The New Guy

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Movie
German title The New Guy
Original title The New Guy
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2002
length (Original) 88 minutes
(Directors Cut) 92 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
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Director Ed Decter
script David Kendall
production Greg Silverman
John J. Strauss
music Ralph Sall
camera Michael D. O'Shea
cut David Rennie
occupation

The New Guy (Austria: The New Guy - On the Very Cool Tour ) is an American comedy , directed by Ed Decter from 2002, with DJ Qualls and Eliza Dushku in the leading roles and Eddie Griffin in a supporting role.

action

The film opens with convict Luther telling the story of Dizzy Gillespie Harrison, a nerd and high school student.

Dizzy - like his friends - at Rocky Creek High School very unpopular and bullied by his classmates, but especially from the Star - Football Player Barclay. Thereupon he does everything in his power to fly from school to start over at another school. After an embarrassing appearance in front of his classmates, Dizzy is expelled from school on the one hand and ends up in prison for a few days on the other . In prison, Dizzy meets Luther, who helps him to escape from his role as a victim and to become "cool". After his release, he leaves his old high school and moves to East Highland High under his new name, Gil Harris.

On his first day he is dropped off at the school by a prisoner transporter , clashes with Connor and emerges as the winner. After this action, cheerleader Danielle welcomes him to the school as a newcomer. In the meantime, Connor tries to find out something about Dizzy's past. Then Dizzy, of all people, leads the school's demotivated football team onto the winning road and is then commissioned by the coach and the school director to plan the homecoming ball. With the victory not only the women, but also the athletes are at his feet. Dizzy is gradually shedding his bad boy image and advocating for the supposedly weaker. He gets students to help and accept one another.

In the game against his old school his team wins, but he is recognized by Barclay. The next day, Barclay tries to show the East Highland students who he really is, but is overwhelmed by Dizzy's new friends. When the crowd disappears, Connor helps the beaten Barclay and lets himself be told who Dizzy really is.

At the homecoming ball, Dizzy performs with his funk band, but is stopped by the Rocky Creek students. Barclay and Connor play the video about his embarrassing appearance and expose him as a failure. All students are now against Dizzy, but he gets support from the prison inmates and their guards who gag Connor and Barclay. Danielle tells Dizzy that she used to be teased too and didn't make friends until after puberty. After a kiss, they return to the sports hall and the stage curtain is opened. Connor and Barclay, like Dizzy, are in the same embarrassing situation at Rocky Creek High School.

In the final scene you can see that Luther is telling the story of Dizzy David Hasselhoff .

production

The film is a co-production by Revolution Studios , Bedlam Pictures and Frontier Pictures . The budget for the film was 13 million US dollars , on its opening weekend reached The New Guy a grossing of nine million and worldwide total box office was over 28 million dollars. Sony Pictures Entertainment owns the distribution rights and distributed the film through its subsidiaries Columbia TriStar Films and Columbia TriStar Home Video . Universal Pictures is active for the German DVD market .

Turn

The shooting took place from October 23, 2000 to January 12, 2001. The cities of Austin , San Marcos and Southwest Texas State University in the state of Texas were used as locations, while the St. Regis Hotel in New York 's Manhattan district was also used for outdoor shots . Additional interior shots were taken at the Austin Studios and the Driskell Hotel in Austin.

Reviews

"Average teenage comedy that focuses too much on cheap gags instead of developing the basically functional story sustainably."

- Lexicon of international film

Trivia

This film shows actors in cameo appearances , the brothers Jerry and Charlie O'Connell , Tony Hawk at a party and at a football game, Tommy Lee at the homecoming ball, Gene Simmons as the Reverend, Vanilla Ice as an employee in the music store, Horatio Sanz James Brown can be seen as a dance teacher and in archive recordings . Henry Rollins and David Hasselhoff can also be seen in other guest appearances .

movie theater

The New Guy premiered in US cinemas on May 7, 2002 , before opening in theaters three days later. In Germany, the film opened in cinemas on October 31, 2002, before its video premiere in Norway on December 11 of the same year. The New Guy had its video premiere in Argentina on January 14, 2003 and the film was released direct on DVD in the Netherlands on February 11 .

Soundtrack

  1. "The New Guy" by Mystikal
  2. "I'm Just a Kid" by Simple Plan
  3. " You Really Got Me " by Eve 6
  4. "Keep the Party Goin '" by Juvenile
  5. "So Fresh, So Clean" by OutKast
  6. "Outsider" by Green Day
  7. "Uh Huh" by B2K
  8. "So Dizzy" by Rehab
  9. "Breakout" by OPM
  10. "Dark Side" by Wheatus
  11. "I Love You" by Nine Days
  12. "Heart in Hand" by Vertical Horizon
  13. "Hi-Lo" by JT Money
  14. "Let It Whip" by SR-71

Other songs also appeared in the film:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The New Guy. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed October 26, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used