Jump! (2007 film)

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Jump
Jump! Film Poster.jpg
Directed by Joshua Sinclair
Written by Ryan James
Joshua Sinclair
Produced byJoshua Sinclair
Starring Ben Silverstone
Patrick Swayze
Martine McCutcheon
CinematographyGianlorenzo Battaglia
Edited byDavid Purviance
Music byKevin Kaska
Production
company
LWB Media
Distributed byLWB Media
Release dates
  • June 2007 (2007-06)(Shanghai)
  • 19 June 2008 (2008-06-19)
Running time
118 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Austria
LanguageEnglish

Jump! is a 2007 British-Austrian drama film written and directed by Joshua Sinclair. It starred Ben Silverstone, Patrick Swayze and Martine McCutcheon. It was loosely based on the real-life Halsman murder case. The film was premiered during the 2007 Shanghai International Film Festival. [1]

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Synopsis

Set in Austria, in 1928, with the spectre of Nazism on the rise, a young Jew, Philippe Halsman, is accused of patricide after his father's death during a hike through the Alps. His strained relationship with his father, and the apparent evidence that he has been struck on the head with a rock, point towards the son's guilt. Halsman is put on trial, in Innsbruck, where his case is taken up by one of the country's leading lawyers.

Cast

Production

Producer Lily Berger has stated that she wanted the movie to serve as a "definitive account of what happened" and that she hoped that it "helps to rehabilitate Philippe Halsman’s name once and for all." [2] The film had a budget of approximately six million Euros. Filming took place partially in Innsbruck, Austria during 2006 and 850 extras were hired for Jump!. Berger has stated that Swayze considered the film "his most important work". [3] [4]

Reception

LA Weekly panned the film, calling it "Handsomely produced but dramatically inert." [5] Linda Cook reviewed the movie for the Quad City Times , praising the performances of Silverstone and Swayze. [6]

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