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Daniele Formica
Daniele Formica (10 June 1949 – 1 February 2011) was an Irish-born Italian actor, voice actor, theatre director, playwright and television personality. Formica was best known for portraying comical characters in various Italian comedy films in the 1980s as well as his roles in the theatre. He also appeared in the 1980 variety comedy television show '' A tutto gag''. Biography Born in Drogheda, County Louth, in Ireland, the son of Wilson Formica, an Irish violinist of Italian origin and Eugenia Ravasio, an Italian maid, Formica studied at Trinity College, Dublin, then made his stage debut in the early seventies in ''Rabelais'' by Jean-Louis Barrault. In 1973, Formica moved to Italy where he joined the stage company of the Teatro Stabile dell'Aquila with whom he acted in ''Maschere'' by Carlo Goldoni; in those years he made his first appearances in films and TV dramas. He obtained his major successes in the 1980s, taking part to a number of important TV shows, then, from the 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drogheda
Drogheda ( , ; , meaning "bridge at the ford") is an industrial and port town in County Louth on the east coast of Ireland, north of Dublin. It is located on the Dublin–Belfast corridor on the east coast of Ireland, mostly in County Louth but with the south fringes of the town in County Meath, north of Dublin. Drogheda has a population of approximately 41,000 inhabitants (2016), making it the List of settlements on the island of Ireland by population, eleventh largest settlement by population in all of Ireland, and the largest town in the Republic of Ireland by both population and area. It is the last bridging point on the River Boyne before it enters the Irish Sea. The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Newgrange is located west of the town. Drogheda was founded as two separately administered towns in two different territories: Drogheda-in-Kingdom of Meath, Meath (i.e. the Lordship of Meath, Lordship and Liberty of Meath, from which a charter was granted in 1194) and Drogheda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corriere Della Sera
The ''Corriere della Sera'' (; en, "Evening Courier") is an Italian daily newspaper published in Milan with an average daily circulation of 410,242 copies in December 2015. First published on 5 March 1876, ''Corriere della Sera'' is one of Italy's oldest newspapers and is Italy's most read newspaper. Its masthead has remained unchanged since its first edition in 1876. It reached a circulation of over 1 million under editor and co-owner Luigi Albertini, between 1900 and 1925. He was a strong opponent of socialism, of clericalism, and of Prime Minister Giovanni Giolitti who was willing to compromise with those forces. Albertini's opposition to the Fascist regime forced the other co-owners to oust him in 1925. Today its main competitors are Rome's ''la Repubblica'' and Turin's '' La Stampa''. History and profile ''Corriere della Sera'' was first published on Sunday 5 March 1876 by Eugenio Torelli Viollier. In 1899 the paper began to offer a weekly illustrated supplement, ''La D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robots (2005 Film)
''Robots'' is a 2005 American computer-animated science fiction adventure comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Chris Wedge and written by David Lindsay-Abaire, Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel from a story by Ron Mita, Jim McClain and Lindsay-Abaire. It stars the voices of Ewan McGregor, Halle Berry, Greg Kinnear, Mel Brooks, Amanda Bynes, Drew Carey and Robin Williams. The story follows a robot named Rodney Copperbottom (McGregor) who seeks out his idol Bigweld (Brooks) at his company in Robot City, only to discover a plot by its new owner Ratchet (Kinnear) to cheat older robots into buying expensive upgrades. Development on the film began in 2000, when Wedge and Joyce failed to adapt Joyce's book ''Santa Calls'' and they decided to do a story on robots. ''Robots'' was theatrically released on March 11, 2005. It grossed $262.5 million worldwide against a $75 million budget and received positive reviews. Plot In a worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valiant (film)
''Valiant'' is a 2005 computer-animated comedy film produced by Vanguard Animation, Ealing Studios and Odyssey Entertainment, and released by Entertainment Film Distributors in the United Kingdom on March 25, 2005, and by Walt Disney Pictures in the United States on August 19, 2005. Set in May of the year 1944, it tells the story of a group of war pigeons during World War II. The film is based on a story by George Webster, and inspired by true stories of hundreds of pigeons that helped the soldiers in the war. Plot In May 1944, five years after the declaration of World War II, three Royal Homing Pigeon Service war pigeons are flying across the English Channel with the White Cliffs of Dover in sight, carrying vital messages to Great Britain. Despite the poor weather conditions the pigeons have nearly reached their destination. They are, however, suddenly ambushed and attacked by a Nazi German enemy peregrine falcon named General Von Talon; two of the pigeons are instantly ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meet The Robinsons
''Meet the Robinsons'' is a 2007 American computer-animated science-fiction comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The List of Walt Disney Animation Studios films, 47th animated film produced by the studio, it is loosely based on the 1990 children's book ''A Day with Wilbur Robinson'' by William Joyce (writer), William Joyce. The film was directed by Stephen Anderson (artist), Stephen J. Anderson (in his feature directorial debut) and produced by Dorothy McKim, from a screenplay written by Anderson, Don Hall (filmmaker), Don Hall, Nathan Greno, Joe Mateo, Aurian Redson, Jon Bernstein, and Michelle Spitz. The film stars the voices of Daniel Hansen, Jordan Fry, Wesley Singerman, Angela Bassett, Tom Selleck, Harland Williams, Laurie Metcalf, Nicole Sullivan, Adam West, Ethan Sandler, Tom Kenny, and Anderson. ''Meet the Robinsons'' follows the interactions between Lewis (Fry), an orphaned 12-year-old inventor desperate to be adop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home On The Range (2004 Film)
