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Killer - Tagebuch eines Serienmörders

Originaltitel: Killer: A Journal of Murder
  • 1995
  • 18
  • 1 Std. 31 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
6,3/10
2488
IHRE BEWERTUNG
James Woods in Killer - Tagebuch eines Serienmörders (1995)
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Wahres VerbrechenBiographieDramaKriminalitätRomanzeThriller

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA prison guard at Leavenworth with lofty ideals and hopes of reform struggles to understand a violent, hateful and conscienceless convict. The result is a written testimonial to a crime that... Alles lesenA prison guard at Leavenworth with lofty ideals and hopes of reform struggles to understand a violent, hateful and conscienceless convict. The result is a written testimonial to a crime that no one could have predicted.A prison guard at Leavenworth with lofty ideals and hopes of reform struggles to understand a violent, hateful and conscienceless convict. The result is a written testimonial to a crime that no one could have predicted.

  • Regie
    • Tim Metcalfe
  • Drehbuch
    • Thomas E. Gaddis
    • James Long
    • Tim Metcalfe
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • James Woods
    • Robert Sean Leonard
    • Ellen Greene
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
  • IMDb-BEWERTUNG
    6,3/10
    2488
    IHRE BEWERTUNG
    • Regie
      • Tim Metcalfe
    • Drehbuch
      • Thomas E. Gaddis
      • James Long
      • Tim Metcalfe
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • James Woods
      • Robert Sean Leonard
      • Ellen Greene
    • 18Benutzerrezensionen
    • 16Kritische Rezensionen
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
    • Auszeichnungen
      • 2 Gewinne & 2 Nominierungen insgesamt

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    James Woods
    James Woods
    • Carl Panzram
    Robert Sean Leonard
    Robert Sean Leonard
    • Henry Lesser
    Ellen Greene
    Ellen Greene
    • Elizabeth Wyatt
    Cara Buono
    Cara Buono
    • Esther Lesser
    Robert John Burke
    Robert John Burke
    • R.G. Greiser
    Richard Riehle
    Richard Riehle
    • Warden Quince
    Harold Gould
    Harold Gould
    • Old Henry Lesser
    John Bedford Lloyd
    John Bedford Lloyd
    • Dr. Karl Menninger
    Jeffrey DeMunn
    Jeffrey DeMunn
    • Sam Lesser
    Conrad McLaren
    • Judge John W. Kingman
    Steve Forrest
    Steve Forrest
    • Warden Charles Casey
    Richard Council
    Richard Council
    • Cop
    Christopher Petrosino
    • Richard Lesser
    Michael Jeffrey Woods
    • Harry Sinclair
    • (as Michael Jeffery Woods)
    Rob Locke Jones
    • Junkie
    Raynor Scheine
    Raynor Scheine
    • Trusty
    Eddie Cairis
    • Young Carl Panzram
    Seth Romatelli
    • Teenaged Carl Panzram
    • (as Seth Romitelli)
    • Regie
      • Tim Metcalfe
    • Drehbuch
      • Thomas E. Gaddis
      • James Long
      • Tim Metcalfe
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    10Kataten

    Ones of the Best Characters studies I have ever seen.

    James Woods is again at his best in this very interesting and captivating movie of one mans flight through life, comes to the sad ending he always thought he deserved. Befriended by only two people in his life, he truly had a heart under what everyone believed to be plain meanness.
    8cornish-kennard

    The Film is better than people are scoring it.

    If you are into the genre, as I am, this is a perfectly acceptable film, Woods is fine in it, I feel people either love this guy, or hate him. Should not distract from the story and he is pretty good in it, I am in the love James woods camp. (Videodrome is awesome- all hail the new flesh-) But its not just Woods in this, all the supporting cast are good, it was filmed on a modest budget, but still retains that polished 90's edge to it, does not come across as cheap though. Give this ago if you have not seen it but do not be expecting something along the lines of silence or seven, you will be disappointed.I give it an 8, for the cast, the story and the time it was made in. And I will watch it again in another five years. On a side note, people should judge films a little better, rankings on this site are getting stupid, this is better than a lot of films getting a 9. And there are some film greats that are genre breaking that rank in below an 8, sort it out a little bit please, my fellow community.
    7namashi_1

    The Terrific James Woods!

    Tim Metcalfe's 'Killer: A Journal of Murder', which is based on the life of serial killer Carl Panzram, and uses passages of his biography, works because of one particular reason: James Woods. He plays Panzram, with terrific understanding & amazing ease. Woods, undoubtedly, was the Marlon Brando of the 1990's.

    'Killer: A Journal of Murder' explores the journey Panzram. Panzram was a multi-faced person, he was unpredictable, unforgivable & very different, if I may say so. 'Killer: A Journal of Murder', though, not the most efficient take on a person so multi-faced, it at least tries to explore his vision.

    However, this film isn't as no-holds-barred as I thought it should have been. I thought there was a lack of emotional connect. Though it makes up for a viewing, thanks to Woods's terrific act, but as a whole of a motion-picture, it doesn't reach the level it could've.

    I was engaged at times, but Woods, well his performance left me thinking about what Panzram must've been thinking before he was hanged. Woods is a genius actor and 'Killer: A Journal of Murder' proves that fact right.
    MovieAddict2016

    Escape from Shawshank Cliches...

    All films that take place in prison are essentially focused on one central theme, and that is survival. Clint Eastwood was a survivor in "Escape from Alcatraz" and so was Tim Robbins in "The Shawshank Redemption."

