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Nick Nostro
Nicola "Nick" Nostro (21 April 1931 – 15 June 2014) was an Italian film director who wrote many of his screenplays. Career Born in Gioia Tauro, Calabria, after his degree in literature Nostro studied direction at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome. He entered the film industry as an assistant editor and script supervisor, then, from 1956, he was assistant director for Roberto Bianchi Montero and Giorgio Simonelli. In the 1960s, he directed a number of films, crossing all the most popular genres of the time, including Peplum film genre, peplum, eurospy, Spaghetti Westerns and adventure films. He retired in the early 1970s. Filmography *''Blood and Defiance'' (1962) *''Vendetta at Sorrento'' (1963) *''Triumph of the Ten Gladiators'' (1964) *''Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators'' (1964) *''Operation Counterspy'' (1965) *''Dollar of Fire'' (1965) *''Web of Violence'' (1966) *''Superargo Versus Diabolicus'' (1966) * ''Day After Tomorrow (1968 film), Day After To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gioia Tauro
Gioia Tauro () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria (Italy), on the Tyrrhenian coast. It has an important port, situated along the route connecting Suez to Gibraltar, one of the busiest maritime corridors in the world.Success for Gioia Tauro , undated ADN Kronos report on Italtrade History Gioia Tauro has been continuously inhabited for more than 2500 years. From about 400 BC or so it was inhabited by Greek colonists who called it Matauros or Metauros ( grc, Μέταυρος). Solinus write that it was established by Greeks from the . It was one of the smal ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spartacus And The Ten Gladiators
''Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators'' ( it, Gli invincibili dieci gladiatori, link=no) is a 1964 international co-production sword-and-sandal film directed by Nick Nostro and co-written by Nostro, Alfonso Balcázar and Sergio Sollima. Plot Rocca and his nine gladiators have just completed a triumphal show in the arena in front of the Emperor. However their ebullient mood changes to horror and sadness when they are followed by a group of a dozen gladiators from Thrace who are ordered to kill each other until one man is standing. In this group is a father and son. They reluctantly comply but when the son faces his father one of the gladiators steps in to prevent the son from killing his father then throws his sword at the Emperor's box. The show is stopped with the manager flogging the defiant gladiator without effect until he is stopped by Rocca. A man named Chimbro offers to buy the survivors for his own use and mollifies the manager by not only the price paid but promising that t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Film Directors
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2014 Deaths
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1931 Births
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Grazie Zio, Ci Provo Anch'io
''Grazie'' is the nineteenth album by Italian pop Pop or POP may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Music * Pop music, a musical genre Artists * POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade * Pop!, a UK pop group * Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band Albums * ''Pop'' (G ... singer, Gianna Nannini. It was released in 2006. As of 2006, the album has sold 400,000 copies in Italy. Track listing #"Sei Nell'Anima" (Gianna Nannini, Gianna Nannini/L. De Crescenzo) - 4:29 #"Possiamo Sempre" (Gianna Nannini/Wil Malone, Gianna Nannini/Isabella Santacroce) - 4:23 #"L'Abbandono" (Gianna Nannini/Wil Malone, Gianna Nannini/Isabella Santacroce) - 4:01 #"Grazie" (Francesco Sartori/Gianna Nannini, Gianna Nannini/Isabella Santacroce) - 3:31 #"Le Carezze" (Wil Malone, L. De Crescenzo) - 4:10 #"Babbino Caro" (Gianna Nannini) - 4:37 #"Treno Bis" (Gianna Nannini) - 2:56 #"Io" (Gianna Nannini, Gianna Nannini/Isabella Santacroce) - 4:37 #"Mi Fai Incazzare" (Gianna Nannini) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Day After Tomorrow (1968 Film)
