Männer, die auf Ziegen starren

Originaltitel: The Men Who Stare at Goats

2009
12
1 Std. 34 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,2/10

139.107

IHRE BEWERTUNG

George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey, and Jeff Bridges in Männer, die auf Ziegen starren (2009)

A TV trailer for the movie Paranormal Activity.

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Ein Reporter im Irak könnte gerade die Geschichte seines Lebens haben, als er Lyn Cassady trifft, einen Mann, der behauptet, ein ehemaliges Mitglied der New Earth Army der US-Armee zu sein, ... Alles lesenEin Reporter im Irak könnte gerade die Geschichte seines Lebens haben, als er Lyn Cassady trifft, einen Mann, der behauptet, ein ehemaliges Mitglied der New Earth Army der US-Armee zu sein, eine Einheit, die paranormale Kräfte in ihren Missionen einsetzt.Ein Reporter im Irak könnte gerade die Geschichte seines Lebens haben, als er Lyn Cassady trifft, einen Mann, der behauptet, ein ehemaliges Mitglied der New Earth Army der US-Armee zu sein, eine Einheit, die paranormale Kräfte in ihren Missionen einsetzt.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,2/10

139.107

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Auszeichnungen
- 1 Gewinn & 1 Nominierung insgesamt

Wissenswertes
Jeff Bridges' character Bill Django is based on Army Lt. Col. James Channon, who wrote the First Earth Battalion field manual. In the mid-'70s Channon took a leave of absence (with pay) from the army to go on a fact-finding tour of the New Age Movement, before coming back and writing the First Earth Battalion manual. The movie combines two or three separate programs: the Army's Remote Viewing program (run by the army's Intelligence and Security Command); the "Jedi" program run by the Special Forces; and Channon's First Earth Battalion (which was a concept and a field manual rather than an operational unit).

Patzer
When Brigadier General Dean Hopgood is introduced, his uniform shows two stars, indicating a Major General. A Brigadier General has one star.

Zitate
Bill Django: Mother Earth, you're my life support system. As a soldier I must drink your blue water, live inside your red clay and eat your green skin. Help me to balance myself. As you hold in balance, the Earth, the sea, and the space environments. Help me to open my heart, knowing that the Universe will feed me. I pray my boots will always kiss your face, and my footsteps match your heartbeat. Carry my body through space and time. You're my connection to the Universe and all that comes after. I'm yours and you are mine. I salute you.

Crazy Credits
Although this film is inspired by Jon Ronson's Book The Men Who Stare At Goats, it is a fiction, and while the characters Lynn Cassady and Bill Django are based on actual persons, Sergeant Glenn Wheaton and Colonel Jim Channon, all other characters are invented or are composites and are not portrayals of actual persons. The filmmakers ask that no one attempt walking through walls, cloudbursting while driving, or staring for hours at goats with the intent of harming them... invisibility is fine.

Verbindungen
Featured in The Jay Leno Show: Folge #1.32 (2009)

Soundtracks
Alright
Written by Danny Goffey, Gaz Coombes, and Mick Quinn
Performed by Supergrass
Courtesy of EMI Records Ltd.
Under license from EMI Film & Television Music

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Ausgewählte Rezension

6/10

Strays Too Far From the More Interesting Source Material

Taking the main absurdities from Ronson's book based on true events and adding a daft storyline to link it into some sort of flow, The Men Who Stare At Goats is decent and vaguely funny but misses serious potential. The draw to the book is that everything written is true (at least in certain people's eyes), whereas the film is mostly fictional, with true examples sprinkled in. Reading the information is far more entertaining and unbelievable than what is presented on screen. Although it wouldn't have been as traditional in cinematic values, following closer to the source material would have provided a more interesting film. Examples such as Barney the Purple Dinosaur torture are a lot more powerful than what is presented, and the film lacks any real impact. Acting is fine by all, a good cast and nothing can be faulted outside of the screenplay, which is still half-decent because of the absurdity involved, but overall it's quite lacklustre.