Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Regisseur:

Joe Dante

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Chris Columbus (characters)
Charles S. Haas (written by)

Premierendatum:

15. Juni 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Werbezeile:

Take Your Batch to See the New Batch.

Plot:

The Gremlins are back, and this time, they've taken total control over the building of a media mogul.

Plot Keywords:

Intentional Goof | Footsie Under The Table | Creature | Skyscraper | Female To Male Foot In Crotch

Filmpreise:

6 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Blame the gremlins for everything

Besetzung

Zach Galligan	...	Billy Peltzer
Phoebe Cates	...	Kate Beringer
John Glover	...	Daniel Clamp
Robert Prosky	...	Grandpa Fred
Robert Picardo	...	Forster
Christopher Lee	...	Doctor Catheter
Haviland Morris	...	Marla Bloodstone
Dick Miller	...	Murray Futterman
Jackie Joseph	...	Sheila Futterman
Gedde Watanabe	...	Mr. Katsuji
Keye Luke	...	Mr. Wing
Kathleen Freeman	...	Microwave Marge
Don Stanton	...	Martin
Dan Stanton	...	Lewis
Shawn Nelson	...	Wally

Alternativ:

Gremlins 2 (USA) (original script title)
Monolith (USA) (fake working title)
Gremlins II - Die Rückkehr der kleinen Monster (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

106 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby SR (35 mm prints)

Altersfreigabe:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #30326) | Finland:K-11 | Iceland:10 | UK:12 (cut) | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Netherlands:6 (DVD) | Netherlands:6 | South Korea:All | UK:PG (2008 re-rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Canada:14A | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12/9 | France:U | Norway:10 (original rating) | Norway:11 (video rating) | Singapore:PG | Sweden:11 | UK:12 | West Germany:12

Drehorte:

101 Park Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Firma:

Amblin Entertainment

Dies und das:

Gastrolle: [Jerry Goldsmith]along with his wife Carol Heather Goldsmith can be seen as yogurt customers in the Clamp Tower.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: When Gizmo falls down the air duct and lands to find all the hatched Gremlin cocoons, just before he lands some green goo from the cocoons had apparently dripped onto his stomach. When he does hit the bottom, though, his stomach is clean again.

Dialogzitate:

Daffy the Gremlin: Second floor, lingerie.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Spin Off Gremlins: Unleashed! (2001) (VG)

Soundtrack:

IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND

Blame the gremlins for everything

To this day my friend and I still refer to the gremiln like he is real. When something goes wrong with my computer, it is the gremlin, when my keys are misplaced and then show up in a spot that you swear you checked before, it was the gremlin, when something, anything goes wrong, it has to be the gremlin. I am actually convinced that Spike has taken on a life of his own (kinda the way Freddy did in Wes Craven's New Nightmare) and lives to make my life difficult. Joe Dante's Gremlin's has had that much of an impact on my life. Gremlins was a wonderful film and it was a little more creepy than it was funny. But make no mistake about this one, it is one of the funnier movies that I've seen. It abandons all that was scary and atmospheric in the first and just adds comedy a-plenty. And I would seriously put this humour up against some of the funnier comdies of the 90's.

This time the adventures of Magwai and Spike reach a skyskraper like building owned by a guy that has to be a distant cousin of Donald Trump. And if you think back to Gremlins, remember how much trouble the little guys could get into using simple household products (microwave, chimney etc ) well that is nothing compared to what they can do at an office filled with the latest technology.

There are also many many inside jokes about Hollywood and such that you have to watch it several times to pick up on all of them. What is also great about the film is the two versions ( one for the theater and one for the VCR ) I remember when I saw this in the theater I really thought something was wrong with the projector when it first went all strange. And I like the fact that the makers of this had the guts and the gaul to try something new like that. It kind of reminds me of Something About Mary when at the end the entire cast is singing that song. The movie never stops trying to entertain, and that is what I got from this film too. It will do anything to make you laugh, even throw in a little Hulkamania when he was cool.

Gremlins 2 is one of the funniest films that you will see. And I'm just a little surprised that Joe Dante isn't still active so much in the business anymore. He made some great films and I would gladly see anything that he puts his name on.

If you haven't seen this film for quite some time, then I highly suggest that you do see it soon. I was browsing through Rick Baker's filmography on the IMDb and I came across Gremlins 2. I rented it the same night and I was very glad I did. Not only did it make me laugh, it brought me back to a time when films like this and The Goonies and even E.T. were made. Movies aren't the same anymore and that is not neccessarily a criticism, it is just a comment pointing out that in the early 90's and the 80's movies were just different sometimes. This is one of the funnier ones, and one of the more entertaining. Do you remember a film by Amblin that wasn't?