Two savvy professionals
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Two savvy professionals |
| Original title | Semi-tough |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1977 |
| length | 108 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Michael Ritchie |
| script |
Walter Bernstein Ring Lardner Jr. |
| production | David Merrick |
| music | Jerry Fielding |
| camera | Charles Rosher junior |
| cut | Richard A. Harris |
| occupation | |
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Two savvy professionals , also known as super professionals trump (Original title: Semi-Tough ), is a 1977 American comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie and starring Burt Reynolds , Kris Kristofferson and Jill Clayburgh . The film is based on the novel Semi-Tough by Dan Jenkins and grossed $ 37.2 million at the box office. The plot essentially revolves around two best friends, professional football players, who are in love with the same woman. In addition, Werner Erhard and his Erhard Seminars Training ( est ) are parodied. In the film this organization is called "BEAT". The film was reproduced up to "You are assholes, everyone", which was Erhard's well-known sentence.
Screenwriter Walter Bernstein adapted the novel and director Ritchie built in the parody of self-help groups and new religions.
action
American football pros Billy Clyde Puckett and Marvin "Shake" Tiller are friends with the attractive Barbara Jane Bookman. They both love her.
Barbara is the daughter of the owner of the Miami club they both play for. When Shake took part in a self-improvement course called “BEAT” (Bismark Earthwalk Action Training), led by Friedrich Bismark, he developed more self-confidence and Barbara fell in love with him.
Bismark warns Shake that mixed relationships won't work. Barbara joins this course out of love and tries to find enlightenment, which she does not succeed. She is disgusted by Bismark and his mania for control and double standards, while her friend trusts Bismark. BEAT helped him a lot and he became a better person and professional. Billy Clyde Puckett also joins the course and eventually exposes Bismark as a charlatan. He finally succeeds in winning Barbara over.
Production notes
Burt Reynolds and Kris Kristofferson trained football to get in shape for the roles. They were supported by American football stars John Matuszak , Paul Hornung , Joe Kapp and Ed “Too Tall” Jones . The football scenes were filmed in the Miami Orange Bowl .
The actor Bert Convy took part in one of the Werner Erhard seminars in order to be able to better play the role of the course leader Friedrich Bismark.
Box office success
The film grossed $ 37,187,139 at the box office. Semi-Tough was taken as a pilot for a later television series in 1980 . Bruce McGill played the role of Burt Reynolds in this pilot . Next to him was David Hasselhoff in the role of Kristofferson.
Prices
In 1978 Walter Bernstein received a WGA Award nomination from the Writers Guild of America in the category "Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium" (referring to the novel by Dan Jenkins).
criticism
The criticism was different. The Wall Street Journal praised the parody of Werner Erhard. The The Charlotte Observer praised the performance Bert Convys who represented the guru Frederick Bismark. The Time Magazine called the film "one of the best of 1977".
Web links
- Two savvy professionals in theInternet Movie Database(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Semi-Tough, Box Office Information . Box Office Mojo . Retrieved June 24, 2012.
- ^ John Wakeman: World Film Directors . HW Wilson, 1988, ISBN 0-8242-0757-2 , p. 890.
- ^ Semi-Tough (1977) , IMDb Trivia. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
- ↑ Burt Reynolds : My Life, by Burt Reynolds . Hyperion, 1994, ISBN 0-7868-6130-4 , p. 222.
- ↑ Jim Cech: Oak Creek: 50 Years of Progress . Arcadia Publishing, 2005, ISBN 0-7385-3392-0 , p. 29.
- ^ William A. Gordon: Shot on This Site 1995, ISBN 0-8065-1647-X , p. 167.
- ↑ Christopher Silvester, Steven Bach: The Grove Book of Hollywood . Grove Press, 2002, ISBN 0-8021-3878-0 , pp. 555-560.
- ↑ Staff: Arts Gratia Arfis: TV's candidates for the fall . In: Time Magazine , Time Inc., April 21, 1980. Retrieved October 24, 2007.
- ^ Robert P. Laurence: Network guilty of piling on . In: SignOnSandiego.com , The San Diego Union-Tribune, October 2, 2006. Retrieved October 26, 2007.
- ↑ James Monaco: American Film Now: The People, the Power, the Money, the Movies . Zoetrope, 1984, ISBN 0-918432-64-2 , p. 359.
- ↑ Staff: Our Reynolds Rap - Burt Is Inert . In: The Wall Street Journal , Dow Jones & Company , May 27, 2005.
- ↑ Staff: Videos Bring Back Grit, Grime, Romance of Football Movies . In: The Charlotte Observer , The McClatchy Company , January 25, 1987.
- ^ Richard Schnickel: Good Ole Boys . In: Time Magazine , Time Inc., November 21, 1977. Retrieved October 25, 2007.