Bullyparade – Der Film will be based on the German cult TV series.
Amazon Prime is to become a partner on German comedy star Michael Bully Herbig’s latest feature film Bullyparade – Der Film, based on his eponymous cult TV series [pictured].
As part of their collaboration, the co-production between Herbig’s Munich-based herbX Film and Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany will receive its exclusive small screen premiere on the streaming service six months after its 2017 theatrical opening by Warner Bros. and before its release on DVD and other outlets.
“Our customers love German series and films,” said Amazon Video Germany MD Christoph Schneider. “The cooperation with Michael Bully Herbig and Warner Bros. is our next step to further expand our commitment to German films and series and make them available exclusively to our customers.”
The collaboration between Herbig and Amazon has been announced just a month after the streaming service revealed that it signed a deal with another...
Amazon Prime is to become a partner on German comedy star Michael Bully Herbig’s latest feature film Bullyparade – Der Film, based on his eponymous cult TV series [pictured].
As part of their collaboration, the co-production between Herbig’s Munich-based herbX Film and Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany will receive its exclusive small screen premiere on the streaming service six months after its 2017 theatrical opening by Warner Bros. and before its release on DVD and other outlets.
“Our customers love German series and films,” said Amazon Video Germany MD Christoph Schneider. “The cooperation with Michael Bully Herbig and Warner Bros. is our next step to further expand our commitment to German films and series and make them available exclusively to our customers.”
The collaboration between Herbig and Amazon has been announced just a month after the streaming service revealed that it signed a deal with another...
- 3/10/2016
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Manitou's Shoe
"Manitou's Shoe" was Germany's blockbuster hit of 2001. This comic riff on American Westerns, created by radio and TV comic Michael "Bully" Herbig, single-handedly caused a substantial rise in the German boxoffice last year. The Berlin International Film Festival presented the film to international critics and buyers before its American Film Market bow.
This is a somewhat stripped-down version of Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles". The comedy earns several good laughs but revisits the same comic well too often to earn a place alongside Brooks' raunchy spoof. Comedies are always the most difficult kind of film to travel beyond native borders. By dealing with a well-known, albeit seldom-seen, movie genre, "Manitou's Shoe" can crack jokes that all moviegoers will understand. But North Americans are unlikely to accept cowboys and Indians, even comic ones, speaking German. So probably the film's best chance for domestic distribution is on video or possibly a dubbed theatrical version.
The "Blazing Strudel" spoof gets off to a fast start with lifts from Sergio Leone spaghetti Westerns, anachronistic gags and bad puns -- well, possibly good puns because who can tell the difference? But the jokes wear increasingly thin as Herbig finds no way to expand the parody beyond that of a two-dimensional skit.
Performing two roles, that of an Apache warrior and his gay brother, Herbig is a live wire who encourages the rest of the cast to rise to his energy level. Musical numbers that make good use of Herbig and his co-stars -- Christian Tramitz, Sky Dumont and Marie Baumer -- enliven the campy enterprise. Technical credits are OK though heavily influenced by Herbig's TV background.
MANITOU'S SHOE
HerbX Film in association with
Constantin Film and Seven Pictures
Producer: Michael "Bully" Herbig, Michael Wolf
Director: Michael "Bully" Herbig
Screenwriters: Michael "Bully" Herbig, Alfons Biedermann, Rick Kavanian, Murmel Clausen
Director of photography: Stephen Schuh
Production designer: Claus Kottmann
Music: Ralf Wengenmayr
Costume designer: Dina Daigeler
Editor: Alexander Dittner
Color/stereo
Cast:
Abahachi/Winnetouch: Michael "Bully" Herbig
Ranger: Christian Tramitz
Santa Maria: Sky Dumont
Uschi: Marie Baumer
Hombre: Hilmi Sozer
Dimitri: Rick Kavanian
Running time -- 83 minutes
No MPAA rating...
This is a somewhat stripped-down version of Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles". The comedy earns several good laughs but revisits the same comic well too often to earn a place alongside Brooks' raunchy spoof. Comedies are always the most difficult kind of film to travel beyond native borders. By dealing with a well-known, albeit seldom-seen, movie genre, "Manitou's Shoe" can crack jokes that all moviegoers will understand. But North Americans are unlikely to accept cowboys and Indians, even comic ones, speaking German. So probably the film's best chance for domestic distribution is on video or possibly a dubbed theatrical version.
The "Blazing Strudel" spoof gets off to a fast start with lifts from Sergio Leone spaghetti Westerns, anachronistic gags and bad puns -- well, possibly good puns because who can tell the difference? But the jokes wear increasingly thin as Herbig finds no way to expand the parody beyond that of a two-dimensional skit.
Performing two roles, that of an Apache warrior and his gay brother, Herbig is a live wire who encourages the rest of the cast to rise to his energy level. Musical numbers that make good use of Herbig and his co-stars -- Christian Tramitz, Sky Dumont and Marie Baumer -- enliven the campy enterprise. Technical credits are OK though heavily influenced by Herbig's TV background.
MANITOU'S SHOE
HerbX Film in association with
Constantin Film and Seven Pictures
Producer: Michael "Bully" Herbig, Michael Wolf
Director: Michael "Bully" Herbig
Screenwriters: Michael "Bully" Herbig, Alfons Biedermann, Rick Kavanian, Murmel Clausen
Director of photography: Stephen Schuh
Production designer: Claus Kottmann
Music: Ralf Wengenmayr
Costume designer: Dina Daigeler
Editor: Alexander Dittner
Color/stereo
Cast:
Abahachi/Winnetouch: Michael "Bully" Herbig
Ranger: Christian Tramitz
Santa Maria: Sky Dumont
Uschi: Marie Baumer
Hombre: Hilmi Sozer
Dimitri: Rick Kavanian
Running time -- 83 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 2/21/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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