough opponents |
| Original title | Real Steel |
| Country of production | United States , India |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2011 |
| length | 126 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 12 JMK 10 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Shawn Levy |
| script |
John Gatins , Dan Gilroy (story), Jeremy Leven (story) |
| production | Shawn Levy, Susan Montford , Don Murphy |
| music | Danny Elfman |
| camera | Mauro Fiore |
| cut | Dean Zimmerman |
| occupation | |
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Real Steel (Alternative title: Real Steel - Stahlharte Unfall ) is an American-Indian science fiction film by director Shawn Levy from 2011 . The film with Hugh Jackman in the lead role opened in German-speaking cinemas on November 3, 2011.
action
In 2020 the people in the boxing ring will be replaced by robots. Apart from the official league, the main character Charlie Kenton, previously an active boxer himself, takes part in privately organized robot fights as a trainer or robot controller; however, only with moderate success. To do this, he travels across the country in a truck. Bailey, his ex-girlfriend and owner of the boxing hall where her father once trained Charlie, helps Charlie maintain the robots, but is about to give up due to lack of money.
After a fight with a bull in which his robot was wrecked, he learns that another former girlfriend has died and that their son Max - whom he has never really looked after up to this point - now needs a new guardian. That's why Max's aunt Debra applies with her husband Marvin, and Charlie is very happy about it at first. When Charlie notices at the court hearing that Marvin is wealthy, he tells him that he will only give up custody of Max if he gets $ 100,000 for it. Max is supposed to spend the summer holidays with him first, because Marvin wants to visit friends in Italy with Debra. Charlie gets the first $ 50,000 when Debra and Marvin drop Max off with him.
With the money, Charlie buys the former battle robot champ “Noisy Boy” and drives to the first fight without much training. But he has to take Max with him because he has the keys for his truck. In high spirits, Charlie chooses the final boss "Midas" and Noisy Boy is defeated and destroyed because Charlie cannot use the new voice control and does not know the attacks. On the way back, Charlie and Max stop at a junkyard to steal robot spare parts and use them to build a new robot. When Max slides down a slope in the pouring rain, his fall into the depths is only stopped by a robot arm on which he gets caught. Max notices that a whole robot is buried in the mud and takes it with him against Charlie's will.
Charlie wants to sell the robot called "Atom" because it seems worthless to him, because Atom is only a second generation sparring robot that can take a lot, but not give it away. However, Max is strictly against a sale. Bailey makes makeshift repairs to Atom. When he imitates Max's movements, she realizes that Atom has a rare shadow function. Max trains with Atom and asks Charlie to get him a fight, which takes place a little later in an old zoo. Contrary to expectations, Atom wins and Max and Charlie receive an invitation to another fight. Atom's popularity and acquaintance increases with every further fight, because until then Atom is undefeated until they finally receive an offer for a fight in the robot boxing league WRB. Max has meanwhile installed various components from Charlie's earlier robots, including Noisy Boy's speech recognition, at Atom. Before the start of the fight they are invited to the box of the owners of the current champion "Zeus", where they are made an offer not to compete in the league fight and instead sell Atom for $ 200,000. Charlie wants to accept the offer, but Max declares Atom not for sale because it is his robot. After winning the fight against the two-headed "Twin Cities", Max publicly challenges the Zeus team to a fight. After the fight, Max and Charlie are intercepted and beaten up by one of Charlie's creditors. All of the prize money is lost.
Charlie then calls Max's adoptive parents who come to pick him up. Charlie declines Marvin's second $ 50,000. Max is reluctant to go with him and reveals to Charlie how disappointed he is in him because he would not have fought for him. That was all he had ever wanted. Charlie then replies that Max deserves something better than him. After talking to Bailey, Charlie drives to Debra and Marvin's house and asks for one last chance to get something right at least once. Atom is seen standing on the street and Charlie announces that the fight against Zeus will take place.
