The dream team
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The dream team |
| Original title | The Dream Team |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1989 |
| length | 113 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Howard Zieff |
| script |
Jon Connolly , David Loucka |
| production | Christopher W. Knight |
| music | David McHugh |
| camera | Adam Holender |
| cut | Carroll Timothy O'Meara |
| occupation | |
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The Dream Team is an American comedy film from 1989 directed by Howard Zieff .
action
Billy, Henry, Jack, and Albert are held at Cedarbrook Psychiatric Hospital in Trenton, New Jersey, and receive from psychiatrist Dr. Jeff Weitzman not only had the opportunity to develop freely after she was off her medication, he also got a trip into town to watch a New York Yankees baseball game . But during a rest break, during which the shy Albert is looking for some rest because of a pee break, Weitzman believes that he has disappeared, which is why he is looking for him immediately. But instead of finding Albert, he witnesses a murder and is beaten up by the two murderers while trying to escape, so that he is hospitalized unconscious. But the four do not notice anything, which is why they easily feel helpless and do not know what to do now. This leads to an argument that lets everyone go their own way. But the four neuroses prevent a normal evening. So the shy and mute Albert flees from other people. Henry has to keep things tidy and that's why he's thrown out of a bar. Jack still thinks he is Jesus and undresses in front of a congregation that has gathered, so that they throw him out again. Billy meets his old friend Riley, who finds out that he is still being controlled by his outbursts of anger and then leaves him standing again.
And because of their helplessness, all four meet again at the car, which is towed away. And since she, because of her concern for Dr. Weitzman, unable to simply call the clinic, they try to get help from the police. But the police can't help. And it gets worse because the murder Weitzman witnessed was that of the two corrupt cops, O'Malley and Gianelli, who shot their colleague Alvarez, who was investigating them. And now they want to kill the only witness, Weitzman. But before they can do this in the hospital, they are interrupted by the four and chase the two policemen away. However, they now have a problem, because as mentally disturbed people they cannot go to the police because they are just as unbelievable there as their own doctors, which is why they plan to first get money to use their towed car so that they can get out of Weitzman get out of the hospital and bring them to safety. But it never comes to that, because all four end up in prison, where all are charged by the prosecutor for the murder of Alvarez.
But with a little cleverness they manage to both overwhelm the guards during the prisoner transport to the Eastside Psychiatric and then instruct them there in their own place. And disguised as prison guards and doctors, the four then drive to the hospital to get Weitzman who has woken up from the coma, but at the same time O'Malley and Gianelli appear, who they can overpower after a wild shooting. They are not only responsible for solving the murder of Alvarez, the rescue of Dr. Weitzman and the capture of the two corrupt police officers were celebrated, but Weitzman was also rewarded with the original destination. You can watch a New York Yankees game alone.
Reviews
The film received mixed reviews. The Rotten Tomatoes website counted 7 positive out of 13 professional reviews, which corresponds to a value of 54%. The film was also received with mixed reactions from the general public, as 59% of 7,739 users rated the film positively. This in turn is more than confirmed by the online film archive IMDb , another platform on which normal users can submit their film reviews, because there 5,927 users gave the film an average of 6.2 out of 10 possible points. (As of January 6, 2012)
The film is based on the basic idea from the drama One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest , in which the main character Randle Patrick McMurphy, played by Jack Nicholson , takes all inmates on an unauthorized excursion, said renowned film critic Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times . However, the filmmakers are "incapable" and do not trust the "average moviegoer to have curiosity and intelligence", which is why the film itself does not "surprise, research or experiment" and from the point in time in the film when there is a rest break at the gas station, only offers "conventional food".
Also Rita Kempley of the Washington Post compared the film with a Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and watched in history a "surprisingly amiable [and] irresistibly crazy buddy movie ." Above all, it is the director Howard Zieff , who previously " staged harmless mediocrity like Schütze Benjamin ", who surprises with this "sarcastic comedy".
Even though the film "doesn't do anything terribly wrong," Vincent Canby said in the liberal New York Times , The Dream Team just isn't funny all the time. The comedy “just wasn't thought through” because assuming all four of them were sick, their behaviors would be just as uncomfortable as if they weren't sick and just thought they were sick.
The lexicon of the international film said: "A gag-rich, amusing big-city fairy tale with a crime scene, which is without convincing narrative density, but overall offers lovable and entertaining dream cinema."
The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating particularly valuable.
background
Some films explain the necessity of attending a baseball game in order to turn the insane into healthy people. Already in the classic One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest , an escape is made to see a game. The same scenario also occurs in The Dream Team , although it is supported by the fact that the character of Albert can only communicate in baseball phrases.
publication
The film opened in US cinemas on April 7, 1989 and was already able to land $ 5.7 million as the second best newcomer to number two on the cinema charts, directly behind the newly launched The Indians of Cleveland . With a budget of an estimated 15 million US dollars, the film was able to bring back between 26.7 and 28.8 million US dollars, according to various reports. In Germany, the film started on January 4, 1990 and was able to attract 165,625 viewers to the cinemas, making it number 77 in the German cinema annual charts of 1990. After the film on August 8, 1990, VHS was released, he ran for the first time on 20 September 1991 on the Pay TV transmitter premiere . The Dream Team has been available on DVD in Germany since August 4th, 2005 .
literature
- Ellis Weiner: The Dream Team. Corgi 1989, ISBN 0-552-13572-0 .
- Ellis Weiner: The dream team. Goldmann, Munich 1990.
- Ellis Weiner: The dream team, Roman - The book for the film. Goldmann, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-442-09652-9 .
Web links
- The Dream Team in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The dream team in the German dubbing file
- The dream team in the lexicon of international film
- English trailer on Youtube
Individual evidence
- ^ The Dream Team (1989). rottentomatoes.com, accessed September 21, 2011 .
- ↑ Roger Ebert : The Dream Team (PG-13) on suntimes.com from April 7, 1989 (English), accessed on September 21, 2011
- ^ Rita Kempley: 'The Dream Team' (PG-13) on washingtonpost.com of April 7, 1989 (English), accessed on September 21, 2011
- ↑ Vincent Canby : The Dream Team (1989) on nytimes.com April 7, 1989 (English), accessed September 21, 2011
- ↑ a b The Dream Team in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on September 21, 2011
- ↑ Wood, Stephen J. & Pincus, J. David: Reel baseball: essays and interviews on the national pastime, Hollywood ... , Macfarland & Co. 2003, p. 178.
- ↑ April 7-9, 1989 at boxofficemojo.com (English), accessed September 21, 2011
- ↑ The Dream Team ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at iotg.force.com , accessed September 21, 2011
- ^ The Dream Team at boxofficemojo.com , accessed September 21, 2011
- ↑ TOP 100 DEUTSCHLAND 1990 on insidekino.de , accessed on September 21, 2011
