The Mighty - Together they are strong
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German title | The Mighty - Together they are strong |
Original title | The Mighty |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1998 |
length | approx. 96 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 6 |
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Director | Peter Chelsom |
script | Charles Leavitt |
production |
Bob Weinstein , Harvey Weinstein |
music | Trevor Jones |
camera | John de Borman |
cut | Martin Walsh |
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The Mighty is the title of a 1998 film adaptation of a novel . The film was directed by Peter Chelsom about two young outsiders, to whom the world opens up anew through their friendship and who gain the strength to cope with their lives.
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Max lives isolated from his surroundings. Grown very tall for his age, with no friends and unwilling to find them, he is considered retarded. It doesn't really help that his father is in jail for the murder of his mother and that the boy is growing up with his mother's parents. Even his grandparents are not convinced of Max's character or abilities.
Then the handicapped Kevin of the same age moves into the house next door, a little genius whose body is no longer growing and who describes himself as a "freak". He takes Max into his world of sagas and legends about King Arthur . In it both form a unit, the guiding brain and the executing body, which also help them in the confrontations with the gangs of the environment. The two are now on the road together as a "strong freak" with Kevin sitting on Max's shoulders. With Kevin as their head and Max as their body, they want to fight injustices that they encounter.
When they want to help a stolen woman, she turns out to be an acquaintance of Max's father. Meanwhile he is released from prison and kidnaps Max. Kevin rushes to the rescue and together they can put the violent father to flight. Max finally finds recognition from his grandparents.
The two are celebrated as heroes, but Kevin dies the following night. He had previously told Max that scientists would develop a high-tech body for him and use it to heal him, but that was just a fictional story by Freak. But the research center can't help him and Max is devastated that he has lost his best friend.
Then Max begins to write down their adventures in a book that Kevin had given him earlier.
Remarks
The film is based on Rodman Philbrick's successful youth novel Freak . Its sequel has not yet been made into a film.
Awards
The film received a 1999 Golden Globe nomination for Sharon Stone (as "Freaks" 'Mother) for "Best Supporting Actress" and one for Sting and Trevor Jones for the song "The Mighty".
Sting won the Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award in 1998 for his song . Kieran Culkin and the film as “Best Family Drama” were nominated for the Young Artist Award in 1999.
In 1998 Peter Chelsom won two awards at the Italian Giffoni Film Festival .
The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating "valuable".
Web links
- The Mighty - Together they are strong in the Internet Movie Database (English)