Promised is promised

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Movie
German title Promised is promised
Original title Jingle All the Way
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1996
length 89 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
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Director Brian Levant
script Randy Kornfield
production Michael Barnathan ,
Chris Columbus ,
Mark Radcliffe
music David Newman
camera Victor J. Kemper
cut Kent Beyda ,
Wilton Henderson ,
Adam Weiss
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A promise is a promise is an American action comedy and a Christmas film by director Brian Levant with Arnold Schwarzenegger in the lead role.

content

The film is about Howard Langston, a businessman and father of a family, who promised his neglected son Jamie that he would get a Turbo-Man , the latest action figure from a popular children's TV series, for Christmas . Since he forgot to get the figurine, he rushes through Minneapolis and St. Paul on Christmas Day to find such a figurine, but realizes that they are sold out almost everywhere. In his desperate search for just one Turbo-Man figure, he gets unwanted competition from the somewhat crazy postman Myron, who has also promised his son a Turbo-Man.

In addition, Howard meets toy forgers and a policeman named Hummel, who is chasing after him with increasing eagerness (especially since Howard always has a mishap at Hummel's expense when they meet). Again and again Howard seems so close to the goal of getting the coveted figure, and yet the chance slips away again at the last moment. There is also danger from his neighbor Ted, a womanizer who tries to get on Howard's wife Liz.

In the end, when Howard has to flee from Hummel again, he is mistakenly mistaken for a substitute stuntman , unceremoniously forced into a Turbo Man costume, and takes part in a Christmas parade disguised ; he can give a boy an exclusive Turbo-Man as a present. Howard decides in favor of his son, but Myron disguises himself as Turbo-Man's adversary Dementor . There is a mad battle for the character between the two competitors. In the end, Howard saves his son's life and Myron is arrested, but Jamie surrenders his character to Myron because he and his father have a "real" turbo man at home. However, Christmas Eve ends with a new horror for Howard: he forgot the present for his wife!

background

  • As a running gag , a policeman can be seen again and again who tries to arrest Howard because he does not take any laws into account in his hunt for the coveted toy. In one scene, Myron addresses the policeman as Magnum : "Come on Magnum, you too!" The policeman's actor is Robert Conrad , a half-brother of Larry Manetti , who played as Rick in the television series Magnum .
  • The giant Santa Claus from the criminal organization Howard is fighting was portrayed by Paul Wight , known as The Big Show in the US wrestling promotion, WWE . In the credits he still has the nickname The Giant , which refers to his former gimmick at his former competitor World Championship Wrestling .
  • In 2014, Jingle All the Way 2 ( Jingle All the Way 2 ) was a sequel that was produced for the video market. Larry the Cable Guy took on the leading role and directed Alex Zamm.

Gross profit

With production costs of 60 million US dollars , the film played about one US dollar 129 million.

Awards

The film won the 1997 Blockbuster Entertainment Award in the Favorite Supporting Actor - Family category. However, in the same year he was also nominated for the Golden Raspberry in the worst director category.

Reviews

From the criticism was promised is promised very negatively overall. Film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 16 percent rating based on 45 reviews, while Metacritic gave it 34 out of 100 points.

“The director relies entirely on the effect of individual scenes, but does not use the comic potential of the characters. The result is a comedy that is as staid as it is boring. "

- Lexicon of international film

"What Arnie does to keep his promise is hilarious."

- TV movie

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ box office results
  2. ↑ Awards
  3. ↑ A promise is a promise. In: Rotten Tomatoes . Accessed December 18, 2018 .
  4. ↑ A promise is a promise. In: Metacritic . Accessed December 18, 2018 .
  5. ↑ A promise is a promise. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  6. ↑ A promise is a promise on tvspielfilm.de