Singles - lonely together

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Movie
German title Singles - lonely together
Original title Singles
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1992
length 95 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Cameron Crowe
script Cameron Crowe
production Cameron Crowe,
Richard Hashimoto
music Paul Westerberg
camera Tak Fujimoto ,
Ueli Steiger
cut Richard Chew
occupation
The apartment building, one of the main locations in the film

Singles - Lonely together (Original title: Singles ) is an American comedy film from 1992 . The director was Cameron Crowe , who also wrote the script . The main roles were played by Bridget Fonda , Campbell Scott and Kyra Sedgwick .

action

The film tells the stories of a group of young people in their mid-twenties from Seattle , who are all looking for the love of their lives, in various adjacent storylines .

Environmental activist Linda Powell had some messed up relationships when she met transportation planner Steve Dunne at a rock concert. Steve hasn't been very lucky in love either; Nevertheless, both of them immediately spark. In an effort not to screw it up this time, Steve wants to give Linda "enough space"; however, she believes she will be left behind again. In the to and fro of feelings, both reluctantly approach each other. When Linda becomes pregnant, Steve wants to marry her; but when she loses the baby in an accident, she separates from him, believing that he only asked her out of a sense of duty. Steve, however, lets her go out of discouragement. Both have to learn to stand by their own feelings before they can finally find each other.

The petite student Janet Livermore is in love with her roommate, the weird grunge musician Cliff Poncier. But he likes busty sirens and is not otherwise a child of sadness; he has little to do with the more conventional Janet (who wants a man who says "God bless you" to her when she sneezes). In order to finally be noticed by Cliff, Janet decides to have a breast augmentation performed. The plastic surgeon Jeffrey Jamison, who is supposed to perform the operation, advises her against: from his point of view, it is perfect. Janet realizes that her real worth has nothing to do with Cliff's image of women - and parting with her illusion. At that moment she begins to get interesting to Cliff; suddenly he sees her with new eyes and makes an honest effort to look after her.

Energetic media woman Debbie Hunt knows what she wants: the perfect man. However, the personal search for him is too strenuous for her, and so she uses the services of a placement agency. Debbie has to realize, however, that Prince Charming is not available to order: nobody loves her shrill earrings (that is, her real self beyond the yuppie facade). Only when she lets go can happiness come to her: "Now look at these fantastic earrings".

The cynical Baily, bon vivant and "maitre d´" by trade, presents himself as a bohemian in the style of French films. Will it win a woman's heart with it?

Reviews

The film will u. a. referred to as one of the successful portraits of young people in the 1990s , but sometimes the film is also accused of treating certain topics only superficially. The music for the film received strong praise.

The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was "episodically staged" and "very attentive to the details" . He decay "towards the end in harmony pregnant Hollywood stereotypes" .

The editorial staff of the TV magazine Prisma said: Cameron Crowe made this very well-acted, beautiful comedy about the problems of singles who go through both the ups and downs of love almost every day.

Awards

The song Would? of Alice in Chains was in 1993 for the MTV Movie Award nomination.

backgrounds

The film was shot in Seattle . It grossed approximately $ 18.5 million in US cinemas .

The soundtrack includes a. Songs by Chris Cornell , Mudhoney , Smashing Pumpkins , Soundgarden and Paul Westerberg . Three band members (Eddie Vedder, Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard) of Pearl Jam starred in the film, for which they also contributed two tracks to the soundtrack, as members of the film band Citizen Dick . The bands Soundgarden and Alice in Chains as well as Tad Doyle from the band Tad also had appearances in the film.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Singles - Lonely Together in the Lexicon of International FilmsTemplate: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used , accessed on October 13, 2008
  2. ↑ Singles - Lonely together , prisma.de
  3. ^ Filming locations for Singles , accessed October 13, 2008
  4. ↑ Box office / business for Singles , accessed October 13, 2008
  5. ↑ Soundtracks for Singles , accessed October 13, 2008
  6. ↑ 8 Great Grunge Rocker Movie Cameos , accessed September 5, 2015