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Cucciolo (film)
''Cucciolo'' () is a 1998 Italian comedy film directed by Neri Parenti Neri Parenti (born 26 April 1950, in Florence) is an Italian film director and writer. He is known for comedy films, including the series starring Paolo Villaggio playing the character Ugo Fantozzi, and a later series of '' cinepanettoni'' - zany .... Cast References External links * 1998 films Films directed by Neri Parenti Films scored by Bruno Zambrini 1990s Italian-language films 1998 comedy films Italian comedy films 1990s Italian films {{1990s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neri Parenti
Neri Parenti (born 26 April 1950, in Florence) is an Italian film director and writer. He is known for comedy films, including the series starring Paolo Villaggio playing the character Ugo Fantozzi, and a later series of '' cinepanettoni'' - zany comedy films scheduled for release during the Christmas period. Biography After graduating in political science, he dedicated his career to filmmaking. He became a pupil and assistant of Pasquale Festa Campanile from 1972 to 1979, and also worked for Salvatore Samperi, Steno and Giorgio Capitani. In 1979 he directed his first film, '' The Face with Two Left Feet'', an ironic and comical parody of '' Saturday Night Fever'' with John Travolta, which had been a hit two years earlier. A year later he met the film actor and director Paolo Villaggio, who was then filming ''Fantozzi contro tutti''. Villaggio developed an esteem for Parenti and decided to leave the director's chair to join forces with him. The result was very positive and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerry Scotti
Gerry Scotti (born Virginio Scotti on 7 August 1956) is an Italian television presenter, actor and former member of the Italian Parliament. Early years Scotti was born Virginio Scotti on 7 August 1956 in Miradolo Terme, Pavia. After giving up studying law, Scotti began his broadcasting career as a disc jockey" at Radio Milano International. In 1982, he moved to ''Radio DeeJay'' and a year later became the host of ''DeeJay Television'', the first Italian programme for music videos, broadcast by Italia 1. Scotti also hosted other music programmes such as ''Festivalbar''. Television career Scotti was a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Socialist Party from 1987 to 1992. Since the 1990s, Scotti has been a television presenter, almost exclusively for Canale 5. He is known as a quiz show host, having presented '' Chi vuol essere milionario?'', the Italian version of ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'', '' Passaparola'', the Italian version of The Alphabet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Comedy Films
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles. * January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. * January 12 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. * January 17 – The '' Drudge Report'' breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which will lead to the House of Representatives' impeachment of him. February * February 3 – Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying EA-6B Prowler severs the cable of a cable-car. * February 4 – The 5.9 Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (''Very strong''). With up to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990s Italian-language Films
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 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 * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Scored By Bruno Zambrini
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Neri Parenti
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Films
The year 1998 in film involved many significant films, including '' Shakespeare in Love'' (which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), '' Saving Private Ryan'','' Armageddon'' (which was the top grossing film of the year in the United States), '' American History X'', '' The Truman Show'', ''Primary Colors'', '' ''Rushmore'''', ''Rush Hour'', '' There's Something About Mary'', '' The Big Lebowski'', and Terrence Malick's directorial return in '' The Thin Red Line''. DreamWorks SKG released its first two animated films: '' Antz'' and ''The Prince of Egypt''. The ''Pokémon'' theatrical film series started with '' Pokémon: The First Movie''. Warner Bros. Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary. The year saw two dueling science-fiction disaster films about asteroids, '' Armageddon'' and ''Deep Impact'', becoming box office success, with ''Armageddon'' becoming the more popular of the two. It was also the highest grossing film of 1998 worldwide. Highest-grossing films The t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guido Nicheli
