The Edukators (Germany) September 26
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The Edukators (Germany) September 26
Set to be released in the United Kingdom on September 26th The Edukators, starring Daniel Bruhl of Goodbye Lenin!, was part of the Cannes Film Festival. No R1 DVD release date as of yet!! Winner of the European Film Award (Best Actor Daniel Bruhl).
Official Film site and trailer:
http://www.theedukators.com/
Synopsis courtesy of The Times-UK (Howard Swains)
The last time the German actor Daniel Brühl reached a mainstream, English-speaking audience he played a young, idealistic, Berlin-based anti-capitalist in a sharp but funny social satire, 2003's Goodbye Lenin! Now Brühl is back, in Hans Weingartner's The Edukators, a sharp but funny social satire in which he plays a young, idealistic, Berlin-based anti-capitalist. He's made for the part.
Under the cover of darkness, Jan (Brühl) and Peter (Stipe Erceg), the self-styled Edukators, break into the homes of the wealthy to indulge in a spot of amateur feng shui. Rather than stealing any of the luxury items, they simply rearrange furniture and deposit a note warning of the evils of materialism. It is gentle enough until Peter goes away for a weekend and Jan is coerced into taking his collaborator's girlfriend Jule (Julia Jentsch) on a mission with a more personal motive. After circumstances predictably pull them away from the routine, they end up with something more than just a guilty secret: they have a hostage named Hardenberg (Burghart Klaussner), a rich homeowner who disturbs their midnight raid.
Re-enlisting Peter, they head to the mountains, way out of their depth, where their cramped cabin and hopeless predicament - not to mention the decidedly vocal Hardenberg - prompts an examination of their values and relationships. Though this conversation never digs much deeper than the common criticisms of both socialism and conservatism, The Edukators manages to combine political discourse, a love-triangle and a hostage plot without sacrificing its graceful humour.
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Originally Posted by Daniel Windsor
Yeah, I'll be buying that. UK for me though as German DVDs are expensive.
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nicer shot:
http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?...7268&n=1&burl=
Aside from the ugly quotes...a nice cover....
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http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?...7268&n=1&burl=
Aside from the ugly quotes...a nice cover....
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trailer....and distro deal for the US!
http://www.apple.com/trailers/indepe...edukators.html
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http://www.apple.com/trailers/indepe...edukators.html
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The R1 is set for a November 15th release. I would love to run a review fot this film though at this point it sure looks like a bare-bones release.
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Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist
If you are talking about the Alternate Ending...then only the German disc has it but keep in mind that it isn't English-friendly.
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