S1m0ne (2002)

Regisseur:

Andrew Niccol

Drehbuchautor (WGA):

Andrew Niccol (written by)

Premierendatum:

23. August 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Werbezeile:

A star is... created.

Plot:

A producer's film is endangered when his star walks off, so he decides to digitally create an actress to substitute for the star, becoming an overnight sensation that everyone thinks is a real person.

Plot Keywords:

Virtual Family | Father Daughter Relationship | Obsolete | Indestructible | Obsessive

Filmpreise:

1 nomination

Nutzerkommentare:

Interesting and Entertaining

Besetzung

Al Pacino	...	Viktor Taransky
Benjamin Salisbury	...	Production Assistant
Winona Ryder	...	Nicola Anders
Darnell Williams	...	Studio Executive #1
Jim Rash	...	Studio Executive #2
Ron Perkins	...	Studio Executive #3
Jay Mohr	...	Hal Sinclair
Catherine Keener	...	Elaine Christian
Evan Rachel Wood	...	Lainey Christian Taransky
Jeffrey Pierce	...	Kent
Jeff Williams	...	Man in Suit
Rachel Roberts	...	Simone (as Simone)
Mitzi Martin	...	Premiere Audience Member
Carole Androsky	...	Premiere Audience Member (as Carol Androsky)
Christopher Neiman	...	Premiere Audience Member

Alternativ:

Simone (USA) (alternative spelling)
S1m0ne (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sensuality.

Länge:

117 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Altersfreigabe:

Canada:PG (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Canada:G (Alberta/British Columbia/Quebec) | Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Brazil:Livre | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:6 | Netherlands:AL | Peru:PT | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | UK:PG | USA:PG-13

Drehorte:

City Hall, Pasadena, California, USA

Firma:

New Line Cinema

Dies und das:

Al Pacino's character's name is Viktor, a reference to Victor Frankenstein.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: While Victor is speaking to Simone after "Sunrise, sunset" premiere, he puts on the table a glass which alternates between being full and empty between shots.

Dialogzitate:

Viktor: Creative differences? The difference is, you're not creative.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweist auf/spielt an auf/erwähnt 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Soundtrack:

(You Make Me Feel Like a) Natural Woman

Interesting and Entertaining

Director and writer Andrew Nicol has only a few scripts and movies in his record, but all are memorable. He wrote and directed 'Gattaca', wrote 'The Truman Show' script, and here he is again both writing and directing with 'S1m0ne'. It is seldom that one director chooses his films in such a focused manner, and in his case it certainly pays back.

'S1m0ne' is another story about Hollywood, but a really original one. Since the film was released the first completely virtual film became reality, and some of the best movies of 2002 combine real actors and fantastic computer generated characters. Is this a threat to the big star system? This is the main theme of the movie. The second, and maybe even more important is the cult for icons, the morbid fascination of the public with the life of celebrities. The two themes play well together, combined with the excellent portrait that Al Pacino creates for his Faustian director.

I liked the movie. It has enough interesting material to keep the interest. The weaker points are the length - yet another film which would have benefit if it was 10-15 minutes shorter - and the final which is too conventional relative to the originality of the rest of the script.

8/10 on my personal scale - go and see or rent it, you will not be disappointed.