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Enzo G. Castellari
Enzo Girolami Castellari (born 29 July 1938) is an Italian director, screenwriter and actor. Life and career Early life Castellari was born in Rome into a family of filmmakers. His father was a boxer turned film maker Marino Girolami. His uncle is filmmaker Romolo Guerrieri and his brother was actor Ennio Girolami. He initially was a boxer like his father and went to school to get a degree in architecture. Film career Castellari began work on film assisting with various jobs on sets of his father's films. Among his early credits included uncredited roles in directing films such as ''Few Dollars for Django'' (1966) and ''A Ghentar si muore facile'' (1967). Many of Castellari's early works are Spaghetti Westerns. He received his official credited directorial debut with ''Renegade Riders'' (1967), a film shot in Spain and influenced by Sidney J. Furie's film ''The Appaloosa'' (1966). After releasing the Western ''Kill Them All and Come Back Alone'' (1968), Castellari did a Macaroni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inglourious Basterds
''Inglourious Basterds'' is a 2009 war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl, Til Schweiger and Mélanie Laurent. The film tells an alternate history story of two plots to assassinate Nazi Germany's leadership—one planned by Shosanna Dreyfus, a young French Jewish cinema proprietor, and the other by the British; but is ultimately conducted solely by a team of Jewish American soldiers led by First Lieutenant Aldo Raine. Christoph Waltz co-stars as Hans Landa, an SS colonel in charge of tracking down Raine's group. The title was inspired by Italian director Enzo G. Castellari's 1978 Euro War film ''The Inglorious Bastards'', though Tarantino's film is not a remake of it. Tarantino wrote the script in 1998, but struggled with the ending and chose instead to direct the two-part film ''Kill Bill''. After directing ''Death Proof'' in 2007, Tarantino returned to work on '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poliziotteschi
Poliziotteschi (; singular ''poliziottesco'') constitute a subgenre of crime film, crime and action films that emerged in Italy in the late 1960s and reached the height of their popularity in the 1970s. They are also known as ''polizieschi all'italiana'', ''Euro-crime'', ''Italo-crime'', ''spaghetti crime films'', or simply ''Italian crime films''. Influenced by both 1970s Gangster film#French gangster films, French crime films and gritty 1960s and 1970s American Crime thriller, cop films and vigilante films, poliziotteschi films were made amidst an atmosphere of socio-political turmoil in Italy known as Years of Lead (Italy), Years of Lead and increasing Italian crime rates. The films generally featured graphic and brutal violence, organized crime, car chases, vigilantism, heist film, heists, gunfights, and corruption up to the highest levels. The protagonists were generally tough working class loners, willing to act outside a corrupt or overly bureaucratic system. Etymology of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Striker (1987 Film)
''Striker'' (also known as ''Combat Force''; released in the Philippines as ''Nicaragua'') is an Italian action film directed by Enzo G. Castellari. The film imitates the style of the ''Rambo'' movies. Cast *John Phillip Law: Frank Morris * Melonee Rodgers: Marta *Frank Zagarino: Slade *John Steiner: Kariasin *Werner Pochath: Houtman * Daniel Greene: Truck Driver Release In the Philippines, the film was released as ''Nicaragua'' by Golden Films on March 17, 1988. Reception From contemporary reviews, "Lor." of ''Variety Variety may refer to: Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats * Variety (radio) * Variety show, in theater and television Films * ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont * ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...'' reviewed the AIP Home Video release on January 16, 1989, declaring the film to be an "above-average Italian actioner" that was "attractively lensed on location in Santo Domingo" with the battles, captures and esc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Light Blast
