One Hour Photo (2002)

Regisseur:

Mark Romanek

Drehbuchautor (WGA):

Mark Romanek (written by)

Premierendatum:

13. September 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Werbezeile:

The things that we fear the most have already happened to us...

Plot:

An employee of a one-hour photo lab becomes obsessed with a young suburban family.

Plot Keywords:

Pubic Hair | Playstation 2 | Forced Oral Sex | Toy | Vagina

Filmpreise:

5 wins & 14 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Another Example Of A Comedian Who Can Be Effectively Serious

Besetzung

Robin Williams	...	Sy Parrish
Connie Nielsen	...	Nina Yorkin
Michael Vartan	...	Will Yorkin
Dylan Smith	...	Jacob 'Jake' Yorkin
Erin Daniels	...	Maya Burson
Paul H. Kim	...	Yoshi Araki (as Paul Hansen Kim)
Lee Garlington	...	Waitress
Gary Cole	...	Bill Owens
Marion Calvert	...	Mrs. von Unwerth
David Moreland	...	Mr. Siskind
Shaun P. O'Hagan	...	Young Father
Jim Rash	...	Amateur Porn Guy
Nick Searcy	...	Larry - Repairman
Dave Engfer	...	Sav-Mart Clerk
Jimmy Shubert	...	Soccer Coach

Alternativ:

One Hour Photo (Österreich) (Deutschland) [de]
One Hour Photo - Ich beobachte dich (Deutschland) (TV title) [de]

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content and language.

Länge:

96 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:16 | Netherlands:12 | Finland:K-11 | USA:R (certificate #38597) | Ireland:18 | South Korea:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Germany:12 (f) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Canada:14A | France:U | New Zealand:M | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of the Grisons) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | Philippines:R-18

Drehorte:

Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Firma:

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Dies und das:

Andrew A. Rolfes's character (Officer Dan Lyon) named for Danny Lyon, influential American photographer born in 1942.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: Sy and the AGFA engineer discuss a ".3 blue shift", but Sy later tells his manager that the shift is towards cyan. (Although in layman's terms "cyan" is light-blue, blue is technically an equal mixture of cyan and magenta. A photo technician would not use the terms interchangeably).

Dialogzitate:

Sy Parrish: Pretend it's all pretend.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in Film Geek (2005)

Soundtrack:

Silent Night

Another Example Of A Comedian Who Can Be Effectively Serious

Robin Williams once again proves how good comedians can be at serious drama roles. Williams is especially good at playing creepy characters, as he has done several times in the last decade.

Here, he plays "Sy, the photo guy," a lonely employee in the photo department of a suburban Target/Walt-Mart//K-Mart-whatever who lives vicariously through a nice family, whose family pictures he has developed and printed for years. So, when Sy discovers the husband of that family is cheating, he takes it personally....and gets involved.

This was a fascinating portrait of a deranged man and a wonderfully photographed movie. The colors in here are astounding at times and the camera-work innovative with some neat angles. The suspense of the story builds and builds one gets that old film-noir feeling of impending doom.

This has a different ending, though, than most old film noirs, not exactly what the viewer might think will happen.

This is a film that, as far I know, never got much publicity, but it's a gem. Williams is outstanding in his role and the hour-and-a-half you invest in this movie flies by.