The Temp (1993)

Regisseur:

Tom Holland

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Kevin Falls (story) &
Tom Engelman (story) ...

Premierendatum:

12. Februar 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Werbezeile:

Don't get mad. Get promoted.

Plot:

A cookie company takeover has employees scrambling to make a case for continued employment. An executive's...

Plot Keywords:

Tennis Club | Company Picnic | Hand Caught In Machine | Deception | Corporate America

Filmpreise:

1 win

Nutzerkommentare:

Guilty Pleasures....

Besetzung

Timothy Hutton	...	Peter Derns
Lara Flynn Boyle	...	Kris Bolin
Dwight Schultz	...	Roger Jasser
Oliver Platt	...	Jack Hartsell
Steven Weber	...	Brad Montroe
Colleen Flynn	...	Sara Meinhold
Faye Dunaway	...	Charlene Towne
Scott Coffey	...	Lance
Dakin Matthews	...	Dr. Feldman
Maura Tierney	...	Sharon Derns
Lin Shaye	...	Rosemary
Michael Winters	...	Mercer
Daniel C. Swanson	...	Nathan Derns
Demene E. Hall	...	Marla Higgins
Jesse Vint	...	Larry

Alternativ:

Aushilfe, Die (Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

99 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:16 (video rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Germany:12 | South Korea:18 | UK:15 | USA:R

Drehorte:

North Coast, Oregon, USA

Firma:

Columbus Circle Films

Dies und das:

The role played by Faye Dunaway was first offered to Diane Ladd: Dunaway and Ladd had both appeared in the film Chinatown (1974) in which Ladd's character impersonates Dunaway's. Dunaway was given the role as she was agreeable to a lesser fee than that asked by Ladd and also did not wish the star billing which Ladd did.

Pannen:

Geographische Fehler: Though the movie takes place in Portland, Oregon, one of the characters is listening to a Seattle radio station, which would not transmit in Portland.

Dialogzitate:

Peter Derns: Where'd she get the picture?
Rosemary: It came with the frame. She bought a set-five for $9.99 from Thrifty's.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Enthält ausschnittsweise "The Arsenio Hall Show" (1989)

Soundtrack:

And Your Music

Guilty Pleasures....

This is one of my "guilty pleasures" movies. A movie that has no real message and nothing profound to say. It's just fun to watch. (Con Air is another example for me.) The performances are more than adequate for this type of movie, so it is easy to watch.

Basic premise, Peter Derns (Timothy Hutton) gets a temp, Kris Bolin (Lara Flynn Boyle) that is smart, sexy and ambitious. She seems like a Godsend at first because she actually helps him in his dog-eat-dog world of marketing. His boss, Charlene (Faye Dunaway) is great in her supporting role as both mentor & menace.

One of the problems is that Peter is under mental supervision (aka: shrink) for supposed paranoia & extreme jealousy. When things start to go wrong as Kris works her way up the ladder, everyone thinks he's just paranoid. Hmm?

Well, you can probably guess what happens next. But even though this movie is predictable, it doesn't stop me from watching it whenever it's on. The actors are fun to watch, and very attractive. The sexual tension between Hutton & Boyle is believable. And there are plenty of deaths to keep it moving right along!

Just a fun movie, nothing major or worthy of the Academy of Dramatic Arts- but then not everything has to be. Just enjoy this for what it is- a guilty pleasure.