When it finally comes to the fight, the prices are high that Atom does not even survive the first of five rounds against Zeus, as he is so far undefeated and has ended his fights in the second round at the latest. The first blow from Zeus sends Atom to the boards, but he manages to get up again. Despite several rainfall, Atom made it to the fourth round with difficulty. Due to the many hits, however, the speech recognition fails, so that Atom no longer reacts to Charlie's commands and is only saved from a KO by the gong. Max talks to Charlie until Charlie agrees to act as a shadow boxer on the edge of the ring to show the movements that Atom is supposed to imitate with the help of the shadow function. In this way it is possible to bring Zeus to the brink of defeat, especially since his energy reserves are running out, until he can finally no longer strike for a short time. Atom uses the chance and punches him until he has knocked down Zeus and Zeus is counted. Zeus, however, manages to get himself back on his feet and despite the further blows that Atom repeatedly hit him, he just wins on points. Zeus' financier, Farra Lemcova, announces that although it took longer, the result is what was planned.
Despite Atom's defeat, the referee names him the champion of hearts or the people and he is celebrated by him and cheered by the audience.
History of origin
Real Steel is based on the 1956 short story "Steel" by Richard Matheson . This was broadcast in 1963 as a result of the series The Twilight Zone . According to MovieJones, “Real Steel 2” was already planned, a sequel that should be realized as soon as possible depending on the success of the first film.
production
The film was directed by Shawn Levy , who previously directed primarily comedies.
The original screenplay, written by Dan Gilroy, was purchased by DreamWorks in 2005 for $ 850,000. According to The Hollywood Reporter , DreamWorks bought the project in 2003.
The film was one of 17 projects DreamWorks took on when it split from Paramount Pictures in 2008. Director Peter Berg expressed interest in the film in mid-2009, but postponed it. Levy joined the project in September 2009, and the lead role was cast by Hugh Jackman in November . That same month, Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider from DreamWorks gave the project the go-ahead. According to Variety , insiders reported a budget of $ 80 million.
Les Bohem and Jeremy Leven were working on Gilroy's script, but in 2009 John Gatins started a new draft. After Levy joined the project, he revised the script with Gatins. Matheson's story is emotionally chilled with dystopia , but Levy put the action in State Fair - and other "old-fashioned" Americana settings to create nostalgia and add a warmer touch to the father-son story.
The film has been filmed primarily in Michigan , including the Detroit area , since shooting began in June 2010 .
The creators produced 19 animatronic robots for use in scenes with human actors. Motion capture was used for the scenes in which the robots box each other . Boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard served as a model for these scenes.
Four exclusive presentation trailers of the robots were created for the film, namely “Noisy Boy”, “Twin Cities”, “Atom” and “Zeus”.
marketing
The first trailer for Real Steel was released by DreamWorks in December 2010 and the second came out in May 2011. While the film features boxing robots, Levy wanted the trailer to be the "father-son drama, the emotions, the kind of rousing sport, show the American in it ”. The film, Levy says, shows a lot of robot boxing, but that's just part of a broader spectrum. In addition to marketing trailers and posters, DreamWorks hired British advertising company Five33 to build large advertising models representing the film, as they did for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides .
There is an extraordinary amount of product placement in the film itself . Among other things, Max only drinks Dr Pepper , many computer products are from HP and the arena in which the final takes place is called the “ bing arena”. In this arena, the advertising board is shown with a special trip of the camera , on which various (partially not yet introduced) products and brands can be seen. These include B. Sprint Corporation , the Xbox 720, which was traded as a possible name for the successor to the Xbox 360 , Mercedes-Benz , Coca-Cola , Cadillac , Del Taco and a few others.
publication
Real Steel was originally scheduled to be released on November 18, 2011. However, the date has been brought forward to October 7, 2011 in order to avoid a competition with the film Breaking Dawn - Until the End of the Night - Part 1 . After another postponement, the film was finally released on November 3, 2011. In addition to traditional movie theaters, Real Steel has also been shown in IMAX theaters to suit audiences between 18 and 34 years of age.
reception
While the film got off to an average start in the USA (opening weekend: US $ 27.3 million), it was still a success from a global perspective. The final grossing-in total was US $ 295,468,508, of which US $ 210 million was earned outside the US alone. This makes it one of the most successful "athlete" dramas of all time.
The film came in the criticism of divided opinions:
"The simple, but with brilliant fight scenes, mixture of robot spectacle and father-son drama counteracts its childish-futuristic content with a nostalgia anchored in the set design and the dialogues, which reminds old industrial America as much as the classic sports film."
