Manitou's Shoe (2001)

Abahachi, Chief of the Apache Indians, and his blood brother Ranger maintain peace and justice in the Wild West. One day, Abahachi needs to take up a credit from the Shoshone Indians to ... See full summary »

Director:

Michael Herbig (as Michael Bully Herbig)

Writers:

Michael Herbig (as Michael Bully Herbig), Alfons Biedermann

Stars:

Michael Herbig, Christian Tramitz, Marie Bäumer

12 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Herbig	...	Abahachi / Winnetouch / Grauer Star (extended edition) (as Michael Bully Herbig)
Christian Tramitz	...	Ranger
Sky du Mont	...	Santa Maria (as Sky Du Mont)
Marie Bäumer	...	Uschi
Hilmi Sözer	...	Hombre
Rick Kavanian	...	Dimitri
Tim Wilde	...	John
Siegfried Terpoorten	...	Jim
Robinson Reichel	...	Joe
Oliver Wnuk	...	Jack
Irshad Panjatan	...	Häuptling Listiger Lurch
Tim Sikyea	...	Berater Schoschone #1
Robert Alan Packard	...	Berater Schoschone #2
Salvatore Pascale	...	Kleiner Schoschone
Antonio Ramirez	...	Falscher Hase

Storyline

Abahachi, Chief of the Apache Indians, and his blood brother Ranger maintain peace and justice in the Wild West. One day, Abahachi needs to take up a credit from the Shoshone Indians to finance his tribe's new saloon. Unfortunately Santa Maria, who sold the saloon, betrays Abahachi, takes the money and leaves. Soon, the Shoshones are on the warpath to get their money back, and Abahachi is forced to organize it quickly. Luckily, he, his twin brother Winnetouch, beautiful dancer Uschi and the Greek Dimitri each own a quarter of a treasure map that leads them to 'the shoe of Manitu'. There, Santa Maria already awaits them to take their new treasure away as well. But he did not think about the determination of Abahachi's team.

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Plot Keywords:

native american | homosexual | spoof | twin brother | treasure map | 

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Taglines:

Die neue Komödie von Bully

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Genres:

Comedy | Western

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Details

Official Sites:

Constantin Film [Germany]

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

19 July 2001 (Germany)

Also Known As:

But Manitou

Filming Locations:

Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Box Office

Budget:

DEM 7,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$3,379,145 (Germany), 10 August 2001

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$77,317,679

Company Credits

Production Co:

herbX Medienproduktion GmbH, Constantin Film, Seven Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min 100 min (re-release) 81 min (DVD) 92 min (extended)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The horse named "Jacqueline" is actually a male horse. Horses in general cannot vomit, as they lack the esophagus muscles. "Ich hab' schon Pferde kotzen sehn" - "I have seen horses vomiting" is a German slang metaphor for something very unlikely, mostly used in the sense of "anything can happen" ("This should be save, but keep an eye on it, I've seen horses vomiting").

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Goofs

In the tap dance sequence before starting to sing the Superperforator song, the scratch in the parquet that Sky Dumont makes in the main tap dance can already be seen.

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Quotes

Erzähler: Lesson five: the peace pipe. The symbolic act of reconciliation, also known as the chill out phase after battle. Moderation is essential. Too much, or even the wrong kind of grass, may lead to undesired side effects.

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Crazy Credits

As the credits begin to roll, outtakes from the film are shown.

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Alternate Versions

Several scenes were scripted and filmed but not included in the final cut (however, some outtakes from the scenes are showed during the end credits):

• an alternative beginning influenced by Sergio Leone western movies;
• an extended scene in which Ranger goes through the town and townsmen are escaping;
• several extended parts of scenes who remained in the film (e. g. a longer conversation with Karl May);
• an extended scene with Winnetouch and Hombre; an extended scene with Dimitri in the burning ranch;
• the Schoschonen arriving at the Puder Rosa ranch;
• a scene with Dimitri before the cave;
• a love scene with Ranger and Uschi at night.

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Connections

Featured in Alles getürkt! (2002)

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Soundtracks

Lebkuchenherz
Written by Dieter Holesch and Ecco Meinecke

User Reviews

great in German!!

I think this movie is great, one of the very rare funny German movies that made me laugh really hard. the accents are funny, it probably isn't that interesting in English. the gay jokes are good, but not mean, rather nice and funny!! the actors are great, the roles are too funny. even if some jokes might be a bit low, they still make you laugh like hell. simple, but great jokes make the movie so great to watch. I remember one scene, where Ranger talks to Uschi, who stands behind a mirror and you see Uschi's head and Rangers body :D great!! the names are all very fitting, you already know how the person is when you hear his name, things like "Listiger Lurch" get lost through the translation :( probably only interesting for a German speaking audience 4 1/2 stars out of 5