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Crime Busters
''Crime Busters'' ( it, I due superpiedi quasi piatti) is a 1977 Italian action crime comedy film directed by Enzo Barboni and starring the comedy team of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer. It was one of the three movies awarded with the Golden Screen Award in 1977 along with ''The Exorcist'' and ''The Towering Inferno''. Plot Wilbur Walsh (Bud Spencer) and Matt Kirby (Terence Hill) are in Miami, looking for work as longshoremen, but the area is managed by shady dealers who refuse to give them a job, after which the dealers are beaten up and have three of their cars wrecked in the process. Walsh and Kirby meet up and then leave the dock, tired of looking for a job. Matt is particularly intrigued by the closed nature of Wilbur, who tries to avoid it in any way. Matt, after introducing himself, suggests that Walsh and he should work together on something he had been planning; the robbery of a supermarket. Walsh accepts, aided by Kirby's conniving ways to remove police attention, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renato Casaro
Renato Casaro (; born 26 October 1935) is an Italian artist known for his movie posters, which include films like ''My Name Is Nobody'', '' Quadrophenia'', ''Conan the Barbarian'', '' Tenebrae'', ''Octopussy'', ''Never Say Never Again'', '' Rambo: First Blood Part II'' (Int'l Version), ''Red Sonja'' and '' Flesh and Blood''. He is considered one of the most important, influential and innovative Italian film poster artists. He has made hundreds of works dedicated to the cinema, becoming very popular abroad. He has also painted calendars, collectibles, book covers and album covers. Early life Renato Casaro was born on 26 October 1935 in Treviso. His early interest in posters reportedly began with movie advertisements. He would go every day to the cinema to see if they were changing the posters, and if they were he would ask if he could take them home where he would try to reproduce them. In 1953, at age 18, Renato found a job as a staff artist at Studio Favalli, a famous design and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longshoremen
A stevedore (), also called a longshoreman, a docker or a dockworker, is a waterfront manual laborer who is involved in loading and unloading ships, trucks, trains or airplanes. After the shipping container revolution of the 1960s, the number of dockworkers required declined by over 90%. Etymology The word ''stevedore'' originated in Portugal or Spain, and entered the English language through its use by sailors. It started as a phonetic spelling of ''estivador'' ( Portuguese) or ''estibador'' ( Spanish), meaning ''a man who loads ships and stows cargo'', which was the original meaning of ''stevedore'' (though there is a secondary meaning of "a man who stuffs" in Spanish); compare Latin ''stīpāre'' meaning ''to stuff'', as in ''to fill with stuffing''. In Ancient and modern Greek, the verb στοιβάζω (stevazo) means pile up. In the United Kingdom, people who load and unload ships are usually called ''dockers''; in Australia, they are called ''dockers'' or ''wharfies' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970s Crime Comedy Films
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Films
The year 1977 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1977 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * February 23 – During a press conference at Sardi's in Manhattan, it is officially announced that Christopher Reeve will be playing the role of Superman. * March 28 – At the 49th Academy Awards, '' Rocky'' picks up the Academy Award for Best Picture. Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway, and Beatrice Straight all win Oscars for their performances in ''Network'' for Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress, while Jason Robards wins for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in '' All the President's Men.'' He will win again the following year, becoming the only person to win two consecutive Best Supporting Actor awards. * May 25 – '' Star Wars'' opens in theatres and becomes the highest-grossing film of the year. The film revolutionises the use of special effects in film and tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMovie
AllMovie (previously All Movie Guide) is an online database with information about films, television programs, and screen actors. , AllMovie.com and the AllMovie consumer brand are owned by RhythmOne. History AllMovie was founded by popular-culture archivist Michael Erlewine, who also founded AllMusic and AllGame. The AllMovie database was licensed to tens of thousands of distributors and retailers for point-of-sale systems, websites and kiosks. The AllMovie database is comprehensive, including basic product information, cast and production credits, plot synopsis, professional reviews, biographies, relational links and more. AllMovie data was accessed on the web at the AllMovie website. It was also available via the AMG LASSO media recognition service, which can automatically recognize DVDs. In late 2007, TiVo Corporation acquired AMG for a reported $72 million. The AMG consumer facing web properties AllMusic.com, AllMovie.com and AllGame.com were sold by Rovi in August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Film Institute
The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery (United Kingdom), National Lottery to encourage film production, distribution, and education. It is sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and partially funded under the British Film Institute Act 1949. Purpose It was established in 1933 to encourage the development of the arts of film, television and the moving image throughout the United Kingdom, to promote their use as a record of contemporary life and manners, to promote education about film, television and the moving image generally, and their impact on society, to promote access to and appreciation of the widest possible range of British and world cinema and to establish, care for and develop collections reflecting the moving image history and heritage of the United Kingdom. BFI act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monthly Film Bulletin