''Day After Tomorrow'' ( it, Uno dopo l'altro) is a 1968 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Nick Nostro, written by Mariano De Lope, Simon O'Neill, Giovanni Simonelli and starring Richard Harrison (actor), Richard Harrison, Pamela Tudor and José Bódalo. Music for the film was composed by Fred Bongusto and Berto Pisano. Cast References External links * {{IMDb title, 0063742 Spaghetti Western films Films directed by Nick Nostro Films with screenplays by Nick Nostro Films scored by Fred Bongusto Films scored by Berto Pisano Films shot in Rome Films shot in Almería 1960s Italian films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superargo Versus Diabolicus
''Superargo Versus Diabolicus'' ( it, Superargo contro Diabolikus, es, Superargo, el hombre enmascarado, link=no) is a 1966 superhero film written and directed by Nick Nostro. It had the sequel in 1968, ''Superargo and the Faceless Giants'' directed by Paolo Bianchini.Marco Giusti. ''007 all'italiana''. Isbn Edizioni, 2010. . Plot A superhero battles a madman who is plotting to steal uranium as part of a plan to take over the world. Cast * Giovanni Cianfriglia as Superargo * Gérard Tichy as Diabolicus (as Gerhard Tichy) * Loredana Nusciak as Diabolicus' Mistress * Mónica Randall as Lidia * Francisco Castillo Escalona as Col. Alex Kinski * Emilio Messina as Diabolicus' Henchman * Geoffrey Copleston as Conrad Production Director Nick Nostro commented on actor Giovanni Cianfriglia as Superargo in the film, stating that he had him act like Zorro. Nostro claimed he got him the best voice actor he could find and then felt "despite his shortcomings, he made a good impressio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Web Of Violence
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Dollar Of Fire
''Dollar of Fire''/''Epitaph for a Fast Gun'' ( it, Un dollaro di fuoco, es, Un dólar de fuego) is a 1966 Italian-Spanish western film directed by Nick Nostro and starring Miguel de la Riva, Dada Gallotti and Alberto Farnese.Weisser p.96 Cast * Miguel de la Riva as Sheriff Sid/Kelly Brady * Dada Gallotti as Nora Kenton * Alberto Farnese as Senator Dana Harper * Diana Sorel as Nora Kendall * Gaspar 'Indio' González as Blacky 'Spider' Kendall/Sam Dollar * Javier Conde * Gustavo Re as a postmaster * Mario Via * Fernando Rubio as a banker * Juan Manuel Simón * Angelica Ott as Liz Kelly * Carlos Otero as Judge Lang * Joaquín Blanco as Sandy * César Ojinaga as Ericson * Eduardo Lizarza * Teresa Giro * Moisés Augusto Rocha as Henchman * Jesús Redondo * Alfonso Castro * Gabriel Giménez * Miguel Muniesa * María Zaldívar Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Counterspy
''Operation Counterspy'' ( it, Asso di picche - Operazione controspionaggio, es, As de pic, operación Contraespionaje, french: As de pic) is a 1965 Italian-Spanish-French Eurospy film written and directed by Nick Nostro and starring George Ardisson. It was shot in Istanbul.Marco Giusti. ''007 all'italiana''. Isbn Edizioni, 2010. . A sequel film was initially planned, but the plans were abandoned due to schedule conflicts of the main actor George Ardisson. Plot Cast * George Ardisson as Lord George Moriston * Hélène Chanel as Pat * Lena von Martens as Alina * Joaquín Díaz as Oakes * Corinne Fontaine as Claudie * Umberto Raho as Von Bliss * Emilio Messina as Franco * Ricardo Rodríguez as Gussiè * Tom Felleghy * Thea Fleming Thea Fleming (also Flemming; born 1942 in Sittard) is a Dutch film actress who spent much of her career in Italy, sometimes credited as Isabella Biancini. She started her career in 1960 as the Dutch Brigitte Bardot. Besides her c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triumph Of The Ten Gladiators
''Triumph of the Ten Gladiators'' ( it, Il trionfo dei dieci gladiatori is a 1964 ''peplum'' film written and directed by Nick Nostro and starring Dan Vadis. It is the sequel of Gianfranco Parolini's '' The Ten Gladiators'', and it was followed by ''Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators''.Michele Giordano. ''Giganti buoni''. Gremese Editore, 1998. . Plot When the ten gladiators arrive in Antioch they are approached by a man disguised as a beggar, who throws a bag of gold at them saying a man has got work for them and they should follow him, not too closely, to the man's house. The owner of the house introduces himself as Publius Quintilius Rufus, pro consul of the emperor in Syria, and offers them a contract to put on a series of spectacles at the court of queen Moluya of Arbela. Arbela is now a neutral kingdom between Roman territory and Parthia, Rome's bitterest enemies, and queen Moluya's prime minister has concluded a pact with the Parthian king to allow his armies to pass across ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