    One of these stories was anchored in reality and the other was purely fantasy. But both had the same theme and so does "Killer: A Journal of Murder."

    The primary difference between "Killer" and "Shawshank" is that the latter is greater than the former in many various ways. But the former is also based on fact, which makes it more important--in some ways--than "Shawshank." But "Shawshank" had more spirit than the former and the former's morals don't come across as strong as the latter's.

    The latter, regardless of it being a completely false tale and a semi-copy of "Alcatraz," is a much better story. Even if Stephen King wrote the short story.

    It's the true story of a petty thief (James Woods) who claimed to have murdered twenty-one men during the 1930s, and was sent to prison under the care of a devilish warden and a new worker who had a mysterious connection with him (Robert Sean Leonard). Their relationship is never very convincing and the film doesn't do a very good job of making us care for either of its characters.

    Acting as a tertiary consumer, the thief kills the secondary consumer, The Bad Guard (Robert John Burke). The thief is moved to a new jail cell afterwards. He has all the cigarettes, books and magazines he could wish for, not to mention a larger cell. "I shoulda killed a man ages ago," says the thief.

    Is he crazy or not? Did he brutally beat the bad guy via a split personality, or was he in a right state of mind? This is the question that the film wants to press--whether the man was injustly hanged--but it never takes the idea any farther than a fleeting moment in the mind of the good jail guard who understands that prison is wrong. Hey, no society is perfect. You want them all to be let loose on the streets? You don't have any better ideas about capital punishment? Then quit whining.

    There are too many ideas in a film such as this. First we have the touching story of a jail guard who becomes best buddies with the notorious criminal who inhabits the place. Then we move into the Danger Zone of cliches--the mean warden, the bad jail guards who are bad for no reason, etc. Then we move on to the journal written by the thief and we get a half-hour flashback of the man's life. Then we're back in the present and everything turns into a murder trial. Then we get an unsatisfying ending where the good guy blows all his money buying beer. Say what?

    Essentially these types of films in this type of genre rely on likable characters to carry them towards the touchdown. "Killer: A Journal of Murder" has none and isn't very inspiring in any sort of subtle way, which makes me wonder why--and how--it ever got green lit in the first place.

    James Woods is a good actor because he can lend himself to various characters in various situations. He played a criminal in Leone's "Once Upon a Time in America," too, but he also played a radio talk show manager in "Straight Talk" and a nasty bird in "Stuart Little 2." He's played a cop before and he's played an everyman before and he's played a doctor before. He plays everything.

    Surprising, then, that this movie relies entirely on Woods' performance for support--and entirely fails.

    There's nothing wrong with it except that there's nothing behind it. There's no life in this petty criminal he portrays--a man who may or may not have been insane but was hanged in the 30s anyway. Woods lends no likeability or believability or characteristic traits to this man he is portraying, and in the end he comes across as a pointless incarnation of a man whose life, perhaps, never even merited the Hollywood treatment in the first place.

    This is the type of stuff Oscars are crafted and polished for, but the director had it mixed up from the get-go.

    The common conception is that it is hard to survive in prison. This is a well-known fact. But it's also very hard to survive yourself. That is why prison is representative of more than just bars and criminals--prison relates to all of us, and we all relate to the confinement of prison. But the common misconception is that prison automatically makes a good film. It's the exact opposite. You've got to have the material first, then put the prison in as a sort of metaphorical bridge for the characters to pass over.

    No one does any passing in "Killer: A Journal of Murder." It's sort of depressing in a non-depressing sort of way.

    2.5/5 stars.

    • John Ulmer
    7gridoon

    Uncompromising but flat.

    The Australian biopic "Chopper" got all the hype in 2000, but the much lesser-known " A Journal of Murder" is actually a better film on a similar subject. For one thing, it gives you more of a background about (if not much more insight into) the killer, and for another it doesn't try to make him appear "cool". In fact, the script is quite uncompromising in the way it refuses to humanize Panzram, at least beyond the minimum degree required. But despite Woods' strong performance and a few nice directorial touches (especially in the use of black-and-white cinematography and newsreels from the period), the film is rather flat - almost like a TV production. (**1/2)

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    • Wissenswertes
      The film is dedicated to Sam Peckinpah because The Wild Bunch - Sie kannten kein Gesetz (1969) inspired director Tim Metcalfe to become a director.
    • Patzer
      The amount of beer in Henry Lesser's glass at the speakeasy.
    • Zitate

      Carl Panzram: I don't want to be alive. I want out of these clothes. I want out of this body. I want out of this world.

    • Verbindungen
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Tin Cup/House Arrest/Killer: A Journal of Murder/Alaska/Butterfly Kiss (1996)
    • Soundtracks
      Bluebirds
      Music by Bill Elliott

      Performed by Bill Elliott & His Orchestra

      Courtesy of Windswept Pacific Entertainment Co.

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    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • 6. September 1996 (Vereinigte Staaten)
    • Herkunftsland
      • Vereinigte Staaten
    • Sprache
      • Englisch
    • Auch bekannt als
      • Killer: A Journal of Murder
    • Drehorte
      • Rhode Island, USA
    • Produktionsfirmen
      • Breakheart Films
      • Ixtlan Productions
      • Ixtlan
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    • Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
      • 82.029 $
    • Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
      • 31.993 $
      • 8. Sept. 1996
    • Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
      • 82.029 $
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      • 1 Std. 31 Min.(91 min)
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      • Dolby Digital
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      • 1.85 : 1

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