Water - the film
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Water - the film |
| Original title | Water |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1985 |
| length | English theatrical version 93 minutes, German theatrical version 85 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Dick Clement |
| script | Dick Clement Ian La Frenais Bill Persky |
| production |
George Harrison Ian La Frenais |
| music | Mike Moran , Eric Clapton , Eddy Grant , George Harrison |
| camera | Douglas Slocombe |
| cut | John Victor Smith |
| occupation | |
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Water - The film is a British comedy film from 1985. Directed by Dick Clement and produced by HandMade Films , founded by ex-Beatle George Harrison .
action
The fictional British colony of Cascara, a small Caribbean island, is being neglected by the Empire and London is even considering plans to evacuate the island and turn it into a nuclear repository. However, when an American oil company puts its old production facilities back into operation just to shoot a commercial, precious Perrier water is accidentally extracted from the abandoned oil well.
The water find attracts many interest groups to the island who are interested in the expected profits. The French government is hiring a mercenary troop to destroy the spring by blasting it, as the Cascara water is an unpleasant competition to the real Perrier water. There is also a two-man rebel group on the island who are striving for Cascara's independence from Great Britain. The US government uses the 82nd US Airborne Division on Cascara to prevent a new Cuba.
A diplomatic chaos ensues, worsened by two Cuban support soldiers of the rebel group who carry out violent actions. However, the British governor of the island fights cunningly against all enemies and thus achieves Cascara's independence from Great Britain. In the end it turns out that the water source is actually a real oil source and that Cascara's financial future is secured.
Contemporary background
The screenwriters Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais put the film on as a farce on the behavior of British colonists and "natives" as well as the US invasion of Grenada in 1983 and the Falklands War of 1982.
The film was mainly shot in the town of Soufrière on St. Lucia . Other locations were the Hartland area in England and London .
British TV journalist Paul Heiney played a small speaking role as a German mercenary. He spent a few weeks preparing for his first appearance as an actor as part of the BBC series "In at the Deep End".
music
At the end of the film, a benefit band plays, which consists of former Beatles members George Harrison and Ringo Starr and musicians Eric Clapton and Jon Lord . Harrison wrote individual pieces for the score, the main part was composed by Mike Moran. There were also some pieces by Eddy Grant .
Reviews
- "(...) a gushing film that makes world politics wet with relish." (Rating: above average) - Adolf Heinzlmeier and Berndt Schulz in Lexicon "Films on TV" (extended new edition). Rasch and Röhring, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-89136-392-3 , p. 903
- A spirited, resolutely popular comedy, which is characterized by exuberant imagination, self-irony and the courage to take utopian positions. - Lexicon of international film
Web links
- Water in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Film review from dvdheimat.de
- Comparison of the cut versions of the German and English theatrical version of Wasser - The film at Schnittberichte.com
- Karibische Kino-Klamotte , in: Der Spiegel , No. 32 of August 4, 1986, p. 125 [1]
Individual evidence
- ↑ Island Sights on slucia.com
- ↑ Hartland Abbey - Medieval Mansion ( Memento from April 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on explorethecoast.com
- ↑ Filming locations on imdb.de
- ↑ Water - The Film. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .