Lammbock (2001)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Christian Zübert

Writer:

Christian Zübert (writer)

Release Date:

23 August 2001 (Germany)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Der Film mit Breitenwirkung!

Plot:

Stefan and Kai have good going business, self-grown cannabis screened as pizza delivering service. For now they only have to deal with plant-louses. |

Plot Keywords:

Plant Louse | Cannabis | Pizza Service | Party | Drugs

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Lukas Gregorowicz	...	Stefan (as Lucas Gregorowicz)
Moritz Bleibtreu	...	Kai
Marie Zielcke	...	Laura
Julian Weigend	...	Achim
Elmar Wepper	...	Vater Becker
Alexandra Schalaudek	...	Gina
Christof Wackernagel	...	Ausbilder
Antoine Monot Jr.	...	Schöngeist
Wotan Wilke Möhring	...	Frank
Nils Brunkhorst	...	Dopex
Alexandra Neldel	...	Jenny
Christoph Künzler	...	Jäger
Peter Fieseler	...	Tim
Thomas Schendel	...	Dr. Kollmann
Anya Hoffmann	...	Elena Kollmann

Also Known As:

Lammbock - Alles in Handarbeit (Germany) (promotional title)
Lammbock - Shit happens (Germany) (working title)

Runtime:

Germany:93 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Germany:16 (nf)

Filming Locations:

Bergisches Land, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany

Company:

Arte

Movie Connections:

References "Baywatch" (1989)

Soundtrack:

Service And Repair

Tarantino for Softies?

A friend of mine and myself find new Tarantino (he's a Tarantino expert, i only like Kill Bill II) Hommages, in the dialogues, as well as in the non-dialogue scenes. The trashtalk at the beginning reminds of the "Like a virgin" discussion from Reservoir Dogs, the (violent?) part of getting rid of the hunter could be an imitation of the PF scene where Vinces blows his hostage's head off by mistake. The "thought behind" could have been making a Tarantino-lookalike movie, just without (or less) violence and strong language (what I personally dislike about his movies. Cutting ears off, come on!).

Of course the humor is not everyone's taste. If you like drug-influenced trashtalk, this is your film. the single episodes seem pieced together without the "red line" between them (except the characters like Frank and Schöngeist. I love those guys - "Halt's maul du Scheißf..." - "Frank. Contenance!"). Actors do imo a pretty good job - W. W. Möhring always playing with his hair, and, one of my favorite scenes, the headshop scene, where L. Gregorowicz stand still looks impressed.

I personally love the movie, for I'm quite in this kind of twisted humour (I love The Big Lebowski as well).

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