Titel.KINO 1/04.RV - german films
Titel.KINO 1/04.RV - german films
Titel.KINO 1/04.RV - german films
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Sams in Gefahr<br />
MY MAGICAL FRIEND SAMS<br />
What’s a SAMS? Why, a Simply Adorable and Magical<br />
Sprite, of course!<br />
Martin is a shy 11-year-old, an outsider who has no<br />
friends. To make matters worse, Martin is harassed by<br />
his mean gym teacher who humiliates him in front of<br />
the entire class. Even though his father, who works as<br />
a technical advisor in the school, passes out invitations<br />
to Martin’s birthday party, no classmates show up. It’s<br />
just Martin and his parents and the big empty room.<br />
But all this is about to change …<br />
Quickly finding the small, potion-filled bottle on a<br />
bathroom shelf, his Dad mixes a few drops in his glass,<br />
drinks it … and like a colorful whirlwind of energy …<br />
the Sams is there! Now Martin has a real friend, and<br />
a magical one at that! Small and impish, full of<br />
mischief and topped with fuzzy red hair, the Sams<br />
talks in funny rhymes and has a face full of blue magical<br />
freckles, each one worth one wish! But there are<br />
only so many freckles … and crazy side effects that<br />
come with every new batch!<br />
After a flurry of hilarious ”wishtakes“, Martin quickly<br />
learns how to wish with precision and begins a wild<br />
escapade of magic-making that wins him lots of new<br />
friends, good grades in school, and unfortunately, the<br />
greedy attention of his gym teacher. Then suddenly<br />
the Sams is gone! And all at once, strange things start<br />
to happen: The gym teacher becomes school principal,<br />
suddenly has a new dream car and a beautiful<br />
villa, and he’s also captured the heart of the gorgeous<br />
math teacher. Worst of all, Martin is kicked out of<br />
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school and his dad gets fired! There’s only one possibility:<br />
the gym teacher must have kidnapped the Sams<br />
and is using his freckled powers! Everything seems to<br />
be lost, but Martin is determined, magic or no magic,<br />
to go in search of his friend. It might be difficult, but<br />
where there’s a Sams, there’s a way!<br />
Genre Family Entertainment Category Feature Film<br />
Cinema Year of Production 2003 Director Ben<br />
Verbong Screenplay Ulrich Limmer, Paul Maar Director<br />
of Photography Jan Fehse Editor Alexander Berner<br />
Music by Nicola Piovani Production Design Frank<br />
Polosek Producer Ulrich Limmer Production<br />
Company Collina Filmproduktion/Munich Principal Cast<br />
Ulrich Noethen, Christine Urspruch, Eva Mattes, Dominique<br />
Horwitz, Jasmin Tabatabai Length 101 min, 2,778 m<br />
Format 35 mm, color, cs Original Version German<br />
Subtitled Version English Sound Technology Dolby<br />
SRD With backing from Filmfoerderungsanstalt (FFA),<br />
FilmFernsehFonds Bayern German Distributor<br />
Constantin Film Verleih GmbH/Munich<br />
Ben Verbong was born in 1949 in Holland and is one of the<br />
most well-known directors in his homeland. His <strong>films</strong> include:<br />
Der Skorpion (1984), Lily Was Here (1989), and<br />
House Call (1996). He has been living and working in<br />
Germany for several years, directing the television <strong>films</strong><br />
Schock – Eine Frau in Angst (1998), the Tatort-series<br />
episode Kinder der Gewalt (1999), the thriller Lieber,<br />
boeser Weihnachtsmann (1999), The Slurb (Das<br />
Sams, 2001), Hanna – Wo bist Du? (TV, 2001), and My<br />
Magical Friend Sams (Sams in Gefahr, 2003).<br />
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Scene from "My Magical Friend Sams" (photo © Constantin Film)