High Fidelity (Film)

• John Cusack: Rob Gordon
• Iben Hjejle: Laura
• Todd Louiso: Dick
• Jack Black: Barry
• Lisa Bonet: Marie de Salle
• Catherine Zeta -Jones: Charlie Nicholson
• Joan Cusack: Liz
• Tim Robbins: Ian "Ray" Raymond
• Chris Rehmann: Vince
• Ben Carr: Justin
• Lili Taylor: Sarah Kendrew
• Natasha Gregson Wagner: Caroline Fortis
• Drake Bell: young Rob Gordon

High Fidelity is a comedy film based on the book by Nick Hornby. Rob Gordon, the owner of a record store, played by John Cusack, his bygone Top Five friends go through again and comes to the conclusion that only Laura, his last girlfriend, who has now left him, really means something to him. The young woman, however, is now bound otherwise.

Action

Record store owner Rob Gordon told - turned right in the monologue into the camera to the audience - his life and especially love story. He says about his " Top Five in the fractures previous relationships," ( Alison Ashmore, Penny Hardwick, Jacky Alden, Charlie Nicholson, Sarah Kendrew ), given its just previous to break relationship with Laura, a well -to-do lawyer. During his return look you see him in the almost casual tackle his apparently unloved by him everyday. He attended as usual, his record store and lives with the eternal antics of his two cronies and employees Dick and Barry, two completely opposite characters. While it is a timid, quiet people at Dick, Barry is a self-righteous choleric. However, the trio combines her love of music. Nevertheless, the record store is going badly and Rob is getting pissed circumstances of his life and his love life. The only bright spot is the first acquaintance with the singer Marie de Salle.

In fact, Rob hangs with his heart still to Laura and freaks out when he learns that it has entered into a relationship with Ian, who lived a long time ago about the cohabiting couple. In short flashbacks Rob's relationship with Laura, whom he met during his time as a DJ, is shown.

When he gets in his review in a crisis of meaning, Rob decides its " Top Five" exes visit again to discover the causes of his misfortune. He notes that these women mean nothing to him and only one Laura for him. After Laura broke up with her ​​new boyfriend and her father dies, Rob and Laura are actually back together.

Even business it runs increasingly better for Rob, both in his shop and in his new second job as a music producer of a young skate punk band. When he thereby however, meets a pretty magazine editor, Rob gets one more time at risk the relationship to put through an escapade on the line. However, he overcomes his imagination and makes Laura instead a marriage proposal.

Comments

Bruce Springsteen has a cameo in the film as he himself so he got this role only after Bob Dylan, John Cusack wanted to actually have for this race but was not available.

Compare book / movie

During adaptation, some substantial changes have been made.

• The story of Rob Fleming ( in the book) plays entirely in England (London ), while Rob Gordon ( in the film) wins his experience in the U.S. ( Chicago).
• In the book, the character Dick is described as follows: leather jacket and black, long, greasy hair. In the movie, these features Jack Black seems to be associated with. Although Barry wearing the brown leather jacket, but he has the dark, slightly longer oily hair. In the Book of Barry's head was not described. Dick, however, is in the film a bald " Average Joe " who wears simple clothes, such as a sweat jacket.
• The singer Marie La Salle (in the book ) is called in the film Marie De Salle and also gives a concert in Rob's record store, as shown in the book. Your friend T -Bone is not mentioned in the film.

Criticism

" An ironic and critical comedy that takes a loving look at the people and their weaknesses. In main and supporting roles brilliantly cast and directed terrific, the film impresses with its life-affirming message that can appear which invested in the people skills. "

Soundtrack

The soundtrack to the film was released in 1999 on Hollywood Records.