Run Lola Run (UK)

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"This... gem is truly original" - Heat
Certificate: 15
Running Time: 77 mins
Retail Price: £19.99
Release Date:
Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu), who works as a small-time couier for a big-time gangster, is in huge trouble. He has accidentally left the cash from a mob deal on the subway, and he has only twenty minutes to deliver the 100,000 marks to his unforgiving boss.

Desperate, he calls his girlfriend, Lola (Frank Potente), the only person who can rescue him from certain death.

As the seconds tick away and the tiniest choices become life altering, Lola must try to reach Manni before the line between fate and fortune begins to blur.

One story told from three different perspectives, Run Lola Run is a veritable maze of intriguing plot twists and heart-stopping suspense in a high-octane thrill ride about one woman`s desperate attempt to save her lover.

Special Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Commentary from director Tom Twyker and star Frankie Potente
Filmographies
Music Video - Frankie Potente `Believe`
Trailer

Video Tracks:
Widescreen Letterbox 1.85:1

Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Dolby Digital 5.1 German

Subtitle Tracks:
English

Directed By:
Tom Tykwer

Written By:
Tom Tykwer

Starring:
Ludger Pistor
Joachim Król
Armin Rohde
Nina Petri
Herbert Knaup
Moritz Bleibtreu
Franka Potente

Casting By:
Barbara Schernthaner

Soundtrack By:
Tom Tykwer
Franka Potente
Johnny Klimek
Reinhold Heil

Director of Photography:
Frank Griebe

Editor:
Mathilde Bonnefoy

Costume Designer:
Monika Jacobs

Production Designer:
Alexander Manasse

Producer:
Maria Köpf
Stefan Arndt

Distributor:
Sony Pictures

Your Opinions and Comments

8 / 10

It`s not very often that the Germans make good music, write good books or make good films. Run Lola Run is different. A somewhat thin storyline based upon a clumsy small time mob courier, the movie itself is simple but yet incredibly effective.

Picture is excellent, and audio is as good as it really needs to be - there are no explosions, or other sounds of epic proportion.

The disc and extras themselves aren`t groundbreaking, but still offer a little more than tremendously disappointing DVDs such as Pulp Fiction. There is just enough within the special features to avoid the film itself being let down, but then again it would be hard to see what additional extras could be added for this title.

Overall a worthy title, especially for those learning German (like myself).

posted by Dan Rees on 21/12/2000 09:29