The Pledge (2001)

Regisseur:

Sean Penn

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Friedrich Dürrenmatt (book)
Jerzy Kromolowski (screenplay) ...

Premierendatum:

19. Januar 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Krimi | Mystery | Thriller

Werbezeile:

Detective Jerry Black has made a promise he can't break, to catch a killer he can't find.

Plot:

A retiring police chief pledges to catch the killer of a young child.

Plot Keywords:

Cigarette Smoking | Burned Up Car | Interrogation | Burned Body | Mother

Filmpreise:

6 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

All the comments I read are equally, love it or hate it. I'll settle the dispute.

Besetzung

Patricia Clarkson	...	Margaret Larsen
Benicio Del Toro	...	Toby Jay Wadenah
Dale Dickey	...	Strom
Wendy Morrow Donaldson	...	Resort Owner
Adrien Dorval	...	Sheriff (as P. Adrien Dorval)
Aaron Eckhart	...	Stan Krolak
Shawn Henter	...	Bus Driver
Kathy Jensen	...	Store Clerk
Taryn Knowles	...	Ginny Larsen
Nels Lennarson	...	Hank
Costas Mandylor	...	Monash Deputy
J.J. McColl	...	Real Estate Agent
Gordon May	...	Criminologist #1
Gardiner Millar	...	Deputy #3
Helen Mirren	...	Doctor

Alternativ:

Versprechen, Das (Österreich) (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and language.

Länge:

124 Min | Argentina:123 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Altersfreigabe:

Malaysia:U (cut version) | Iceland:16 | Australia:M (TV rating) | Malaysia:18PL (uncut version) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA (cable rating) | Australia:R (original rating) | Brazil:16 | Finland:K-15 | France:-12 | Germany:12 | Hungary:14 | Italy:T | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:15 (video premiere) | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R

Drehorte:

Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada

Firma:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Dies und das:

This is an adaptation of a Friedrich Dürrenmatt novel that was based on a story he wrote for the 1958 German movie Es geschah am hellichten Tag (1958) (which had a slightly different, not as dark ending). In that movie the murderer was played by Gert Fröbe who would six years later play Auric Goldfinger in the James Bond movie Goldfinger (1964).

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: As Jerry drives his SUV through the field and fences to the church, the brush guards on the front of the vehicle disappear and reappear.

Dialogzitate:

[first lines]
Jerry Black: She said it. She said it. She did.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweist auf/spielt an auf/erwähnt The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Soundtrack:

Nwalhulwana

All the comments I read are equally, love it or hate it. I'll settle the dispute.

The Pledge is a....... good movie.

I see how people can dislike it, it is a kind of long movie, and you have to be patient with it. The ending is kind of frustrating to those seeking all the answers, but anyone with a fairly open mind will like it instantly.

The movie was good, I liked it, my mom and my little sister even liked it.

Sean Penn made sure not to try to win over a crown using the generic appeal, sex, gore, et cetera. He was very classy with this movie, good job on his part.

Acting was good throughout the movie, Jack Nicholson did a good job, I especially liked Benicio Del Toro's part, even though it was not too long.

I don't know, pretty much, it's a good movie, nothing out of the ball park. But it is worth the watch.