Game on time
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Game on time |
| Original title | Snake eyes |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1998 |
| length | 94 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 (16 for the DVD from 2005) |
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| Director | Brian De Palma |
| script | Brian De Palma, David Koepp |
| production | Brian De Palma, Louis A. Stroller |
| music | Ryuichi Sakamoto |
| camera | Stephen H. Burum |
| cut | Bill Pankow |
| occupation | |
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Zeit auf Zeit (Original title: Snake Eyes ) is an American thriller from 1998 . The director was Brian De Palma , who wrote the script together with David Koepp . The main role was played by Nicolas Cage .
action
Rick Santoro is an Atlantic City police officer . He is supposed to secure a boxing match in a hall attached to a casino; the US Secretary of Defense visits the fight and is shot dead. Kevin Dunne, an employee of the ministerial officer, US Navy officer and Rick's friend, shoots the murderer, an Arab terrorist. A woman who spoke to the minister shortly before is suspected of being the mastermind. Rick finds the woman, Julia Costello, who discovered deficiencies in a weapon system and wanted to hand over evidence to the minister. She could see Kevin talking to the Arab before the murder. Thereupon Rick locks her in a protected room. The viewer learns that Kevin planned the murder on behalf of gun manufacturer Gilbert Powell.
When Rick is checking the video recordings backing Julia's testimony, Kevin is surprised. He says the development of the system is very important for the Navy, demands the extradition of the woman and offers Rick 1 million dollars for it. When Rick refuses, he is beaten up by boxer Tyler and passed out. When he comes to, he stumbles to Julia, followed by Kevin. A police patrol car happened to appear in front of the building, in front of which there was a television crew. Rick and Julia can save themselves, Kevin shoots himself in front of the camera. Rick becomes a hero; but has to answer for his corruption. In the last scene, Julia reports that the development of the weapon system has stopped.
Reviews
James Berardinelli wrote on ReelViews that the "bad" ending would "ruin" the otherwise good film. He also doubted whether Nicolas Cage would be the right person to cast Rick Santoro . Berardinelli noted that it would be unusual for the action of a thriller to take place in real time.
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on August 7, 1998 that the film would be the worst kind of bad film. Only the opening sequence, in which the camera follows Nicolas Cage for a full twelve minutes with no visible cuts, was described as “wonderful”. The end disappointed him.
Awards
Nicolas Cage won the Blockbuster Entertainment Award in 1999 , Gary Sinise and Carla Gugino were nominated for the Blockbuster Entertainment Award .
backgrounds
Production costs amounted to about 73 million US dollars , the film played in the United States about US $ 55 million and worldwide about 104 million US dollars.
The film begins with a very long tracking shot that introduces the main characters of the film. Many film reviews write that this tracking shot lasts over 20 minutes and does not require any cuts. In fact, it is exactly 12:50 minutes and contains eight very cleverly placed cuts that are not obvious to the viewer.
Web links
- Snake Eyes in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Play on time in the online film database
- Snake Eyes at Metacritic (English)
- Snake Eyes at Rotten Tomatoes (English)