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Der Schuh des Manitu | |
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Directed by | Michael Bully Herbig |
Produced by | Michael Bully Herbig |
Written by | Michael Bully Herbig |
Starring | Michael Bully Herbig ChristianTramitz Rick Kavanian Sky du Mont Marie Bäumer HilmiSözer NataliaAvelon |
Music by | Ralf Wengenmayr |
Editing by | Alexander Dittner |
Distributed by | Constantin Film |
Release date(s) | 2001 |
Running time | 82 minutes (original edition), 88 minutes(extended edition) |
Language | German |
Budget | 4,500,000€ |
Followed by | Traumschiff Surprise - Periode 1 |
Der Schuh des Manitu (English:Manitou's Shoe,literally The Shoe of [the] Manitou) is a 2001 Germanparody of westernfilms. Directed by Michael Herbig, it is a film adaptationof the Winnetou sketchesfrom his Pro Sieben television show Bullyparade.
Der Schuh des Manitu is a 2001 German parody of western films. Directed by Michael Herbig, it is a film adaptation of the Winnetou sketches from his ProSieben television show Bullyparade. With earnings of about 65 million Euro and 11.7 million visitors.
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Movie
The movie copies the parodies of Mel Brooks like Robin Hood: Men inTights, Blazing Saddles, and Dracula: Dead andLoving It. Its humor consists of the character Ranger gettingstopped by a sheriff for 'fast riding' and being asked for his'riding license', or Santa Maria connecting the dots on a map byusing a feather with a marker-tip. Greek character Dimitri owns a mule named Apollo 13 (his twelvebrothers - and subsequently, he as well - were killed by speedingtrains), and for lack of a hatchet the Shoshones, a Native American tribe, dig out afolding-chair they had buried.
The movie has several references to the Karl May movies of the 1960s and to Herbig'sown TV show. It features many puns that are difficult to translateinto English. In the German version, Abahachi, Ranger andWinnetouch all speak with a rather strong Bavarian accent that is predominant in theBullyparade-Show, which is mentioned by the barkeeper at the saloonby 'You must be Ranger, the man with the Southern Statesaccent'.
Many scenes have been shot in Almería, Spain, at the same places that can be seen inmany movies of SergioLeone. Most of the Indians in themovie are actually Spanish. The Shoshone chief is played by an EastIndian, for humorous effect, and his two advisors are NativeAmericans. According to Herbig's comments, some Spanish can beheard on the DVD, and he was never entirely sure if the Spanishactors really knew what kind of movie they were participating in.The Mexican Hombre is played by Hilmi Sözer, aTurkish-German actor.
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Winnetounovels
„Der Schuh des Manitu“ parodies a series of wild west adventurenovels of the 19th century German author Karl May.
The main topic of these novels is the deep friendship of afictional Apache chief (Winnetou) and his whitesettler companion and blood-brother, (Old Shatterhand), who are bothexemplary virtuous and stand together to keep the peace betweenIndians and immigrating White settlers. Der Schuh desManitu spoofs the friendship motif in the Winnetou novels andin their 1960s film adaptations (Karl May movies) which has largely ledto high, but sometimes idealised and cliché ridden admiration of Native Americans inGermany. Many shots of the original Winnetou movies feature OldShatterhand and Winnetou riding side by side, accompanied byromantic orchestral music (which is also happening in theparody).
Winnetou’s main objection against European settlers is their'greed'. He dislikes that they want to take all the landfor themselves and cannot share with the natives. A recurringopponent is the bandit Santer who kills Winnetou's father andsister, probably the namesake of Santa Maria in the parody.
There is also a movie called 'Winnetou and the Half-BloodApanatschi' based not on a May novel but using his characters - thename of the movie's main character is probably based on this.
Plotsummary
Abahachi (Michael Herbig) and his blood brotherRanger (Christian Tramitz) are an inseparablepair since Ranger saved Abahachi from a speeding train on anunguarded railroad crossing. When they aim to buy a pub with themonetary help of Shoshonechief Stinking Lizard through real estate agent Santa Maria (Sky du Mont), the deal(and pub) collapse, and Stinking Lizard's son, who has deliveredthe loan, is killed by Santa himself. Upon their return to theirShoshone tribe, they find themselves set up by Santa Maria and areunjustly charged with murder.
Once they free themselves, they set about to recover a secrettreasure kept inside a large, shoe-shaped rock called Manitou'sShoe (a reference to 'Der Schatz im Silbersee'/'Treasure of SilverLake', another Winnetou novel and movie), in order to reimburseStinking Lizard. Finding the treasure map includes finding hisaffected gay twin brother Winnetouch (also Michael Herbig),a Greek named Dimitri (Rick Kavanian), and Abahachi's former 'houghschool' honey - and Ranger's fledging love interest - Ursula(Uschi) (a reference to Uschi Glas who played in 'Winnetou und dasHalbblut Apanatschi' - Half-Breed). In their quest, theyare pursued by Stinking Lizard, but eventually captured by Santawho retrieves the treasure, a golden necklace with a giant blue diamond.
Abahachi, Winnetouch & Co. win back the necklace, only tolose it again in subsequent mishaps. The converted villain Hombre,however, returns the embezzled gold to Stinking Lizard, ending thehostilities, and Santa ends his life in a mudtrap. Uschi, whilepregnant by Ranger, urges him to set off with Abahachi, and bothheroes ride into the sunset for new adventures.
Englishdub
The film was dubbed into English twice for English-languageaudiences. The original theatrical cut was dubbed using the voicesof most of the original cast and used the German accents as asource of humor, as much of the original humor regarding Bavarianaccents was lost. The 'Extra Large' edition was completely redubbedby American voice actors, and did away completely with the Germanhumor, deriving its humor from the misplacement of moderncolloquial American slang.
Externallinks
- Der Schuh desManitu at the Internet Movie Database
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