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Gamma (miniseries)
''Gamma'' is a 1975 Italian science fiction-drama television miniseries directed by Salvatore Nocita and starring Giulio Brogi. The story of a brain transplant on a young race car driver and of its ethical implications, it was broadcast on Rai 1.Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. ''Enciclopedia della Televisione''. Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. . Main cast * Giulio Brogi as Jean Delafoy * Laura Belli as Marianne Laforet * Regina Bianchi as Daniel's Mother * Ugo Cardea as Philippe * Sergio Rossi as Professor Duvall * Guido Tasso as Daniel Lucas * Nicoletta Rizzi as Dr. Mayer * Laura Bottigelli as The Child * Maria Grazia Grassini as Madame Oreille * Walter Maestosi as Levy-Marchand * Marcello Mandò as President of the court * Elio Zamuto as Attorney * Gianfranco Bellini Gianfranco Bellini (10 July 1924 – 9 August 2006) was an Italian film, television and voice actor. Biography Born in Palermo to parents who were also actors, Bellini made his film debut at age 12 alo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black-and-white
Black-and-white (B&W or B/W) images combine black and white in a continuous spectrum, producing a range of shades of grey. Media The history of various visual media began with black and white, and as technology improved, altered to color. However, there are exceptions to this rule, including black-and-white fine art photography, as well as many film motion pictures and art film(s). Photography Contemporary use Since the late 1960s, few mainstream films have been shot in black-and-white. The reasons are frequently commercial, as it is difficult to sell a film for television broadcasting if the film is not in color. 1961 was the last year in which the majority of Hollywood films were released in black and white. Computing In computing terminology, ''black-and-white'' is sometimes used to refer to a binary image consisting solely of pure black pixels and pure white ones; what would normally be called a black-and-white image, that is, an image containing shades of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regina Bianchi
Regina Bianchi (1 January 1921 – 5 April 2013) was an Italian stage and film actress. Life and career Born in Lecce as Regina D'Antigny, she was the daughter of two theater actors. Forced by the fascist phobia of foreign cultures to change her surname, she adopted the surname of her paternal grandmother. At age 16, she entered the stage company of Raffaele Viviani and, that year, debuted in the comedy play ''Campagna napoletana'', in the leading role of Reginella. In 1939, she starred in the drama film ''Il ponte di vetro''; on the film set she became engaged to the director Goffredo Alessandrini, who remained her partner for over 20 years. After having announced her retirement in 1944, she came back in 1959 with the title role in Eduardo De Filippo's ''Filumena Marturano''. She won two Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress, in 1963 for Nanni Loy's '' The Four Days of Naples'', and in 1996 for Leone Pompucci's ''Camerieri'', and she appeared as Anna, the mother of Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Television Miniseries
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1975 Films
The year 1975 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films North America The top ten 1975 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: International The highest-grossing 1975 films in countries outside of North America. Worldwide gross The following table lists known worldwide gross figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1975. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1975. This list also includes gross revenue from later re-releases. Events *March 26: The film version of The Who's ''Tommy'' premieres in London. *May: In order to create the necessary special effects for his film, ''Star Wars'', George Lucas forms Industrial Light and Magic. *June 20: ''Jaws'' is released and becomes the highest-grossing movie of all-time and the highest-grossing movie of the year and the first movie to earn $100 million in US and Canadian theatr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Television Films
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up. * January 2 ** The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress. ** Bangladesh revolutionary leader Siraj Sikder is killed by police while in custody. ** A bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways. * January 5 – Tasman Bridge disaster: The Tasman Bridge in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier , killing 12 people. * January 7 – OPEC agrees to raise crude oil prices by 10%. * January 10–February 9 – The flight of '' Soyuz 17'' with the crew of Georgy Grechko and Aleksei Gubarev aboard the '' Salyut 4'' space station. * January 15 – Alvor Agreem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianfranco Bellini
Gianfranco Bellini (10 July 1924 – 9 August 2006) was an Italian film, television and voice actor. Biography Born in Palermo to parents who were also actors, Bellini made his film debut at age 12 alongside his mother in the 1936 film '' The Two Sergeants.'' The following year, Bellini starred in Mario Camerini's ''Il signor Max''. He was credited under his mother's maiden name. In 1948, Bellini sought a career in voice dubbing. His first ever Italian dubbing role was in ''Bambi'' in which he voiced the title character as an adolescent. Bellini's career as a voice actor skyrocketed during the 1950s and 1960s. His most famous Italian dubbing roles included John Bosley (portrayed by David Doyle) in ''Charlie's Angels'' and HAL 9000 in the 1968 film '' 2001: A Space Odyssey''. Bellini was the official Italian voice of Donald O'Connor and he also dubbed James Tolkan and Elisha Cook Jr. in some of their films. In his animated roles, Bellini performed the Italian voices of Roger Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elio Zamuto
