Two in one room
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Two in one room |
| Original title | The Rat Race |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1960 |
| length | 101 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Robert Mulligan |
| script | Garson Kanin |
| production | William Perlberg, George Seaton, Harry Caplan, Curtis Mick, Robert R. Snody, Perlsea Company |
| music | Elmer Bernstein |
| camera | Robert Burks |
| cut | Alma Macrorie |
| occupation | |
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Two in One Room is a 1960 film starring Tony Curtis and Debbie Reynolds , produced by Paramount Pictures.
action
Young saxophonist Pete Hammond Jr. takes the bus from his hometown of Milwaukee to New York City in hopes of making a career as a jazz musician . Looking for a job, he meets the dancer Peggy Brown, who makes her living as a model. She came to New York some time ago, also hoping for a stage career. She has now lost all illusions and has become cynical. Due to rent debts, she has just been given notice of the apartment that has just been rented to Pete Hammond. He offers her to live with him and to contribute to the rent because he cannot actually afford the apartment. She accepts his offer. During an audition for a band, he is sent away to get beer for the band. When he returns, he finds out that his saxophone has been stolen.
Shortly thereafter, he received an offer to play a saxophonist on a crusader, which he could not accept because he had no instrument. Peggy, who works in a taxi dance hall and owes Nelly, who runs the bar, agrees to work for Nelly as a prostitute. She then gives Pete the money to buy a new saxophone. When Pete becomes suspicious, she assures him that everything is in order.
Pete writes to Peggy every day on the cruise. When he comes back after a month, she wants to quit her job with Nelly, but Nelly doesn't want to let her go and blackmails her by telling Pete how she makes her money. But Pete, who loves Peggy, takes his wages, sells watches and saxophones, and pays her debts. He confesses to her that he had three "affairs" on the ship and has to promise her never to take part in a cruise again.
production
script
The script was based on the play of the same name by Garson Kanin , which premiered on Broadway in December 1949 . In 1960 Paramount Pictures bought the rights to the book and Kanin worked it into a screenplay.
Locations
Filming began in September 1959, filming locations were Milwaukee , Chicago and various places in New York , including a Greyhound bus station , Jack Dempsey's Broadway restaurant and the Dixie Hotel.
music
The score was composed by Elmer Bernstein, who also plays in the band The Hot Peppers . Tony Curtis saxophone solos are played by Gerry Mulligan and Dave Pell .
From the main theme of the film, " Sam Butera & The Witnesses" played a recording that became quite popular in the 1960s. It was not until 2012 that the Kritzerland label released a CD with the complete film music.
publication
The film opened in US theaters on July 10, 1960, with box office earnings of $ 3,400,000 (US / and Canada). The premiere in Germany was on February 24, 1961. In the German dubbed version, Tony Curtis is spoken by Herbert Stass and Debbie Reynolds by Maria Körber .
criticism
According to the lexicon of international films , it is about "[...] dignified entertainment with a credible description of the milieu that propagates life-affirming optimism."
Web links
- Two in a room in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Rat Race AFI Catalog of Feature Films, The First 100 Years, 1893-1993
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The Rat Race , IBDB, accessed August 12, 2020
- ↑ The Rat Race , kritzerland.com, accessed on August 12, 2020
- ↑ The Rat Race movie.wave.net, accessed August 12, 2020
- ↑ German synchronous files
- ↑ Two in one room. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 12, 2020 .