Be Kind Rewind

• Jack Black: Jerry
• Mos Def: Mike
• Danny Glover: Mr. Fletcher
• Melonie Diaz: Alma
• Mia Farrow: Woman Falewicz
• Sigourney Weaver: Ms. Lawson
• Karolina Wydra: Gabrielle Bochenski

Be Kind Rewind (Original Title: Be Kind Rewind ) is a comedy film from 2008 directed by Michel Gondry, who also wrote the screenplay..

Action

Mr. Fletcher performs a poorly performing video store in Passaic. Revenues decreased significantly in recent years - partly because Fletcher exclusively offering VHS and DVD movies. In addition, the municipality wants to demolish the building, including its small shop premises in favor of a large shopping center. Alternatively to Fletcher renovate the building, but this lacks the necessary money.

Fletcher traveling to a neighboring city to secretly spy on a large video library there. He wants to find out how he can save his business. He leaves with a heavy heart the city, leaving the business to his somewhat scatterbrained employees Mike. When he wants to sit and leave the train, he is trying to apply Mike at the last minute, his chaotic friend Jerry to prohibit access to the video library. Mike does not understand what Fletcher wants from him and leaves shortly thereafter Jerry in the video store. This will help Mike with the electricity plant in the city of sabotage, as it makes light responsible for his headaches it. In the experiment, however, he finds himself in a high-voltage spark, survived, but is charged electromagnetically since. So Jerry accidentally erases all the VHS tapes in Fletcher's shop. To limit the damage, the two decide then, to make the rolling of remakes of lost classics. First they make the film Ghostbusters - Ghostbusters, the wants the older lady Falewicz, a Known Conspiracy borrow. In the same way they produce the lion and RoboCop for customers Rush Hour 2, King. The delays they explain the fact that the tapes would have to be only " geschwedet ". With this verb Jerry and Mike describe the turn continues the films as a special and expensive technology. Despite, or mainly due to the trashy productions, the films are in high demand.

The video library makes regardless of the DVD competition again good sales. The townspeople act now with the films as extras or in supporting roles. For them it is an honor to participate in amateur productions. Fletcher, who has since returned from his trip, followed the activities of disbelief. With so much success, the film industry can not long in coming, and now is suing the production of approximately 200 nachgedrehten films. Fletcher, Mike and Jerry are accused by the Attorney Lawson that the films made of them violate the copyright, and all " geschwedeten " films are then seized and destroyed by the authorities.

Despite initial resignation the friends film then the fictional life of Fats Waller, who was supposedly born on the premises of today's shop itself the video store. While this is not true, however, sprang from Fletcher's imagination and Mike was told in his childhood as a bedtime story. Thus, both this story feel strongly connected and pursue their ambitious cinematic presentation. Here, again acting friends of the two with. However, Fletcher can not bring together enough money to get his video library. The shop should be vacated and then demolished. End the friends filming and want their film about Fats Waller, the most ambitious project, show off their supporters on the last night before the eviction. Since the canvas on which the projection of the film is cast, hanging in front of the shop window of the shop, to see not only those that are in the video store guests, but on the road a lot of passers-by from the self-produced film is well maintained.

Background

The film was shot in New York City, Passaic, Hackensack and River Edge. Filming began on 5 September 2006 and ended in November 2006. His production amounted to approximately 20 million U.S. dollars. The world premiere took place on 20 January 2008 at the Sundance Film Festival, at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival, the film was on 16 February 2008 at the out of competition. The wide release in theaters in the U.S. was held from 22 February 2008, and in Switzerland the film was first seen on March 5, 2008. In Germany the film opened on 3 April 2008 in theaters in Austria was the theatrical release on April 25, 2008. During the opening weekend of the film in the U.S. played more than 4 million U.S. dollars, a total he came to the U.S. on income in amounting to about 11.1 million U.S. dollars.

The film sparked a trend of "Sweden" from, so the turn continues known films by the simplest means. Ensure a dedicated channel has been set up on YouTube. The name of the " sweden " of films was chosen because Sweden, unlike several other countries the position represents that the disseminated over the Internet privately nachgedrehten films do not constitute copyright infringement, but a form of freedom of expression and must be done their distribution therefore unpunished.

Elizabeth Berkley is seen in a cameo during the " Sweden" the Ghostbuster film in the library.

Thomas Gottschalk and Mike Krüger turned 1985 film The entry in which the two were able to enter with a machine in different films.

Film Music

In addition to the film music of Jean -Michel Bernard, inter alia, with Duke Ellington's Solitude, also some original songs by Fats Waller can be heard as I Is not Got Nobody to hear that in the version of Booker T. Jones in the film is, Your Feets Too Big and the Traditional Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, also Nothing from Nothing by Billy Preston. Waller's best-known song, Is not Misbehavin ' is interpreted by Jack Black.

Criticism

Todd McCarthy wrote in the journal Variety January 21, 2008, the film was " remarkably volatile" and could not overcome the lack of logic of its own premise. His inspiration was as poor as the antics of the main characters are lame. Gondry tend without a strong co-author of the screenplay for " silly quirks " and a farce. A video library, which have only magnetic tapes, is "a total anachronism ."

Georg Seeßlen wrote a " geschwedete film criticism" and asked it, " Have you ever seen geschwedete movies? The best kind of remakes. I can only recommend. No comparison with phony or Germanized films. Geschwedete films are shorter, faster, funnier and poorer than the originals. "

The lexicon of the International film said: ". A wonderful love letter to cinema, and also to the Jazz, the dramatic clumsiness by Michel Gondry leaves inventiveness and playful performer quickly forget comedic turns against conformism, creativity and solidarity celebrating "

Awards

In 2008, Mos Def was nominated for Black Reel Award in the category of Best Actor. In the same year the film received a nomination at the Golden Trailer Awards for Best Motion / Title Graphics category.