On the Road to Cold Mountain (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | On the way to Cold Mountain |
| Original title | Cold Mountain |
| Country of production | USA , UK , Romania , Italy |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2003 |
| length | 150 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Anthony Minghella |
| script | Anthony Minghella |
| production |
Albert Berger William Horberg Sydney Pollack Ron Yerxa |
| music | Gabriel Yared |
| camera | John Seale |
| cut | Walter Murch |
| occupation | |
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On the way to Cold Mountain (original title: Cold Mountain ) by Anthony Minghella from 2003 is a film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Charles Frazier .
action
The film begins with a detailed depiction of the crater battle . The cut often alternates between war scenes and scenes at home in Cold Mountain.
Shortly before the outbreak of the American Civil War , the educated pastor's daughter Ada Monroe and the simple craftsman Inman get to know each other. But the beginning of the war tears the unlikely couple apart, and Inman goes to war on the Confederate side . All able-bodied men go to war, the others stay at home as home guards, protecting their villages and cruelly persecuting deserters and those who give them shelter.
Inman fought in war for three years and saw countless of his friends die. He keeps the book and the photo of Ada, which keep him alive, like treasure. Lying injured in the military hospital after trying to transport a fatally wounded comrade from the battlefield, he receives a letter from Ada in which she asks Inman to return as soon as possible. When Inman's wounds are halfway healed, he dares to escape from the hospital. As a deserter , he is released for shooting and on his journey through a land of devastation - always with the aim of getting back to his lover in Cold Mountain - he repeatedly meets unexpected enemies. So Inman saves Sara, a young war widow with a small child, with whom he has spent one night, from looting and rape. In addition to scenes of cruelty and brutality, there are also examples of compassion. An old woman tends him in her hut and sacrifices one of her goats for him.
Meanwhile, Ada tries desperately and despite all difficulties to run her deceased father's run-down farm . The headstrong and resolute Ruby turns out to be a valuable help. The plot follows the life path of these three people, who were all uprooted in their own way by the turmoil of the war. Ruby's father is shot by the Home Guard near his hut. When Ruby and Ada rush to his aid, Ada meets a wild stranger. It is Inman.
Awards
At the 2004 Academy Awards , the film was nominated in seven categories, but it still received only one Oscar: Renée Zellweger won the Best Supporting Role category and was the most awarded artist of the year. In addition to the Oscar, she also won the Golden Globe and the American Drama Guild Prize . The film was also nominated for the Golden Globe in seven other categories.
- Oscar : Best Supporting Actress (Renée Zellweger)
- BAFTA Award : Best Supporting Actress (Renée Zellweger), Best Music
- Actors' Guild: Best Supporting Actress (Renée Zellweger)
- Guild of sound editors: Best music editing
- Golden Globe : Best Supporting Actress (Renée Zellweger)
- Dallas Critics' Association : Best Supporting Actress (Renée Zellweger)
- San Diego Critics' Association : Best Supporting Actress (Renée Zellweger)
- Southern States ' Association of Critics : Best Supporting Actress (Renée Zellweger)
- United States Critics' Association : Best Supporting Actress (Renée Zellweger)
- National Board of Review : Best Screenplay
- CuffiaAwards : Best Love Film ( Nicole Kidman )
Reviews
- In the USA, the film received a largely positive response from the critics, which is reflected in Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic in positive ratings of 71% and 73% respectively.
- Victoria Alexander talks about mutual chemistry with Nicole Kidman and Jude Law on filmsinreview.com and describes the film as "terrible" and "slow".
- Director Spike Lee criticized the, in his opinion, complete elimination of the role of blacks in the southern states of the 19th century.
- Andreas Borcholte from Der Spiegel says that on the way to Cold Mountain I have “almost everything a future classic movie needs. His top-class leading actors alone do not manage to breathe life into the story of a longing that has endured fear and horror. ”With the opening sequence, director Minghella“ now clearly tries to match Spielberg's ruthless opening sequence from Saving Private Ryan ”. Minghella, on the other hand, “deliberately avoided the problem of slavery in the southern states,” “by casting his Ruby, an African-American in Frazier's novel, with the blonde all-American girl Zellweger.” After 155 minutes and one “too conciliatory happy ending ”one remains“ left behind at a loss ”.
- The German Film and Media Evaluation FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the title valuable.
literature
- In 2003 the photo book Cold Mountain: The Journey from Book to Film was published by Newmarket Press, New York ( ISBN 1-5570-4593-3 ), edited by Linda Sunshine, with photos by Phil Bray and Demmie Todd, about the shooting.
Web links
- Cold Mountain in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- On the way to Cold Mountain at Metacritic (English)
- Film review for On the Road to Cold Mountain on filmszene.de
- Film review for On the way to Cold Mountain on sbznet.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for the way to Cold Mountain . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , February 2004 (PDF; test number: 96 965 K).
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- ↑ www.filmsinreview.com ( Memento of the original dated February 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ Interview with Spike Lee
- ↑ Only love is missing , Spiegel.de, accessed on January 9, 2016.
