THE GOOD
GERMAN
(2006)
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DESCRIPTION:
Who knows what American journalist
Jake Geismer (George Clooney) expected to find in postwar Berlin? Peace,
maybe. Or at least a story. But certainly not Lena (Cate Blanchett), his
beautiful, embittered one-time love. And not the trail of secrecy and deception
that leads from Lena to the scheming young corporal (Tobey Maguire) who's
her new lover... and to a murder no one seems interested in solving. Except
Jake.
Steven Soderbergh directs three of
today's top talents in this zigzag thriller that's both an atmospheric
homage to 1940's filmmaking and a deft modern film noir. The Good German
is "haunting and hypnotic, it's pure moviegoing bliss" (Peter Travers,
Rolling
Stone)
RATING: R
STARRING:
George Clooney:
Captain Jacob "Jake" Geismer
Cate Blanchett: Lena
Brandt
Tobey Maguire: Patrick
Tully
YEAR OF RELEASE: 2006
SCREENWRITER: Paul Attanasio
DIRECTOR: Steven Soderbergh
RUNNING TIME: 108 minutes
STUDIO: Warner Brothers
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AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
ACADEMY AWARDS
(1 nomination and 0 wins)
Best Original Score - Thomas Newman
(nominated)
GOLDEN GIGGLES
(1 nomination and 0 wins)
Best Supporting Actress - Cate Blanchett
(nominated)
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Steven Soderbergh wanted this to not only look like a movie
from the 1940's, but he wanted to film it that way as well. As a result
no radio body microphones were allowed, instead the traditional boom mics
were used. In addition only incandescent lighting was allowed on the set.
Period lenses were used on the camera and zooms were as limited as they
were in the '40's. Soderbergh also directed his actors to perform in a
"presentational stage style". Even the size of the picture was the same
size as it would have been in the 1940's, and since theaters are not equipped
to play films that size anymore, they were forced to print it on modern
reels with black bars on the sides. The only exception to this rule was
the swearing, violence and nudity which would not have been allowed due
to Hollywood's "Production Code".
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A completed score for this film was done by David Holmes,
however it was rejected by Soderbergh. A new score was then done by Thomas
Newman, which was later nominated for an Academy Award.
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