Stand up guys
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Stand up guys |
| Original title | Stand up guys |
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| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2012 |
| length | 94 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Fisher Stevens |
| script | Noah Haidle |
| production |
Sidney Kimmel , Tom Rosenberg , Gary Lucchesi , Jim Tauber |
| music |
Lyle Workman , Jon Bon Jovi |
| camera | Michael Grady |
| cut | Mark Livolsi |
| occupation | |
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Stand Up Guys (English for "reliable loyal friends") is a gangster comedy by Fisher Stevens with Al Pacino , Christopher Walken and Alan Arkin in the lead roles. The film premiered on October 12, 2012 at the Chicago International Film Festival and ran in North America on February 1, 2013. For Fisher Stevens, who has been an actor since 1981, it was the directorial debut.
action
After 28 years in prison, Val is picked up by his best friend Doc. Both decide to celebrate the discharge in the evening. When Val is freshening up at the sink, Doc draws a pistol, but immediately hides it again - unnoticed by Val. Val was a member of a gang of criminals who accidentally killed the son of gang boss Claphands in a shooting. Val took responsibility for death and did not betray anyone for 28 years. All but Doc of the old cronies broke off contact with him.
Doc calls Claphands and it becomes clear that his job is to kill Val. Claphands blackmailed Doc by threatening his life if Val isn't dead by 10:00 a.m. the next morning. After going to a brothel, a nightclub and some drug use, Val realizes that Doc is supposed to murder him. He accepts his fate and wants to visit his old friend Hirsch again. With a stolen car belonging to other criminals, they wander through the night and have some adventures with Hirsch. He then falls asleep peacefully and they bury him. Val gives a sentimental speech at the grave.
At dawn Doc and Val go to Doc's hangout where Val has his hangman's meal. Val Doc's affection for the pretty waitress Alex is noticed. Doc admits to Val that she is his granddaughter but that he never told her. Doc calls Claphands again and asks him to show mercy again. Doc then tells Doc that he will not only murder him but also Alex if Val does not die by 10 a.m. This threat causes Doc to reconsider the assignment to kill Val. He writes Alex a letter in which he reveals himself and bequeaths her his money, his apartment and his paintings. Then he and Val go to the warehouse where Claphands works and start shooting at him and his killers. The outcome remains uncertain, but the ending suggests that both will die fighting the gangsters in a duel. The last shot shows the sunset over the warehouse, which corresponds exactly to a painting by Doc.
Reviews
The reviews were mixed overall. The rating of the film at Rotten Tomatoes was 37% positive from a total of 107 reviews. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3½ out of 4 stars and especially praised Christopher Walken. He also said that director Stevens had staged Noah Haidle's revealing script for no particular reason, other than to place his actors in a standard setting. The lexicon of international films judged: "Melancholic gangster film that relies more on the interaction of its furious old stars than on action and confronts them tragicomically with the end of their lives." Mick LaSalle from the San Francisco Chronicle gave a very enthusiastic review and praised the performance by Pacino and Walken.
Awards
At the 2013 Golden Globes awards , the film was nominated for a prize in the Best Original Song category for Not Running Anymore by Jon Bon Jovi .
Production note
With a budget of 15 million dollars the film played only 3.31 million.
Web links
- Stand Up Guys in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Stand Up Guys atRotten Tomatoes(English)
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Stand Up Guys . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , May 2013 (PDF; test number: 138 977 V).
- ↑ Meaning for "stand-up guy". dict.cc, accessed July 14, 2014.
- ↑ Christopher Rosen: 'Stand Up Guys' Trailer: Al Pacino, Christopher Walken & Alan Arkin Are Goodfellas. The Huffington Post , September 13, 2012, accessed July 14, 2014 .
- ^ Stand Up Guys (2013). Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved July 14, 2014 .
- ↑ Roger Ebert : Stand Up Guys. January 30, 2013, accessed on February 4, 2013 (English): “Apart from any objective ranking of the actors, Walken is a spice in any screenplay, and in 'Stand Up Guys,' there's room for at least as much spice as goulash. Director Fisher Stevens begins with a permissive screenplay by Noah Haidle that exists in no particular city, for no particular reason other than to give the actors the pleasure of riffing through more or less standard set-pieces. "
- ↑ Stand Up Guys. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Mick LaSalle: Stand Up Guys review: Wonderful touches . In: San Francisco Chronicle . January 31, 2013. Accessed February 1, 2013.
- ↑ 70th Golden Globe Awards Nominations. deadline.com, December 13, 2012, accessed July 14, 2014 .
- ↑ Stand Up Guys ( Memento of the original from April 10, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ box office results
