The Saint - The man without a name
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Saint - The man without a name |
| Original title | The Saint |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1997 |
| length | 111 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Phillip Noyce |
| script |
Jonathan Hensleigh , Wesley Strick |
| production |
Mace Neufeld , David Brown , Robert Evans , William J. MacDonald |
| music | Graeme Revell |
| camera | Phil Meheux |
| cut | Terry Rawlings |
| occupation | |
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The Saint - The Saint (Original title: The Saint ) is an American movie from the year 1997 in which the by Leslie Charteris developed character of Simon Templar is the focus. The film was directed by Phillip Noyce and the script was written by Jonathan Hensleigh and Wesley Strick . The main roles were played by Val Kilmer and Elisabeth Shue .
action
Master thief Simon Templar, who grew up in an orphanage , is hired by Ivan Tretiak to steal the Cold Fusion formula from scientist Emma Russell . The formula turns out to be incomplete, Templar and Russell are chased by Tretiak, who wants to take power in Russia . Templar and Russell get closer.
There is a coup. Tretiak accuses the former rulers of wasting huge sums on cold fusion research. During a demonstration, however, it turns out that the formula has since been completed by Russell and communicated to a Russian scientist. Tretiak's attempt to take power fails and he is arrested.
Russell wants to make their discovery available to the whole world free of charge. The masked Templar attends her lecture; he reveals himself to the police present and escapes.
Reviews
The film received mostly negative and mixed reviews, earning a 29% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 45 reviews. At Metacritic one could Metascore of 50, 22 reviews, achieved based.
TV hearing and seeing 17/1997 described the film as "exciting, but embarrassingly silly". TV Today 09/1997 described the plot as "the stupidest story of the cinema year", TV Spielfilm 09/1997 as "extremely weak".
James Berardinelli compared the film on ReelViews with GoldenEye , with which he could not really compete. The title character is very different from the main character of the television series of the 1960s, which would have served as the inspiration for the film. The end is disappointing. Berardinelli praised the "wonderful" performance by Elisabeth Shue.
The lexicon of international films said: “An exciting action thriller staged with a great deal of technology and equipment on the basis of a series of novels and television ('Simon Templar') with a main character that is psychologically sound for the first time. The image of Russia, however, still corresponds very much to that of the Cold War, and the continuation of the plot up to averting a coup leads the otherwise straightforward and solid development of history to absurd heights. "
Awards
Graeme Revell won the BMI Film Music Award for the film music . Elisabeth Shue was nominated for the Blockbuster Entertainment Award .
background
Filming took place at Pinewood Studios in England , Oxford and Moscow . Production costs were estimated at 70 million US dollars . The film grossed approximately $ 169.5 million worldwide, including approximately $ 61.4 million in United States theaters.
In the original English version, Roger Moore , main actor in the original series , speaks on the car radio and does the final text.
Some scenes were also shot in Sofia , Bulgaria, including in front of the Ivan Wasov National Theater .
The film was dedicated to Elisabeth Leustig, who was responsible for the casting and was fatally injured in a car accident and hit-and-run while working on the film in Moscow. Leustig had already won an Oscar for her cast in Who Dances With Wolves .
Web links
- The Saint - The Saint in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- The Saint - The Saint atRotten Tomatoes(English)
- The Saint ( Memento from July 16, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) in the Dirk Jasper FilmLexikon
Individual evidence
- ^ The Saint (1997). Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved August 2, 2017 .
- ^ The Saint Reviews. Metacritic, accessed August 2, 2017 .
- ^ The Saint - The Man Without a Name ( Memento from July 16, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) in the Dirk Jasper FilmLexikon
- ↑ Film review by James Berardinelli
- ↑ The Saint - The Man Without a Name. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ^ Filming locations for The Saint , accessed August 8, 2007
- ↑ Box office / business for The Saint , accessed August 8, 2007
- ↑ Elizabeth Leustig in the Internet Movie Database , accessed November 16, 2017 (English)
- ↑ Report in the New York Times from 22./23. December 1995, accessed November 16, 2017
- ↑ Elisabeth Leustig's award (s) in the Internet Movie Database , accessed on November 16, 2017 (English)