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Il Corpo Della Ragassa
''Il corpo della ragassa'' is a 1979 commedia sexy all'italiana film directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile. It is based on the 1969 novel with the same name by Gianni Brera. Plot Teresa Aguzzi, called Tirisìn, is the beautiful daughter of Pasquale, a sand digger on the banks of the Po, in the lower province of Pavia in the thirties. During a trip to the city, the girl is noticed by the wealthy professor Ulderico Quario and immediately hired as a waitress in his palace. Assisted by the faithful housekeeper Caterina, the doctor improvises a pigmalione in the training of the rough Tirisìn in the arts of refined femininity, in order to be able to exhibit her as a sexual toy to her friends. At the beginning Tirisìn shows some perplexities in being involved in this libertine game, but the happiness of the father, who with the new salary has finally managed to build a latrine inside their poor home, and the good advice of an expert maîtresse, they convince her to participate and, ...
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Renato Casaro
Renato Casaro (; born 26 October 1935) is an Italian artist known for his movie posters, which include films like ''My Name Is Nobody'', ''Quadrophenia'', ''Conan the Barbarian'', ''Tenebrae'', ''Octopussy'', '' Never Say Never Again'', '' Rambo: First Blood Part II'' (Int'l Version), ''Red Sonja'' and '' Flesh and Blood''. He is considered one of the most important, influential and innovative Italian film poster artists. He has made hundreds of works dedicated to the cinema, becoming very popular abroad. He has also painted calendars, collectibles, book covers and album covers. Early life Renato Casaro was born on 26 October 1935 in Treviso. His early interest in posters reportedly began with movie advertisements. He would go every day to the cinema to see if they were changing the posters, and if they were he would ask if he could take them home where he would try to reproduce them. In 1953, at age 18, Renato found a job as a staff artist at Studio Favalli, a famous design and a ...
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Clara Colosimo
Clara Colosimo (23 May 1922 – 15 June 1994) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 65 films between 1968 and 1991. Selected filmography * ''Alfredo, Alfredo'' (1972) * '' Sex Pot'' (1975) * '' Il mostro'' (1977) * '' Zanna Bianca e il grande Kid'' (1977) * '' Orchestra Rehearsal'' (1978) * '' Dear Father'' (1979) * '' Café Express'' (1980) * ''The Lady of the Camellias'' (1981) * '' Eccezzziunale... veramente'' (1982) * ''Il ragazzo di campagna'' (1984) * ''It Was a Dark and Stormy Night "It was a dark and stormy night" is an often-mocked and parodied phrase considered to represent "the archetypal example of a florid, melodramatic style of fiction writing", also known as purple prose. Origin The status of the sentence as an a ...'' (1985) External links * 1922 births 1994 deaths People from Treviso Italian film actresses 20th-century Italian actresses {{Italy-actor-stub ...
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1979 Comedy Films
Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ''Chiquitita'' to commemorate the event. ** The United States and the People's Republic of China establish full Sino-American relations, diplomatic relations. ** Following a deal agreed during 1978, France, French carmaker Peugeot completes a takeover of American manufacturer Chrysler's Chrysler Europe, European operations, which are based in United Kingdom, Britain's former Rootes Group factories, as well as the former Simca factories in France. * January 7 – Cambodian–Vietnamese War: The People's Army of Vietnam and Vietnamese-backed Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation, Cambodian insurgents announce the fall of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and the collapse of the Pol Pot regime. Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge retreat west to an area ...
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Films Scored By Riz Ortolani
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 ...
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Films Directed By Pasquale Festa Campanile
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 ...
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1970s Sex Comedy Films
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark on an ...
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Commedia Sexy All'italiana
The commedia sexy all'italiana (, lit. "sex comedy Italian style"), also known as commedia scollacciata or commedia erotica all'italiana, is a subgenre of Italian ''commedia all'italiana'' film genre. Style ''Commedia sexy'' is characterized typically by both abundant female nudity and comedy, and by the minimal weight given to social criticism that was the basic ingredient of the main ''commedia all'italiana'' genre. Stories are often set in affluent environments such as wealthy households. It is closely connected to the sexual revolution, and it was something extremely new and innovative for that period. For the first time, films with female nudity could be watched at the cinema. Pornography and scenes of explicit sex were still forbidden in Italian cinemas, but partial nudity was somewhat tolerated. The genre has been described as a cross between bawdy comedy and humorous erotic film with ample slapstick elements which follows more or less clichéd storylines. History Roots T ...
