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Lola rennt, a review by Tom

Title: Lola rennt
Year: 1998
Director: Tom Tykwer
Rating: FSK-12
Length: 73 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78
Audio: German: Dolby Digital 5.1, German: DTS 5.1
Subtitles: German

Stars:
Franka Potente
Moritz Bleibtreu
Herbert Knaup
Nina Petri
Armin Rohde

Plot:
Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu), who works as a small-time courier for a big-time gangster, is in huge trouble. He has accidentally left the cash from a mob deal on the subway, and he has only twenty minutes to deliver the 100,000 marks to his unforgiving boss. Desperate, he calls his girlfriend, Lola (Franka Potente), the only person who can rescue him from certain death. As the seconds tick away and the tiniest choices become life aftering, Lola must try to reach Manni before the line between fate and fortune begins to blur.

Awards:

American Cinema Editors Awards	2000	Nominated		Mathilde Bonnefoy
BAFTA	1999	Nominated	Film Not In The English Language	Stefan Arndt, Tom Tykwer
Deutscher Filmpreis	1999	Won	Beste Nebendarstellerin	Nina Petri
Deutscher Filmpreis	1999	Won	Bester Nebendarsteller	Herbert Knaup
Deutscher Filmpreis	1999	Won	Bester Spielfilm	X Filme Creative Pool
Deutscher Filmpreis	1999	Won	Kamera	Frank Griebe
Deutscher Filmpreis	1999	Won	Publikumspreis: Film des Jahres	X Filme Creative Pool
Deutscher Filmpreis	1999	Won	Publikumspreis: Schauspielerin des Jahres	Franka Potente
Deutscher Filmpreis	1999	Won	Regie	Tom Tykwer
Deutscher Filmpreis	1999	Won	Schnitt	Mathilde Bonnefoy
European Film Awards	1998	Nominated	European Film
Independent Spirit Awards	2000	Won	Best Foreign Film	Tom Tykwer
Online Film Critics Society Awards	2000	Won	Best Film Editing	Mathilde Bonnefoy
Online Film Critics Society Awards	2000	Won	Best Foreign Language Film
Satellite Awards	2000	Nominated

Extras:
DVD-ROM Content
Featurettes
Interviews
Production Notes
Scene Access
Trailers

This movie has great editing. Also the "Groundhog Day" theme of a repeating day (or 20 minutes ) is used in an interesting way. Definately worth a look. And with it short running time it doesn't get boring.

Rating:

(From December Marathons - DISCUSSION AND REVIEW THREAD on December 4th, 2009)

Ashanti, a review by Rich

a quick yodel in switzerland...



Dr. David Linderby and his wife Anansa are carrying out an inoculation program in a small African village when Anansa disappears. The police can do nothing to find her and David has almost given up hope when he hears a rumor that Anansa has been kidnapped by a slave trader called Sulelman, to be sold to an Arab prince

How can a director go from Soylent Green to this?    Dire script, poor acting, laughable accent by the normally reliable Ustinov as the Arab slaver, and Caine looking totally uninterested. Only overshadowed by the worst acting ever seen by model Beverly Johnson as the kidnapped wife, and the cheesy cameos by end of career actors Sharif and Harrison. Avoid this unless on pain of death - 2/10

(From Around the World in 80 DVD's on January 7th, 2008)

"Due South" marathon, a review by Tom

4.10 Say Amen (1999-03-04)
Writer: Paul Haggis (Created By), John Krizanc (Writer)
Director: George Bloomfield
Cast: Paul Gross (Constable Benton Fraser), Callum Keith Rennie (Stanley "Ray" Kowalski), Beau Starr (Lt. Harding Welsh), Camilla Scott (Inspector Margaret Thatcher), Tony Craig (Detective Jack Huey), Tom Melissis (Detective Dewey), Ramona Milano (Francesca Vecchio), Gordon Pinsent (Fraser Sr.), Dean McDermott (Constable Turnbull), Richard Chevolleau (Davie Abelard), Elisabeth Rosen), Nola Augustson), David Fox (Rev. Albert Barrow), Jeff Pustil (Doctor), Katherine Trowell (Technician), Marvin Kaye (Sandy Waters), Robert Thomas (Addie Harlan)

An average episode. Nothing special. Not a very original storyline.

Rating:

(From "Due South" marathon on January 5th, 2011)