Wimbledon - game, set and ... love

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Movie
German title Wimbledon - game, set and ... love
Original title Wimbledon
Country of production USA , UK
original language English
Publishing year 2004
length 98 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
Rod
Director Richard Loncraine
script Adam Brooks ,
Jennifer Flackett ,
Mark Levin
production Tim Bevan ,
Liza Chasin ,
Eric Fellner ,
Mary Richards
music Ed Shearmur
camera Darius Khondji
cut Humphrey Dixon
occupation

Wimbledon Game, Set and ... Love is a 2004 romantic comedy film directed by Richard Loncraine .

action

The Briton Peter Colt, who made it to number 11 in the tennis world rankings at the beginning of his career, has now slipped in his thirties and to position 119. He has given up the dream of living as a successful star and takes a job as a coach for rich women. Before starting the job, Peter receives another wildcard for the Wimbledon championships and thus a chance to make an honorable exit.

Lizzie Bradbury, on the other hand, is a rising tennis star from the USA. She is known for her good game, but also for her hot temper. This is their first ever Wimbledon tournament. Her big wish is to win and become the most successful player in the world. Her trainer, her father Dennis Bradbury, lives for his daughter's success. Lizzie won't let anything distract her from this goal and love stories are out of the question.

Peter meets Lizzie, they both start an affair and Peter regains his form and successfully finishes the first game. The press is fueling hope that a Briton will be able to reach the Wimbledon final after a long time, but Peter is struggling with love problems and a back injury.

For her part, Lizzie tries to find the balance between love and tennis. Nothing can stand in the way of the love of the two. For Lizzie, however, it is not so easy to manage the balancing act between Peter and tennis and to admit that the affair has long since become more. She loses her semi-finals while Peter wins his. On her way home to the USA, Lizzie sees Peter on TV and decides to turn back. With her on the stands he wins the final and then retires from active sport. Lizzie later wins the US Open and Wimbledon twice. In the final scene, the two obviously happily married can be seen on a rather unglamorous public playground in the middle of Manhattan, where they playfully teach their children the basics of tennis.

criticism

Lexicon of international films : The basically sympathetic romantic comedy suffers from its references to the “real” tennis world and from unbelievable sporting performances.

Nominations

Others

Production Notes:

  • In general, the film crew had unrestricted access to the two-week Wimbledon Championships 2003, which are also broadcast on television. Only the changing room had to be rebuilt.
  • Filming on the tennis facility at Wimbledon lasted seven weeks. Seats Center, One, and Two were mostly used, Seats seven, eight, and nine only for a small number of shots.
  • Some parts of the final in the film were filmed in 2003 before the game between Tim Henman (GRB) and Michaël Llodra (FRA) on Center Court at Wimbledon. Audience reactions were captured during real matches and inserted into the film.
  • There is a mistake in the game scenes for the final: In the tie-break of the fourth set, Colt hits an important point at a score of 5: 5, which he then loses and thus faces a match point. In fact, if you followed the logical order of the serves according to the score and the course of the game, Hammond should have served, since Colt must have started the set and with it the tie-break.
  • Some film rallies were shot without the ball. A ball was subsequently inserted into the film using CGI .
  • It was the first and so far the only time that the holy place was cleared for a film shoot.
  • In order to appear authentic, the actors Paul Bettany , Kirsten Dunst and Austin Nichols had to complete a 4-month training course and play all of their play scenes themselves.
  • All Wimbledon matches in the film have a smaller playing field in order to be able to show more dynamism.
  • Pat Cash was hired as a tennis consultant and tennis choreographer.
  • The match reporters were all tennis professionals, such as B. John McEnroe , Chris Evert , Mary Carillo, and John Barrett .
  • Hugh Grant was originally intended for the role of Peter Colt .
  • There were intermittent rumors that Reese Witherspoon would play the role of Lizzie Bradbury.
  • The film is dedicated to Mark McCormack .
  • At the airport, Lizzie can watch Peter being interviewed on TV. Here you can only see the US NBC logo. In fact, only the British BBC in Great Britain reports on Wimbledon.

It premiered on September 13, 2004 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of Approval for Wimbledon - Game, Set and ... Love . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2005 (PDF; test number: 101 197 K).
  2. ↑ Wimbledon - Game, Set and ... Love. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. ↑ Link to production notes Archived copy ( Memento from June 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ see opening sequence in the film or the official homepage Archived copy ( Memento from April 4, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ^ Mark McCormack Biography http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0998475/bio
  6. ↑ World Premiere of "Wimbledon" , seeing-stars.com, September 13, 2004