Game on probation
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Game on probation |
| Original title | Gridiron gear |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2006 |
| length | 126 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Phil Joanou |
| script | Jeff Maguire |
| production |
Neal H. Moritz , Lee Stanley |
| music | Trevor Rabin |
| camera | Jeff Cutter |
| cut | Joel Negron |
| occupation | |
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Probation Game (original title Gridiron Gang ) is an American film from 2006 . The leading roles are played by Dwayne Johnson and Xzibit . The sports drama is directed by Phil Joanou, based on the script by Jeff Maguire . The film is based on the true story of the Kilpatrick Mustangs during the 1990 football season.
action
Sean Porter is a probation officer at a juvenile detention center where he and his colleague, Malcolm Moore, plan to turn a group of juvenile felons into a football team in four weeks. Faced with gang rivalries and hatred between members of his team, Porter tries to instill a sense of self-respect and responsibility in the inmates. Despite initial difficulties, they even make it to the playoffs and win. But then you lose the game for the championship. Still, some players continue to play football , only this time professionally.
Since, according to statistics, around 75 percent of these young inmates return to jail or end up dead on the street, Porter and Moore face seemingly insurmountable hurdles. In addition, nobody wants to compete against convicted criminals. Only through hard work and a lot of motivation can Porter and his team fight their way to a second chance.
backgrounds
The premiere in the USA was on September 15, 2006. In Germany, the film opened in cinemas on January 4, 2007. Probation game is based on a true story. It was inspired by the award-winning 1993 documentary of the same name and filmed on location. Production costs amounted to approximately 30 million US dollars . On its box office weekend, the film grossed 15 million US dollars in the USA and landed at number 1 on the US cinema charts. The film grossed around $ 38 million in the US and $ 50 million worldwide. During a training scene in the film, Dwayne Johnson wears the number 94 on his jersey, which he also wore during his time with the Miami Hurricanes . The logo of the Mustangs in the movie is the same as that of the Calgary Stampeders in the Canadian Football League . It was at this club that Dwayne Johnson played after college, but he was injured and removed from the squad.
Press and reviews
Admittedly, the story is not original for Peter Uehling. “The film is not afraid to move its audience in a conventional way. Nevertheless, it is also strong in its straightforwardness. He does not soften his characters psychologically, does not impose any underlying motivations on them, but sums up their objective problem situations: This has happened, these are the consequences, and you can do that against it. The film doesn't spell this out with all harshness, it is probably designed a bit too warm and soft in the light and camera. In doing so, however, he also distances himself from cheap, blatant images of brutality and misery. ” January 4, 2007 | Berlin newspaper
According to Michael Kohler, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is becoming an unmistakable sign of a well-done B-Picture. The “mixture of genres is not particularly original from an aesthetic point of view, but it is very solidly staged and equipped with the necessary pinch of reality. A liberal spirit wafts through this true story break-up drama behind bars, and one can surmise that this is precisely what influenced The Rocks' choice of roles. The impression of factual accuracy try not to harden only in citing the actual recidivism rate, but up in individual terms in director Phil Joanou and author Jeff Maguire. " January 2, 2007 | film service 01/2007
As Margret Köhler knows, “By the way, it was actually shot at Camp Kilpatrick in order to maintain authenticity. And some ex-Mustang players also work as extras. Although Joanou loses the fate of his protégés a bit towards the end and is primarily interested in their sporting achievements, when the credits run from the documentary and reports how members of the first team found their way into a life without crime and that GAME ON PRESERVATION have passed, one is reconciled again. ” January 1, 2007 | br-online.de
synchronization
The film was dubbed into German by Scalamedia in Munich . Dialogue director led Peter Woratz for a dialogue book by Eva Schaaf .
| Surname | Position in the team | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Porter | Trainer | Dwayne Johnson | Ingo Albrecht |
| Malcolm Moore | Assistant coach | Xzibit | Tobias Kluckert |
| Paul Higa | - | Leon Rippy | |
| Ted Dexter | - | Kevin Dunn | Gudo Hoegel |
| Bug Wendal | Water carrier | Brandon Mychal Smith | |
| Miguel Perez | player | Danny Martinez | Johannes Raspe |
| Junior Palaita | player | Setu Taase | Dominik Auer |
| Kelvin Owens | player | David V. Thomas | |
| Kenny Bates | player | Trever O'Brien | Benedikt Weber |
| Donald Madlock | player | James Earl | |
| Leon Hayes | player | Mo Mc Rea | Manuel Straube |
| Willie Weathers | player | Jade Yorker | Stefan Günther |
| Jamal Evans | Kit manager | Jamal Mixon |
Web links
- Gridiron Gang at the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for play on probation . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , December 2006 (PDF; test number: 108 391 K).
- ↑ German synchronous files. German synchronous index , accessed on September 22, 2016 .