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Jonny Vang

  • 2003
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
1.5K
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Jonny Vang (2003)
ComedyDramaMystery

Three friends since childhood are trying to work out their complicated relationships. Jonny tries to be best friends with Magnus, Magnus tries to be married to Tuva, and Tuva tries to have s... Read allThree friends since childhood are trying to work out their complicated relationships. Jonny tries to be best friends with Magnus, Magnus tries to be married to Tuva, and Tuva tries to have sex with Jonny.Three friends since childhood are trying to work out their complicated relationships. Jonny tries to be best friends with Magnus, Magnus tries to be married to Tuva, and Tuva tries to have sex with Jonny.

  • Director
    • Jens Lien
  • Writer
    • Ståle Stein Berg
  • Stars
    • Aksel Hennie
    • Laila Goody
    • Fridtjov Såheim
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    1.5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jens Lien
    • Writer
      • Ståle Stein Berg
    • Stars
      • Aksel Hennie
      • Laila Goody
      • Fridtjov Såheim
    • 3User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 3 nominations

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    Aksel Hennie
    Aksel Hennie
    • Jonny Vang
    Laila Goody
    • Tuva
    Fridtjov Såheim
    Fridtjov Såheim
    • Magnus
    Marit Andreassen
    • Brita
    • (as Marit Adeleide Andreassen)
    Bjørn Sundquist
    Bjørn Sundquist
    • Odvar
    Nils Vogt
    • Police Officer
    Anders Ødegård
    • Gunnar
    Silje Salomonsen
    • Helene
    Trond Brænne
    • Bank director
    Mads Jørgensen
    • Frode
    • (as Mads H. Jørgensen)
    Eivind Sander
    Eivind Sander
    • Paul
    Jan Hårstad
    Jan Hårstad
    • Amundsen (bank chairman)
    Nikis Theophilakis
    • Doctor
    Adessa M. Franco
    • Engelen (bartender)
    Kari Borg
    • Agnes
    Leif Blix
    • Nurse
    Jan Grønli
    • Uffe
    Joachim Calmeyer
    • Ragge (seller of Volvo Duett)
    • Director
      • Jens Lien
    • Writer
      • Ståle Stein Berg
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    • Trivia
      To get American band Calexico's permission to use their music in the movie, director Jens Lien went to the US with an unfinished version of the movie on VHS to show the band. The only place with a VCR and TV capable of playing PAL tapes was a nearby video rental store. Soon Calexico and some 30 customers in the store were watching as the director translated the Norwegian dialogue as the movie played.
    • Connections
      References Balto (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      Love You So Much
      Performed by Louie Fountain

      Playing on the stereo when Jonny is dancing in the field

    User reviews3

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    At least it's not pretentious
    This is a little bit of a mess but above average for norwegian standards. One celebrates the film's lack of pretence and its energy and pace.

    It's all about an enterprising farmer lad and his attempts and failures in the dullest of worlds.

    The movie does its best to make us embrace Jonny, but he's not as sympathetic to the audience as the filmmakers supposed. To start with he cheats his best friend by sleeping with his wife. Further stuff happens in a rather little and uneventful plot, the more they deal with "important issues of life", the more it fails due to questionable moral standpoints.

    Slowly by slowly, we're all eventually backing Jonny and his misfortunes, that could had lead to a pandemonium in the `After Hours' fashion but stays somewhere in between the fiords of dulland. The script struggles to introduce `freaky' elements and to portrait an abundance of local color just for the sake of being different, the most disturbing being the perpetual mariachi score that somehow doesn't fit too good in the universe displayed on screen.

    The direction is inexistent. Not a trace of dramatic use of camera and way too many misleading scenes. In addition, some angles and editing are in the realms of bad gusto.

    As every norwegian film there's a necessity of showing the landscape but here is not too fastidious and in a way works into the narrative. The acting is generally theatrical, being Laila Goody's performance the best of the cast.

    The director wants us to think that Jonny is too special in relation to such an environment, but when he has the opportunity to leave and make big time he turns back and stays. I would say that applies to the movie too.

    Anyways, it's a noble effort to universalize (americanize?) the repetitive norwegian film industry and that's pretty good news.
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    • Mar 10, 2003

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    • Release date
      • February 14, 2003 (Norway)
    • Country of origin
      • Norway
    • Language
      • Norwegian
    • Also known as
      • Джони Ванг
    • Filming locations
      • Fåvang, Norway
    • Production company
      • Maipo Film
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • NOK 14,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $510,328
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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