The Devils Club

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Movie
German title The Devils Club
Original title The First Wives Club
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1996
length 103 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Hugh Wilson
script Olivia Goldsmith (novel), Robert Harling
production Scott Rudin
music Marc Shaiman , John Madara
camera Donald E. Thorin
cut John Bloom
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synchronization

The Devils Club is a film directed by Hugh Wilson and directed in 1996 in the USA . It is based on Olivia Goldsmith 's bestseller of the same name , in which three wives take revenge on their husbands for abandoning them for younger women.

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In college , Brenda, Elise, Annie, and Cynthia were best friends. Over the years they have lost sight of each other and don't meet again until 25 years later - at the funeral of Cynthia, who committed suicide in New York after her divorce from a financial tycoon .

As they tell each other how their lives have been since college, they discover that they have one thing in common: they have all been exchanged for and betrayed with younger women by their husbands who have made careers thanks to their help.

Thanks to the support of his wife, Brenda's husband Morty was able to build a chain of thriving electronics stores and became a millionaire . In addition to the self-sacrificing work in her husband's business, Brenda also raised their son Jason - but Morty simply dropped her after around 20 years of marriage and turned to a younger and slimmer woman, the cashier Shelley. While Brenda is increasingly struggling with money problems, Morty throws the money for Shelley with both hands out the window.

Elise's husband Bill benefited from her reputation as an actress and became a well-known Hollywood producer. When it comes to the casting of his latest film, it turns out that he has a much younger girlfriend who is supposed to play the lead role, while Elise is supposed to come to terms with the role of her mother. In addition, her husband wants to divorce her and wants to assert high maintenance claims through his lawyer. So Elise should z. B. sell all gifts to her husband and transfer half of the proceeds to Bill.

Annie's husband, Aaron, set up an advertising agency while raising their daughter, Chris, who claims to be a lesbian. For some time, Aaron has also had a relationship with the therapist Leslie Rosen, whom he consulted with Annie for a long time, and is therefore demanding a divorce. With this step he completely destroys Annie's wishful thinking about the only functioning relationship between all four friends.

According to the motto "revenge is sweet", the three women plan to ruin their husbands socially and financially, which is not too difficult because each of the men has a mess. They are supported by a grande dame of high society, a crazy interior designer, Annie's mother and daughter and Brenda's uncle Carmine, who has ties to the Mafia . After the girlfriends quarrel because they can't get ahead with Morty and Aaron at first, they realize that revenge is not enough and Elise has to get her drinking problem under control. In the end, all three husbands have to pay heavily to finance the project of a counseling center for women, which the friends started in memory of Cynthia. Brenda and Morty make a fresh start, while Elise and Annie send their unfaithful husbands into the desert. At the same time, Elise gives her career a boost by celebrating success on stage and finally being honest about her age.

Reviews

“The three mature Hollywood stars fluctuate credibly between depression, hatred, optimism and exuberance. In the US, the intelligent comedy was one of the box office hits of the season. "

- Data center online

"Caricaturing marriage comedy and revenge comedy that lives from the unleashed play of its leading actresses, but remains superficial and striking in the character drawing and neither finds a rhythm nor a coherent form in terms of form."

- Lexicon of international film

“The only thing that is convincing in 'The Devil's Club' is the acting. However, this alone is not enough to make a good film. Even if it is really funny in places, the script is probably just an infusion of old slapstick ideas in a new film. "

- zelluloid.de

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role actor Voice actor
Annie Paradis Diane Keaton Traudel Haas
Elise Elliot Goldie Hawn Gudrun Vaupel
Brenda Cushman Bette Midler Joseline Gassen
Cynthia Swann Griffin † Stockard Channing Marianne Gross
Aaron Paradis Stephen Collins K. Dieter Klebsch
Bill Atchison Victor Garber Till Hagen
Morton "Morty" Cushman Dan Hedaya Hans-Werner Bussinger
Leslie Rosen Marcia Gay Harden Evelyn Marron
Phoebe LaVelle Elizabeth Berkley Bianca Krahl
Shelly Stewart Sarah Jessica Parker Nana Spier
Gunilla Garson Goldberg Maggie Smith Bettina Schön
Catherine MacDuggan Eileen Heckart Agi Prandhoff
Chris Paradis Jennifer Dundas Katja Primel
Jason Cushman Ari Greenberg Ozan Unal
Duarto Felice Bronson Pinchot Arne Elsholtz
Uncle Carmine Morelli Philip Bosco Gerhard Paul
Dr. Morris Packman Rob Reiner Frank Ciazynski
Ivana Trump Ivana Trump Kerstin Sanders-Dornseif

Awards

useful information

  • The Devil's Club premiered on September 20, 1996, and was released in German theaters on December 12, 1996.
  • All three leading actresses have birthdays in quick succession: Goldie Hawn on November 21st, Bette Midler on December 1st and Diane Keaton on January 5th. All three celebrated their 50th birthday while filming.
  • This is the second film in which Keaton and Jennifer Dundas (Lowe) play mother and daughter. The first time was in 1984 in the film " Escape for three ".
  • Goldie Hawn's splashed lips were imitated with a harmless saline solution. Hawn later said in interviews that it was a very painful experience and that she would never feel the need to have collagen injected again.
  • Bette Midler stated in an interview that all three leading actresses would have been willing to shoot a sequel. The studio disagreed with this idea. In 2019, an adaptation of the film was released as an initially 10-part series, produced by Paramount Network.
  • Goldie Hawn, who plays a divorced woman whose husband has a younger wife, is divorced herself and has been with Kurt Russell , six years her junior, since 1982 .
  • One was from the movie Broadway - Musical .
  • The theme song Over and Over was sung by the singer Puff Johnson . The song made it to number 20 on the UK charts.
  • Writer Olivia Goldsmith, on whose novel the film is based, has a brief guest appearance . Director Hugh Wilson has a cameo appearance as head of advertising, as well as Ivana Trump , who portrays herself.
  • Two different soundtracks were released from the film: a CD with the songs used in the film and another with the music composed by Marc Shaiman . The song You Don't Own Me , which the three main actresses perform at the end of the film, is a cover version of the 1963 single by Lesley Gore .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Club of Devils. In: RZ-online. December 8, 2009, archived from the original on February 11, 2013 ; accessed on September 22, 2018 .
  2. ↑ The Club of Devils. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed September 22, 2018 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. ↑ Alexander "Heinz" Jachmann: The Club of Devils. In: Zelluloid.de. December 12, 1996, archived from the original on January 13, 2017 ; accessed on September 22, 2018 .
  4. ↑ The Club of Devils in the German dubbing index
  5. ↑ Additional material on the DVD
  6. ↑ The Club of Devils. In: abrauchen.de. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on September 22, 2018 .