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Coconut Hero

Deutschland Kanada 2014/2015 Spielfilm

The story of Mike Tyson. Not the boxer, a different one. It is not easy being a teenager and Mike, 16-years-old, is having the very worst of times. He lives with his mother Cynthia, a notorious nagger, in Faintville, a town based around the timber industry, set in its days and ways, deep in the Canadian forests. He has no father, no friends, not even a favorite food. Basically, his sole wish is to vanish from the face of the earth.

One day, Mike decides to put an end to the cynical joke that fate has played on him, or life as it is called in other words: he places his own obituary and shoots himself! To his greatest disappointment he wakes up the next day not in heaven but at the local hospital. And suddenly Mike's fate takes a very dif­ferent turn when, during a routine examina­tion, the doctors discover a plum-sized tumor in his head. Mike can scarcely believe his luck and keeps the illness to himself so as to avoid undergoing the operation that would save him. Staring death directly in the eyes, how­ever, changes Mike's view of life. For example, it causes him to re-evaluate his opinion of the crazy and enchanting Miranda, the first human being who appears to understand him. And slowly but surely, Mike develops a completely new wish.

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Credits

Director

  • Florian Cossen

Screenplay

  • Elena von Saucken

Director of photography

  • Brendan Steacy

Editing

  • Philipp Thomas

Music

  • Matthias Klein

Cast

  • Alex Ozerov
    Mike Tyson
  • Bea Santos
    Miranda
  • Krista Bridges
    Cynthia
  • Sebastian Schipper
    Frank
  • Jim Annan
    Pastor
  • R.D. Reid
    Bestattungsunternehmer
  • David Tompa
    Sozialarbeiter Steven
  • Jeff Clarke
    Arzt
  • Udo Kier
    Therapeut Mr. Morrow

Production company

  • UFA Fiction GmbH (Potsdam)
  • Six Island Productions (CA)

Producer

  • Paul Scherzer
  • Fabian Maubach
  • Jochen Laube

Alle Credits

Director

  • Florian Cossen

Screenplay

  • Elena von Saucken

Director of photography

  • Brendan Steacy

Production design

  • Nazgol Goshtasbpour

Make-up artist

  • Jessica Panetta

Costume design

  • Brenda Broer

Editing

  • Philipp Thomas

Sound design

  • Rainer Heesch

Sound

  • David Ottier

Audio mixing

  • Tobias Fleig

Casting

  • John Buchan
  • Jason Knight
  • Simone Bär

Music

  • Matthias Klein

Cast

  • Alex Ozerov
    Mike Tyson
  • Bea Santos
    Miranda
  • Krista Bridges
    Cynthia
  • Sebastian Schipper
    Frank
  • Jim Annan
    Pastor
  • R.D. Reid
    Bestattungsunternehmer
  • David Tompa
    Sozialarbeiter Steven
  • Jeff Clarke
    Arzt
  • Udo Kier
    Therapeut Mr. Morrow

Production company

  • UFA Fiction GmbH (Potsdam)
  • Six Island Productions (CA)

in co-production with

  • UFA Cinema GmbH (Berlin/München)
  • Cine+ Filmproduktion GmbH (Berlin)

in association with

  • Südwestrundfunk (SWR) (Baden-Baden)
  • Arte G.E.I.E. (Straßburg)
  • Hessischer Rundfunk (HR) (Frankfurt am Main)

Producer

  • Paul Scherzer
  • Fabian Maubach
  • Jochen Laube

Co-Producer

  • Wolf Bauer
  • Sidney Chiu
  • Frank Evers
  • Helge Neubronner
  • Jörg Schulze

Producer (TV)

  • Brigitte Dithard (SWR)
  • Barbara Häbe (Arte)
  • Jörg Himstedt (HR)

Line producer

  • Michael Jungfleisch

Original distributor

  • Majestic Filmverleih GmbH (Berlin)

Funding

  • MFG Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg mbH (Stuttgart)
  • Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF) (Berlin)
  • Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (Berlin)
  • Ontario Media Development Corporation (Toronto)
  • Northern Ontario Heritage Fund (CA)

Shoot

    • 01.08.2014 - 18.09.2014: Ontario, Geraldton, Sault St. Marie,
Format:
DCP, 16:9
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 09.07.2015, 152893, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 28.06.2015, München, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 13.08.2015

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Coconut Hero

Versions

Original

Format:
DCP, 16:9
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 09.07.2015, 152893, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 28.06.2015, München, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 13.08.2015

Awards

FBW 2015
  • Prädikat: wertvoll
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