Ben

1972
PG
1 Std. 34 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

5,3/10

3632

IHRE BEWERTUNG

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Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA lonely boy befriends Ben, the leader of a violent swarm of killer rats.A lonely boy befriends Ben, the leader of a violent swarm of killer rats.A lonely boy befriends Ben, the leader of a violent swarm of killer rats.

Regie
- Phil Karlson
Drehbuch
- Stephen Gilbert
- Gilbert Ralston
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

5,3/10

3632

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Regie
- Phil Karlson
Drehbuch
- Stephen Gilbert
- Gilbert Ralston
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Für 1 Oscar nominiert
- 1 Gewinn & 1 Nominierung insgesamt

Danny Garrison
(as Lee Harcourt Montgomery)

Joseph Campanella

Cliff Kirtland

Arthur O'Connell

Billy Hatfield

Rosemary Murphy

Beth Garrison

Meredith Baxter

Eve Garrison

Kaz Garas

Joe Greer

Paul Carr

Kelly

Richard Van Vleet

Reade

Kenneth Tobey

Engineer

James Luisi

Lee Paul

Carey

Norman Alden

Policeman

Scott Garrett

Henry Gray

Arlen Stuart

Mrs. Gray

Ric Drasin

George
(as Richard Drasin)

Ben

Ben
(Nicht genannt)

Bruce Davison

Willard Stiles
(Archivfilmmaterial)
(Nicht genannt)

Frank Farmer

Police Officer
(Nicht genannt)

Handlung

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Wissenswertes
According to a September 1972 "Los Angeles Times" news item, the rat portraying Ben won a PATSY Award, which honors animal actors.

Patzer
Toward the end of the film when the policemen and the firemen are attacking the rats in the sewers with flamethrowers and the rats are fighting back, it can be seen twice that the scenes of the flamethrower action have been filmed in reverse so that it appears that the rats are advancing - in fact, it can also be seen that the flames are going back into the flamethrowers.

Zitate
[last lines]
Danny Garrison: [crying as Michael Jackson sings "Ben" in the film's score] You'll get well, Ben, and I'll get well. We'll get well, Ben.
[places Ben on a handkerchief]
Danny Garrison: We'll get well, Ben. No one's gonna hurt one of my friends. No, sir.
[gets out a first aid kit, takes a cotton swab and gently rubs Ben's wounds]
Danny Garrison: It's okay.
[Ben squeaks]
Danny Garrison: You're the only friend I have. I love you, Ben.
[Michael Jackson sings the final verse of "Ben" as the closing credits roll]

Verbindungen
Edited from Willard (1971)

Soundtracks
Ben
Lyrics by Don Black
Music by Walter Scharf
Sung and played on piano and harmonica by Danny Garrison (Lee Montgomery (uncredited))
Sung by Michael Jackson during the film's final scene and its closing credits
© 1972 Motown Record Corp.

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Rezension

Ausgewählte Rezension

continuation of the saga of the super-intelligent rodent

BEN, unlike WILLARD, is actually not as scary. The horror of rodents swarming all over a health spa and the cereal aisle of a supermarket(an early example of product placement for Kelloggs?) is eclipsed by the, ah, poignant story of a boy and his rat. No really. The real story is the friendship between the homicidal Ben and this boy, prohibited from the normal activities of boys his age by a weak heart. Also on hand are Meredith Baxter as the older sister and a subplot concerning two detectives. Shesh, why reduce the movie to an extended episode of POLICE STORY? And of course, that theme song . . . who better than Michael Jackson to sing about that special love between a boy and his rat? And, as one reviewer pointed out, the film is a cornucopia of 70s kitsch, certainly a pleasant secondary benefit of viewing this film.