Wild creatures

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Movie
German title Wild creatures
Original title Fierce Creatures
Country of production USA / UK
original language English
Publishing year 1997
length 89 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Fred Schepisi ,
Robert Young
script John Cleese ,
Iain Johnstone ,
William Goldman
production Steve Abbott ,
John Cleese
music Jerry Goldsmith
camera Ian Baker ,
Adrian Biddle
cut Robert Gibson
occupation
chronology

←  Predecessor
A fish named Wanda

Wilde Kreaturen (Original title: Fierce Creatures ) is a US-British comedy film from 1997. Directed by Fred Schepisi and Robert Young, the screenplay was written by John Cleese, Iain Johnstone and William Goldman. The main roles were played by John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Kline.

action

The Marwood - Zoo near London is to the company Octopus Inc. sold. The owner of Octopus Inc. , Rod McCain, demands that all companies in his group generate a high return of 20%. In order to achieve this, only deadly and dangerous animals should be presented in the Marwood Zoo, as these are considered to be more attractive to the public. The ambitious manager Willa Weston and the son of the boss, Vince, are hired to implement the guidelines. When some of the zoo's animals are deemed too harmless and ineffective, the zoo's director, Rollo Lee, agrees to kill them. Allegedly he has to show toughness in his job, because Octopus Inc. is ruled by terror. In fact, Lee hides the animals in his own apartment. The other animals are u. a. portrayed as very dangerous by simulated accidents.

While Weston and Vince McCain call Lee in the middle of the night to discuss company details, he names some of the hidden animals by their female names to calm them down. Weston and McCain believe there is an orgy going on in Lee's apartment.

You come to England to take over the management of the zoo and downgrade Lee in the staff hierarchy. While he is moving into his new “office” in the former predator enclosure, Lee's employees find out that the allegedly killed animals are not actually dead. Weston and McCain hear two young zookeepers kissing Rollo in gratitude. McCain is disgusted and cautions Lee, Weston is intrigued.

During an inspection visit, Rod offers his son that the zoo should be closed due to lack of profitability and converted into a golf resort. He also informs him that if he dies he will treat himself cryogenically and that his money will be put into a foundation for a later resuscitation, so that his son will get empty. During this conversation they are overheard by Rollo and other zoo employees, Willa wrongly interprets this as another orgy. Rollo and Willa, who get closer and closer, find out that Vince McCain has embezzled part of the sales. When his father who had traveled there finds out and threatens to have his son arrested, he is shot in an accident. With the help of the employees of the zoo, Vince succeeds in impersonating his father to the police and in this role inheriting himself by will Octopus, dismissing his father's adlatus without notice and giving the zoo to the employees as a foundation. Weston and Lee become a couple. In the last scene, Rollo kisses Willa, whom he accidentally calls Wanda, admitting that he has not had a relationship with a woman for a long time.

Reviews

James Berardinelli wrote on ReelViews that the film was not quite as “daring”, “funny” or “lovable” as A Fish Called Wanda , but still amusing and good for many “hearty” laughs. Berardinelli greatly praised the portrayal of John Cleese.

"A largely turbulent satire on the leisure industry and its effects, which despite a few taste derailments with a lot of black humor offers mixed enjoyable entertainment."

- Lexicon of international film

"Not the big hit, but still fast-paced fun."

- The magazine Cinema 06/1997

The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating “particularly valuable”.

backgrounds

Numerous actors such as John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and Michael Palin have previously worked together on the film A Fish Called Wanda , but the plot is unrelated. However, there are several allusions to the film. For example, John Cleese once called Jamie Lee Curtis Wanda instead of Willa , which was her role name in A Fish Called Wanda . But it is corrected by her. The role of Rollo Lee pays homage to the founder of the Jersey Zoo, Gerald Durrell . In the book for the film it is reported that Rollo Lee, played by John Cleese, is the brother of Archie Leach , the lawyer from A Fish Called Wanda , who is also played by John Cleese. The book says that Rollo Lee's real name is Rollo Leach , but that he worked as a police officer in Japan, and that the Japanese who couldn't pronounce the name Leach only said Lee . In order not to be associated with his brother Archie , who was meanwhile wanted as a diamond thief, he took the name Lee .

Marwood , the zoo's name, is the middle name of John Cleese. It is also the first name of his maternal grandfather.

synchronization

Wilde Kreaturen was dubbed by the Berliner Synchron . The dialogue book was written by Arne Elsholtz , who also directed the dialogue and dubbed Kevin Kline .

actor German speaker role
John Cleese Thomas Danneberg Rollo Lee
Jamie Lee Curtis Uta Hallant Willa Weston
Kevin Kline Arne Elsholtz Vince / Rod McCain
Robert Lindsay Frank Glaubrecht Sydney Lotterby
Michael Palin Michael Nowka Adrian Malone
Carey Lowell Daniela Hoffmann Cub Felines
Cynthia Cleese Nana Spier Pip Small Mammals
Maria Aitken Kerstin Sanders-Dornseif Di Harding

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Film review by James Berardinelli
  2. ↑ Wild creatures. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. ↑ Wild Creatures in Cinema
  4. ↑ Wild creatures on fbw-filmbeval.com
  5. ↑ a b c Wild Creatures. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on April 14, 2015 .