Shortcut to Happiness
Reżyseria:
Alec BaldwinZdjęcia:
Adam HolenderMuzyka:
Christopher YoungObsada:
Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Dan Aykroyd, Kim Cattrall, John Savage, Jason Patric, Bobby Cannavale, Amy Poehler, Barry Miller (więcej)Opisy(1)
Żyjący w Nowym Yorku pisarz Jabez Stone zawiera umowę z Diabłem. Na mocy tego układu zostaje sławny, a jego dzieła stają się bestsellerami, w zamian za swoją duszę za 10 lat. Te dziesięć lat mija jak godziny i wkrótce nadchodzi czas wyznaczony przez umowę. Pisarz zatrudnia adwokata - Daniela Webstera, który stara się wybronić swojego klienta i tym samym unieważnić umowę... (Cineman)
(więcej)Recenzje (2)
The roots of the book that this was adapted from can be found with Faust and Washington Irving, with follow-up work in Archibald MacLeish and the musical "Scratch." Among the film adaptations, All That Money Can Buy (1941), which adapts Benet's Faust for the first time, is worthy of note. A now we finally get Shortcut to Happiness? It's not a very good debut from Baldwin as a director. The tug-of-war with the producers was apparently meant to result in a second Bedazzled. Although this does have an all-star cast, especially the excellent and devilish Jenn Love, the story will have to wait for another adaptation to be sufficiently rehabilitated.
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A dumb variation on a Faustian tale aimed at Americans, so (and this can't possibly be a spoiler) it must have a happy ending. Perhaps the most striking thing about Shortcut to Happiness is the direct proportion "the better the actor, the more boring they are".
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