The maker (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The doer |
| Original title | The Maker |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1997 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Tim Hunter |
| script | Rand Ravich |
| production |
Andrew Lazar , Demitri Samaha |
| music | Paul Buckmaster |
| camera | Hubert Taczanowski |
| cut | Scott Chestnut |
| occupation | |
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Der Macher (Original title: The Maker ) is an American drama film directed by Tim Hunter from 1997 .
action
Josh Minnell spends a lot of time with friends like Bella Sotto with whom he commits small crimes. A mailbag is stolen and the friends search the letters for banknotes. Josh is secretly in love with the police officer Emily Peck. He is plagued by nightmares in which he sees an abandoned factory hall.
On the day of his 18th birthday, Josh received the adoption papers from his father, because Josh was adopted. On the same day, his older brother Walter, who left years ago, comes unexpectedly. Josh learns from his brother that the brothers' biological parents did not - as Josh previously thought - died in an accident. Josh's father was a criminal. His parents were kidnapped and killed in the building Josh sees in the nightmares. Little Josh was there.
It turns out that Peck Walter knows him from high school and was in love with him at school. She gets to know Josh better.
Walter persuades his brother to take the route of crime. Josh is there as Walter and his accomplices from a hospital steal the heart for a transplant. They are later attacked in an underground car park by the fence Skarney and his people. Josh drives away the injured Walter, Skarney pursues the brothers. Skarney shoots Walter in the garage of Josh's house, and Josh kills him. The police arrive and Peck is the first to enter the garage. She thinks Skarney and Walter killed each other.
The last scene shows Josh and Emily attending a sporting event together.
Reviews
Dennis Harvey wrote in Variety magazine on October 17, 1997 that the film was a mixture of a character study and a thriller that avoided the clichés of the genre. It satisfies viewers who would expect “ intelligent tension ” as well as those who want to see a believable film drama.
The editorial team of TV Spielfilm wrote that the film " combines elements from teenage drama , action crime and modern film noir into a respectable mix of genres ". Thanks to the actors' “ sovereign ” play, he doesn't seem “ too clichéd ”.
background
The film was shot in Las Vegas . It was screened on September 7, 1997 at the Toronto International Film Festival .
swell
- ↑ Critique by Dennis Harvey ( Memento of the original from October 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ www.tvspielfilm.de
- ^ Filming locations for The Maker, accessed July 3, 2007
- ↑ The Maker premiere dates, accessed July 3, 2007
Web links
- The makers in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The makers at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- The makers at Metacritic (English)