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 | Obsolete | Obsessive | Gender Crossing | Indestructible

Filmpreise:

1 nomination

Nutzerkommentare:

Darn funny

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) | Iceland:L | Canada:G (Alberta/British Columbia/Quebec) | 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:

As part of the pre-released publicity for this film, it was claimed that Simone would be played by a completely photo-realistic computer-generated actress.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: Lainey's hair while at Viktor's computer after his arrest.

Dialogzitate:

Viktor: I did it. Tell them they can fry me. I DID IT! It was premeditated! I strangled her... I bludgeoned her... I set her on fire, and then I killed her! I did it!

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

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

Soundtrack:

Adagio for Strings

Darn funny

Very good satire on the cult of celebrity, in which the whole world falls all over itself in praise of a non-existent actress. The movie also deals, to a much lesser extent, with the conflict between wanting to create a perfect artistic vision and wanting to create art that is in the world. It's not the most pointed or savage of satires, but it is quite a funny one. Some people here have criticized it for being predictable, which really misses the point of satire. Satire is based to a great extent on the frightening predictability of people, and it must follow a logical train of escalating events or what's the point. The biggest failing in the movie is near the end where it jumps track from a logical train of events to a dumb plot device, which while not a fatal error is lazy and takes away from the overall effect of the film.

But mainly it's just funny. Consistently so from beginning to end. And also notable as about the only good performance I've seen from Winona Ryder since Mermaids.