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Andy Luotto
André Paul "Andy" Luotto (born 30 July 1950) is an American actor, comedian, musician, chef, and restaurateur. He has resided in Italy since the mid-1970s, where he is a prolific television personality, and is the owner and operator of the Lá restaurant in Rome's Piazza Venezia. Biography Born as André Paul Luotto in New York, Luotto graduated in cinematography at the Boston University in 1969, then started working as dubbing voice for Italian films released in United States. Later Luotto moved to Rome where in 1978 obtained a great success as "fantasista" in the Renzo Arbore's TV-show ''L'altra domenica''. In 1979 he made his film debut as lead actor of ''SuperAndy'', a bizarre parody of ''Superman'', then started a quite regular career as character actor. In 1983 he wrote, directed and starred ''Grunt'', a film parody of Jean-Jacques Annaud's ''Quest for Fire''. Selected filmography * '' In the Pope's Eye '' (1980) * '' Ski Mistress '' (1981) * '' I carabbimatti'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Carabbimatti
''I carabbimatti'' is a 1981 Italian comedy film directed by Giuliano Carnimeo and starring Andy Luotto. Plot Cast * Andy Luotto – matto paranoico * Giorgio Ariani – primario di Villa Verde * Daniele Formica – Carabiniere Ceci * Licinia Lentini – amante di Marrone *Enzo Robutti – matto * Enzo Liberti – infermiere * Paolo Baroni – matto * Lucio Montanaro – matto * Guerrino Crivello – L'Elefantiere * Angelo Pellegrino – maresciallo * Ria De Simone – Maria Adele * Giorgio Bracardi – matto nostalgico * Leo Gullotta – Carabiniere Pasta * Gianni Agus – commendator Marrone See also * List of Italian films of 1981 References External links *''I carabbimatti''at Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward. History Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the film p ... Films directe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Pinocchio (2012 Film)
''Pinocchio'' is a 2012 Italian animated film directed by Enzo D'Alò. It is based on the 1883 novel ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' by Carlo Collodi. The film had a budget of about €8 million. It was screened out of competition at the 70th Venice International Film Festival. The original score was composed by Lucio Dalla, and includes songs performed by Leda Battisti and Nada. The vocal cast of the film includes Rocco Papaleo, Maurizio Micheli, Paolo Ruffini, Andy Luotto, and Lucio Dalla. An English dub was made in Canada the same year, and it was released in the United Kingdom by Koch Media on 4 November 2013 (as ''Pinocchio - The Adventures of Pinocchio'') and in Australia and New Zealand by Rialto Distribution. It was released in the United States by Lionsgate Home Entertainment on 10 April 2018, with some characters re-dubbed by celebrities. Plot In a small village in Tuscany, the poor carpenter Geppetto decides to forge a wooden puppet naming it Pinocchio. Pinocchio, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Sogno Del Maratoneta
''Il sogno del maratoneta'' (''The Dream of the Marathon Runner'') is an Italian TV movie produced by RAI television. It is directed by Leone Pompucci and stars Luigi Lo Cascio and Laura Chiatti. It was aired on television as a two-parter. It is an adaptation of the homonym book by Giuseppe Pederiali. It has been presented at the 26th Festival international de programmes audiovisuels (FIPA) in Biarritz (France) on 25 and 26 January 2013 in the selections ''Fiction'' and ''Compétition''. Plot The movie is about the story of the Italian athlete Dorando Pietri and restitutes the runner's fortunes and misfortunes at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. The start of Pietri's sporting career was a hard one. A passionate long-distance runner, like his brother Ulpiano, Dorando Pietri was rebuffed by trainer Barbisio because he was deemed to be too meager. Still, Pietri takes part in the marathon race at Carpi, his home town, and finishes first, ahead of Pericle Rondinella, the star runne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Go Go Tales
''Go Go Tales'' is an independent 2007 film by Abel Ferrara. Ferrara based the film on ''The Killing of a Chinese Bookie'', directed by John Cassavetes. It stars Willem Dafoe as a strip club owner and co-stars Bob Hoskins, Asia Argento and Matthew Modine. Ferrara had the cast improvise much of their lines. He described the film as his "first intentional comedy". Plot Ray Ruby, who manages Ray Ruby’s Paradise, is worried about fewer tourists visiting the establishment so he decides to hold a lottery to bring them in. Ray is running out of money but people expect to be paid, including the pole dancers. A landlady by the name of Lillian plans on using the spot for a Bed Bath & Beyond location if she does not receive rent money. Desperate for money to keep the establishment open, Ray tries to find the winning ticket of his own lottery. His brother Johnnie helps keep the strip club open. The film shows the lives of people who depend on the strip club and what the lack of money does ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pontormo – Un Amore Eretico
Jacopo Carucci (May 24, 1494 – January 2, 1557), usually known as ''Jacopo da Pontormo'', ''Jacopo Pontormo'', or simply Pontormo, was an Italian Mannerist painter and portraitist from the Florentine School. His work represents a profound stylistic shift from the calm perspectival regularity that characterized the art of the Florentine Renaissance. He is famous for his use of twining poses, coupled with ambiguous perspective; his figures often seem to float in an uncertain environment, unhampered by the forces of gravity. Biography and early work Jacopo Carucci was born at Pontorme, near Empoli, to Bartolomeo di Jacopo di Martino Carrucci and Alessandra di Pasquale di Zanobi. Vasari relates how the orphaned boy, "young, melancholy, and lonely", was shuttled around as a young apprentice: Pontormo painted in and around Florence, often supported by Medici patronage. A foray to Rome, largely to see Michelangelo's work, influenced his later style. Haunted faces and elongate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Household Accounts
''Household Accounts'' ( it, Il quaderno della spesa) is a 2003 Italian mystery-drama film directed by Tonino Cervi. Cast *Gabriele Lavia: Augusto Pavinato * Emanuela Muni: Antonia *Claudio Bigagli: Judge Di Giacomo * David Sebasti: Giuliano Mantegna *Carlo Croccolo: Cavalier Angelo Marconi *Domiziana Giordano: Armida *Andy Luotto: Camerotto *Massimo Poggio: Zamboni *Laura Betti: Countess Celi Sanguineti *Maddalena Crippa Maddalena Crippa (born 4 September 1957) is an Italian film, television and stage actress. She won a David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Academy Award nominee '' Three Brothers'' by Francesco Rosi. Life and career ...: Iole * GTG.Wapakels: Olok Belat References External links * 2003 films Italian mystery drama films Films directed by Tonino Cervi 2000s mystery drama films 2003 drama films 2000s Italian films {{mystery-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canone Inverso - Making Love
''Canone inverso - Making Love'', also known as ''The Inverse Canon'', is a 2000 Italian drama film directed by Ricky Tognazzi. It is based on the 1996 novel ''Canone Inverso'' by the Italian author Paolo Maurensig. The plot concerns how a distinctive violin with an anthropomorphic carved scroll changed hands, the friendship of two young violinists, and the love of one of them for a concert pianist. The film opens at the time of the Prague Spring, but the main events take place prior to World War II in Czechoslovakia. Although an Italian production, the film is entirely in English, and involves English and French actors. Variety noted that "Performances generally are fine, with Matheson and Williams bringing plenty of vigor and spirit, and Thierry ..supplying some delicate grace notes". Plot At an auction a young woman, Costanza, is outbid for an old violin and pursues the successful bidder, an old man, outside, explaining why she wanted it so much. She recounts how, two years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Excellent Cadavers (film)
''Excellent Cadavers'' ( it, I giudici) is a 1999 television film directed by Ricky Tognazzi. The film is based on the book with the same name by Alexander Stille and tells the real life events of judge Giovanni Falcone. It was filmed in Palermo and Rome. The TV movie was broadcast by HBO October 16, 1999. Plot Cast * Chazz Palminteri as Giovanni Falcone *F. Murray Abraham as Tommaso Buscetta *Tony Sperandeo as Stefano Bontate *Anna Galiena as Francesca Morvillo *Andy Luotto as Paolo Borsellino *Lina Sastri as Agnese Borsellino *Arnoldo Foà as Judge Antonino Caponnetto *Ivo Garrani as Judge Gaetano Costa *Gianmarco Tognazzi as Antonino Cassarà *Pierfrancesco Favino as Mario Fabbri *Mattia Sbragia as Judge Quinzi * Francesco Benigno as Giuseppe Greco *Mario Erpichini as Judge Rocco Chinnici * Paolo Paoloni as Salvo Lima *Victor Cavallo as Totò Riina *Giuseppe Cederna as Judge Giuseppe Ayala *Stefano Benassi as Inspector *Bruno Bilotta as Salvatore Inzerillo * Luigi Mari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Truce (1997 Film)
''The Truce'' ( it, La Tregua) is a 1997 film directed by Francesco Rosi, written by Tonino Guerra, based on Primo Levi's memoir, ''The Truce''. The film deals with Primo Levi's experiences returning to Italy in 1945 after the Red Army liberated the concentration camp at Auschwitz during the Second World War. This was Rosi's final film before his death in 2015. Plot Although liberated on January 27, 1945, Levi did not reach Turin until October 19 of that year. After spending some time in a Soviet camp for former concentration camp inmates, he embarked on an arduous journey home in the company of Italian former prisoners of war from the Italian Army in Russia. His long railway journey home to Turin took him on a circuitous route from Poland, through Russia, Romania, Hungary, Austria and Germany. Cast * John Turturro - Primo Levi * Rade Šerbedžija - The Greek (Morda Naum) * Massimo Ghini - Cesare * Stefano Dionisi - Daniele * Teco Celio - Col. Rovi * Roberto Citran - Unver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mortacci
''Mortacci'' is a 1989 Italian dark comedy film directed by Sergio Citti. Plot summary In a small town cemetery, the deceased every night host a meeting. They are doomed not to enter the next stage of the afterlife, till the last living human who remembers them passes away. Through the recollection of their lives and deaths, the different characters are introduced: Alma, a theater actress (Carol Alt) who witnesses every night the futile attempt of her ex lover (Malcolm McDowell) to commit suicide over her grave; Angelo, a womanizer (Andy Luotto) who died out of shame; Felice and Giggetto, two beggars (Eraldo Turra and Luciano Manzalini) who soon leave the group as the last woman (Mariangela Melato) who remembers them dies while visiting their grave. The narration is interrupted by the arrival of Lucillo (Sergio Rubini), a soldier who was presumed dead in a military mission in Lebanon and who is forced by his fellow villagers to die for real, as they built a huge business on his h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