''The Monthly Film Bulletin'' was a periodical of the British Film Institute published monthly from February 1934 to April 1991, when it merged with '' Sight & Sound''. It reviewed all films on release in the United Kingdom, including those with a narrow arthouse release. History ''The Monthly Film Bulletin'' was edited in the mid-1950s by David Robinson, in the late 1950s and early 1960s by Peter John Dyer, and then by Tom Milne. By the end of the 1960s, when the character and tone of its reviews changed considerably with the arrival of a new generation of critics influenced by the student culture and intellectual tumult of the time (not least the overthrow of old ideas of "taste" and quality), David Wilson was the editor. It was then edited by Jan Dawson (1938Richard Roud (ed) ''Cinema: a Critical Dictionary; The Major Film Makers'', 1980, Secker & Warburg, p. v – 1980), for two years from 1971, and from 1973 until its demise by the New Zealand-born critic Richard Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietro Torrisi
Pietro Torrisi (born 20 January 1940) aka "Peter McCoy" is an Italian stuntman and actor. He appeared in more than 100 films since 1960. Selected filmography References Footnotes Sources * External links * 1940 births Living people Italian male film actors Italian stunt performers {{Italy-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osiride Pevarello
Osiride Pevarello (26 July 1920 – 15 December 2016) was an Italian actor. His brother is . Selected filmography *'' The Mill on the Po'' (1949) *'' Gladiators Seven'' (1964) - Gladiator (uncredited) *'' The Triumph of Hercules'' (1964) - Soldier (uncredited) *'' The Two Gladiators'' (1964) *'' Revolt of the Praetorians'' (1964) - Fireflasher (uncredited) *''The Magnificent Gladiator'' (1964) - Attalus' Companion Freeing Emperor (uncredited) *'' Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West'' (1965) - Cowboy in Saloon (uncredited) *'' Letti sbagliati'' (1965) - The Man with the Dog (segment "Il complicato") (uncredited) *'' Blood for a Silver Dollar'' (1965) *''Two Sergeants of General Custer'' (1965) - Brawler *''Adiós gringo'' (1965) - Ranchester Cowboy (uncredited) *'' Bob Fleming... Mission Casablanca'' (1966) - Brawler (uncredited) *'' Password: Kill Agent Gordon'' (1966) - Thug (uncredited) *'' Knives of the Avenger'' (1966) - Hagen's Henchman (uncredited) *''Yankee'' (1966) *'' The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fortunato Arena
Fortunato Arena (23 May 1922 – 7 March 1994) was an Italian stuntman and actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1954 to 1989. Selected filmography * ''Blood for a Silver Dollar'' (1965) * ''Conqueror of Atlantis'' (1965) * '' 008: Operation Exterminate'' (1965) * ''Erik, the Viking'' (1965) * ''Seven Dollars on the Red'' (1966) * ''Django Shoots First'' (1966) * ''Killer's Carnival'' (1966) * '' The Great Silence'' (1968) * ''Long Days of Hate'' (1968) * '' Day After Tomorrow'' (1968) * ''Sartana the Gravedigger'' (1969) * ''I quattro del pater noster'' (1969) * '' I Am Sartana, Trade Your Guns for a Coffin'' (1970) * ''Adiós, Sabata'' (1970) * ''The Last Traitor'' (1971) * ''Trinity Is Still My Name'' (1971) * ''Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead'' (1971) * '' Two Sons of Trinity'' (1972) * ''Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why?'' (1972) * ''Return of Shanghai Joe'' (1975) * ''A Special Cop in Action'' (1976) * ''Confessions of a Lady Cop ''La poliziot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Cianfriglia
Giovanni Cianfriglia (born 5 April 1935) is an Italian film actor. He has appeared in more than 100 films since 1958. Born in Anzio, Cianfriglia debuted as the body double of Steve Reeves in ''Hercules'', then he started appearing, often uncredited, as a stuntman in dozens of genre films. Since the second half of the sixties he starred in several adventure films and Spaghetti Westerns in leading roles using the stage name Ken Wood. Selected filmography * '' The Trojan Horse'' (1961) * '' Sandokan the Great'' (1963) * '' Revenge of The Gladiators'' (1964) * '' Castle of Blood'' (1964) * '' Hercules the Avenger'' (1965) * '' Desperate Mission'' (1965) * '' Superargo Versus Diabolicus'' (1966) * '' Massacre Mania'' (1967) * '' The Devil's Man'' (1967) * '' Golden Chameleon'' (1967) * '' Superargo and the Faceless Giants'' (1968) * '' Bury Them Deep'' (1968) * '' Kill Them All and Come Back Alone'' (1968) * '' Gunman Sent by God'' (1968) * '' Drummer of Vengeance'' (1971) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luciano Rossi
Luciano Rossi (28 November 1934 – 29 May 2005) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 67 films between 1966 and 1987. He was born and died in Rome, Italy. Partial filmography * ''Ten Italians for One German'' (1962) - German Soldier at Fosse Ardeatine (uncredited) * '' Django'' (1966) - Klan Member (uncredited) * '' Sicario 77, vivo o morto'' (1966) - Dr. Krauss (uncredited) * ''Ramon il Messicano'' (1966) * ''Uno sceriffo tutto d'oro'' (1966) - Jack * ''LSD Flesh of Devil'' (1967) - Stanis - Gioglu's man * ''Bill il taciturno'' (1967) - Dr. Thompson * ''Omicidio per appuntamento'' (1967) - Massimo Tucci * ''Son of Django'' (1967) - Mack * '' The Rover'' (1967) - Michel * ''Halleluja for Django'' (1967) - Astola * ''Death Sentence'' (1968) - Paco * '' Django, Prepare a Coffin'' (1968) - One of the Hanged * '' The Last Chance'' (1968) - Besive * ''Frame Up'' (1968) - Tippit * '' Run, Man, Run'' (1968) - Jean-Paul * ''Five for Hell'' (1969) - Johnny 'Chicken' White * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
