Killing Is My Business, Honey [Region 2]

Germany released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), English ( Subtitles ), German ( Subtitles ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Alternative Footage, Commentary, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Teaser(s), Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: A super-slick crowdpleaser with peachy roles for German comedian Rick Kavanian and young actress Nora Tschirner, hitman comedy-romance Killing Is My Business, Honey looks set to do just that at Teuton wickets. With (sadly) no proven market offshore for mainstream German comedies, an English-language remake seems the most profitable course for this Pink Panther-ish romp, which would translate easily to a Stateside setting. Following its world preem in Berlin Feb. 19, the film goes wide in Deutschland Feb. 26. Kavanian is known locally as one of Michael Bully Herbig's associates in a string of successful parodies (Western spoof Manitou's Shoe, Star Trek riff Dreamship Surprise: Period One). Tschirner broke through bigtime as the klutzy heroine of Til Schweiger's 2008 B.O. champ, Rabbit Without Ears, and again proves here she's one of Germany's hottest young discoveries. The picture's '60s-ish, retro feel is underlined by bright, animated main titles (designed by Lutz Lemke) and a soundtrack packed with cocktail-lounge classics by Dean Martin (like That's Amore). From the beginning, there's a sense of workmanship at the highest level, from the tight script by Dirk Ahner (7 Days to Live) and helmer Sebastian Niemann (Over My Dead Body), through the glossy lensing by Gerhard Schirlo, to Matthias Muesse's production design, recalling the Universal studio look of the late '50s/early '60s. With a nifty goatee, Kavanian plays pro...Killing Is My Business, Honey ( Mord ist mein Geschäft, Liebling )

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