The Screaming Throats (1993)
DVDRip | MKV | 720x576 | x264 @ 3233 Kbps | 64 min | 1,61 Gb
Audio: Danish AAC 2.0 @ 329 Kbps | Subs (embedded): English, Danish
Genre: Comedy
DVDRip | MKV | 720x576 | x264 @ 3233 Kbps | 64 min | 1,61 Gb
Audio: Danish AAC 2.0 @ 329 Kbps | Subs (embedded): English, Danish
Genre: Comedy
Director: Søren Fauli
Writers: Søren Fauli, Bo Hr. Hansen
Stars: Kristian Holm Joensen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Martin Brygmann
Copenhagen 1984. Ronni is a young, mediocre punk-guitarist, eager to make it big in the death obsessed late-punk milieu. But his girlfriend has left him, the other members of his band are fed up with his incompetence and insecure attitude, he has a problem with his stomach, his doctor wants to abuse him sexually and the former manager of the band thinks Ronni owes him some money. It seems to reach an ultimate low, when Ronni collapses onstage during an all-important concert, but it turns out to be his ticket to glory as he claims to be mortally ill.
Being made on a small budget, and with fairly unknown actors (bar one or two), the movie quickly outgrew any expectations it had before release. It was instant fame, mostly due to the excellently chosen casting. De Skrigende Halse takes place in an underground Punk miljeu, where a band is desperately trying to make it big. After a fiasco concert, in order to avoid confrontation, the guitarist claims he has a terminal illness. The local conman/drug dealer/record producer, Djarnis, decides to make a commemorative Vinyl recording with the band. The sudden fame, but also the consequences of his lie, causes unwanted problems for Ronni, and without much effort, he is in a world of trouble.
The mood and the excellent acting in this film, makes it cult. It is one of Søren Pilmark's most well known roles, largely due to his manic projection of Djarnis, who is a control freak and a thoroughly unsympathetic person. The film is definitely worth a watch, if possible to find with English subs at all.
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