Guido Nicheli (24 July 1934 – 28 October 2007) was an Italian actor. Selected filmography * '' Cattivi pensieri'' (1976) * '' Il padrone e l'operaio'' (1976) - Guido * '' Saxofone'' (1979) - Guido - friend of Fiorenza * '' Una vacanza bestiale'' (1981) * '' Eccezzziunale... veramente'' (1982) - Uomo snob * '' Il sommergibile più pazzo del mondo'' (1982) - Il generale americano * ''Viuuulentemente mia'' (1982) - Rodolfo aka Rudy * '' Si ringrazia la regione Puglia per averci fornito i milanesi'' (1982) - Ambrogio il barista * '' Sapore di mare'' (1983) - Marito di Adriana * ''Vacanze di Natale'' (1983) - Donatone * '' Summer Games'' (1984) - Gino Carimati aka Nogi * '' Domani mi sposo'' (1984) - Gastone * '' Scemo di guerra'' (1985) - Rossi * ''Yuppies'' (1986) - Company Owner * '' Professione of Wine'' (1986, TV Series) - Giangi * '' Montecarlo Gran Casinò'' (1987) - Ambrogio Colombo * '' Tutti in palestra'' (1987, TV Mini-Series) - Adamo (1987) * '' I ragazzi della 3ª C' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enzo Robutti
Enzo Robutti (24 October 1933 – 13 February 2022) was an Italian actor, voice actor, comedian, playwright, and writer. Life and career Born in Bologna, Robutti attended the drama school of the Piccolo Teatro in Milan, and debuted on stage in the theatrical company of Vittorio Gassman in ''Irma la dolce''. He got his early successes as a stand-up comedian and a cabaret author at the "Derby Club" in Milan. Robutti was also very active as a character film actor, often cast in comedies in roles of hysterical, chorelical characters. He often worked with Pasquale Festa Campanile. Selected filmography * ''Outlaws of Love'' (1963) * '' Il profeta'' (1968) - Alberto * ''Sardinia Kidnapped'' (1968) * ''Fermate il mondo... voglio scendere!'' (1970) - Martora * ''La torta in cielo'' (1970) * ''Il merlo maschio'' (1971) * ''Without Family'' (1972) - Malato * '' The Hassled Hooker'' (1972) - Manca - Turrisi assistant in Rome * ''Decameron nº 3 - Le più belle donne del Boccaccio'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisabetta Pellini
Elisabetta Pellini (born 6 April 1974) is an Italian actress and model. She is best known for playing Laura in the Italian TV series '' Le tre rose di eva''. Filmography * '' Cucciolo'', directed by Neri Parenti (1998) * '' Il cielo in una stanza'', directed by Carlo Vanzina (1999) * '' Denti'', directed by Gabriele Salvatores (2000) * '' Amici ahrarara'', directed by Franco Amurri (2001) * ''Forever'', directed by Alessandro Di Robilant (2003) * '' Non sono io'', directed by Gabriele Iacovone (2003) * '' Balletto di guerra'', directed by Mario Rellini (2004) * '' Don't Make Any Plans for Tonight'', directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli (2006) * ''Un giorno perfetto'', directed by Ferzan Özpetek (2008) * '' I fiori di Kirkuk'', directed by Fariborz Kamkari (2009) * '' Cara, ti amo...'', directed by Gian Paolo Vallati (2011) *'' Il cantico di Maddalena'', directed by Mauro Campiotti, (2011) * '' Mi rifaccio vivo'', directed by Sergio Rubini (2013) * ''Midway - Tra la vita e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabibbo
Gabibbo is an Italian mascot for the Mediaset-controlled channel Canale 5, created in 1990 by Gabibbo's main role has been in the programs '' Paperissima'' and '' Striscia la notizia'', but he has appeared in several other Canale 5 programs. He is normally a jovial character known for his ability to make wisecracks and his overall humble demeanor. He speaks Italian with a Genoese accent, occasionally using Italianized Genoese words. In fact the word ''Gabibbo'' or ''Gabibbu'' belongs to the Genoese language and it is used to indicate, in an ironic-depreciative way, an immigrant from southern or even central Italy (it may originate from the Arab epithet ''habib''). Western Kentucky Hilltoppers lawsuit Gabibbo has also earned negative press surrounding a lawsuit brought by Western Kentucky University who claim that Gabibbo is an exact copy of their mascot Big Red. Western Kentucky claims it has a case because in an interview with '' Novella 2000'', Ricci states that he create ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristina D'Avena
Cristina D'Avena (born 6 July 1964) is an Italian actress, singer and television personality. She has sold nearly 7 million copies of her albums. D'Avena was selected to join the prestigious Institute of Antoniano choir, following her debut, Lo Zecchino d'Oro, at age three''.'' In the early 1980s, she sang numerous anime theme songs, which were compiled into several successful albums. Around the same time, D'Avena made her debut as an actress. In 1986, she appeared in '' Love me Licia'', an Italian adaption of the Japanese manga ''Ai Shite Knight''. D'Avena has been performing concerts in Italy since the late 1990s. In 2010, D'Avena returned to recording and releasing music. Her works include the chart-topping album ''Duets,'' which featured several Italian singers and songwriters, notably: J-Ax, Giusy Ferreri, Francesca Michielin, Loredana Bertè, Baby K, Arisa, Annalisa, Emma, Michele Bravi, Elio, Noemi, Benji & Fede, Chiara, and Ermal Meta. D'Avena has also written two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
