The Circle (2017)
| Movie | |
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| German title | The Circle |
| Original title | The Circle |
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| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2017 |
| length | 110 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 12 JMK 6 |
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| Director | James Ponsoldt |
| script | James Ponsoldt |
| production |
Anthony Bregman , Gary Goetzman , Tom Hanks , James Ponsoldt |
| music | Danny Elfman |
| camera | Matthew Libatique |
| cut | Lisa Lassek |
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The Circle is an American science fiction - thriller from the year 2017 . The film is based on the dystopian novel Der Circle (original title The Circle ) by Dave Eggers from 2013, which tells of a near future in which a huge corporation offers the services of Facebook , Google and Apple from a single source and thus a big one Amount of information received about customers. In doing so, however, the company undermines the privacy of the population and can thus control almost all interpersonal interactions. Directed by James Ponsoldt , who also adapted the script for the film. The film was released in US cinemas on April 28, 2017 and in German cinemas on September 7, 2017.
action
Young, ambitious Mae graduated with a degree in psychology but was working a temporary job when, with the help of her friend Annie, she got a dream job at The Circle , the world's most influential tech company and social media giant. The company's most important innovation is TruYou : It brings together all of a person's user profiles, e-mail and online accounts as well as payment systems and converts them into a single online identity with which one can log in centrally for all services. The group offers its employees a comprehensive health program that is technically state-of-the-art. Mae's father, who has multiple sclerosis, also benefits from it.
On the company premises, she meets the loner Ty. Later it turns out that he is Tyler Lafitte, inventor of TruYou and co-founder of Circles , of which she had assumed he was hiding. He observes the company's development critically from a distance.
During her induction, the employees make it very friendly but unmistakably clear that she is expected to take part in the company's "voluntary" activities and to record all of her online accounts with TruYou so that all employees can "get to know her". Then she posts more private things, including the picture of a self-made deer antler chandelier by her friend Mercer. Only later does she find out that he was bombarded with hateful comments and therefore withdrew from her.
At first she is not very comfortable with this corporate culture, because in her free time she prefers to go out on the water alone in a kayak to be able to switch off. But at the first in-house presentation, their attitude slowly changes. There, CEO Eamon Bailey demonstrates his latest gadget : a marble-sized camera with a wireless satellite connection that can be attached to any surface and continuously sends video streams to the network. He praises the possibilities that the SeeChange company project opens up: If everyone can see everything at any time, tyrants and terrorists would no longer have a chance. In doing so, he demands total transparency. Mae remains skeptical, but after a kayak accident that she only survived thanks to the wireless cameras, she agrees to wear a body camera around the clock and thus be observed by everyone in the world. Mae quickly becomes the face of the company.
At the presentation of SoulSearch , a new software that, with the help of users, can track down anyone anywhere in the world within just 20 minutes, the CEOs and the audience force them to use the reclusive Mercer as a demonstration object. A real public hunt begins, in which he is followed by drones and filming fans. While trying to escape, he falls off a bridge in his car and dies.
Mae then withdraws from the public and the company to her parents' home. After a few days, however, she decides to return and is asked by Bailey to go on stage at a presentation. With the help of Ty Lafitte and without the knowledge of the other two company founders, she cracked their secret e-mail accounts and made them public during the presentation. Mae proclaims that privacy was only a phase and announces the absolute transparency of all people.
At the end of the film you can see them kayaking accompanied by drones.
production
Background and staff
The film is based on the dystopian novel Der Circle (original title The Circle ) by Dave Eggers from 2013, which tells of a near future. Here Eggers asks whether, in an age of social media and surrounded by modern communication technology, people still have control over who can access personal information that affects their lives. Directed by James Ponsoldt , who also adapted the script for the film.
Cast and dubbing
Emma Watson took on the lead role of Mae Holland. Alicia Vikander was originally supposed to take on this role. In terms of social media and being in the spotlight, Watson sees certain parallels between Mae Holland's life in the film and her own: “Sometimes you feel like it controls me and not I control it. It's getting power over my life in a strange way. I have the feeling that one should gain more distance from the whole thing. Especially since I made the film. ” Tom Hanks can be seen in the role of Bailey, the charismatic founder of the company and the new boss of Holland. His interest in this role became known back in 2014. John Boyega played Tyler Lafitte and Karen Gillan played Annie in the film. As Mae's father, Bill Paxton can be seen in his last film role.
The German synchronization was carried out by Scalamedia GmbH in Berlin . The dialogue book is by Matthias Lange , dialogue director was Cay-Michael Wolf .