“Somehow the two stories about robot martial arts and the father-son relationship don't really go together. In addition, the computer effects in the robot battles weren't really successful. Director Shawn Levy ('Night at the Museum') apparently had no choice but to put together the incompatible stories. So it is not surprising that a lot is wrong and everything seems bumpy and bumpy. One would have expected better entertainment from the Australian Hollywood star Hugh Jackman. "
"Levy tells the old story of the good-for-nothing father who learns what responsibility and love mean through the encounter with his son who is hungry for closeness, with the same grand gestures and sentimental tricks that have become the standards of the dream factory at the latest since the beginning of the sound film era counting."
“In two central scenes, father and son merge with their proxy robot. The son, by performing dance moves before the fights, which the robot performs in exactly the same way - shadow mode is the name of this way of controlling him. And the father, by showing the robot the boxing movements that it has to perform in the decisive fight. It goes without saying that in this scene he also puts aside his trauma. And this is how you learn in this film: Saving fathers is great! The Oedipal conflicts come soon enough. Good for those who have a friendly combat robot as a loyal shadow! "
Awards (selection)
Dakota Goyo received the Young Artist Award in the category Best Actor in a Feature Film in 2012 for his portrayal . Danny Elfman received a BMI Film & TV Award for his music . The production was nominated for an Oscar in 2012 in the category Best Visual Effects .
Web links
- Real Steel at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Real Steel in the German dubbing file
- www.steelgetsreal.com - Official English website
supporting documents
- ↑ a b Real Steel. Movie review. In: tvspielfilm.de . TV SPIELFILM, accessed February 19, 2016 .
- ↑ Release certificate for Real Steel . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , September 2011 (PDF; test number: 129 186 K).
- ↑ Age rating for Real Steel . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ Tele5 interview with Steven Gätjen ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 13, 2012
- ↑ Incredible Stories: Steel (1963). IMDb.com, Inc., accessed June 25, 2011 .
- ↑ Author is already working on "Real Steel 2". moviejones.de, April 15, 2011, accessed June 25, 2011 .
- ↑ a b c Tatiana Siegel, Marc Graser: Hugh Jackman to star in 'Real Steel' . In: Variety . November 23, 2009 (English, variety.com [accessed November 23, 2009]).
- ↑ a b c 'Museum' director Shawn Levy is new man of 'Steel' , Reuters . September 16, 2009.
- ↑ Michael Fleming: Levy in for 'bots of' Steel ' . In: Variety . September 15, 2009.
- ↑ Michael Fleming: Hugh Jackman boxed in for Levy . In: Variety . September 30, 2009.
- ↑ a b Anthony Breznican: In Hugh Jackman's 'Real Steel,' the robot titans go pugilistic . In: USA Today , June 18, 2010.
- ↑ Pamela McClintock: Goyo added to Levy's 'Steel' . In: Variety . March 15, 2010.
- ↑ 62641 Hugh Jackman to Film Real Steel in Michigan , ComingSoon.net. January 22, 2010. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
- ↑ Movie trailer: 'Real Steel' starring Hugh Jackman . In: The Independent , December 10, 2010.
- ↑ Anthony Breznican: 'Real Steel' trailer: Hugh Jackman and director Shawn Levy discuss the human element in their robo-boxing movie . In: Entertainment Weekly , May 10, 2011.
- ↑ Marc Graser: Pic promos get physical . In: Variety . May 26, 2011.
- ↑ Real Steel's Over-the-Top Product Placements ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 27, 2012
- ↑ Xbox 720 product placement in Real Steel Hugh Jackman sci-fi flick , accessed May 27, 2012.
- ↑ Pamela McClintock: DreamWorks' holiday 'War Horse' . In: Variety . October 13, 2010.
- ↑ Evan Vlessing: Imax to Distribute Two Touchstone releases . In: The Hollywood Reporter . December 7, 2010.
- ^ Real Steel. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed September 17, 2017 .
- ^ Real Steel. In: prisma.de. prisma-Verlag , accessed on September 17, 2017 .
- ↑ Sascha Westphal: Hugh Jackman is a very lousy robot trainer on welt.de from November 2, 2011, accessed on January 3, 2012
- ↑ Dirk Knipphals: Die Schattenboxer on taz.de from November 3, 2011, accessed on January 3, 2012
