| 词条 | All the Queen's Men |
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| name = All the Queen's Men | image = All_the_Queen's_Men.jpg | image_size = | caption = | director = Stefan Ruzowitzky | producer = Rainer Virnich Phil Alden Robinson | writer = David Schneider | starring = {{Plain list |
}} | music = Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen Robert Folk Michael Lloyd | cinematography = Peter Kappel Wedigo von Schultzendorff | editing = Rudi Heinen Nick Moore Britta Nahler Andrea Schumacher | studio = Streamline | distributor = Strand Releasing | released = October 14, 2001 (U.S. Mill Valley Film Festival) October 25, 2002 (limited) December 13, 2001 (Germany) June 7, 2002 (Austria) | runtime = 100 minutes | country = Germany / Austria | language = English | budget = $15 million[1] | gross = $23,662 }} All the Queen's Men is a 2001 English-language German-Austrian action comedy war film. It was directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky and stars Matt LeBlanc and Eddie Izzard. Made on a budget of $15 million, the film received mixed reviews from critics, and it earned only $23,662 in the United States. In the years that have passed All The Queen's Men has become a Cult Favourite. PlotDuring World War II the British army is attempting to retrieve an Enigma machine from Germany. Having failed in previous attempts, they decide to send four men undercover to the factory that makes the devices in Berlin. Unfortunately the factory is populated entirely by women, and they only have men to send. American O'Rourke (LeBlanc), British transvestite Tony Parker (Izzard), genius Johnno (David Birkin), and the reluctant Archie (James Cosmo) are sent to infiltrate the factory dressed as women. Dropped in the wrong area, the team must first try to find their bearings. Aided by Romy, a sympathiser to their cause, they find their way to the factory. They manage to retrieve the Enigma machine, against the expectations of the British army. Just before they leave Germany, they realize they were tricked—the British government already had the device, but wanted to make the Germans think they were still after it. They were specifically chosen as the team most likely to fail. Leaving Germany with an Enigma machine would, in fact, destroy the usefulness of the machine, as the Germans would know it was stolen and switch to a different code system. Archie volunteers to be captured with the machine to allow the mission to "fail". After he is captured, the team retrieves him and returns safely to England, leaving the Germans with the impression they have all the Enigma machines and the British are still desperate to obtain one. Cast
ReceptionThe film was panned by critics.{{Citation needed|date=December 2018}} Roger Ebert mentioned the film in his book Your Movie Sucks, terming it "a perfectly good idea for a comedy, but it just plain doesn't work." Ebert also mentions the problem with the plot being about retrieving an Enigma machine when "Anyone who has seen Enigma, U-571, or the various TV documentaries...will be aware that by the time of the movie, the British already had possession of an Enigma machine... The movie has an answer to it, but it comes so late in the film that although it makes sense technically, the damage has already been done."[2] See also
References1. ^[https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/All-the-Queens-Men The Numbers - Movie Budgets] 2. ^{{cite book|last=Ebert|first=Roger|title=Your Movie Sucks|year=2007|publisher=Andrews McMeel Pub., LLC|location=Kansas City, MO|isbn=978-0-7407-6366-3|edition=1st|page=5}} External links
9 : 2001 films|Austrian films|German films|English-language films|Films directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky|Spy comedy films|World War II spy films|Films about Nazi Germany|Cross-dressing in film |
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