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I love Minsc, but I don't think it's fair to say that only Sarevok surpasses him- Korgan is just as good a fighter, possibly better, and only gets the short shaft from fans because he's tempermentally unsuited to most parties. [[User:Stilgar135|Stilgar135]] 22:17, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

name=Run Lola Run |

image=Run_Lola_Run_DVD.jpg|

director=[[Tom Tykwer]] |

writer=[[Tom Tykwer]] |

starring=[[Franka Potente]], [[Moritz Bleibtreu]] |

producer=[[Stefan Arndt]] |

distributor=[[Prokino Filmverleih]] |

released=[[1998]] |

runtime=81 min |

language=German |

budget=$1,750,000 (estimated)|

imdb_id=0130827 |}}

== SynopsisWarrior? ==

'''''Run Lola Run''''' (original [[German language|German]] title '''''Lola rennt''''', which translates to '''''Lola Runs''''' or '''''Lola is Running''''') is a [[1998]] [[film]] by [[Germany|German]] [[screenwriter]] and [[film director|director]] [[Tom Tykwer]], starring [[Franka Potente]] as Lola.

"Minsc is the strongest joinable warrior in both games"

It is an unconventional film, in that it covers the same twenty-minute span of time three times, each differing in small details that in turn lead the story to radically different outcomes. The script follows a [[spiral]] structure. Spirals are also frequently used as a visual motif, partially as an homage to [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[Vertigo (movie)|Vertigo]]'', which Tykwer admires. The film, particularly with its time limit and "multiple lives" concept, also owes a clear debt to [[Poland|Polish]] director [[Krzysztof Kieślowski]], who explored the theme in films such as ''Blind Chance'', ''[[The Double Life of Véronique]]'', and ''[[Three Colors: Red]]''. (Tykwer would go on to direct ''[[Heaven (2002 film)|Heaven]]'', which Kieślowski had planned as his next film, after Kieślowski's death.)

Isn't Minsc a Ranger?

Another film from the same year as ''Run Lola Run'' that explores [[parallel universe]]s is [[Peter Howitt]]'s ''[[Sliding Doors]]'', starring [[Gwynneth Paltrow]].

[[User:Deadhoax|Deadhoax]] ([[User talk:Deadhoax|<small><font style="color:#800080;">Talk</font></small>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Deadhoax|<small><font style="color:#800080;">Contr</font></small>]]) 10:26, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

With a hamster yes. But with the way he acts, its a mix between Warrion/Fighter, paladin(doing hid own good, a good rebel)and ranger, with abilities.

While most German films in English speaking countries are subtitled, this film is one of the few German films to have been dubbed into English, alongside ''[[The Princess and the Warrior]]'', ''[[Anatomy (film)|Anatomy]]'', ''[[Der Schuh des Manitu]]'' and ''[[Das Boot]]''. However, the English dub was widely panned, and it was generally recommended to watch the original German version.

[[User:Pece Kocovski|Pece Kocovski]] 05:05, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

== Synopsis ==

A Ranger is a type of warrior. [[User:Pyromaniac589|Pyromaniac589]] 20:30, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

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== PC vs NPC ==

Lola's boyfriend, Manni, is involved in a [[smuggling]] operation. Manni's final task in a particular job is to transport 100 000 [[Deutsche Mark|marks]] to his boss Ronnie. Lola is supposed to drive Manni to the meeting, but her [[moped]] has been stolen. Manni resorts to public transportation when Lola doesn't appear, but he accidentally leaves the money on a subway train, where it is found by a [[bum]]. He places a frantic phone call to Lola and explains the situation: if he doesn't have the money when he meets Ronnie at noon, Manni will be killed. Lola vows to find the money by then, but noon is only twenty minutes away. It is at this point that the alternate realities sequence begins.

Minsc is '''not''' a non-playable character since not only can he join the group but he is also fully under the control of the player. This should be changed in the article. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Player_character wikipedia's article] [[User:Bragador|Bragador]] 15:52, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

* '''First Reality''' - With little time and no vehicle, Lola runs through the streets of [[Berlin]] to get to her father's bank, trying to get money from him. When he refuses, she and Manni rob a grocery store, and Lola is accidentally shot by a police officer shortly afterward.

== Sarevok spoiler? ==

* '''Second Reality''' - As she dies, the film suddenly seems to start over; it jumps back to the end of her phone call from Manni, and again she tries to get the money from her father. However, a small detail near the beginning changes, and so the outcome is wildly different: she ends up robbing her father's bank at gunpoint. She brings the money to Manni, but he is run down by an ambulance as he crosses the street.

It might be a borderline-case, but shouldn't Sarevoks appearence in Baldur's Gate 2 (and especially that he can join your party) be marked as a spoiler? It's in the "Powers"-section. <blockquote>''Minsc is the strongest joinable warrior in both games (Strength 18/93) until the Baldurs Gate II addon Throne of Bhaal that introduced Sarevok (Strength 18/00) (...)''</blockquote> -- [[User:Anissen|Anissen]] 12:22, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

* '''Third Reality''' - The story starts a third time. She gets to her father's bank only to see him driving away. She then runs through the town, asking for divine help. She comes to a [[casino]], gets a single 100 mark chip, and finds a [[roulette]] table. She bets on 20 and wins. She leaves her winnings on 20 for the next spin, winning again. She has the money, but she still has to catch up with Manni by noon. She hitches a ride in an ambulance, which is carrying a security guard from her father's bank; he presumably suffered a heart attack. Lola says to herself "I'll stay with him," and holds the hand of the man, and moments later he starts to recover to a normal heart rate. Her statement, though not explained, may be a resolution to her ambivalence about her relationship with Manni. Meanwhile, Manni has borrowed a phonecard from a blind woman to make a phone call seeking a loan. He returns the phone card, but this time, unlike in the previous two sequences, he thanks her. She then gestures with her head, and Manni looks up to notice the bum with his money riding by on a bike. Manni is successful in chasing down the bum, recovering his money, and delivering it to Ronnie. The movie ends with Manni asking Lola what's in her bag.

== Vin Moosk and Boo ==

Throughout the film, Lola bumps into people, talks to them, or passes them by entirely. Details of that person's future are subsequently shown in a series of still frames. The futures are widely divergent from encounter to encounter. In one scenario, a woman whom Lola accidentally bumps into wins the lottery and becomes rich; in a different scenario, she remains poor and her child is taken away by [[social work|social workers]]. The encounters with Lola differ only slightly, so the vastly changed futures in the "flash forwards" are an example of the [[butterfly effect]].

You don't suppose that when there is another episodes of [[Kids Next Door]] featuring Moosk, that Boo may make a Cameo/homage role? After all there Are hamsters in the show and Moosk is very much like Minsc. Even the name is a slight anagram.

==References==

The most notable references in this film are to the film ''[[Vertigo_(movie)|Vertigo]]'' by filmmaker [[Alfred Hitchcock]]. Besides the camera work, a very specific reference to ''Vertigo'' is the painting on the back wall of the casino. Tykwer disliked the empty space on the wall behind the roulette table and commissioned production designer Alexander Manasse to paint a picture of [[Kim Novak]] as she appeared in ''Vertigo''. Manasse could not remember what she looked like in the film and so decided to paint her from behind. The painting took fifteen minutes to complete.

Vin Moosk

Other movies are referenced more obliquely. The store robbery scene is sometimes described as an homage to ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'' or any number of [[Bonnie and Clyde]]-style tales.

Minsc (C is a K sound)

[[User:Pece Kocovski|Pece Kocovski]] 11:00, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

There are also several references to German culture in the film. The most notable is the use of Hans Paetsch as a narrator for the scene. Paetsch is a very famous narrator of children’s stories in Germany, whose voice anyone who'd listened to his children’s stories growing up would recognize. Two quotes by German football legend [[Sepp Herberger]], "The ball is round" and "The game lasts 90 minutes", are spoken by the guard in the first scene in the film.

The [[soundtrack]] of the film, also by Tykwer, includes numerous musical quotations of the sustained string chords of "The Unanswered Question", an early 20th century [[chamber music | chamber]] ensemble work by [[United States | American]] composer [[Charles Ives]]. In the original work, the chords are meant to represent the [[music of the spheres]].

==''Run Lola Run'' in popular culture==

The [[Simpsons]] episode ''[[Trilogy of Error]]'' makes clear references to the movie.

The triple timeline approach was used in an episode of [[Johnny Bravo]], which also including pictures of people's possible lives. The music video for [[Quarashi]]'s "[[Mr. Jinx]]" was a homage to the movie, starring Hössi Olafsson, one of the members of the Icelandic rap group, as himself, trying to get to a Quarashi gig at a club on time.

The music video for Yellowcard's "Ocean Avenue" also features alternate timelines as frontman Ryan Key chases after a woman who has stolen a briefcase from him as he is pursued by two thugs who are actually members the band. In the first reality she drives off, leaving him to be assaulted by the thugs. In the second reality he gets there ahead of time and is struck by her vehicle. In the third and final reality he arrives in time to stand in front of her car so that she brakes for him. She beckons him inside and the two drive off into the distance and the thugs are left staning there.

==Cast list==

* [[Franka Potente]]: Lola

* [[Moritz Bleibtreu]]: Manni

* [[Herbert Knaup]]: Papa

* [[Nina Petri]]: Frau Hansen

* [[Armin Rohde]]: Herr Schuster

* [[Joachim Król]]: Norbert von Au

* [[Ludger Pistor]]: Herr Meier

* [[Suzanne von Borsody]]: Frau Jäger

* [[Sebastian Schipper]]: Mike

* [[Julia Lindig]]: Doris

* [[Lars Rudolph]]: Herr Kruse

* [[Ute Lubosch]]: Mama

* [[Hans Paetsch]]: Narrator

==External link==

*[http://www.lola-rennt.de/ www.lola-rennt.de] A private homepage of the movie, also in English version.

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