Sinola
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Sinola |
| Original title | Joe Kidd |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1972 |
| length | 88 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | John Sturges |
| script | Elmore Leonard |
| production |
Sidney Beckerman Robert Daley |
| music | Lalo Schifrin |
| camera | Bruce Surtees |
| cut | Ferris Webster |
| occupation | |
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Sinola (Original title: Joe Kidd ) is an American western from 1972 directed by John Sturges .
action
At the end of the 19th century, horse breeder Joe Kidd was on trial for poaching in the small US town of Sinola, New Mexico . On the same day, the land claims of the Mexican small farmers are to be negotiated, whose title deeds were destroyed in a fire. While Joe Kidd stands before the judge, the political activist Luis Chama storms the courtroom with a group of Mexican-American farmers. Chama announces an uprising by the peasants against the large landowners and the planned railway construction. Kidd is able to prevent a planned hostage-taking of the judge, but then wanders back into his cell. Meanwhile, Chama and his followers flee to the mountains. The pursuit by Bob Mitchell, the Sinola Sheriff , is abandoned without result. No sooner has one on Chama bounty exposed, even diving bounty hunter in town.
The landowner Frank Harlan approaches Joe Kidd, who is still sitting in his cell. He has gathered a group of bounty hunters to hunt Chama; he wants to hire Kidd as a guide because he knows his way around the mountains. Harlan is only concerned with eliminating Chama, as he would lose much of his land if the smallholder claims were actually enforced. Harlan pays bail for Kidd, who refuses to take part in the search for Chama and rides back to his ranch . In the meantime this was attacked and his horses were stolen from Chama. Now Kidd joins Harlan and his men.
When Harlan shoots several Mexicans, Kidd realizes what this is really about. During their search, they meet Chama's mistress, Helen Sanchez. You take them with you. When they reach the Mexican mountain village in which they suspect Chama, they are shot at from the surrounding mountains. Harlan then has the villagers rounded up at the church and gives Chama an ultimatum . If he did not surrender by dawn, hostages would be shot. Kidd, who turned against Harlan, is held captive in the church with the hostages. But with the help of the clergyman, he manages to get a weapon. First he switches off his guards, at the last moment prevents the shooting of the hostages with a shootout and flees into the mountains with Helen. When he finds Chama, he tries to persuade him to face the sheriff and let the judge clarify the land claims. Helen supports him, but he only succeeds with the help of gun violence. Kidd lets Harlan know that Chama is on his way to Sinola, whereupon he and his men leave the mountain village and the hostages are free.
Harlan is able to hold up the train to Sinola, making him the first to reach the city. When Kidd and Chama try to get to Sinola Court, they are shot at by bounty hunters. In order to get into town anyway, Kidd takes the train straight into the town's saloon . A firefight ensues in which Kidd first kills Harlan's followers and finally kills Harlan's himself. Chama surrenders to the sheriff, Joe Kidd packs his things and leaves Sinola with Helen.
background
The screenplay was written by Elmore Leonard , who had previously written templates for the westerns Um Kopf und Kragen , Count to Three and Pray , He was called Hombre and Valdez , and whose books were later filmed in Schnaps Shorty , Jackie Brown and Out of Sight , among others . Sinola was the penultimate western from director John Sturges , who created a western classic with The Magnificent Seven in 1960. The music was composed by Lalo Schifrin , who is best known for his theme music for Mission Impossible .
criticism
“John Sturges (…) has made infinitely better films than this one. (...) The photography is undeniably beautiful, but there comes a point when we've had too many mountains and too little plot. "
“John Sturges (...) made far better films than this one. (...) The shots are undeniably beautiful, but there comes a point where we've seen too many mountains and too little action. "
“Late westerly of Hollywood routine Sturges, who gives his main actor Clint Eastwood ample opportunity to cultivate his image: The figure of the lone avenger is a refined Django variant. In its sometimes very cynical glorification of the law of the thumb and vigilante justice, the well-designed film clearly tries to keep up with the requirements of the Spaghetti Western. "
Trivia
Noteworthy in the film is the use of modern firearms that were developed just before the turn of the century; Leading actor Eastwood shoots several rapid-fire volleys typical of this model with a Mauser C96 at the bounty hunters, later he duels over a long distance with a telescopic hunting rifle with a then new 98 repeating system with one of the bandits.
Web links
- Sinola in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Sinola atrotten tomatoes(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ criticism (English)
- ↑ Sinola. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .