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Il Mistero Di Bellavista
''Il mistero di Bellavista'' (also known as ''Bellavista's Mystery'' and ''The Mystery of Bellavista'') is a 1985 Italian comedy film written, directed and starring Luciano De Crescenzo. Plot From the terrace of his building Professor Bellavista is observing Halley's comet. The goalkeeper Salvatore and his friend Saverio, instead of framing the comet, mistakenly point the telescope lens towards the window of an apartment in the opposite building, believing they are witnessing the murder of Mrs. Jolanda, a second-hand clothing dealer. Once on the spot, the mistress of the suspect apartment, a fur trafficker, is actually missing, leaving the ragù on the fire, even if the body is not found. The group, together with other acquaintances, begins to privately investigate the crime, stumbling upon rather original subjects including a couple of elderly sisters who, to avoid eviction, pretend to have a crazy nephew at home, a decayed noble art expert who with the complicity of his wife he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luciano De Crescenzo
Luciano De Crescenzo (; 18 August 1928 – 18 July 2019) was an Italian writer, film actor, director and engineer. Biography Born in Naples, he grew up with actor Bud Spencer. De Crescenzo graduated in engineering and worked for IBM Italy until 1976, when he published the bestseller ''Così parlò Bellavista'' (''Thus spoke Bellavista''), a collection of facts and anecdotes about his city which sold 600,000 copies in Italy and was translated into numerous languages. Over the years De Crescenzo became an internationally successful author. In 1980 he debuted as actor in '' Il pap'occhio'', under the direction of his friend Renzo Arbore, together with Roberto Benigni. In 1981 he made his TV debut alongside Renzo Arbore and Lory Del Santo in successful and innovative show ''Tagli, ritagli e frattaglie''. In 1984 he directed the successful movie adaptation of ''Così parlò Bellavista'' (in which he also played the protagonist), followed by ''Il mistero di Bellavista'' in 1985. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marisa Laurito
Marisa Laurito (born 19 April 1951) is an Italian actress, singer and television personality. Life and career Born in Naples, Laurito debuted at a very young age entering the stage company of Eduardo De Filippo.Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni, ''Enciclopedia della Televisione'', Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. . She obtained large popularity with Renzo Arbore's variety show ''Quelli della notte'', and then went on to host several TV-programs, including two editions of the RAI Saturday night show '' Fantastico''. In 1989 she entered the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Il babà è una cosa seria", ranking twelfth.Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsilio, 2009. . Laurito is also author of several cookbooks. Selected filmography * '' Perdutamente tuo... mi firmo Macaluso Carmelo fu Giuseppe'' (1976) * ''L'Italia s'è rotta'' (1976) * '' The Payoff'' (1978) * ''Gegè Bellavita'' (1978) * '' Odds and Evens'' (1978) * '' Café Express'' (1980) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Comedy Films
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Films Directed By Luciano De Crescenzo
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 sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Films
The following is an overview of events in 1985 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1985 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Context The year was considered an unsuccessful one for film. Despite a record number of film releases, many films failed at the box office, and ticket sales were down 17% compared with 1984. Industry executives believed the problem, in part, was a lack of original concepts. Films about fantasy and magic failed, as audiences leaned towards science-fiction. Janet Maslin said the fault for this lay partly with Steven Spielberg, who had created such a successful template with films like '' E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'' and ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' that many fantasy films had imitated them. There was also a saturation of youth-oriented films targeted at those under 18. Executi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Comedy Films
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a new agreement on fishing rights. * January 7 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches ''Sakigake'', Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is elected president of Brazil by the Congress, ending the 21-year military rule. * January 20 – Ronald Reagan is privately sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. * January 27 – The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is formed, in Tehran. * January 28 – The charity single record "We Are the World" is recorded by USA for Africa. February * February 4 – The border between Gibraltar and Spain re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Italian Films Of 1985 ...
