Condorman

Condorman is a Disney action comedy from 1981 with Michael Crawford in the title role. The film is based on the novel of spaghetti with blue Beans ( Original Title: The Game of X) by American author Robert Sheckley, and can be regarded as its adaptation. He is a parody of the James Bond film series.

Action

Woodrow Wilkins, an American comic book artist, dedicated with full dedication his superheroes that captivate millions of children in his notebooks. His favorite character is but Condorman, a secret agent who fights with the craziest vehicles and tools against evil. Woody's claim is that Condorman solely to experience adventures that would be possible in the real world. For this reason, attempts Woody - disguised as Condorman - at the beginning of the film, from the Eiffel Tower in Paris from a daring maneuvers with homemade swing, but that ends in the cold waters of the Seine.

Woody, is recruited by his friend Harry, an agent of the CIA to perform an exchange of papers with a Soviet agent, which occurs only by the nickname " The Bear". Woody resulting in an Istanbul restaurant but not at all secretly, partly because of the fact that other agents want to prevent the exchange. With more luck than judgment Woody and agent Natalia beat but by the enemies. Woody falls in love with the beautiful " colleague ", but it disappears in the darkness of the night again, but not without asking Woody after his code name. Immediately, Woody decides for his favorite character: Condorman.

A short time later, Natalia decides to defect and requires an escort express their colleagues from Istanbul named Condorman. After the CIA has researched who is Condorman at all, Woody is the demand that he gets asked for the Liberation of action include the following utensils are available:

  • An armed racing car, which is disguised as an old camper and a button shoots out under this,
  • "Lances " that can be put on the rope of a chair lift in order to climb the mountain and
  • A speedboat with laser guns.

After the CIA grudgingly admits it, followed by a wild ride across Europe. The following is a hunting of Yugoslavia over the Alps, to the grand final in Monaco. The Russian agent Krokov and Morovich try doing everything to get Natalia back into her fingers.

Reviews

  • " [ ... ] A little silly Bond paraphrase, since the thrilling theme missing, but irritates the Disney naivety the funny bone. " ( Rating: 2 ½ stars = above average) - Adolf Heinzl Meier, Berndt Schulz: in lexicon " Movies on TV ".
  • " The right person, but complicated and at times amusing entertainment film which can be seen as a parody of spy films and naive enemy stereotypes, but is largely unaffected by the needs of the young target audience. " - Lexicon of international film:

DVD Release

  • Condorman. Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2006 - British Pal- Region -2 DVD with German soundtrack
  • Condorman. Walt Disney Home Entertainment, 2012 - German DVD First Publication
1981 in film Charles Jarrott Screenplay Mickey Rose Film score Charles F. Wheeler James Hampton (actor) Jean-Pierre Kalfon Literary adaptation Central Intelligence Agency
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