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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.
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
Ben Silverstone – Phillippe Halsman
Patrick Swayze – Richard Pressburger
Martine McCutcheon – Liuba Halsman
Stefanie Powers – Katherine Wilkins
Sybil Danning – Anna Gruber
Heinz Hoenig – Morduch Halsman
Anja Kruse – Ita Halsman
Heinz Trixner – Emil Groeschel
Christoph Schobesberger – Siegfried Hohenleitner
Richard Johnson – Judge Larcher
Wolfgang Fierek – Leopold Zipperer
Adi Hirschal – Dr. Stein
Alf Beinell – Franz Eicher
Christian K. Schaeffer – Johan Weiler
Erik Jan Rippmann – Josef Eder
Cornelia Albrecht – Marilyn Monroe
Bernd Jeschek – Josef Weil
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." 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".
Reception
LA Weekly panned the film, calling it "Handsomely produced but dramatically inert." Linda Cook reviewed the movie for the Quad City Times, praising the performances of Silverstone and Swayze.
References
External links
Jump at IMDb
Jump! at Rotten Tomatoes