''Home on the Range'' is a 2004 American animated Western musical comedy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 45th Disney animated feature film, it was the last traditionally animated Disney film released until ''The Princess and the Frog'' (2009). The film was written and directed by Will Finn and John Sanford (in their directorial debuts) and produced by Alice Dewey Goldstone, from a story by Finn, Sanford, Mark Kennedy, Michael LaBash, Sam Levine, and Robert Lence. Named after the popular country song of the same name, the film stars the voices of Roseanne Barr, Judi Dench, Jennifer Tilly, Cuba Gooding Jr., Randy Quaid, and Steve Buscemi. ''Home on the Range'' is set in the Old West, and centers on a mismatched trio of dairy cows—brash, adventurous Maggie; prim, proper Mrs. Calloway; and ditzy, happy-go-lucky Grace. The three cows must capture an infamous cattle toed Alameda Slim for his bounty in order to save their idyll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cars (film)
''Cars'' is a 2006 American computer-animated Sports comedy, sports comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The film was directed by John Lasseter from a screenplay by Dan Fogelman, Lasseter, Joe Ranft, Kiel Murray, Phil Lorin, and Jorgen Klubien and a story by Lasseter, Ranft, and Klubien, and was the final film independently produced by Pixar after its purchase by Disney in January 2006. The film features an ensemble voice cast of Owen Wilson, Paul Newman (in his final voice acting theatrical film role), Bonnie Hunt, Larry the Cable Guy, Tony Shalhoub, Cheech Marin, Michael Wallis, George Carlin, Paul Dooley, Jenifer Lewis, Guido Quaroni, Michael Keaton, Katherine Helmond, John Ratzenberger and Richard Petty, while race car drivers Dale Earnhardt Jr. (as "Junior"), Mario Andretti, Michael Schumacher and car enthusiast Jay Leno (as "Jay Limo") voice themselves. Set in a world populated entirely by Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dio C'è
''Dio c'è'' is a 1998 Italian comedy film directed by Alfredo Arciero. Cast *Riccardo Rossi as Riccardo *Chiara Noschese as Chiara *Daniele Formica as Barbone *Ivo Garrani as Ettore *Wanna Marchi as Chiara's mother *Miranda Martino as Riccardo's mother *Luigi Montini Luigi Montini (born 24 February 1934) is an Italian actor in over a hundred films and TV shows since 1962. Selected filmography External links * 1934 births Living people Italian male film actors {{Italy-film-actor-stub ... as Mangoni *Elisabetta Pezzoni as Roberta *Maurizio Santilli as Vinicio References External links * 1998 films 1990s Italian-language films 1998 comedy films Italian comedy films Films directed by Alfredo Arciero 1990s Italian films {{1990s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Play With Tigers
''Don't Play with Tigers'' ( Italian: ''Ricchi, ricchissimi... praticamente in mutande'') is a 1982 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Martino. Plot Three segments. Cesare Domenichini is a poor man who, to bring the family to the sea, builds an abusive hut on a nudist beach. The businessman Mario Zamboni, on vacation in Livorno with his wife and his daughter Aurora, gives in to the advances of Frau Kruppe, a rich German woman with a passion for card games. Alberto Del Pra, owner of a shipyard on the brink of bankruptcy, is able to get the assignment to build a super yacht for a wealthy Arab emir, on condition that his wife Francesca would stay a night with him. Cast * Pippo Franco: Cesare Domenichini * Lino Banfi: Mario Zamboni * Renato Pozzetto: Alberto Del Prà * Edwige Fenech: Francesca Del Prà * Janet Agren: Frau Kruppe aka Evelina Krugher * Adriana Russo: Maria Domenichini * Néstor Garay: Kuzz Viller aka Federico Partibòn * George Hilton: Sheik Omar Abdul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camera D'albergo
''Camera d'albergo'' is a 1981 Italian comedy film written and directed by Mario Monicelli. Ida Di Benedetto won the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress and Ruggero Mastroianni won the David di Donatello for Best Editing. Cast * Vittorio Gassman: Achille Mengaroni * Monica Vitti: Flaminia * Enrico Montesano: Fausto Talponi * Roger Pierre: Cesare De Blasi * Béatrice Bruno: Emma * Ida Di Benedetto: Moglie vergine * Néstor Garay: Cesare Di Blasi * Gianni Agus: Se stesso * Franco Ferrini: Gianni * Daniele Formica: Aldo * Nando Paone: Guido Bollati * Paul Muller: Hans *Isa Danieli Isa Danieli (born 13 March 1937) is an Italian film actress. She has appeared in 32 films since 1962. Selected filmography * '' Love and Anarchy'' (1973) * ''The Peaceful Age'' (1974) * '' Swept Away'' (1974) * '' Il marsigliese'' (1975) by Gia ...: Maria References External links * 1981 films Commedia all'italiana Films directed by Mario Monicelli 1981 comedy films Films abou ... [...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] |
I'm Getting A Yacht
''I'm Getting a Yacht'' ( it, Mi faccio la barca) is a 1980 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci. Plot Piero is a dentist who lives apart from his wife Roberta. To spend the traditional two weeks of vacation with his children Fiorella and Claudio he decides to buy a boat called Biba, Roberta's nickname, with which to leave Civitavecchia for Sardinia; Roberta also arrives from Milan to board the Kabir, a yacht owned by the engineer Casorati, full of rich snobs including Attilio. Piero's holiday does not start under the best auspices, the Biba is actually a half-hut, which as soon as it is handed over to him immediately loses the propeller, forcing him to jump into the water to get it back; after a few miles of navigation he is forced to return to Civitavecchia for having damaged the net of a group of fishermen. Finally, having landed on the shores of the Argentario, Roberta, worried about the fate of her children, decides to leave the Kabir and join Piero and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
