Barney's Version (film)

Barney's Version is a Canadian film drama from 2010 by Richard J. Lewis. It is based on the novel Barney How it looks from Mordecai Richler. The main role is played by Paul Giamatti.

Action

As the TV producer Barney Panofsky is confronted with a book publication, in which he is accused of the murder of his best friend, the somewhat dated curmudgeon reminiscent of " the true story of my wasted life." The three wives of impulsive playboy at the center: from the eccentric artist of his Sturm und Drang period in Rome of the 70s about the love-hate relationship to the annoying money -needle shiksa to the perfect dream woman.

Criticism

The film received very good reviews. So counted the website RottenTomatoes of 125 evaluated professional reviews 99 positive, which corresponds to a value of 79%. Also by the general public, the film was very well received, because at the same time evaluated 78 % of 14,078 users the film positive. This in turn is from the online film archive IMDb, another platform, can submit their film reviews on the normal users, confirmed, because there gave about 14,000 users to the average movie very good 7.3 out of 10 possible points. (As of December 18, 2012 )

In the New York Times, AO Scott praised the fact that Barney's Version is a successful literary adaptation, perhaps even a little "too dutiful, cautious and conscientious " to take hold of the template. The cast of the film, he praised, and stressed it as a " genius of the filmmakers," that Dustin Hoffman 's father Paul Giamattis play figure.

Although the renowned film critic Roger Ebert did not know the book by the Chicago Sun- Times, he found that the film is, despite all the criticism of the implementation successful. It was also good Paul Giamatti to engage in the role of Barney, because this is specialized to play " inconspicuous, but nevertheless unforgettable " characters.

Awards

The film was nominated for several film awards and received several awards. So was Barney's Version, among other things:

  • An Oscar nomination for Adrien Morot for Best Makeup.
  • An award as best actor for Paul Giamatti at the Golden Globe Awards 2011.
  • A nomination at the Satellite Awards 2010 for Rosamund Pike as Best Supporting Actress.
  • An award from the Audience Award for Best Film at the Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia- San Sebastián.
  • A nomination for Richard J. Lewis for the Golden Lion at the International Film Festival of Venice.

Background

  • Since 1997, tried the Canadian film producer Robert Lantos, Barney 's novel How it looks on film.
  • Paul Giamatti was hired, although he did not know the novel.
  • Some scenes from the book were not filmed, including the relationship of the protagonist to his mother and the clarification of the murder.

Publication

After the film ran for the first time at the International Film Festival in Venice on 10 September 2010, he had his official U.S. theatrical release on January 14, 2011. His German cinema release date of 14 July 2011.

Screenplay Film score Guy Dufaux Paul Gross Chicago Sun-Times Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
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