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Gli Onorevoli
''Gli onorevoli'' is a 1963 Italian anthology comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci. Simple plot The film is composed of several small stories that have to do with the votes of politicians in Italy in the sixties. A senior sharpshooter decides to run honorable with his program, a mild entrepreneur is tricked with a speech to voters in a television programme, a career woman decides to get into politics, but falling in love with one of his competitors, a communist is deceived in campaign speech by an enemy infiltrator, which is then lynched by the mob once it is detected. The performance of Totò The episode with Totò is undoubtedly the most important in the whole movie. He is the famous Antonio La Trippa, posing in her apartment building in Rome a political program restaurator and conservative, given that in his youth he did his military service in the riflemen. Of course in his neighborhood and much more in his city no one understands its reformist intentions, let alone his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Corbucci
Sergio Corbucci (; 6 December 1926 – 1 December 1990) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer. He directed both very violent Spaghetti Westerns and bloodless Bud Spencer and Terence Hill action comedies. He is the older brother of screenwriter and film director Bruno Corbucci. Biography Early career Corbucci was born in Rome. He started his career by directing mostly low-budget sword and sandal movies. Among his first Spaghetti Westerns were the films ''Grand Canyon Massacre'' (1964), which he co-directed (under the pseudonym, Stanley Corbett) with Albert Band, as well as '' Minnesota Clay'' (1964), his first solo directed Spaghetti Western. Corbucci's first commercial success was with the cult Spaghetti Western '' Django'', starring Franco Nero, the leading man in many of his movies. He would later collaborate with Franco Nero on two other Spaghetti Westerns, ''Il Mercenario'' or '' The Mercenary'' (a.k.a. ''A Professional Gun'') (1968) - where Nero pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Fabrizi
Franco Fabrizi (; 15 February 1916 – 18 October 1995) was an Italian actor. Life and career Son of a barber and a cinema cashier, Franco Fabrizi started his career as a model and an actor in fotoromanzi. Fabrizi also starred on several revues and stage works, then he debuted on the big screen with a supporting role in '' Chronicle of a Love'' (''Cronaca di un amore'') (1950), Michelangelo Antonioni's long film debut. The role that made him known was as Fausto in Federico Fellini's ''I vitelloni''; from then he was inextricably linked to the character of a full-time seducer, a young wastrel, a young not-so-young man who refuses to grow up, a character that he reprised, with different facets, in a great number of films. Past the 1950s, Fabrizi was mainly relegated to character roles in Italian, French and Spanish minor productions; he still appeared on several major works of Italian cinema, and one of his last great roles was in Luchino Visconti's ''Death in Venice''. In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Set In Rome
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] |
Italian Comedy Films
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Films Directed By Sergio Corbucci
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] |
1963 Films
The year 1963 in film involved some significant events, including the big-budget epic ''Cleopatra'' and two films with all-star casts, '' How the West Was Won'' and ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World''. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1963 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 9 – Joseph Vogel resigns as president of MGM and is replaced by Robert O'Brien. * February 20 – The classic epic western '' How the West Was Won'' premieres in the United States. It is an instant success with both audiences and critics and becomes the biggest moneymaker for MGM since '' Ben-Hur''. * June 12 – ''Cleopatra'', starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison and Richard Burton, premieres at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City. Its staggering production costs nearly bankrupted Twentieth Century Fox and the adulterous affair between Taylor and Burton made the publicity even worse. ''Cleopatra'' marked the only instance that a film would be t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Pisacane (actor)
Carlo Pisacane (February 2, 1889 – June 9, 1974) was an Italian actor who performed in over 70 films, including spaghetti Westerns like ''Death Rides a Horse'' (1968) and parodies like ''For a Few Dollars Less'' (1966). He's best remembered for his appearances in comedic classics, such as ''Big Deal on Madonna Street'' and its sequel ''Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti'', where he played the elderly and gluttonous small-time crook Capannelle. He also is known for his role as the miserly Jewish merchant Abacuc in ''L'Armata Brancaleone''. Selected filmography * '' La Tavola dei Poveri'' (1932) * ''Paisà'' (1946) * '' Alarm Bells'' (1949) * '' Processo alla città'' (1952) * '' Un Ladro in Paradiso'' (1952) * '' ...e Napoli canta!'' (1953) * '' La bella mugnaia'' (1955) * ''The Man Who Wagged His Tail'' (1957) * ''Big Deal on Madonna Street'' (1958) * ''Men and Noblemen'' (1959) * ''La sceriffa'' (1959) * ''Il raccomandato di ferro'' (1959) * ''Prepotenti più di prima'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiorenzo Fiorentini
