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Hallucination Strip
''Hallucination Strip'' (originally titled ''Roma drogata: la polizia non può intervenire'') is an Cinema of Italy, Italian List of Italian films of 1975, 1975 poliziottesco film directed by Lucio Marcaccini as his first and only film. Singer Sammy Barbot appeared in the film and performed the film's opening song "We've Got A Lord". The song appeared on the film's original soundtrack. Plot Massimo Monaldi, a student involved in political protests, steals a valuable tobacco box and becomes entangled in a deadly web between the police and the mafia. Cast * Bud Cort as Massimo Monaldi * Marcel Bozzuffi as Commissioner De Stefani * Eva Czemerys as Rudy's mother * Guido Alberti as Chief of Police * Settimio Segnatelli as Rudy * Annarita Grapputo as Cinzia * Leopoldo Trieste as Killer * Maurizio Arena as Buscemi aka "The Sicilian" * Ennio Balbo as Antique dealer * Umberto Raho as Giovanni * Sammy Barbot as Singer * Patrizia Gori as Alberta Ferri References External links * 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bud Cort
Walter Edward Cox, known professionally as Bud Cort, is an American actor and comedian, known for his portrayals of Harold in Hal Ashby's film ''Harold and Maude'' (1971) and the eponymous hero in Robert Altman's film ''Brewster McCloud'' (1970). Career Cort was discovered in a revue by director Robert Altman, who subsequently cast him in two of his movies, ''M*A*S*H'' and ''Brewster McCloud'', in which he played the title role. Cort went on to his best-known role as the suicide-obsessed Harold in ''Harold and Maude''. Though it was not particularly successful on release, it gained international cult status and is now considered an American classic. In 1979, Cort nearly died in a car accident on the Hollywood Freeway where he collided with an abandoned car blocking a lane into which he was turning. He broke an arm and a leg and sustained a concussion and a fractured skull. His face was severely lacerated and his lower lip nearly severed. The accident resulted in plastic surgeri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Czemerys
Eva Czemerys (born 1940) is a German-born film actress, mainly active in Italy. Born in Munich to Russian parents, her family moved to Rome, Italy when she was only 1. She studied acting and debuted as the main actress in 1971 in ''Bella di giorno moglie di notte''. She was a minor starlet in Italian cinema, especially in Commedia sexy all'italiana, commedie sexy all'italiana and giallo films. Czemerys retired from showbusiness in the mid-eighties and focused on volunteering. Selected filmography *''Bella di giorno moglie di notte'' (1971) *''L'arma, l'ora, il movente, The Weapon, the Hour & the Motive'' (1972) *''The Eroticist'' (1972) *''Poppea, una prostituta al servizio dell'impero'' (1972) *''Women in Cell Block 7'' (1973) *''Long Lasting Days'' (1973) *''Sedicianni'' (1973) *''The Killer Reserved Nine Seats'' (1974) *''Il figlio della sepolta viva'' (1974) *''Hallucination Strip'' (1975) *''How to Kill a Judge'' (1975) *''Escape from the Bronx'' (1983) *''Le feu sous la pea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films About Drugs
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] |
Poliziotteschi Films
Poliziotteschi (; singular ''poliziottesco'') constitute a subgenre of 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 French crime films and gritty 1960s and 1970s American cop films and vigilante films, poliziotteschi films were made amidst an atmosphere of socio-political turmoil in Italy known as Years of Lead and increasing Italian crime rates. The films generally featured graphic and brutal violence, organized crime, car chases, vigilantism, 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 the noun In Italian, ''poliziesco'' is the grammatically correct Italian adjective (resulting f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Umberto Raho
Umberto Raho (4 June 1922 – 9 January 2016) was an Italian stage, film and television actor. Life and career Born in Bari, the son of an Italian father and a Bulgarian mother, Raho graduated in philosophy and then, immediately after the war, he debuted on stage. While theater was his main activity, Raho was also a very prolific film character actor, with over one hundred credits starting from 1948. He was also active in television films and series. Death Raho died on 9 January 2016 in Anzio, Italy, at the age of 93. Selected filmography * ''Fantasmi del mare'' (1948) - Sottocapo Luigi Serra * ''Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile'' (1961) - Zeton, Priest * ''Duel of Champions'' (1961) - Grand Priest * ''Gold of Rome'' (1961) - Rabbi Beniamino * ''A Difficult Life'' (1961) - (uncredited) * ''Charge of the Black Lancers'' (1962) - Un Altro Membro del Consiglio * ''Seven Seas to Calais'' (1962) - King Philip of Spain * '' Imperial Venus'' (1962) - Kerversau * ''Il processo di Verona' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ennio Balbo
Ennio Balbo (18 April 1922 – 18 June 1989) was an Italian film, television and voice actor. Biography Born in Naples, Balbo made his debut on stage immediately after the Second World War alongside Paola Borboni and Lamberto Picasso in Luigi Pirandello's ''Così è se vi pare''. He was later a member of the theater company of Gino Cervi, as well as one of the members of the "Society of the Four" alongside Valeria Moriconi, Lia Zoppelli and Gianni Agus. He was also very active as a character actor in films, mainly in villain roles; Balbo took part to numerous Spaghetti Western films in which he was usually credited as Edward Bell. Balbo appeared in over 45 films between 1958 and 1988. He appeared in an episode of the short-lived 1974 ABC police drama ''Nakia'', credited as Edward Bell. Selected filmography * ''Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti'' (1959) - Poliziotto calvo (voice, uncredited) * ''The Police Commissioner'' (1962) * ''A Queen for Caesar'' (1962) - Theodoto * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurizio Arena
