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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: POTENTE,FRANKA
EAN: 9780767837385
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 076783738X
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 21, 1999
Running Time: 81 minutes
Sales Rank: 1504
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: June 18, 1999
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Product Description:
Lola receives a frantic phone call from her boyfriend Manni, who's lost a small fortune belonging to his mobster boss. If Lola deosn't replace the money in twenty minutes, Manni will surely suffer severe consequences.
Genre: Foreign Film - German
Rating: R
Release Date: 1-MAY-2007
Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com essential video:
It's difficult to create a film that's fast paced, exciting, and aesthetically appealing without diluting its dialogue. Run Lola Run, directed and written by Tom Tykwer, is an enchanting balance of pace and narrative, creating a universal parable that leaps over cultural barriers. This is the story of young Lola (Franka Potente) and her boyfriend Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu). In the space of 20 minutes, they must come up with 100,000 deutsche marks to pay back a seedy gangster, who will be less than forgiving when he finds out that Manni incompetently lost his cash to an opportunistic vagrant. Lola, confronted with one obstacle after another, rides an emotional roller coaster in her high-speed efforts to help the hapless Manni--attempting to extract the cash first from her double-dealing father (appropriately a bank manager), and then by any means necessary. From this point nothing goes right for either protagonist, but just when you think you've figured out the movie, the director introduces a series of brilliant existential twists that boggle the mind. Tykwer uses rapid camera movements and innovative pauses to explore the theme of cause and effect. Accompanied by a pulse-pounding soundtrack, we follow Lola through every turn and every heartbreak as she and Manni rush forward on a collision course with fate. There were a variety of original and intelligent films released in 1999, but perhaps none were as witty and clever as this little gem--one of the best foreign films of the year. --Jeremy Storey
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Running with Fate to the Euro-beat; Boom Chucka Boom Chucka...
It's amazing what you'll buy when retailers sell DVDs for four bucks. The cool thing is that you can completely trash your expectations. Heck, I couldn't rent it twice at blockbuster for this money. Needless to say, I jumped in with both feet and landed safely into a film I thought was pretty cool. Let's run with Lola!!
-DUBBA DUBBA...
I had to watch the dubbed version. I started with subtitles but this is a very visual film. The limited dialogue simply sets the stage for the physical action and reinforces the point of the film. So, it was more important to watch the action than hear the actor's actual German voices. Most of the dubs were fair enough accept for Lola's boy friend; "GODDAM# IT! HE'S GONNA KILL ME!!! WHAAAHAAAAHAAAA!!". After that scene it got better.
-THE POINT OF THE FILM
Though not a completely new concept, the film revolves around the idea that one little word, act or decision will dramatically change your fate and the fate of others. This film, though a bit overly deliberate (what, we Germans?) still managed to be unique. I'm not even going to tell you how this is presented because that's half the fun.
-A FILM OF FAIR QUALITY
I would never call this great film making. However, it's not at all bad either. Like the concept, the execution was fairly deliberate. I thought this made it more fun. The acting was at least adequate, the story was unique enough and it actually had some exciting visual dynamics without ... Read More
Rating:  - "I don't get it" "Nothing thought provoking" "Nothing Philosophical"
I give this film 5 stars. This and The Princess and the Warrior are in my top 10 all time favorites.
This is less a review than advice to those that may be influenced by the 1 star reviews. The reviewers all tried really hard to sound intelligent while at the same time admitting that they "don't get it" and claim that there was nothing thought provoking.
They say that it was just the same thing three times showing three possible results. These reviewers said it themselves- they didn't get it.
During the movie the song What a Difference a Day Makes is played both to create atmosphere and to send a message. One of the main points of the movie is to show what a difference precious seconds can make..
Cheers.
P.S.
Hopefully this sheds some light for the 1 star reviewers as well, but I doubt it.
Rating: - Really good Foreign film
I first saw this movie when I lived in Germany with the US Army. The US release on DVd includes an english version, but really, I think its best with the subtitles. You may recognize the girl as "Jason Bourne(Markie Mark)'s " girlfriend from The Bourne movies.
What makes this movie great, in my opinion, is how they use their obviously small budget to its greatest end, and it manages to successfully ask the question "how do the choices I make influence or impact those around me"
If you like unconventional movies, you will really enjoy this one.
Rating: - Run Money Run!
This is one movie where the title makes as much sense as the content. I gave it one star, although Franka deserves five stars for fitness.
Rating:  - Time enough for love
This film may have had a tad of art to it but for the most part it looked like a practice RUN for "Groundhog Day." I appreciate the differences but there is nothing unique about this movie. The only pleasure is comparing this to the hundreds of other similar movies ("Déjà Vu", "Sticky Fingers of Time", "Happy Accidents", etc.)
The story is very basic; boyfriend loses mob money to bum on subway. Girlfriend (Franka Potente quite hansom if you discount the red hair) frantic to help must RUN to his rescuer obtaining 100,000 Deutschmarks (pre-Euro 2002) on the way. We are treated to several versions and there could have been more.
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This film lends its self well to Blu-ray. And there are a few DVD extras worth watching. Unfortunately they spoke to fast to interpret so I needed the English subtitles. I would have preferred German subtitles then I may have been able to keep up. There is an English soundtrack but much is lost in the translation.
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