Chasing Mr. Tout

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Movie
German title Chasing Mr. Tout
Original title Who Is Cletis Tout?
Country of production USA , Canada
original language English
Publishing year 2001
length 92 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Chris Ver Wiel
script Chris Ver Wiel
production Matthew Grimaldi ,
Daniel Grodnik ,
Robert Snukal
music Randy Edelman
camera Jerzy Zieliński
cut Roger Bondelli
occupation

Hunt for Mr. Tout (Original title: Who Is Cletis Tout?; Alternative title: Just 90 minutes ; Cletis Tout - Dead or Alive (DVD release 2008)) is an American - Canadian crime comedy from 2001 . Directed by Chris Ver Wiel , who also wrote the script.

action

The film begins with the hit man known as Critical Jim breaking into Trevor Allen Finch's hotel room and tying him up. Critical Jim then calls his client and requests a transfer to his account within 90 minutes, otherwise he lets Finch run. When spelling the account number, he uses parts of the titles of old films.

While waiting, Finch tells the killer what happened before. Micah Donnelly stole approximately $ 4.5 million worth of diamonds that he buried in a meadow in the 1970s. He is arrested and sentenced to a long prison term; 20 years later, he and the forger Finch escape from prison together.

Meanwhile, the reporter Cletis Tout, who works for scandal newspapers, films an act of love in which the son and successor of a mafia boss strangles a woman. The Mafia boss has Tout killed. Finch and Donnelly assume false identities, with Finch using Tout's identity. The mafia chief orders an attack on the alleged reporter, in which Donnelly is accidentally killed.

Finch and Donnelly's daughter Tess look for the hiding place for the diamonds together. They discover that a prison has been built on the meadow in the meantime. Finch reports to the police under the name Tout and tells them about the attacks. Tess faked another attack in front of the police building, whereupon Finch is locked up for his safety in the prison where the gems were hidden. He finds the diamonds and at the same time one of the policemen discovers his true identity. Finch suggests that he hand over the taping of the murder if the cop lets him go - which the cop responds to.

Finch notes that Tess wasn't interested in the diamond - which she left him completely - but only in a family photo hidden with the diamonds.

The Mafiosi are arrested while Critical Jim waits to be called back. Finch is released; He's late for the train Tess was supposed to take away, but she stays on the platform and waits for him.

Reviews

Kevin Thomas wrote in the Los Angeles Times on July 26, 2002 that the film was a romantic crime comedy that turned out to be "clever, amusing and unpredictable" . He praised the "exuberant" actors.

TV Movie magazine wrote that the film was "a cheeky crook comedy with lots of film inside jokes and an excellent cast" .

Awards

Chris Ver Wiel was nominated for the Directors Guild of Canada Award in 2002. Louis Di Bianco was nominated for the Canadian Comedy Award in 2002.

backgrounds

The film was shot in Toronto and Uxbridge, Ontario . Its production amounted to an estimated 9 million US dollars . The world premiere took place on September 12, 2001 at the Toronto International Film Festival . The film was released in selected cinemas in the United States, where it grossed around 252 thousand US dollars.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Film review by Kevin Thomas, accessed December 28, 2007
  2. ↑ TV Movie, accessed on December 28, 2007 ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2007 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tvmovie.de
  3. ↑ Filming locations for Who Is Cletis Tout ?, accessed December 28, 2007
  4. ^ Box office / business for Who Is Cletis Tout ?, Retrieved December 28, 2007
  5. ↑ Who Is Cletis Tout? Premiere dates, accessed December 28, 2007