Maurizio Arena (26 December 1933 – 21 November 1979) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1952 and 1978. Life and career Born in Rome as Maurizio Di Lorenzo, Arena made his film debut at nineteen years old, with a small role in ''Bellezze in moto-scooter''. His breakout role came in 1956 with the role of Romolo in the successful Dino Risi's romance-comedy film ''Poveri ma belli''. Until the early 1960s Arena was one of the most popular actors in the Italian cinema, and was a regular feature of gossip columns for his tumultuous personal life. In later years his celebrity declined, and Arena found roles as a character actor in smaller films, and occasionally worked as a singer. He became an alternative medicine healer with some local following. He died at age 45 following a heart attack, a complication from a long-standing renal condition. In 2008 a park was named after him in his native district Garbatella. Selected filmography * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopoldo Trieste
Leopoldo Trieste (3 May 1917 – 25 January 2003) was an Italian actor, film director and script writer. Trieste was born in Reggio Calabria. He worked with directors such as Pietro Germi, Francis Ford Coppola, Giuseppe Tornatore, Mario Bava, Tinto Brass, Charles Vidor, René Clément and Federico Fellini. Trieste died of a heart attack. Filmography as actor *'' Preludio d'amore'' (1947) as Paolo *''The White Sheik'' (1952) as Ivan Cavalli *''The Counterfeiters'' (1953) as Brigadiere Caputo *''I vitelloni'' (1953) as Leopoldo Vannucci *''A Day in Court'' (1954) as Leopoldo *'' Dov'è la libertà?'' (1954) as Abramo Piperno *''Un americano a Roma'' (1954) as Spettatore alla TV *''Via Padova 46'' (1954) as The Man with a Cigarette *''Il segno di Venere'' (1955) as Pittore *'' Buonanotte... avvocato!'' (1955) as Neighbor (uncredited) *''Il padrone sono me'' (1955) as Il filosofo *''Destinazione Piovarolo'' (1955) as L'ispettore delle ferrovie *''Il coraggio'' (1955) as Rag. Ria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guido Alberti
Guido Alberti (20 April 1909 Birth name: Guido Renato Vittorio Alberti. – 3 August 1996) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1963 and 1993. Selected filmography * ''Wild Love'' (1956) - Sor Alberto (uncredited) * ''8½'' (1963) - Pace, il produttore * '' The Executioner'' (1963) - Director de la prisión * ''Hands Over the City'' (1963) - Maglione * ''Aimez-vous les femmes ?'' (1964) - Mr. Khouroulis * ''Le Grain de sable'' (1964) - Rudolf Kubler * ''Angélique, Marquise des Anges'' (1964) - Le grand Mathieu (uncredited) * ''Marvelous Angelique'' (1965) - Le grand Mathieu (uncredited) * ''La fuga'' (1965) - Il padre di Piera * '' Su e giù'' (1965) - Il commendatore Persici (segment "Colpo da leoni, Il") * '' The Camp Followers'' (1965) - Gambardelli * ''Casanova 70'' (1965) - Il monsignore * ''Marco the Magnificent'' (1965) - Pope Gregory X * '' The Dreamer'' (1965) - Uncle Marco * ''Juliet of the Spirits'' (1965) - Player (uncredited) * '' Shoot L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Bozzuffi
Marcel Bozzuffi (28 October 19291 February 1988) was a French film actor. He appeared as a hitman in the Oscar-winning American film '' The French Connection''. In 1963, he married French actress Françoise Fabian. Selected filmography *1955: ''Caroline and the Rebels'' as Un Soldat (uncredited) *1955: ''Razzia sur la chnouf'' as Le Client au Révolver (uncredited) *1955: ''Chantage'' as Un Accusé *1955: ''Gas-Oil'' as Pierrot Ragondin *1955: ''La Meilleure Part'' *1956: ''La Bande à papa'' as La Volaille *1956: '' The Wages of Sin'' *1956: ''Le Pays d'où je viens'' as Le chauffeur du camion *1957: ''Reproduction interdite'' as Bernard *1957: ''Le rouge est mis'' as Pierre *1957: '' Escapade'' as Raymond *1958: ''Le Sicilien'' as Pete *1959: ''Asphalte'' as Gino *1960: ''Le Caïd'' as Toni *1961: ''Le Sahara brûle'' as Gomez *1961: ''Tintin and the Golden Fleece'' (''Tintin et le Mystère de la Toison d'or'') as Angorapoulos *1963: ''The Day and the Hour'' (''Le jour et l' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Verrecchia
Albert Verrecchia (a.k.a. Albert Weyman and Albert Prince) is a French-born keyboard player, composer and record producer, long time resident of, and working in, Italy. Life and career The beginnings: Evy and "I Pyranas" Born in Paris and raised in an italian family of musicians, Albert Verrecchia started very young with his sister :it:Évelyne Lenton, Evy (Évelyne) who was already recording. He got a band together for her in Paris, Les Problèmes and then joined Vigon et les Lemons, a R&B ensemble with an awesome horn section, that eventually became Evy's backing group. Then Evy had them all move to Italy, where she got some popularity with the single "L'Abito Non Fa il Beatnik" (1966) – an Italian cover of Jackie Edwards (musician), Jackie Edwards' and Spencer Davis Group's 1965 UK number one hit, "Keep on Running (Jackie Edwards song), Keep on Running" – and they started playing live in most of night clubs, both in Italy and in France as well as in North Africa, espec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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