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Mae Holland | Emma Watson | Gabrielle Pietermann |
| Eamon Bailey | Tom Hanks | Thomas Nero Wolff |
| Annie | Karen Gillan | Anja Stadlober |
| Bonnie Holland | Glenne Headly | Sabine Falkenberg |
| Vinnie Holland | Bill Paxton | Stefan Gossler |
| Tyler "Ty" Lafitte | John Boyega | Stefan Günther |
| Tom Stenton | Patton Oswalt | Hans Hohlbein |
| Mercer | Ellar Coltrane | Patrick Baehr |
| Dr. Villalobos | Poorna Jagannathan | Mareile Moeller |
| Jared | Mamoudou Athie | Tobias Schmidt |
| Dan | Nate Corddry | Armin Schlagwein |
| Sabine | Elvy Yost | Anne Düe |
| Senator Williamson | Eve Gordon | Nina Herting |
Film music
The score was composed by Danny Elfman . Jónsi , the frontman of the Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós , re-recorded the Shaker song Simple Gifts by Joseph Brackett for the film . The soundtrack consists of 21 tracks, has a total length of 40:44 minutes and was released by Sony Masterworks on April 28, 2017 for the cinema release in the USA on CD and as a download.
Title list of the soundtrack
- Into a Circle - 1:00
- Wonderland - 2:01
- Happy Little Robots - 1:33
- Inner Sanctum - 1:26
- Lonely Kayak - 0:57
- Aftermath - 2:51
- Upgrade - 0:45
- Panic Text - 2:05
- Conspiracy - 1:18
- Chasing Amy - 0:45
- Fog Attack - 1:36
- Stolen Kayak - 2:52
- Finding Mercer - 3:02
- Toilet Talk - 1:15
- Intake - 2:06
- Ascension - 1:03
- Mae Takes Over - 4:24
- Simple Gifts ( Jónsi ) - 4:41
- More Happy Little Robots (Bonus Track) - 2:19
- Return to Wonderland (bonus track) - 1:34
- Happy Love Theme (Bonus Track) - 1:11
Filming and funding
Filming began in Hollywood on September 11, 2015 and subsequently continued exclusively in the US state of California . On September 17, 2015, filming took place at the Art Center College of Design on Raymond Avenue in Pasadena . In Fillmore , people shot in green spaces and the streets. In Glendora , recordings took place on campus and the Haugh Performing Arts Center of Citrus College.
The film was financed by Image Nation Abu Dhabi.
Marketing and Publishing
A German trailer for the film was released at the beginning of February 2017.
The film premiered on April 26, 2017 as part of the Tribeca Film Festival . The Circle was released in US cinemas on April 28, 2017 and in German cinemas on September 7, 2017. EuropaCorp holds the distribution rights for the European market .
reception
Age rating
In Germany the film is FSK 12 . The statement of reasons for approval states: “The film [...] addresses the fascination and allure of a totally networked world in a critical way that is easy to understand for children and young people from the age of 12. Occasionally there are threatening and dramatic scenes that are, however, embedded in the dramaturgy of the story and do not overwhelm people aged 12 and over. "
Reviews
Owen Gleiberman of Variety says the fascist digital future that presents the film is fascinating to watch. Tom Hanks appears warm and youthful in the film and plays Bailey with a disarmingly friendly manner in a mixture of Steve Jobs and Tony Robbins . The moments in the film in which Emma Watson in the role of Mae Holland voluntarily wears a mini camera around the clock seemed like a mixture of Big Brother and The Truman Show , the formats of a surveillance society .
In a criticism in the Stuttgarter Nachrichten it is said that the committed UN ambassador and women's rights activist Emma Watson is portrayed in the film as a naive, boring and completely unreflective girl, which is quite unbelievable. The complicated love story that begins in the original between Mae and Kalden (in the film his name is Tyler Lafitte) is also simplified in the film, and anyone who has not read the book will shake their head at the changed and rather absurd ending. The film deals with an incredibly important topic, but with a surprisingly poor implementation.
