Ausgerechnet Wolkenkratzer oder der Luftikus

Originaltitel: Safety Last!

1923
Not Rated
1 Std. 14 Min.

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Harold Lloyd in Ausgerechnet Wolkenkratzer oder der Luftikus (1923)

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA boy leaves his small country town and heads to the big city to get a job. As soon as he makes it big his sweetheart will join him and marry him. His enthusiasm to get ahead leads to some i... Alles lesenA boy leaves his small country town and heads to the big city to get a job. As soon as he makes it big his sweetheart will join him and marry him. His enthusiasm to get ahead leads to some interesting adventures.A boy leaves his small country town and heads to the big city to get a job. As soon as he makes it big his sweetheart will join him and marry him. His enthusiasm to get ahead leads to some interesting adventures.

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8,1/10

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Auszeichnungen
- 4 Gewinne & 1 Nominierung insgesamt

Fotos126

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Topbesetzung36

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Harold Lloyd

Harold - The Boy

Mildred Davis

Mildred - The Girl

Bill Strother

Bill - The Pal

Noah Young

The Law

Westcott Clarke

The Floorwalker
(as Westcott B. Clarke)

Chester A. Bachman

Friendly Cop
(Nicht genannt)

Ed Brandenburg

Man in Straw Boater Hat
(Nicht genannt)

Roy Brooks

Man Laughing from Window
(Nicht genannt)

Charley Chase

Bystander at Climbing
(Nicht genannt)

Monte Collins

Laundry Truck Driver
(Nicht genannt)

Mickey Daniels

Newsboy with Freckles
(Nicht genannt)

Richard Daniels

Worker with Acetylene Torch
(Nicht genannt)

Ray Erlenborn

Newsboy with Cap
(Nicht genannt)

William Gillespie

General Manager's Assistant
(Nicht genannt)

Helen Gilmore

Department Store Customer
(Nicht genannt)

Katherine Grant

Blonde Woman at Window
(Nicht genannt)

Wally Howe

Man with Flowers
(Nicht genannt)
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George Jeske

Noose Man at Station
(Nicht genannt)

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Wissenswertes
Stuntman Harvey Parry revealed for the first time in the television documentary, Hollywood - Geschichten aus der Stummfilmzeit (1980), that Harold Lloyd actually climbed a fake building facade that was constructed over another building's rooftop, positioned so the camera angle could capture the street scene below. Harvey Parry also revealed that he doubled for Lloyd in the long shots of him climbing the building in the distance. Up until then, even the Time-Life version of Ausgerechnet Wolkenkratzer oder der Luftikus (1923) that was aired on PBS contained an opening title declaring that Harold Lloyd climbed the building himself and without the use of a stuntman or trick photography. The stuntman chose to suppress this information until Lloyd's death, and yet, he did not want to detract from the danger of Lloyd's actual stunt work. Lloyd performed the majority of the stunts himself on the rigged facade over a small platform, which was built near the rooftop's edge and still had to be raised a great height to get the proper street perspective for the camera. The size of the platform did not offer much of a safety net, and had Lloyd fallen, there was the risk he could have tumbled off the platform.

Patzer
When The Boy receives his paycheck from the store employee and opens it, his pay stub has the name "Harold Lloyd" on it. While this is the name of the actor, it is not supposed to be the name of the character. The character, as in most of his films, is known only as The Boy. This is the only incident in Harold Lloyd's film career in which he plays a character using his true name. The scene was edited in without Lloyd's knowledge, and he didn't become aware of it until the movie was complete.

Zitate
Old Lady With Flower Hat: Young man, don't you know you might fall and get hurt?

Alternative Versionen
In 1990, The Harold Lloyd Trust and Photoplay Productions presented a 73-minute version of this film in association with Thames Television International, with a musical score written by Carl Davis. The addition of modern credits stretched the time to 74 minutes.

Verbindungen
Edited into The Clock (2010)

Benutzerrezensionen130

Rezension

Ausgewählte Rezension

10/10

Never before have I heard an audience react so much to a film

Safety Last was funny pretty much throughout its entirety. The scene where Harold and his roommate hide in their coats (you'd have to see it to know what I'm talking about) got an enormous laugh which lasted for a long time, followed by some applause. I remember that there was a slow section, lasting about 5 minutes, after Harold's fiancee arrived in the city, but other than that, this film was consistently hilarious.

And then during the building climbing scene, there were so many laughs and gasps, applause, and shouts ("OH MY GOD!") coming from the audience. It was probably the single most hair-raising scene that I or most of the other people in the theater had ever seen. And the climb, which lasts, I believe, 12 stories, should have gotten old. But it never came close to getting old. Each joke was masterful.

After having seen the film, I was unfairly comparing it to the silent film that I had seen the previous week at a theater with live piano: Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr. Well, nothing is really comparable to that film. I consider it the funniest film I've ever seen. I was planning to give Safety Last a 9/10, but after some thought, I realized that I laughed a lot harder and more at this film than 90% of the other comedies I've seen. At least 90%, but probably much more. I have to give this a 10/10. This film really should be on DVD, or at least VHS. Harold Lloyd shouldn't be as forgotten as he is.