Safecrackers or thieves have a hard time

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Movie
German title Safecrackers or thieves have a hard time
Original title Welcome to Collinwood
Country of production United States , Germany
original language English
Publishing year 2002
length 86 minutes
Age rating FSK / JMK 6
Rod
Director Anthony Russo ,
Joe Russo
script Anthony Russo,
Joe Russo
production George Clooney ,
Steven Soderbergh
music Mark Mothersbaugh
camera Charles Minsky ,
Lisa Rinzler
cut Amy E. Duddleston
occupation

Safecrackers or Thieves have a hard time is an American film from 2002 . It is a remake of the Italian comedy film I Soliti ignoti from 1958. The script comes from the two directors , brothers Anthony and Joe Russo . The film was produced by George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh . Clooney also plays a small role himself.

action

The petty criminals Cosimo comes for car theft into prison . An old fellow prisoner tells him about a supposedly surefire plan for a break-in (a so-called "Bellini") that he can no longer carry out himself because he has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Cosimo causes his lover Rosalind to get him a scapegoat (a so-called "Mullinski"), who is to be convicted for the crime in his place so that he can carry out the break-in. However, the small crook Pero hired to do so is so clumsy that both are convicted. While in custody, he elicits the mysterious plan from Cosimo before he is released early. Then he tries to carry out the "Bellini" with four accomplices. Pretty much anything that can go wrong goes wrong.

Trivia

Two of the most famous songs by the Italian chansonnier Paolo Conte were used for the soundtrack : Via con me and Comme di.

The original name of the film Welcome to Collinwood, named after the location of the action, Collinwood , a shabby suburb of Cleveland , Ohio . The German title is a literal translation of the original Italian title.

In addition to the Italian original Diebe haben's haben's (original title: I soliti ignoti), there is a similarity to the American film Crackers from 1984.

Clooney and Soderbergh became aware of the Russo brothers while they were filming Ocean's Eleven , and were intrigued by the fact that their material, while also a heist movie, was the exact opposite of their own film because it featured unsuccessful, seedy crooks instead of shows smart, stylish master thieves.

criticism

“The story of classic loser types told from an ironic distance, turning the standard situations of the caper movie into its opposite. Oscillating between sympathy for the fate of its characters and forced bizarre , the film only convinces in places as a comedy. "

- Lexicon of international film

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Safecrackers or thieves have a hard time. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed May 28, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used