Elio Zamuto (born 1 May 1941 in Syracuse) is an Italian actor and voice actor. Life and career Born in Syracuse as Elio Mazzamuto, Zamuto started his career in the mid-1960s, and had a prolific career between television and cinema, especially during the 1970s and mainly playing roles of seducer, gangster or police officer. As voice actor, he is best known as the official Italian dubbing voice of Tom Selleck in the TV-series ''Magnum, P.I.'' Partial filmography * ' (1969) - Le soldat jobard * ''Un caso di coscienza'' (1970) - Nunzio * ''The Sicilian Checkmate'' (1972) - Verzi * '' Shadows Unseen'' (1972) - Sgt. Mortesi * ''The Assassin of Rome'' (1972) - Italo Balbo * ''Black Turin'' (1972) - Scarcella * ''Shoot First, Die Later'' (1974) - Rio * '' Silence the Witness'' (1974) - Judge Belli * ''Prostituzione'' (1974) - Michele Esposito * ''Il trafficone'' (1974) - Vito Macaluso * ''How to Kill a Judge'' (1975) - Onorevole Ugo Selimi * ''Calling All Police Cars'' (1975) - Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicoletta Rizzi
Nicoletta Rizzi (1 January 1940 – 17 January 2010) was an Italian television, stage and film actress. Life Rizzi was born in Milan in 1940. She was mainly active on television, where she was best known for the title role in the television series ''A come Andromeda''. She was co-founder and secretary of SAI (Society of Italian Actors), later known as Sindacato Attori, a union of actors affiliated to CGIL. Selected filmography * '' Come Play with Me'' (1968) * ''Cuore di mamma'' (1969) * ''A come Andromeda'' (1971) * ''Indian Summer'' (1972) * ''I Nicotera'' (1972) * ''The Last Desperate Hours'' (1974) * ''Gamma Gamma (uppercase , lowercase ; ''gámma'') is the third letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 3. In Ancient Greek, the letter gamma represented a voiced velar stop . In Modern Greek, this letter re ...'' (1975) References External links * 1940 births 2010 deaths Actresses from Milan Italian film actre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Belli
Laura Belli (born 11 November 1947) is an Italian actress and singer. Born in Naples, Belli studied acting at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. She made her film debut in 1969, in Eriprando Visconti's ''The Lady of Monza'', but is mainly known thanks to television, as the presenter of the RAI talk show ''Prossimamente'' and as an actress in several successful 1970s TV-series. She made her directorial debut in 1999 with ''Film''. Filmography *''The Lady of Monza'', Eriprando Visconti (1969) *'' Faccia da schiaffi'', Armando Crispino (1969) *'' La stagione dei sensi'', Massimo Franciosa (1969) *'' La battaglia nel deserto'', Mino Loy (1969) *'' Il segno del comando'', Daniele D'Anza (1971) *'' Execution Squad'', Stefano Vanzina (1972) *'' La polizia sta a guardare'', Roberto Infascelli (1973) *', Alberto Negrin (1973, TV miniseries) *'' Il figlioccio del padrino'', Mariano Laurenti (1973) *'' Il vicino di casa'', Luigi Cozzi (1973) *''Ho incontrato un'ombra'', Dani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvatore Nocita
Salvatore Nocita (born 30 July 1934) is an Italian television and film director, editor and screenwriter. Born in Arcisate, Varese, in 1958 Nocita became an employee of RAI as an editor, and in 1968 he debuted as director of the journalistic program ''Faccia a faccia''.Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. ''Enciclopedia della Televisione''. Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. . Shorty later he started directing critical acclaimed television films and TV-series, such as ''I Nicotera'', ''Gamma (miniseries), Gamma'', ''Storia di Anna'' and ''The Betrothed (miniseries), The Betrothed''.Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. ''Enciclopedia della Televisione''. Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. . His 1976 television miniseries ''Ligabue (film), Ligabue'' was later released in cinemas in a reduced version and got him a Nastro d'Argento for best new director. References External links * 1934 births 20th-century Italian people Italian film directors Italian television directors Itali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Stampa
''La Stampa'' (meaning ''The Press'' in English) is an Italian daily newspaper published in Turin, Italy. It is distributed in Italy and other European nations. It is one of the oldest newspapers in Italy. History and profile The paper was founded by Vittorio Bersezio, a journalist and novelist, in February 1867 with the name ''Gazzetta Piemontese''. In 1895, the newspaper was bought (and by then edited) by Alfredo Frassati (father of Pier Giorgio Frassati), who gave it its current name and a national perspective. For criticising the 1924 murder of the socialist Giacomo Matteotti, he was forced to resign and sell the newspaper to Giovanni Agnelli. The financier Riccardo Gualino also took a share. The paper is now owned by GEDI Gruppo Editoriale, and has a centrist stance. The former contributors of ''La Stampa'' include Italian novelist Alberto Moravia. ''La Stampa'', based in Turin, was published in broadsheet format until November 2006 when the paper began to be publishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rai 1
Rai 1 () is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. It is the company's flagship television channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream and generalist programming, usually aimed towards families, including ''TG1'' news bulletins, prime time drama, cinema and entertainment, and major breaking news, sports and special events. It was launched on 3 January 1954 as the first regular television service in Italy. It was the only one until 4 November 1961, when RAI launched a second channel. The channel was initially referred to as "Programma Nazionale". It received other names, such as "Rete 1" and "Raiuno" until it adopted its current name "Rai 1". It has the highest viewership in Italy, and regularly competes with Mediaset's Canale 5. In the United Kingdom, it is available in free to air satellite broadcast from Hot Bird 13B. Early history The first set of programming for Rai 1 wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
