Sinners

Movie
German title	Sinners
Original title	Stateside
Country of production	USA , Germany
original language	English
Publishing year	2004
length	97 minutes
Rod
Director	Reverge Anselmo
script	Reverge Anselmo
production	Reverge Anselmo, ; Robert Greenhut , ; Bonnie Wells-Hlinomaz
music	Joel McNeely
camera	Adam Holender , ; Tom Priestley Jr.
cut	Suzy Elmiger
occupation
	Rachael Leigh Cook : Dori Lawrence; Jonathan Tucker : Mark Deloach; Agnes Bruckner : Sue Dubois; Val Kilmer : Staff Sergeant Skeer; Joe Mantegna : Gil Deloach; Carrie Fisher : Mrs. Dubois; Diane Venora : Mrs. Hengen; Ed Begley junior : Father Concoff; Michael Goduti : Gregory Tripodi; Daniel Franzese : Danny Tripodi; Paul Le Mat : Dori's doctor; Bridget Barkan : Francine; Billy Lush : Nando; Brian Geraghty : Chris; Joanne Pankow : Sister Olga; Zena Gray : Gina Deloach; Peter Jurasik : Hector Pelusso; Penny Marshall : Lt. Chevetone;

Sinners (Original title: Stateside ) is an American - German drama directed by Reverge Anselmo from 2004 .

action

The action takes place in the 1980s. Mark Deloach comes from a privileged family and attends a Catholic school. While drunk, he causes a traffic accident in which two people are injured, which leads to a lawsuit. The judge offers Deloach to join the U.S. Marines to avoid punishment. The boy agrees.

Deloach meets the actress and singer Dori Lawrence, with whom he falls in love. It turns out that Lawrence has schizophrenia and is hospitalized. Deloach's unit moves to Beirut . Deloach is injured and honorably discharged after two years. He meets Lawrence, who has been discharged from the hospital and who is hoping to marry him.

Reviews

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on May 21, 2004 that the plot was similar to the plot of a soap opera . Some scenes are confusing; the film seems like a collection of the director's notes. The representations are strong, but the style of the dialogues would weaken their effect.

Sheri Linden described the film in The Hollywood Reporter magazine on May 7, 2004 as an " unfulfilled promise ". The central love story is not interesting enough. The portrayal of Jonathan Tucker was praised as " fresh " and " convincing ". Rachael Leigh Cook brings " restlessness " into her rather clichéd role.

Peter Travers scoffed in Rolling Stone magazine on May 18, 2004 that the plot contained more sub-strings than an entire season of the television series OC, California . He praised the portrayal of Jonathan Tucker as " very good " (" very fine ").

Awards

Reverge Anselmo won an award from the Sonoma Valley Film Festival in 2004 .

background

The film was shot in New York City and North Carolina . Its production amounted to an estimated 16 million US dollars . The film was shown on April 3, 2004 at the Sonoma Film Festival ; on May 8, 2004, it was screened at the Tribeca Film Festival . It grossed approximately $ 174,000 in US cinemas.

Web links

Individual evidence

[1] Review by Roger Ebert, accessed on August 24, 2007

[2] Review by Sheri Linden, accessed on August 24, 2007 ( Memento from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

[3] Review by Peter Travers, accessed August 24, 2007

[4] Filming locations for Stateside, accessed August 24, 2007

[5] Box office / business for Stateside, accessed August 24, 2007

[6] Stateside premiere dates, accessed August 24, 2007