''Colpi di luce'' (internationally released as ''Light Blast'') is a 1985 Italian science-fiction action film directed by Enzo G. Castellari. It stars Erik Estrada alongside Peggy Rowe, whom he would soon marry in Rome. Plot In San Francisco, two teenagers playing hide and seek among the cars in an abandoned railway depot exchange affection. A white van arrives in the vicinity of the store and points a gun toward a large LCD clock. The teens have sex, the cannon fires all around, catches fire, and melts. Then doctor Yuri Svoboda, former University of San Francisco professor, menace the municipality of the town with his laser ray if he is not given five million dollars. Cast * Erik Estrada as SFPD Inspector Ronn Warren * Michael Pritchard as Swann * Enio Girolami as Dr. Yuri Svoboda (as Thomas Moore) * Peggy Rowe as Jacqueline Reception "Blackmail laser for the city of San Francisco. California. Some criminals are threatening to reduce it to a heap of glowing embers unle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escape From New York
''Escape from New York'' is a 1981 American science fiction action film co-written, co-scored and directed by John Carpenter. It stars Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, Adrienne Barbeau, and Harry Dean Stanton. The film's storyline, set in the near-future world of 1997, concerns a crime-ridden United States, which has converted Manhattan Island in New York City into the country's sole maximum-security prison. Air Force One is hijacked by anti-government insurgents who deliberately crash it into the walled borough. Ex-soldier and current federal prisoner Snake Plissken (Russell) is given just 24 hours to go in and rescue the President of the United States, after which, if successful, he will be pardoned. Carpenter wrote the film in the mid-1970s in reaction to the Watergate scandal. After the success of ''Halloween'' (1978), he had enough influence to begin production and filmed it mainly in St. Louis, Missouri, on an estimated budg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Carpenter
John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American filmmaker, actor, and composer. Although he worked in various film genres, he is most commonly associated with horror, action, and science fiction films of the 1970s and 1980s. He is generally recognized as one of the greatest masters of the horror genre. At the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, the French Directors' Guild gave him the Golden Coach Award, lauding him as "a creative genius of raw, fantastic, and spectacular emotions". Carpenter's early films included box office and critical successes like '' Halloween'' (1978), ''The Fog'' (1980), ''Escape from New York'' (1981), and ''Starman'' (1984). His other productions from the 1970s and the 1980s only later came to be considered cult classics, and he has been acknowledged as an influential filmmaker. These include '' Dark Star'' (1974), '' Assault on Precinct 13'' (1976), '' The Thing'' (1982), ''Christine'' (1983), ''Big Trouble in Little China'' (1986), '' Prince o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bronx Warriors
''1990: The Bronx Warriors'' ( it, 1990: I guerrieri del Bronx) is a 1982 Italian action-science fiction film directed by Enzo G. Castellari. Plot Ann is the 17-year-old heiress to the arms manufacturing giant, The Manhattan Corporation. Unable to face her guilt over inheriting a morally questionable company when she turns 18, Ann runs away into the lawless wasteland of New York's the Bronx. According to the film publicity: "In the year 1990 the Bronx is officially declared No Man's Land. The authorities give up all attempts to restore law and order. From then on the area is ruled by the Riders". Attacked by a roller skating gang called The Zombies, Ann is saved by members of The Riders, and taken under the protection of The Riders' leader, Trash. The Manhattan Corporation hires a ruthless and psychopathic mercenary named Hammer, who turns the various Bronx gangs against each other to ensure Ann is returned. Cast * Stefania Girolami as Anne * Mark Gregory as Trash * Vic Morrow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaws (film)
''Jaws'' is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley. It stars Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody, who, with the help of a marine biologist ( Richard Dreyfuss) and a professional shark hunter ( Robert Shaw), hunts a man-eating great white shark that attacks beachgoers at a summer resort town. Murray Hamilton plays the mayor, and Lorraine Gary portrays Brody's wife. The screenplay is credited to Benchley, who wrote the first drafts, and actor-writer Carl Gottlieb, who rewrote the script during principal photography. Shot mostly on location on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, ''Jaws'' was the first major motion picture to be shot on the ocean, and consequently had a troubled production with issues such as going over budget and past schedule. As the art department's mechanical sharks often malfunctioned, Spielberg decided mostly to suggest the shark's presence, employing an ominous and minimalist theme cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great White (1981 Film)
