Time Out (1998 film)

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Golpe de Estadio
Golpe de Estadio film poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Sergio Cabrera
Screenplay bySergio Cabrera
Ben Odell
Others
Produced byMaura Vespini
Sandro Silvestri
StarringÁlvaro Rodríguez
César Mora
Julián Román
Juana Acosta
Nicolás Montero
CinematographyBruno Di Virgilio
Edited byFernando Pardo
Nicholas Wentworth
Music byGermán Arrieta
Gonzalo Sagarminaga
Release date
  • 25 December 1998 (1998-12-25)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryColombia
LanguageSpanish

Time Out (Spanish : Golpe de estadio, literally "Stadium Coup") is a 1998 Colombian film directed and co-written by Sergio Cabrera. It is a political satire, that as of 2016 was the highest-grossing Colombian films of all time.

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Plot

The film is a political satire. An oil company locates a camp in a small village in Colombia, named New Texas, in order to do geological research. The village then attracts attacks by guerrillas, who are in constant battle with the local police. However, a kind of truce is called between the two sides while the World Cup qualifying rounds are shown on television, and the match between Colombia and Argentina can only be seen on a single working TV in town. Colombia wins 5–0, and the two opposing sides find that they are cheering for the same team. [1]

Cast

Production

The film was an international co-production between Italy, Spain and Colombia. [2] It was co-written by Ben Odell [1] and others. [3]

The title is a play on words: literally translated into English, Golpe de estadio means "stadium coup", [4] while golpe de estado means "coup d’état". [1]

Accolades

Golpe de estadio was Colombia's official Best Foreign Language Film submission at the 72nd Academy Awards, but did not manage to receive a nomination. [2] It was also nominated for the Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film [5] in 1999, was Colombia's Academy Awards entry in 2000. [1]

Box office

Golpe de estadio remains one of the highest-grossing Colombian films of all time. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Levine, Sydney (29 September 2016). "LatinoBuzz: Duo Ben Odell and Eugenio Derbez of 3Pas Studios". Medium. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Record 47 Countries In Oscar Contention" (Press release). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 22 November 1999. Retrieved 20 August 2008.
  3. ↑ Golpe de estadio at IMDb
  4. ↑ "Movie guide: Golpe de Estadio". The New York Times . 13 August 1999. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Goya Awards: 1999". IMDb. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
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