A list of films produced in Italy in 1985 (see 1985 in film): References Footnotes Sources * External linksItalian films of 1985at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Films Of 1985 1985 Italin 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucio Allocca
Lucio Allocca (born 5 July 1943) is an Italian actor, theatre director and playwright. Life and career Born in Naples, in 1966 Allocca graduated from the School of Dramatic Art of the Politecnico di Napoli, and was mainly active on theatre, in which he worked with important names such as Eduardo De Filippo, Peppino De Filippo, Mario Martone, Ugo Gregoretti, Michele Galdieri, Mario Scaccia, and Renato Carpentieri. Also a playwright and a theatrical director, he his artistic director of the Theatre de Poche in his hometown. Allocca got his first film major role in 1979, in Salvatore Piscicelli's '' Immacolata and Concetta: The Other Jealousy'', and then specialized in character roles. He is best known for the role of Otello Testa in the long-running soap opera ''Un posto al sole''. In 2018 he suffered a heart attack and underwent an angioplasty Angioplasty, is also known as balloon angioplasty and percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA), is a minimally invasive endov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Luotto
André Paul "Andy" Luotto (born 30 July 1950) is an American actor, comedian, musician, chef, and restaurateur. He has resided in Italy since the mid-1970s, where he is a prolific television personality, and is the owner and operator of the Lá restaurant in Rome's Piazza Venezia. Biography Born as André Paul Luotto in New York, Luotto graduated in cinematography at the Boston University in 1969, then started working as dubbing voice for Italian films released in United States. Later Luotto moved to Rome where in 1978 obtained a great success as "fantasista" in the Renzo Arbore's TV-show ''L'altra domenica''. In 1979 he made his film debut as lead actor of ''SuperAndy'', a bizarre parody of ''Superman'', then started a quite regular career as character actor. In 1983 he wrote, directed and starred ''Grunt'', a film parody of Jean-Jacques Annaud's ''Quest for Fire''. Selected filmography * '' In the Pope's Eye '' (1980) * '' Ski Mistress '' (1981) * '' I carabbimatti'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riccardo Pazzaglia
Riccardo Pazzaglia (12 September 1926 – 4 October 2006) was an Italian actor, film director, screenwriter, songwriter (for Domenico Modugno), TV and radio personality. Born in Naples, Pazzaglia graduated in direction from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. He entered the film industry as an assistant director and screenwriter, specializing in adventure and comedy films. Pazzaglia made his directional debut with ''L'onorata società'', starring the comedy duo Franco and Ciccio, whom he also directed in ''Farfallon''. After some years of hiatus, Pazzaglia got a personal success thanks to his participation to the Renzo Arbore's variety show ''Quelli della notte''. He later reprised his film activities, collaborating to the screenplays of some films by Luciano De Crescenzo Luciano De Crescenzo (; 18 August 1928 – 18 July 2019) was an Italian writer, film actor, director and engineer. Biography Born in Naples, he grew up with actor Bud Spencer. De Cresce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renato Scarpa
Renato Scarpa (14 September 1939 – 30 December 2021) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 85 films from 1969 to 2019. Scarpa died on 30 December 2021, at the age of 82. Selected filmography * '' St. Michael Had a Rooster'' (1972) * ''Don't Look Now'' (1973) * ''Giordano Bruno'' (1973) * '' Somewhere Beyond Love'' (1974) * '' Piedone a Hong Kong'' (1975) * ''Suspiria'' (1977) * ''An Average Little Man'' (1977) * '' Il mostro'' (1977) * '' Fun Is Beautiful'' (1980) * ''Men or Not Men'' (1980) * '' Ricomincio da tre'' (1981) * ''Buddy Goes West'' (1981) * '' West of Paperino'' (1981) * '' Spaghetti House'' (1982) * ''I'm Going to Live by Myself'' (1982) * ''A.D.'' (1985) * ''Via Montenapoleone'' (1987) * ''The Icicle Thief'' (1989) * ''Les secrets professionnels du Dr Apfelglück'' (1991) * ''Il Postino'' (1994) * ''Joseph'' (1995) * ''Roseanna's Grave'' (1997) * ''The Talented Mr. Ripley'' (1999) * ''The Son's Room'' (2001) * ''Palestrina - Prince of Music'' (2009) * '' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Solli
Sergio Solli (19 November 1944 – 3 February 2023) was an Italian actor and stage director. Life and career Born in Naples, Solli was originally a hairdresser who acted in small amateur dramatics as a hobby, but his career had a turning point in the 1970s after a successful audition with Eduardo De Filippo; he stayed with his stage for numerous years, also appearing in several De Filippo's television works. Solli was also a theatre director, and worked on stage with the companies of Carlo Giuffrè Carlo Giuffrè (3 December 1928 – 1 November 2018) was an Italian stage, film and television actor and a stage director. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1942 and 2002. Biography Giuffrè was born in Naples, Italy and was the brothe ..., Mariano Rigillo, Roberto De Simone, among others. In cinema he had a busy career as a character actor, both in dramatic and comedic roles, and is best remembered for his roles in Luciano De Crescenzo's films. Solli died on 3 February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
