Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12
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| Original title | Trapped In The Closet Chapters 1–12 |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2005 |
| length | 43 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director |
R. Kelly Jim Swaffield |
| script | R. Kelly |
| production | R. Kelly Ann Carli Barry Weiss Elliot Lewis Rosenblatt Rick Johnson |
| music | R. Kelly |
| camera | David Hennings |
| cut | Victor Mignatti Jim Swaffield Kenneth Wachtel |
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Trapped In The Closet - Chapters 1-12 is the first part of a multi-part dramedy - Musical film directed by R. Kelly . Kelly himself describes the project as a so-called hip hopera, i.e. a hip-hop opera. Kelly also acted as a producer and also wrote the script. He is also the narrator of the story, dubbing voice for all actors, composer of the soundtrack and leading actor. The film received a nomination for "Best Long Form Music Video" at the 2006 Grammy Awards .
publication
The music film is based on the five-part song Trapped In The Closet from R. Kelly's studio album TP-3: Reloaded and represents a completion of the initially five contiguous music videos . The film is Kelly's directorial debut. While the first five chapters of the film were released exclusively as part of the deluxe edition of the album TP-3: Reloaded on July 5, 2005, the world premiere of the 6th chapter of Trapped In The Closet followed as part of a performance at the Video Music Awards 2005 . The complete film consisting of the first 12 chapters was released on October 1, 2005 as a DVD release. Previously, the individual chapters were first broadcast on the TV channels BET , VH1 and MTV .
action
Sylvester wakes up in a stranger's bed to find that he has cheated on his wife. In order not to be discovered by the husband of his affair Cathy, Sylvester hides in Cathy's closet. When Sylvester's cell phone rings, however, husband and pastor Rufus discovers him. A heated argument begins, which in the end leads to Rufus talking about his liaison with a man named Chuck. The same Chuck now also enters the house. Another argument begins. Fed up with the chaos, Sylvester decides to go home. When he calls there on the road, a man's voice answers instead of his own wife Gwendolyn, which drives Sylvester even more and gets him a ticket from policeman James on the way home. When New Year's Eve arrives home, it turns out that the same policeman had slept with Gwendolyn and also picked up the phone. Since Gwendolyn also knows about Sylvester's affair, the two get along again. Shortly afterwards, Gwendolyn's brother Twan comes back from prison. Meanwhile, the narrator begins to tell of James' arrival at home. It turns out that his wife, Bridget, cheated on him with the short stripper named 'Big Man'. In a rage, James pulls out his gun to kill the stripper . Bridget, meanwhile, desperately dials the number she found in her husband's pocket and reaches Gwendolyn, who sends her brother Twan and husband Sylvester to help her. The two manage to avert another murder. In the last chapter, Chapter 12 , the household of Cathy and Rufus is shown again. They are still arguing loudly with Chuck. Cathy suddenly receives a call from her friend Gwendolyn. She wants to tell her annoyed about her husband's cheating. Cathy now realizes she slept with her friend's husband. This is followed by a cliffhanger with the wording to be continued ( German: " To be continued ").
Soundtrack
The music for the first five chapters of the film can be found on the music album TP-3: Reloaded. The songs for the first two chapters were also decoupled as independent singles. The audio track for chapter six can be found on the B-side on the CD single for Burn It Up . A complete soundtrack album with all twelve music tracks followed on November 8th, which is only available digitally.
- Tracklist
- Trapped In The Closet (Chapters 1-5)
- Trapped In The Closet (Chapter 6)
- Trapped In The Closet (Chapter 7)
- Trapped In The Closet (Chapter 8)
- Trapped In The Closet (Chapter 9)
- Trapped In The Closet (Chapter 10)
- Trapped In The Closet (Chapter 11)
- Trapped In The Closet (Chapter 12)
Sequels
In 2007 a sequel followed with chapters 13-22 . In November 2012 appeared with Trapped In The Closet: 23-33 eleven additional chapters.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Trapped In The Closet -Soundtrack at amazon.de