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1979 Films
The year 1979 in film involved many significant events. Highest-grossing films United States and Canada The top ten 1979 released films by North American gross are as follows: International Major events * March 2 – Buena Vista release their first film since the advent of U.S. movie ratings to not be G-rated, '' Take Down''. * March 5 – Production begins on ''The Empire Strikes Back''. * March – Frank Price becomes president of Columbia Pictures. * May 25 – ''Alien'', a landmark of the science fiction genre, is released. * May 29 - Mary Pickford, a silent screen legend and Hollywood pioneer who was, at the height of her career, the most famous woman in the world, dies of a stroke. * May 31 – ''The Muppet Movie'', Jim Henson's Muppets' first foray into the world of feature-length motion pictures, is released in United Kingdom. * June 11 – John Wayne, a famous Western movie actor, dies at the age of 72 from stomach cancer. * June 29 – '' Moonraker'', the 11th ...
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List Of Italian Films Of 1979
A list of films produced in Italy in 1979 (see 1979 in film): References Footnotes Sources * * * * * External linksItalian films of 1979at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Films Of 1979 1979 Films 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 ... Lists of 1979 films by country or language ...
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Renzo Montagnani
Renzo Montagnani (September 11, 1930 – May 22, 1997) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Montagnani was born in Alessandria, Piedmont, and debuted as theatre actor thanks to the help of Erminio Macario. His first cinema success was his dramatic role in ''Metello'' (1970), but he later switched to the commedia all'italiana with his roles in the last two chapters of the '' Amici miei'' series (1982 and 1985). In the 1980s he also participated to a TV show as Don Fumino, an easy-speaking Tuscan parish priest. Montagnani also intensively worked as dubber, dubbing actors such as Michel Piccoli, Charles Bronson and Philippe Noiret for the Italian version of movies. He was also the Italian voice of Thomas O'Malley in the 1970 Disney film ''The Aristocats''. In his later years he participated to numerous commedia sexy all'italiana films, often pairing with Edwige Fenech, the most popular actress of the genre, and also with Alvaro Vitali as the comic sidekick. Person ...
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Gino Pernice
Gino Pernice (6 May 1927 – 25 April 1997) was an Italian stage, television and film actor. Life and career Born in Milan, Pernice trained at the Accademia dei Filodrammatici graduating in 1952, and made his professional debut with the stage company of Fantasio Piccoli at the Teatro Stabile of Bolzano. His breakthrough role was Tobia in a staging of ''Twelfth Night'' held by the De Lullo- Falk- Guarnieri-Valli's "Compagnia dei Giovani". Mainly active on stage, he also had an intense career as a character actor in films and TV-series. Selected filmography * ''Carmela è una bambola'' (1958) - Douglas * '' The Attic'' (1963) * ''Torpedo Bay'' (1963) * '' White Voices'' (1964) - The Singer with red suit * ''Attack and Retreat'' (1964) - Collidi * '' Minnesota Clay'' (1964) - Scratchy * ''The Man Who Laughs'' (1966) * ''Adultery Italian Style'' (1966) - Roberto * '' Django'' (1966) - Brother Jonathan * ''Texas, Adios'' (1966) - Bank Employee * '' The Hellbenders'' (1967) - Je ...
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Giuliana Calandra
Giuliana Calandra (10 February 1936 – 25 November 2018) was an Italian film, television and stage actress, journalist and television hostess. Life and career Born in Moncalieri, Giuliana Calandra debuted in 1963 Pier Paolo Pasolini's ''La ricotta'' and appearing in hundreds of films, TV-series and stage works, including works by Dario Argento, Marco Ferreri, Alberto Sordi, Lina Wertmüller, Giorgio Albertazzi, Mario Monicelli, Costa-Gavras, Dino Risi, Sergio Corbucci, Alberto Lattuada. In the 1980s she started a parallel career as journalist and TV-author/presenter, mainly focusing on fashion and entertainment. Calandra died in Aprilia, Lazio, Aprilia on 25 November 2018, at the age of 82. Selected filmography * ''La calandria (1972 film), La calandria'' (1972) - Venegonda * ''Love and Anarchy'' (1973) * ''Story of a Cloistered Nun'' (1973) * ''All Screwed Up'' (1974) - Biki * ''The Beast (1974 film), The Beast'' (1974) - Amalia * ''Terminal'' (1974) * ''La nottata'' (197 ...
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