You Can Count on Me

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Movie
German title You Can Count on Me
Original title You Can Count on Me
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2000
length 116 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Kenneth Lonergan
script Kenneth Lonergan
production Barbara De Fina ,
John Hart ,
Larry Meistrich ,
Jeff Sharp
music Lesley Barber
camera Stephen Kazmierski
cut Anne McCabe
occupation

You Can Count on Me (Alternate title: Count on me ) is an American film drama from the year 2000 . It was directed by Kenneth Lonergan , who also wrote the script. This script, as well as the performance of leading actress Laura Linney , were nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe Award in 2001.

action

Siblings Samantha and Terry Prescott were orphaned as children due to their parents' car accident. Several years later, Samantha is a single mother working for a bank as a credit advisor. Her brother goes on an extensive journey and visits her when he needs money. Terry transfers the money to his girlfriend, who attempts suicide.

Samantha's 8-year-old son Rudy does not know his father and imagines that he is a hero. Meanwhile, Samantha renews her relationship with a friend who later surprises her with a marriage proposal. Her new married boss, Brian Everett, is intrigued by her and has an affair with her.

Terry befriends his nephew. After a while he brings Rudy to his father. There he lets himself be provoked, beats the man and is arrested. Samantha brings her brother and son home; a little later Terry leaves.

Reviews

Carla Meyer wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle of November 17, 2000 that the film was an "intensely moving family drama" and was one of the best films of the year. He offers a “quiet and heartbreaking look at the dynamics of a family” . It is difficult to say which of the two main presentations is more remarkable. Rory Culkin and Matthew Broderick were also mentioned by the "uniformly good" cast.

The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was a “theatrical film-made portrait of a small town and family whose content and form were all too casually staged” . Only the actors would stand out “from the work without concept” .

Karl-Heinz Schäfer wrote in the magazine Cinema that the “beautiful, touching family drama” tells “about the little things in life” . It shows "everyday types" and "a short brawl as the highest degree of external drama, otherwise people who are looking for the meaning of life - namely affection, understanding and tenderness" ; the “sincerity” is a “difficult special effect” that Lonergan has mastered. The film hit the American critics "right in the heart" .

Awards

Laura Linney for Best Actress and Kenneth Lonergan for Best Original Screenplay were nominated for an Academy Award in 2001. Laura Linney for Best Actress - Drama and Kenneth Lonergan for Best Screenplay were nominated for a 2001 Golden Globe Award .

Kenneth Lonergan received two awards at the AFI Fest in 2000 as a director and as a screenwriter . He also received the 2000 Boston Society of Film Critics Award , the British Film Institute Award , the National Board of Review Award, and both the Jury Grand Prix and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award of the Sundance Film Festival ; he was nominated for the Bronze Horse of the Stockholm Film Festival and for the Gotham Award .

During the 2000 World Film Festival , Mark Ruffalo received a Best Actor Award and Kenneth Lonergan a Special Award from the Ecumenical Jury ; Lonergan was also nominated for the Grand Prix des Amériques . Kenneth Lonergan and Mark Ruffalo received the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award . Laura Linney and Kenneth Lonergan as screenwriters received the 2000 New York Film Critics Circle Award and the Toronto Film Critics Association Award, respectively . Laura Linney won the San Diego Film Critics Society Award in 2000 , but shared it with Julia Roberts ( Erin Brockovich ) .

The film and Kenneth Lonergan as screenwriter won the 2001 Independent Spirit Award ; Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo and Rory Culkin in the Best Debut category were nominated for the same award. Kenneth Lonergan won the 2001 Writers Guild of America Award for his screenplay . Laura Linney and Kenneth Lonergan as screenwriters won the 2001 National Society of Film Critics Award . Rory Culkin received the Young Artist Award in 2001 .

Laura Linney received the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award in 2001 and was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award . Kenneth Lonergan won the 2001 Golden Satellite Award for the screenplay and Laura Linney was nominated for the Golden Satellite Award. Laura Linney, Rory Culkin and Kenneth Lonergan as screenwriters were nominated for the 2001 Phoenix Film Critics Society Award . Laura Linney and Kenneth Lonergan were nominated for the 2001 Online Film Critics Society Award . Kenneth Lonergan was nominated as a director for the Danish Bodil Prize in 2002.

backgrounds

The film was shot in New York City , in Margaretville ( New York ) and in Phenicia (New York) rotated. Its production amounted to an estimated 1.2 million US dollars . The world premiere took place on January 21, 2000 at the Sundance Film Festival , followed by numerous other film festivals - including the World Film Festival in August 2000 and the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2000. On December 1, 2000, the film came in selected cinemas in the United States, where it grossed approximately 9.2 million US dollars. It was released in German cinemas on April 19, 2001.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b You Can Count on Me in the Lexicon of International FilmsTemplate: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used , accessed on November 6, 2008
  2. ^ Film review by Carla Meyer , accessed on November 6, 2008
  3. ↑ a b Cinema
  4. ^ Filming locations for You Can Count on Me , accessed November 6, 2008
  5. ↑ Box office / business for You Can Count on Me , accessed November 6, 2008
  6. ↑ Release dates for You Can Count on Me , accessed November 6, 2008