It is impossible to have a neutral opinion about the Austrian thrillerFunny Games--a movie ... more
so relentless in its ability to shock that it gained pariah status on the film festival circuit in 1997. In the warped tradition ofA Clockwork Orange,Henry: Port...
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Michael Haneke (Hidden, The Piano Teacher, Code Unknown) takes on America with an English ... more
language remake every bit as shocking as his brilliantly conceived original 1997 Funny Games. In this exploration of our violent society Haneke retells the story through the eyes of a middle-class family who arrive at their secluded holiday home in the Hamptons for a two-week vacation. Soon after, a young man makes a surprise call, and asks to borrow some eggs. When the man is joined by his 'charming' friend (Michael Pitt), what initially appears to be an innocuous visit by their neighbour's guests, soon turns into a horrifying ordeal for all concerned as the two men embark upon a twisted campaign of torment and raw terror.
Michael Haneke (Hidden, The Piano Teacher, Code Unknown) takes on America with an English ... more
language remake every bit as shocking as his brilliantly conceived original 1997 Funny Games. In this exploration of our violent society Haneke retells the story through the eyes of a middle-class family who arrive at their secluded holiday home in the Hamptons for a two-week vacation. Soon after, a young man makes a surprise call, and asks to borrow some eggs. When the man is joined by his 'charming' friend (Michael Pitt), what initially appears to be an innocuous visit by their neighbour's guests, soon turns into a horrifying ordeal for all concerned as the two men embark upon a twisted campaign of torment and raw terror.
Michael Haneke has now established himself as one of the most important directors in ... more
Europe, continually astounding audiences and critics alike with his icy and at times cynical analysis of today's society.A family are about to embark on a holiday that they will never forget. After arriving at their remote lakeside home, they are rocked when two strangers make a surprise call and announce that they will be dead in nine hours' time. With this the two men embark upon a twisted campaign of torment and terror.From the director of the multi-award wining Hidden comes a thriller that will take you beyond terror and beyond evil into a realm where you must decide just how far is too far....
Director Michael Haneke (HIDDEN) remakes his own 1997 feature, this time casting Naomi ... more
Watts, Brady Corbet, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt, and Devon Gearhart. Following the original's premise, the thriller explores the chaos surrounding a family hostage situation.
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Advantages: loads of games to choose from Disadvantages: graphics and weblay out are really basic
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What Is Funny-Games.Biz??
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www.funny-games.biz is an online game community. It has over 1500 online games listed on their web site, and all the games on the web-site are all free. You don't have to register with FunnyGames Biz in order to play any of the games on their website. All you need to do is go to the web page and browse through the different games categories and click on the one you want to play.
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Website layout and Features
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The webpage is bright pink in colour. At The top of the page there is a yellow box which lists some of the games categories. Below this there is a brief explanation about the types of games on the website. If you scroll right to the bottom of the webpage you will see play funnygames at the bottom in black ...
just.bcoz 17.10.2007
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of funny-games.biz
Advantages: Brilliant performances! Disadvantages: Almost exactly the same as the original. You will either appreciate this or hate it!
FunnyGames U.S.
Back in 1997, Michael Haneke's disturbing picture stirred up endless debates about violent behaviour in movies and society. That film was called FunnyGames, a German language movie that challenged viewers and filmmakers gratification for gratuitous violence. Now just over ten years later he has revisited and remade this for a wider audience with the original title FunnyGames U.S.
Focusing on a middle class family on vacation at their lake house, we also meet Peter and Paul, two young men who are introduced to the family as friends of their neighbours. However, after a short while and trying to charm themselves into the family's house the young men then impose themselves on the family and subject them to all sorts of sadistic, psychological and horrifying games.
The performances in this film are nothing short ...
blackman007 30.08.2008 (16.07.2008)
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Funny Games (DVD)
Advantages: groundbreaking in it's time a must see in modern european cinema Disadvantages: the German language isn't the most enjoyable language on earth
In 2007 Michael Haneke released a movie "FunnyGames u.s." to make one thing clear from the beginning this is not the same movie! It s way better...
One of the biggest obstacles for an English audience could be the german language although subtitles are available. Maybe that's the reason why Michael Haneke decided to make his "us" version? Who knows, anyway, the german language for me aint an obstacle (living in Belgium near the German border) so I could fully enjoy this quite unique fimexperience.
The two main charactersPeter and Paul are two at first sight very decent and civilized young man who come over to ask for some eggs. OUt of this simple ordinary fact Michael Haneke succeeds in making a movie that's one of his kind. The two young friends start to terrorize the bourgeois family and what makes this movie so interesting for me was ...
Anna, Georg and their son Georgie travel to a lakeside house for their Summer holiday. Everything seems perfect until the arrival of two young men who begin a game of cat and mouse..
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
PALISADES TARTAN; FUSION MEDIA SALES; SONY DADC
Release date
19/02/2001
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
TVD 3319
Barcode
5023965331922
Production Designer
Christoph Kanter
Screenwriter
Michael Haneke
Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, George Frideric Handel, Pietro Mascagni, John Zorn
Theatrical Trailer, Director Interview, Star And Director Filmographies, Scene Selection, Film Review
Aspect Ratio
Full Screen
Sound
Dolby Digital
Dubbing Sound
Dolby Digital German
Professional reviews
Review
"...[A] beautifully acted and paced German variant of CAPE FEAR..." (New York Times, p.E5, 11/03/1998)
DVD Description
A powerfully graphic film (even though no violence is ever shown on the screen itself) about an Austrian family who goes on a country vacation and become the victims of two cold-blooded psychopaths who are out to torture them with their "funny games." Haneke's point, that fictional violence is as real as the real world's, is presented chillingly in this extremely well-acted, yet potentially offensive effort. Weak of stomach, beware.
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