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Michele Lupo
Michele Lupo (4 December 1932 – 27 June 1989) was an Italian film director. He directed 23 films between 1962 and 1982. He was born in Corleone, Italy, and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * ''Colossus of the Arena'' (1962) * '' Seven Slaves Against the World'' (1964) * ''Seven Rebel Gladiators'' (1965) * '' The Revenge of Spartacus'' (1965) * '' Arizona Colt'' (1966) * ''Master Stroke'' (1967) * '' Seven Times Seven'' (1968) * ''Your Turn to Die'' (1969) * '' Una storia d'amore'' (''Love Me, Baby, Love Me!'') (1969) * '' The Weekend Murders'' (1970) * '' Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte'' (1971) * '' The Master Touch'' (1972) * '' Ben and Charlie'' (1972) * ''Mean Frank and Crazy Tony'' (1973) * ''Africa Express'' (1975) * ''California'' (1977) * '' Lo chiamavano Bulldozer'' (1978) * '' The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid'' (1979) * '' Everything Happens to Me'' (1980) * '' Buddy Goes West'' (1981) * ''Bomber A bomber is a military combat a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corleone
Corleone (; scn, Cunigghiuni or ) is an Italian town and ''comune'' of roughly 11,158 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, in Sicily. Several Mafia bosses have come from Corleone, including Tommy Gagliano, Gaetano Reina, Jack Dragna, Giuseppe Morello, Michele Navarra, Luciano Leggio, Leoluca Bagarella, Salvatore Riina and Bernardo Provenzano. It is also the birthplace of several fictional characters in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel '' The Godfather'', including the eponymous Vito (Andolini) Corleone. The local mafia clan, the Corleonesi, led the Mafia in the 1980s and 1990s, and were the most violent and ruthless group ever to take control of the organization. Corleone municipality has an area of with a population density of 49 inhabitants per square kilometer. It is located in an inland area of the mountain, in the valley between the Rocca di Maschi, the Castello Soprano and the Castello Sottano. Corleone is located at above sea level. History Etymology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanza 17-17 Palazzo Delle Tasse, Ufficio Imposte
''Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte'' (translation: "Room 17-17, income taxes palace, tax office") is a 1971 Italian heist comedy film directed by Michele Lupo. Plot Paduan architect Giambattista Manteghin, actor Romolo Moretti, Prince Pantegani and inventor Leonardo Rossi meet while trying to bribe a tax official out of paying exorbitant taxes. The four get together and conspire to rob the taxation office building, which happens to have been designed by Manteghin. Cast * Gastone Moschin as Giambattista Manteghin * Philippe Leroy as Romolo "Sartana" Moretti * Lionel Stander as Katanga * Franco Fabrizi as Prince Gondrano Pantegani del Cacco * Raymond Bussières as Leonardo Rossi * Carlo Pisacane as Colgate * Ugo Tognazzi as Ugo La Strizza * Tano Cimarosa as Police Commissioner * Joyce Geraldine Stewart as Prostitute * Ernesto Colli as Parking Attendant * John Karlsen John Karlsen, sometimes credited as Charles John Karlsen or John Karlson (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Corleone
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Deaths
File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxon Valdez oil tanker runs aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska, causing a large Exxon Valdez oil spill, oil spill; The Fall of the Berlin Wall begins the downfall of Communism in Eastern Europe, and heralds German reunification; The United States United States invasion of Panama, invades Panama to depose Manuel Noriega; The Singing Revolution led to the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania from the Soviet Union; The stands of Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, Yorkshire, where the Hillsborough disaster occurred; 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, Students demonstrate in Tiananmen Square, Beijing; many are killed by forces of the Chinese Communist Party., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 1989 Loma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 Births
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 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 * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bomber (1982 Film)
''Bomber'' is a 1982 comedy film directed by Michele Lupo, featuring Bud Spencer and Kallie Knoetze. Plot Bud Graziano, the title's "Bomber" character, is a former heavyweight boxing champion who retired to private life on a ship. Jerry Calà is instead a Lombard punter who finds himself always in trouble and one day gets into really big trouble. In fact, he unwittingly sets himself against a group of thugs who answer only to the orders of a new boxing champion who is making the rounds in the area with his victories. So Bomber, suddenly feels his passion for boxing reawakened, so he opens a gym for amateurs and begins to train the promising young George. Bomber organizes meetings in which fellow boxer Rosco also participates. Rosco, being too strong, knocks ouy the young George. After many other battles, Bomber is on the verge of losing everything he has slowly and painstakingly put together and so he decides to himself confront Rosco in a boxing contest. Cast *Bud Spencer as Bud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy Goes West
