Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)

Regisseur:

George Armitage

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Tom Jankiewicz (story)
Tom Jankiewicz (screenplay) ...

Premierendatum:

11. April 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Krimi | Romanze | Thriller

Werbezeile:

Even A Hit Man Deserves A Second Shot!

Plot:

Martin Blank is a professional assassin. He is sent on a mission to a small Detroit suburb, Grosse Pointe, and, by coincidence, his ten-year high school reunion party is taking place there at the same time.

Plot Keywords:

Glock | Terrorist | Drunkenness | 1990s | Drunk

Filmpreise:

2 wins & 4 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

A '90s classic!

US Showtimes:

(register to personalize)

Besetzung

John Cusack	...	Martin Q. Blank
Minnie Driver	...	Debi Newberry
Alan Arkin	...	Dr. Oatman
Dan Aykroyd	...	Grocer
Joan Cusack	...	Marcella
Hank Azaria	...	Steven Lardner
K. Todd Freeman	...	Kenneth McCullers
Jeremy Piven	...	Paul Spericki
Mitch Ryan	...	Mr. Bart Newberry (as Mitchell Ryan)
Michael Cudlitz	...	Bob Destepello
Benny Urquidez	...	Felix La PuBelle
Duffy Taylor	...	Ultimart Carl
Audrey Kissel	...	Arlene
Carlos Jacott	...	Ken
Brian Powell	...	Husky Man

Alternativ:

Grosse Pointe Blank - Erst der Mord, dann das Vergnügen (Deutschland) [de]
Grosse Pointe Blank: Ein Mann - Ein Mord (Deutschland) [de]
Mann, ein Mord, Ein (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, language and some drug content.

Länge:

107 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

SDDS | Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

Canada:14A (Ontario) (video rating: 2004) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | USA:R (certificate #34841) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Iceland:16 | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) (original rating) | South Korea:15 | Canada:14A (British Columbia) | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 | Netherlands:16 | Portugal:M/12 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | Singapore:PG

Drehorte:

Ambassador Hotel - 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA

Firma:

Caravan Pictures

Dies und das:

Just after Martin has put on his neck tie to go to the reunion there is a poster on the wall for The Clash's "Out Of Control" tour. The score is credited to Joe Strummer of The Clash. Also, as Martin rounds the bend while headed to his locker, there is a banner on the wall "The Future is Unwritten", a Bio-Documentary about Joe Strummer's life released in 2007.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: The convenience store sign is missing in the shot before it falls to the ground after the explosion.

Dialogzitate:

Marty: I'm a professional killer.
Paul: Do you have to do postgraduate work for that?

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Bezug enthalten in A History of Violence (2005)

Soundtrack:

Blister in the Sun

A '90s classic!

Although not nearly as popular as it deserves to be, GROSS POINTE BLANK has become an increasingly respected cult flick in the year following its theatrical release and it's not hard to see why. The movie is probably the only film on earth that is able to blend comedy, graphic violence, and romance together perfectly, which is what makes it such a classic. John Cusack is excellent as Martin Q. Blank, a hit-man who attends his ten-year high school reunion. At first he doesn't want to, but decides to go since he has a case there and he wants to see his old girlfriend Debbie (Minnie Driver) again. This dark comedy is heavy on exciting action, suspense, gunfire, laughs, and fun, but it doesn't have not quite enough character development for my taste (a bit more on how Martin became accustomed to killing would have been nice). Still, GROSSE POINTE BLANK was one of the best films of 1997 and one of the better comedies of the 1990s. There were rumors of a sequel happening for a while, though the chances of that happening are slim to none. Too bad.