A review by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung also states: “Everything in this film that James Ponsoldt made has the same tone. Without dynamism. That Ty is almost abolished as a character and only plays a marginal role, that another character, the end of which in the book still causes a shudder, is disposed of without a trace, these are decisions as incomprehensible as changing the ending. "
From the German Film and Media Review was The Circle with the predicate particularly valuable provided. In the explanation it says: “In the dystopia , which is settled in a future only a few years away, the privacy of customers is being developed by new technologies that the company 'The Circle' (which is reminiscent of Apple, Google and Facebook) is developing and uses it very effectively, undermining more and more. [...] James Ponsoldt narrates intelligently and maintains a fine balance between the thriller elements and the carefully thought-out vision of a future world in which everyone can see and know everything. "
16 percent of the critics recorded by Rotten Tomatoes rated the film positively. (As of February 22, 2018)
Gross profit
The production costs of the film of 18 million US dollars are offset by worldwide revenues of around 41 million US dollars. So far, the film has had 432,037 visitors in Germany.
Use in school lessons
In spring 2019, the film was presented as part of the SchulKinoWochen in Baden-Württemberg and North Rhine-Westphalia.
Awards
- Award in the Choice Drama Movie Actress category ( Emma Watson )
Web links
- The Circle in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Circle in the German dubbing index
- German website wearethecircle.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for The Circle . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 168393 / K).
- ↑ Age rating for The Circle . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ Rosemary Tambini: Put The Phone Down, The Selfie Can Wait ( Memento of the original from September 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. In: September 5, 2016.
- ↑ Kevin Jagernauth: Emma Watson Replaces Alicia Vikander In James Ponsoldt's 'The Circle' With Tom Hanks In: indiewire.com, January 24, 2015.
- ↑ Emma Watson presents bestseller film adaptation 'The Circle' ( Memento of the original from April 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: stern.de, April 27, 2017.
- ↑ Mike Fleming Jr: Tom Hanks Eyes David Eggers' Novel 'The Circle' With James Ponsoldt: Hot Package In: deadline.com, December 15, 2014.
- ↑ Björn Becher: Karen Gillan joins the cast of the bestseller adaptation 'The Circle' with Tom Hanks, Emma Watson and John Boyega In: filmstarts.de, September 2, 2015.
- ^ Danny Elfman Scoring James Ponsoldt's 'The Circle' In: filmmusicreporter.com, April 18, 2016.
- ↑ James Ponsoldt's 'The Circle' to Feature New Song by Jónsi In: filmmusicreporter.com, April 20, 2017.
- ↑ Soundtrack Information: The Circle In: soundtrack.net. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
- ↑ Emma Watson ( Memento of the original from September 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. In: flashmafia.com, September 18, 2015.
- ↑ JJ Nattrass: Emma Watson cuts a casual figure as she gets to grips with her leading role on the set of latest film The Circle in California In: dailymail.co.uk, September 22, 2015.
- ↑ Samantha V Bush: Tom Hanks, Emma Watson allegedly filming on Citrus College campus In: storify.com, September 16, 2015.
- ↑ a b Beatrice Verhoeven Tom Hanks, Emma Watson Thriller 'The Circle' Sells to EuropaCorp In: thewrap.com, February 9, 2016.
- ↑ Surveillance Thriller : Watch Emma Watson in the gripping trailer for 'The Circle' In: Stern Online, February 6, 2017.
- ^ John DeFore: 'The Circle': Film Review. Tribeca 2017 In: The Hollywood Reporter, April 26, 2017.
- ↑ The Circle (2016) - Book to Screen Sci-Fi starring Watson, Hanks and Boyega ( Memento of the original from August 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. In: moviepilot.com, November 21, 2015.
- ^ Reasons for approval for The Circle In: Voluntary Self-Control of the Film Industry. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
- ^ Owen Gleiberman: Tribeca Film Review: Tom Hanks and Emma Watson in 'The Circle' In: Variety, April 26, 2017.
- ↑ 'The Circle': The bestseller film adaptation can do that In: Stuttgarter Nachrichten, September 7, 2017.
- ↑ Against the Internet, dull realism doesn't help. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, September 6, 2017.
- ↑ Jury reasoning 'Predicate particularly valuable' for 'The Circle' In: fbw-filmbeval.com . German film and media rating. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
- ^ The Circle. Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved February 22, 2018 .
- ↑ Ryan Faughnder: 'The Circle' likely no match for 'Fate' at the box office In: Los Angeles Times, April 25, 2017.
- ^ The Circle In: boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
- ↑ Top 100 Germany 2017. In: insidekino.com . Retrieved October 11, 2017.
- ↑ Film selection. In: schulkinowoche-bw.de. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
- ↑ Film overview. In: schulkinowochen.nrw.de. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
- ↑ Andrew Auger: Teen Choice 2017 Award Nominees Include A Few Duds In: screenrant.com, June 19, 2017.
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