''Buddy goes West'' ( it, Occhio alla penna, also known as ''A fist goes West'') is a 1981 Spaghetti Western comedy film directed by Michele Lupo. Plot In the Old West, a mysterious man, nicknamed "Doc", arrives in a dusty town. Doc is a bandit who robbed a city physician, keeping his instruments' briefcase. He is misunderstood by local residents for a real doctor, and induced to care in particular for sick children. While treating them, Doc becomes aware that the small town is harassed by a criminal gang that bribes the sheriff. Doc immediately proclaims himself the new sheriff, and proceeds to hunt down the bandits. Cast * Bud Spencer: Buddy * Amidou: Girolamo * Joe Bugner: Sheriff Bronson * Riccardo Pizzuti: Colorado Slim * Carlo Reali: Sarto * Renato Scarpa: Logan * Sara Franchetti: Witwe Gordon * Giovanni Cianfriglia: Jack Bolt * Nazzareno Zamperla Nazzareno Zamperla (25 April 1937 – 19 March 2020) was an Italian actor and stuntman. Career Born in Treviso into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everything Happens To Me (1980 Film)
''Everything Happens to Me'' ( it, Chissà perché... capitano tutte a me) is a 1980 children's comedy movie starring Bud Spencer and child actor Cary Guffey. It is a direct sequel of the 1979 movie '' The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid'' and is also known under the title ''Why Did You Pick on Me?'' Plot Following the events of ''The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid'', Sheriff Hall and H7-25 (using the official identity of Charlie Warren) still get no rest from the military: because the little alien has not yet grasped the meaning of keeping a low profile, they are constantly on the move, and H7-25's father has had to pick them out of a tight spot too many times already. Hall and Charlie eventually arrive at the city of Munroe, where petty crime, from vandalism to armed robberies, is running rampant, more so because the town currently has no sheriff. Charlie pushes Hall into staying in this place, and somewhat reluctantly Hall takes up the job in this chaotic place, with the help of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sheriff And The Satellite Kid
''The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid'' ( it, Uno sceriffo extraterrestre... poco extra e molto terrestre) is a 1979 Italian children's comedy film starring Bud Spencer and child actor Cary Guffey. It was followed by a sequel in 1980, '' Everything Happens to Me''. The film's theme song "Sheriff", written and performed, like the rest of the soundtrack, by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis (then known as Oliver Onions), was a local airplay hit in the same year. Plot One morning, the little town of Newnan, Georgia, is thrown into hysteria when a UFO is reported over the nearby lake; even the personnel from the nearby Air Force base is mobilized. The only one remaining untouched by this hubbub is Sheriff Hall (Spencer), the big and punchy keeper of the local law; indeed, he does not believe in aliens, especially since layabouts like Brennan (Joe Bugner) use the excitement to commit all sorts of mischief. Still, strange things begin to happen to some of the citizens who share his point of v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lo Chiamavano Bulldozer
''Lo chiamavano Bulldozer'', also known as ''They Called Him Bulldozer'' or ''Bulldozer'' is a 1978 Italian action-comedy film directed by Michele Lupo. Plot Bulldozer is a sailor and a retired American football superstar; landed by accident in the port of Livorno, he is involved in a sport challenge. Cast * Bud Spencer: Bulldozer * Raimund Harmstorf: Serg. Kempfer * Joe Bugner: Alberto Sarticoli ''Orso'' * Ottaviano Dell'Acqua: Gerry * René Kolldehoff: The colonel * Gigi Reder: Curatolo * Luigi Bonos Luigi Bonos (1910–2000) was an Italian comedian and stage, television and film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1945 and 1992. Born in Berlin, Germany, the son of two Hungarian circus artists, along with his brothers Vitto ...: The mechanic References External links * 1978 films Italian sports comedy films Films directed by Michele Lupo Films scored by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis 1970s sports comedy films 1978 comedy films 1970s Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California (1977 Film)
''California'' is a 1977 Italo-Spanish Spaghetti Western film directed by Michele Lupo. The film was generally well received by critics and obtained a good commercial success at Italian box office. Plot After the American Civil War gunman California wants to renew his life. He changes his name to Michael Random and seeks a home where he can live in peace. In the war's aftermath he gets to know young Willy Preston. En route to Preston's family, Willy is killed by a gang of criminals under the helm of Robert Whittaker. California informs Willy's kin and falls in love with Willy's sister, Helen. One day they witness Whittaker and his gang robbing a bank; Helen is taken hostage. California is faced with the decision to resort to the merciless shootist he was during the war although it will not spare Helen the gruesome experience of being game to ruthless desperados. Cast * Giuliano Gemma: Michael 'California' Random * Miguel Bosé: Willy Preston * Chris Avram: Nelson * Paola Domin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Africa Express
''Africa Express'' is a 1975 Italian adventure film starring Ursula Andress, Giuliano Gemma, and Jack Palance that was filmed in Rhodesia. A sequel ''Safari Express'' with the same leads followed a year later. Plot John Baxter is a freewheeling trader of goods in Africa with a pet chimpanzee and one dream: to save enough money to buy a gas station in Detroit. Madeleine Cooper is the lady of mystery he runs into as she flees from Hunter. Cast * Giuliano Gemma as John Baxter * Ursula Andress as Madeleine Cooper * Jack Palance as William Hunter * as Father Gasparetto * Luciana Turina as Lily * Rossana Di Lorenzo as Mitzy * Nello Pazzafini as Hunter's Henchman * John Wener as Louis Renois * Romano Puppo * Sergio Smacchi * Alberto Dell'Acqua * Werner Doll * Biba the chimpanzee The chimpanzee (''Pan troglodytes''), also known as simply the chimp, is a species of great ape native to the forest and savannah of tropical Africa. It has four confirmed subspecies and a fif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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