Fiorenzo Fiorentini (10 April 1920 – 27 March 2003) was an Italian actor, author, composer, screenwriter and radio personality. Life and career Born in Rome, Fiorentini began his career as an author and radio actor, creating many successful macchiette (i.e. comic monologues caricaturing stock characters). He made his stage debut in 1954, in the revue ''Tutto fa Broadway''. He later focused his stage activity on plays and shows related to Roman culture, often collaborating with Mario Scaccia. In 1980 he founded the Ettore Petrolini Study Centre in Rome. Fiorentini appeared in numerous films, mostly comedies, sometimes even collaborating on the screenplays. He was also a television author and actor, a singer and a successful composer. He died from the after-effects of an intracerebral hemorrhage. Partial filmography * ''Maracatumba... ma non è una rumba!'' (1949) - sor du fodere', l'intrattenitore * ''Anthony of Padua'' (1949, writer) * ''Viva il cinema!'' (1952) - Tonino ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Campori
Anna Campori (22 September 1917 – 19 January 2018) was an Italian actress. From 1951 onwards, she appeared in 70 films. Life and career Born in Rome, Italy, after the debut on stage in a small company of prose Campori moved shortly after into avanspettacolo and revue, entering the company of the De Vico Brothers with whom she toured across Italy during the Second World War. After her marriage to Pietro De Vico, she became the prima donna in the companies he founded, even still appearing on several stage comedies of other companies. Campori was also an active character actress for films and television series, a voice actress and a radio hostess. She made her last appearance in the TV series ''Carabinieri''. She turned 100 in September 2017 and died on 19 January 2018. Selected filmography * ''Una bruna indiavolata!'' (1951) – Signora Cartoni * ''We Two Alone'' (1952) – Fillide * ''Neapolitan Turk'' (1953) – Concettella * ''La pattuglia dell'Amba Alagi'' (1953) – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stelvio Rosi
Stelvio Rosi (1 August 1938 – 19 December 2018), also known as Stan Cooper, was an Italian film actor. Life and career Born in Rome, Rosi made his film debut as a child actor in 1942, in Ferdinando Maria Poggioli's '' Yes, Madam''. He reprised his acting career in the early 1960s and was initially used almost exclusively in teen comedies and musicarelli films. In 1968 he changed his image and his name and as Stan Cooper he was cast in the leading roles in a number of genre films, often adventure or war films. He worked several times with director José Luis Merino. In 1973 he retired from his acting career and moved to South America, where among other things he worked as a film and video producer in Rio de Janeiro. Selected filmography * ''Eighteen in the Sun'' (1962) * ''Gli onorevoli'' (1963) * ''Non son degno di te'' (1965) * ''Se non avessi più te'' (1965) * ''Soldati e caporali'' (1965) * ''Pensiero d'amore'' (1969) * '' Il suo nome è Donna Rosa'' (1969) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memmo Carotenuto
Memmo Carotenuto (23 August 1908 – 23 December 1980) was an Italian actor. He appeared in 125 films between 1941 and 1980. Selected filmography *''The Wedding Trip'' (1969) * ''Assassination in Rome'' (1965) * ''Male Companion'' (1964) * '' Cocagne'' (1961) * ''Ten Ready Rifles'' (1959) * ''Ferdinando I, re di Napoli'' (1959) * ''Everyone's in Love'' (1959) * ''My Wife's Enemy'' (1959) * '' Tuppe tuppe, Marescià!'' (1958) * ''The Italians They Are Crazy'' (1958) * ''Legs of Gold'' (1958) * ''Big Deal on Madonna Street'' (1958) * ''The Most Wonderful Moment'' (1957) * '' Fathers and Sons'' (1957) * ''Poveri ma belli'' (1957) * '' The Bigamist'' (1956) * ''Lucky to Be a Woman'' (1956) * ''The Band of Honest Men'' (1956) * ''Bread, Love and Jealousy'' (1954) * '' A Slice of Life'' (1954) * ''Too Bad She's Bad'' (1954) * ''Disowned'' (1954) * ''The Three Thieves'' (1954) * ''House of Ricordi'' (1954) * ''Via Padova 46'' (1953) * ''Pane, Amore e Fantasia ''Bread, Love and D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riccardo Billi
Riccardo Billi (22 April 1906 – 15 April 1982) was an Italian film actor and comedian. With Mario Riva he appeared as ''Billi & Riva'', one of the most popular Italian comic duos in the 1950s. He appeared in around 85 films between 1938 and his death in 1982. Filmography External links *Riccardo Billit Fandango Riccardo Billit Blockbuster Blockbuster or Block Buster may refer to: *Blockbuster (entertainment) a term coined for an extremely successful movie, from which most other uses are derived. Corporations * Blockbuster (retailer), a defunct video and game rental chain ** Bl ... 1906 births 1982 deaths Italian male film actors 20th-century Italian male actors {{Italy-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
