Title: Botched
Director: Kit Ryan
Screenwriter: Raymond Friel, Derek Boyle, Eamon Friel
Subject:.
Year: 2007
Cast: Stephen Dorff, Jaime Murray, Sean Pertwee, Jamie Foreman,
Geoff Bell, Bronagh Gallagher, Hugh O’Connor, Edward Baker-Duly
Duration: 91’
Production Company: ApolloProMovie & Co. 1. Filmproduktion, Arcade
Films, Barraboy Films, Madigan Film Productions, Opix Films, Zinc
Entertainment Inc.
Production Country: Australia, United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland,
United States
Plot: After botching a robbery for his Russian boss, Richie is
forced to steal an ancient cross locked in an apartment in Moscow.
With the help of his accomplices Peter and Yuri, he completes his
mission. As they flee, the elevator remains stuck on the 13th
floor. Thinking they got caught by the police, they take hostages.
However, they soon discover that a crazy killer is after them.
Main Source Language: English
Target Dubbed Language: Italian
Target Title: Botched-Paura e delirio a Mosca
Dubbing Director: Fabrizio Temperini
Dubbing Actors: Francesco Bulckaen, Roberta Pellini, Luigi La
Monica, Ambrogio Colombo, Antonio Palumbo, Alessandra Korompay,
Mauro Gravina, Fabrizio Pucci
Language Varieties in ST: London accent with a slight Russian
accent (Mr. Groznyi), French accent (Auctioneer), GA (Ritchie,
Hugo), Russian accent (Peter, Yuri, Anna, Dmitry, Boris, Sonya,
Helena, Katerina, Killer).
“Botched is bungled - irredeemably, at times even enjoyably, so.
It starts out as a heist caper, morphs into a siege thriller and
then effectively throws in the towel and spends the final hour
having its characters chased around a Moscow office block by a
satanic descendant of Ivan the Terrible. Its natural state is
disarray - so much so that there's a tragicomic quality to the way
in which Stephen Dorff is shown picking his way through a wreckage
of dropped threads and cheesy Ree-yussian accents, presumably in
search of the career he left behind.”
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/apr/18/actionandadventure
“Jumbled ideas executed badly: heists, horror, humor, bad Russian
accents.”
https://trevanti.wordpress.com/2013/09/09/293-botched-2007/
“I must admit that at first I thought that the phony Russian
accents were too much. But soon when I realized which direction
the movie was going I understood why they used these accents.
Everything supposed to be over the top, including the acting!”
https://www.chrichtonsworld.com/2011/05/review-botched-2007.html
Function of Language Varieties in ST: Humour, Time and Place.
Dubbed Language Rendition: Standard Italian (Ritchie, Hugo,
Auctioneer), Standard Italian with a slight Russian accent (Mr.
Grozny), Russian accent (Peter, Yuri, Anna, Dmitry, Boris, Sonya,
Helena, Katerina, Killer).
Instance Description: Ritchie gives Mr. Groznyi the ancient cross
and informs him that he has killed his crazy family. He also tells
him that since his debt is paid, he does not want to work for him
anymore.
Instance Start Time: 1 28’ 20”
Instance Duration: 1’50”
Instance Web Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhytsM4hyNo
ST Instance Transcription:
Mr. Groznyi: Ritchie! Looking…shit. Oh Ritchie, you have made me a
very happy man. Shake, we can be friends again now. Shake!
Ritchie: What do you know about the people we robbed anyway?
Mr. Grozny: Tell me.
Ritchie: You got one hell of a family Mr. Groznyi.
Mr. Grozny: I haven’t seen my family for the last 20 years. They
make my life a misery when I was growing up.
Ritchie: You have any idea what they’ve been getting up to in
there?
Mr.Groznyi: Who cares. You See Ritchie, I have now what I need.
Ritchie: So, you don’t know anything.
Mr. Groznyi: No, nothing.
Ritchie: Didn’t know a thing.
Mr. Groznyi: Nothing.
Ritchie: Okay, forget it. Your whole family is pretty fucked up
Mr. Groznyi.
Mr. Groznyi: Oh wait, do you actually have met my family?
Ritchie: Oh yeah, I killed them.
Mr. Groznyi: Good boy, here. Good boy. You take that beautiful
girl, you go on holiday and when you relax, you come back, you
give me a call, and you work for me again.
Ritchie: No. My debt’s paid now. That’s it for me. I’m out.
Mr. Groznyi: Hey, Ritchie. You are never out.
TT Instance Transcription:
Signor Groznyi: Ritchie!
Ritchie: Salve.
Signor Grozny: Stai di merda.
Ritchie: Sì.
Signor Groznyi: Ah Ritchie, tu mi hai reso un uomo molto felice.
La mano, possiamo ancora essere amici. La mano!
Ritchie: Che cosa mi può dire delle persone che abbiamo derubato?
Signor Groznyi: Proprio niente.
Ritchie: Lei ha una famiglia diabolica.
Signor Groznyi: Ah, non vedo la mia famiglia da almeno 20 anni.
Durante l’adolescenza mi hanno reso la vita infelice.
Ritchie: Ha idea di quello che stavano facendo in quel palazzo?
Signor Groznyi: Non mi interessa Ritchie. Finalmente io ho la
croce.
Ritchie: Quindi lei non sa niente.
Signor Groznyi: No, niente.
Ritchie: Assolutamente niente?
Signor Groznyi: No.
Ritchie: Okay, basta. La sua famiglia è un gran casino, Signor
Groznyi.
Signor Groznyi: Aspetta, davvero hai conosciuto la mia famiglia?
Ritchie: Oh sì. Li ho uccisi tutti.
Signor Groznyi: Bravo ragazzo. Ecco. Bravo ragazzo. Prendi quella
bella fanciulla e vattene in vacanza e quando ti sarai rilassato
mi farai uno squillo e lavorerai ancora per me.
Ritchie: No, ho ripagato il mio debito. È abbastanza per me. Sono
fuori.
Signor Groznyi: Hey, Ritchie. Tu non sarai mai fuori.