Cool as Ice (1991)

Regisseur:

David Kellogg

Drehbuchautor (WGA):

David Stenn (written by)

Premierendatum:

18. Oktober 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Drama | Musik | Romanze

Werbezeile:

When a girl has a heart of stone, there's only one way to melt it. Just add Ice.

Plot:

A rap oriented re-make of "Rebel Without a Cause," with heavy emphasis on the fact that rap star Vanilla Ice has assumed the James Dean role.

Plot Keywords:

Male Female Relationship | Gang | Rap Music | Highway | Boyfriend Girlfriend Relationship

Filmpreise:

1 win & 6 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

20 thumbs up!

Besetzung

Vanilla Ice	...	John 'Johnny' Van Owen
Kristin Minter	...	Kathy Winslow
Deezer D	...	Jazz
John Newton	...	Nick (as John Haymes Newton)
Naomi Campbell	...	Singer
Kevin Hicks	...	Sir D
Allison Dean	...	Princess
Sydney Lassick	...	Roscoe McCallister
Dody Goodman	...	Mae McCallister
Candy Clark	...	Grace Winslow
Michael Gross	...	Gordon Winslow
Victor DiMattia	...	Tommy Winslow
Brooke Alexander	...	Reporter
Jack McGee	...	Clarke
Ted Swanson	...	Bartender

Länge:

100 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

USA:PG (certificate #31403) | Iceland:L | Australia:PG

Drehorte:

Glendora, California, USA

Firma:

Alive Films

Dies und das:

In the VH1 "Behind the Music" (1997) episode that featured Vanilla Ice, it was stated that Robert Van Winkle was paid a cool $1,000,000 for his role as Johnny Van Owen.

Dialogzitate:

John Van Owen: [walking away] See ya later, Dick...
Nick: [offended] It's Nick.
John Van Owen: [turns around for a second] Oh yea, yea... NICK...

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in Jarhead (2005)

Soundtrack:

Never Wanna Be Without You

20 thumbs up!

Every once in a while a film comes along that changes the way we look at cinema. A film that redefines the art of movie-making and lives with the viewer long after he/she has experienced it. You may hear the critics mutter the words Star Wars, Citizen Kane or Gone With the Wind but, obviously, they don't know Ice, they don't know him at all.

If ever there was a movie that proved the Oscars are a farce, it's Cool as Ice. It clearly got snubbed and I guess we'll never know why. The only reason I can fathom is the academy's fear of the Ice man's Day-glo clashing with the red carpet. Clearly the better solution would have been a Day-glo carpet.

Maybe I'm a little biased because I see so much of myself in Ice's character and the personal journey he embarks on in the film. I, too, am a complex, misunderstood white male, searching for identity and a good lawn on which to do the running man. I also have a way with words and a way with the ladies and, gosh darn it, I just love to impress country folk with my fly threads and dope moves on the dance floor, yep yep.

The script is a work of art and is destined to become a textbook example for its conflict, character development and subtext. I can't decide who the bigger genius is: The writer or Vanilla Ice, himself, because let's face it it's not just the lines but the delivery of them. "Lose the zero, get with the hero" - pure gold.

Do what ever it takes to see this film. Beg, borrow, steal or even buy it. For all those who still wear Day-glo clothing or caps with polished metal logos, who still shave lines into their eyebrows or just consider themselves romantics, Vanilla will reinforce what you already know: You are Cool as Ice. It's also a hell of a lot better than watching Vanilla on Celebrity Boxing, no really it is.