Three Kings - It's nice to be a king

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Movie
German title Three Kings - It's nice to be a king
Original title Three Kings
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1999
length 110 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
JMK 14
Rod
Director David O. Russell
script John Ridley (story) ,
David O. Russell
production Paul Junge Witt
Edward McDonnell
Charles Roven
music Carter Burwell
camera Newton Thomas Sigel
cut Robert K. Lambert
occupation
synchronization

Three Kings is a 1999 satirical war film starring George Clooney , Mark Wahlberg and Ice Cube . The film takes place a few days after the end of the Second Gulf War through the signing of a ceasefire agreement.

action

Shortly after the end of the second Gulf War, US reservists Troy Barlow, Chief Elgin and Conrad Vig find a map during a search of an Iraqi prisoner of war that is said to lead to a huge treasure in the middle of an Iraqi village. Driven by the desire not to return to the USA empty-handed, they secretly leave the camp with the experienced Special Forces soldier Major Archie Gates and make their way to said village. There they find the treasure after some time, which is around the gold of Saddam Hussein is that this from Kuwait had stolen. The Iraqi soldiers present are helping to load the stolen goods so that the US soldiers can leave the village as quickly as possible, because the Iraqi military sees their primary task not in defending Saddam Hussein's possessions, but in avoiding a popular uprising .

When setting off, there is a brief firefight in which an Iraqi soldier shoots a captured Iraqi civilian. The US soldiers escape together with the freed Iraqi prisoners but are on the run with CS gas - shells fired, causing them to landmines drive and crash their getaway vehicles. Barlow is captured and interrogated in the local fortress, the remaining refugees are able to escape with the stolen gold with the help of local resistance fighters . Together with these rebels and some refugees, Gates, Elgin and Vig pretend that Saddam Hussein is visiting the Iraqi fortress. The terrified guards believe Hussein is coming to punish them and, in fear of their president, flee so that Barlow can be freed. In a subsequent firefight with returning guards, Barlow is seriously injured and Vig is fatally injured.

The Americans decide to bring the refugees to Iran , but are stopped shortly before the border crossing by US military police , who arrest Gates, Barlow and Elgin, who had left their unit on their own. The civilian refugees are locked in a pen by Iraqi border guards , and Gates now fears they will be killed after the Americans leave. Gates, Barlow and Elgin choose to reveal the hiding place of the gold they stole so that the US military police can ensure that the refugees can leave the country. After securing the gold, you will be honorably discharged from service. Finally, the media reports that Iraq returned the gold to Kuwait, but that part of the gold has been lost to this day.

synchronization

The German synchronization was for a dialogue book of Mark Engelhardt and under the dialogue director of Frank Schaff on behalf of Interopa Film GmbH, Berlin .

actor Role name Voice actor
George Clooney Archie Gates Detlef Bierstedt
Mark Wahlberg Troy Barlow Oliver Mink
Ice Cube Chief Elgin Tobias Master
Spike Jonze Conrad Vig Bernhard Völger
Cliff Curtis Amir Abdullah Tayfun Bademsoy
Nora Dunn Adriana Cruz Heike Schroetter
Jamie Kennedy Walter Wogeman Stefan Krause

background

The film was shot in Phoenix , Tucson and Casa Grande in Arizona and Calexico and Niland in California . Further recordings were made in Mexico . Filming began on 12 November 1998 and ended on 15 February 1999. The production costs were around 48 million US dollars estimated. Other sources speak of $ 75 million. On September 27, 1999, the film celebrated its world premiere in the USA and was shown in US cinemas from October 1, 1999. It was shown in German cinemas on February 10, 2000. He was seen in Switzerland from March 2, 2000. On the opening weekend, the film grossed over $ 15.8 million in the US and had total US revenues of over $ 60.6 million. At the German box office, over 850,000 viewers were counted by the end of 2000. The film grossed around 108 million US dollars worldwide.

The song running at the end of the film is "In God's Country" from the album The Joshua Tree by the Irish band U2 .

criticism

The film received mostly positive reviews, earning a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 129 reviews. At Metacritic , a Metascore of 82, based on 34 reviews, could be achieved.

The Lexicon of International Films writes that the film is “a portrayal of the modern war between high tech, political confusion, ecological disaster and inveterate consumer ideology, situated on the borderline between realism and absurdity. A profound satirical showpiece in the footsteps of Robert Altman and Richard Lester. "

Carsten Baumgardt von Filmstarts judges that the film is a “brightly colored storm of images” that does not want to subordinate itself entirely to any of the genres “satire, war drama or action film” . "The various elements, which have their charm, never combine to form a homogeneous whole." Three Kings was rated 3 out of 5 points.

Cineclub.de judges, "" Three Kings "describes the events of that time and the situation after the Gulf War quite authentically. The story is told in a gripping manner and with bitter, gallows humor. The patriotism typical of Hollywood is largely dispensed with. Much more typical of Hollywood, however, are the excellent action scenes and the original ending of the film. ” The film received a rating of 81%.

Filmering.at sums up: “ David O. Russell denounces the absurdity of the war with almost impossible ideas , reckons with foam-whipping soldiers, the media and a lack of decisiveness - certainly unique in this way. If you want to be entertained by good action, have fun with experimental productions, as well as laugh and think, this is the right place. ” The film was rated 8 out of 10 points.

The Wiesbaden film evaluation agency awarded the production the title valuable .

Awards

Three Kings was named Best Picture at the 1999 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards and David O. Russell named Best Director.

The film won several awards in 2000, such as the Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Best Action Team (Mark Wahlberg, George Clooney, Ice Cube) and the Political Film Society Award for Peace . Spike Jonze was recognized by the Broadcast Film Critics Association as a Breakthrough Artist for his performance in Three Kings and Being John Malkovich that same year , while David O. Russell was honored for his screenplay at the PEN Center USA West Literary Awards .

Between 1999 and 2001 the film as well as its actors and the film crew were nominated for various other film awards.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Age rating for Three Kings - It's nice to be a king . Youth Media Commission .
  2. ↑ Three Kings - It's nice to be a king. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on September 6, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b Internet Movie Database : Filming Locations
  4. ↑ a b c d Internet Movie Database : Budget and Box Office Results
  5. ^ A b Three Kings (1999) - Box Office Mojo. In: www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved September 6, 2016 .
  6. ↑ a b c Internet Movie Database : Start Dates
  7. ↑ Three Kings - It's nice to be king at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
  8. ↑ Three Kings - It's nice to be king at Metacritic (English)
  9. ↑ Three Kings - It's nice to be a king. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 11, 2016 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  10. ↑ Film starts : film review , Carsten Baumgardt
  11. ^ Cineclub.de: film review
  12. ↑ Filmering.at Filmkritik , January 9, 2008
  13. ↑ a b c d Internet Movie Database : Nominations and Awards

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