How life goes
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | How life goes |
| Original title | Funny people |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 146 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Judd Apatow |
| script | Judd Apatow |
| production |
Clayton Townsend , Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel |
| music |
Michael Andrews , Jason Schwartzman |
| camera | Janusz Kamiński |
| cut |
Brent White , Craig Alpert |
| occupation | |
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As Life Plays (Original Title: Funny People ) is a tragicomic American film by Judd Apatow , released in 2009 , which is about the life of stand-up comedians .
action
The successful but lonely comedian and actor George Simmons learns that he has a rare type of leukemia for which only experimental treatment exists. Since these drugs are only effective in eight percent of patients, he assumes that he will die soon.
George improvises a somber program with allusions to his imminent death. In the cabaret club The Improv , in which he creates a depressing mood, he meets the unsuccessful stand-up comedian Ira Wright, who has to appear immediately after him and reacts to the bad mood by making fun of George. George then hired Ira as a gag writer and personal assistant.
First, George, who has no close social relationships, only tells Ira about his illness and befriends him. He later told colleagues and acquaintances about the life-threatening illness, including his childhood sweetheart Laura, who forgave George for breaking their relationship through infidelity.
When George learns that the treatment is working for him, he wants to change his life, which was previously marked by thoughtfulness, and appears again in front of a large audience. Ira informs Laura of George's recovery, and Laura invites the two men to her house, where she lives with her children and her husband, who is often abroad on business trips. Laura reports that she is not happy with her often absent husband, who - like George at the time - is not loyal to her. She goes on an affair with George and they both envision a future together.
Shortly afterwards, Laura's husband Clarke surprisingly returns from China , but is not jealous of George at first, as he thinks George is terminally ill. When he realizes this mistake, he leaves the house to fly to China. But Laura drives after him and makes up with him at the airport. After a fight with Clarke, George and Ira have to leave. They quarrel on the drive home, and George fires his employee. But finally George turns to Ira and tells him gags that he wrote for him so that they reconcile again.
background
Since not only the director and the main actors worked as stand-up comedians at the beginning of their careers, How life so plays processed numerous autobiographical experiences. Apatow and Sandler lived together in a shared apartment when they appeared regularly at the comedy club The Improv about 20 years before working on the film .
The film features a number of comedians in small roles or cameo appearances , including Dave Attell , Sarah Silverman , Norm MacDonald , Paul Reiser , Tom Anderson , Charles Fleischer , George Wallace, Ray Romano , Bo Burnham and Andy Dick , as well as the Rapper Eminem , musician James Taylor and actress Nicole Parker .
After premiering on July 20, 2009, How Life played it aired on July 31, 2009 in the United States. On the first weekend he played around 22.5 million US dollars one. The film opened in cinemas in Germany and Austria on September 17 and 18. Compared to the production cost of $ 75 million, the admissions brought in only about 61.5 million dollars. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on November 24, 2009 . The German DVD and Blu-ray version was released on January 21, 2010.
criticism
“All the open and encrypted autobiographical aspects and references give 'Funny People' a certain charm without question. It's fun to be involved in this strange game of hide and seek between a successful filmmaker and a Hollywood star. But over time the film loses itself. The rather unusual, almost experimental mixture of comedy and sentimentality, deadly seriousness and childish silliness gradually tips into pure self-reflection. "
"Wistful insider look at the stand-up comedian scene by and with relevant professionals."
“… A film about comedians that is more interested in their uncomfortable side. The first thing you realize is that comedians are not necessarily nice people. "
"Adam Sandler's best performance."
The German Film and Media Evaluation FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the title valuable.
Web links
- Official site for How Life Works (German)
- Official site for Funny People (English)
- As life goes in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- As life goes on Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Box office for Funny People on Box Office Mojo (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Release certificate for How life plays . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry, July 2009 (PDF; test number: 118 864 K).
- ↑ Heather Newgen: Funny People Set Visit: Judd Apatow . In: Commingsoon.net , April 7, 2009. Retrieved November 24, 2009.
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^ Stand-Up Comedian Cameos in Judd Apatow's Funny People. (No longer available online.) In: Slashfilm.com. December 17, 2008, archived from the original on January 29, 2009 ; Retrieved November 23, 2009 . 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. Eminem In New Judd Apatow "Funny People" Movie. In: Rap Basement. May 16, 2009. Retrieved November 23, 2009 . Mark Shanahan / Paysha Rhone: Taylors turn to film. In: The Boston Globe. January 8, 2009. Retrieved November 23, 2009 . MADtv's Nicole Parker Joins Wicked as Elphaba Beginning January 16th In: Broadwayworld.com. January 7, 2009. Retrieved November 23, 2009 . Mark Shanahan / Paysha Rhone: From YouTube to Hollywood. In: The Boston Globe. January 7, 2009. Retrieved November 23, 2009 .
- ↑ business for about Funny People on Box Office Mojo (English). Retrieved November 23, 2009.
- ↑ Sascha Westphal : How life works . In: Filmstarts.de . Retrieved November 23, 2009.
- ↑ Heike Angermeier: How life works . In: Kino.de . Retrieved November 23, 2009.
- ↑ Barbara Schweizerhof: How life works . In: Filmzentrale.de . Retrieved March 1, 2016.
- ^ Roger Ebert: Funny People . In: rogerebert.com . Retrieved March 1, 2016.