''Great White'' (a.k.a. ''The Last Shark''; it, L'ultimo squalo) is a 1981 Italian horror film directed by Enzo G. Castellari, having originally been assigned to Ruggero Deodato. In the film James Franciscus and Vic Morrow attempt to save hundreds of swimmers in a coastal resort after a large great white shark starts terrorizing the area and eating tourists. The film did well at the box office, grossing over $18 million in its first month in the United States; however, its North American release was later blocked after the filmmakers were accused of plagiarizing ''Jaws'' (1975). Plot While wind-surfing near the seaside community of Port Harbor, a young man is killed by a giant great white shark. Horror author Peter Benton and professional shark hunter Ron Hamer realize the truth, but ambitious mayor William Wells refuses to accept that a shark threat exists, fearing that a cancelled wind-surfing regatta would derail his campaign to become state governor. Wells has shark nets in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Day Of The Cobra
''Day of the Cobra'' ( it, Il giorno del Cobra) is a 1980 Italian ''poliziottesco'' film directed by Enzo G. Castellari. Production Director Enzo G. Castellari initially approached Vasile with a script written by Vasile's son. The boxing film project was shelved and Vasile offered Castellari to direct ''Day of the Cobra''. ''Day of the Cobra'' was written by Aldo Lado who was initially going to direct the film. Lado's story was initially set right after World War II in Trieste. Castellari's film is set in the present day and he imagined the film a "homage to Chandler. Castellari cast many actors who he had previously worked with, including Franco Nero and Massimo Vanni.Curti, 2013. p. 272 He also cast some of his family members such as his brother Enio Girolami and daughter Stefania. ''Day of the Cobra'' was shot on location in San Francisco, Genoa and at Incir-de Paolis in Rome. Cast * Franco Nero: Larry Stanzani *Sybil Danning: Brenda * William Berger: Godschmidt *Mario Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zombi 2
''Zombi 2'' is a 1979 Italian zombie film directed by Lucio Fulci. It was adapted from an original screenplay by Dardano Sacchetti to serve as a sequel to George A. Romero's '' Dawn of the Dead'' (1978), which was released in Italy with the title ''Zombi''. It stars Tisa Farrow, Ian McCulloch, and Richard Johnson, and features a score by frequent Fulci collaborator Fabio Frizzi. Frizzi's score has been released independently of the film, and he has performed it live on tour. The film tells the story of a Caribbean island cursed by voodoo whose dead residents rise as zombies to attack the living. A scientist's daughter journeys to the island after her father's boat turns up abandoned in New York City. Intended by its writer as a return to "classic zombie tales", ''Zombi 2'' was filmed in Italy, with further location shooting in New York and Santo Domingo. Produced on a small budget of 410 million Italian lira, the film earned several times its production costs back in interna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Inglorious Bastards
''The Inglorious Bastards'' ( it, Quel maledetto treno blindato, lit=That damned armored train) is a 1978 Italian Euro War film directed by Enzo G. Castellari and starring Bo Svenson, Peter Hooten, Fred Williamson, Jackie Basehart, and Ian Bannen. The film, which concerns a group of prisoners who are drafted into a special war mission in 1944, is a loose (unauthorized) remake of the 1967 American film ''The Dirty Dozen''. The film attracted critics' attention again after Quentin Tarantino used the title as the inspiration for the title of his 2009 film ''Inglourious Basterds.'' The Tarantino film is not a remake of ''The Inglorious Bastards,'' but contains a few references to it, including the appearances of Svenson as an American colonel and Castellari as a Nazi general (although credited as "himself"). Plot In France in 1944, American soldiers Berle, a deserter; Nick Colasanti, a petty thief; Fred, nicknamed "Assassin"; Tony, a mutineer; and Lieutenant Yeager (arrested for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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