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Roberto Pedicini
Roberto Pedicini (born 18 January 1962) is an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Benevento, Pedicini and his family moved to Pescara when he was young. At 18 years old, he moved to Rome and entered a career of acting and dubbing. To this day, Pedicini currently serves as the official Italian voice actor of Kevin Spacey and Jim Carrey. He also regularly dubs Woody Harrelson, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Temuera Morrison and Ricky Gervais in most of their movies. He has also provided voice acting work for the radio industry. In Pedicini's animated roles, he has been the official Italian voice of Goofy since 1999, replacing Vittorio Amandola. He has even dubbed Sylvester the Cat and the Tasmanian Devil from 1996 until 2022 as well as dubbing Timon in most of his cartoons, Phoebus in '' The Hunchback of Notre Dame'', Hopper in '' A Bug's Life'' and Gaston in '' Beauty and the Beast''. He has also dubbed characters in video games. In 2015 he took part in Jordan Ledy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benevento
Benevento (, , ; la, Beneventum) is a city and ''comune'' of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill above sea level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino (or Beneventano) and the Sabato. In 2020, Benevento has 58,418 inhabitants. It is also the seat of a Catholic archbishop. Benevento occupies the site of the ancient Beneventum, originally Maleventum or even earlier Maloenton. The meaning of the name of the town is evidenced by its former Latin name, translating as good or fair wind. In the imperial period it was supposed to have been founded by Diomedes after the Trojan War. Due to its artistic and cultural significance, the Santa Sofia Church in Benevento was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011, as part of a group of seven historic buildings inscribed as Longobards in Italy, Places of Power (568–774 A.D.). A patron saint of Benevento is Saint Bartholomew, the Apostle, whose relics are kept ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Bug's Life
''A Bug's Life'' is a 1998 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It was the second feature-length film produced by Pixar. Directed by John Lasseter and co-directed by Andrew Stanton, the film involves a misfit ant, Flik, who is looking for "tough warriors" to save his colony from a protection racket run by Hopper's gang of grasshoppers. Unfortunately, the "warriors" he brings back turn out to be an inept troupe of Circus Bugs. The film was initially inspired by Aesop's fable ''The Ant and the Grasshopper''. Production began shortly after the release of ''Toy Story'' in 1995. The screenplay was penned by Stanton and comedy writers Donald McEnery and Bob Shaw from a story by Lasseter, Stanton, and Joe Ranft. The ants in the film were redesigned to be more appealing, and Pixar's animation unit employed technical innovations in computer animation. Randy Newman composed the music for the film. During production, a contr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provaci Ancora Prof!
''Provaci ancora prof!'' (English: ''Try again teacher!'') is an Italian television series. Plot The show follows the story of Camilla Baudino, a high school teacher that often finds herself involved in some crimes. Camilla, an amateur detective, collaborates with policemen to resolve these cases and in the meantime she takes care of her husband and daughter. Main characters * Camilla Baudino (seasons 1-7), starring Veronica Pivetti.Inquisitive and stubborn literature teacher in the technical school ''Fibonacci'' in Rome first (seasons 1-4), in the ''Nelson Mandela'' Institute in Turin then (seasons 5-6) and in a night class for adults also in Turin finally (season 7). She is Renzo's wife and Livietta's mother. She collaborates with the commissioner Gaetano Berardi, whom she is strongly attracted to, every time a crime somehow concerning her occurs; after the arrival of the commissioner Paolo Matteis, she continues to collaborate with the police secretly, thanks to Torre and March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Matteo
''Don Matteo'' ( en, Father Matthew) is an Italian television series that has been airing on Rai 1, Italian national television's first channel, since 2000. History The protagonist of the series is Father Matteo (portrayed by Terence Hill), a Catholic priest in a parish of the town of Gubbio, Perugia. He is also known for his unrivalled talent in investigating local crime stories. Father Matteo is a wise and respected person who really manages to understand people's problems, and always appears to be willing to help. Thanks to his charm and positivity, he often helps criminals on their way to redemption and he always convinces them to confess their crimes and to accept their responsibilities. Comedian Nino Frassica portrays Marshal Antonio Cecchini, a middle-aged Carabiniere who also happens to be Matteo's best friend. Cecchini is one of the main co-protagonists and often provides humour and comic relief in the series. Other notable cast members include Flavio Insinna, who por ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinner With A Vampire
''Dinner with a Vampire'' ( it, A cena col vampiro) is a 1989 Italian television horror film directed by Lamberto Bava and written by Dardano Sacchetti. It was among four films made for the Italian television series ''Brivido Giallo''. Plot Four actors win an audition to be in a horror movie and travel to the director's castle for a meeting and to spend the night. Unbeknown to them, the director is actually a vampire. The vampire challenges his guests to kill him. Killing this vampire, however, is achieved only in a unique way. Cast * George Hilton as Jurek * Riccardo Rossi as Gianni * Patrizia Pellegrino as Rita * Yvonne Sciò as Monica * Valeria Milillo as Sasha *Isabel Russinova as Veronica, Jurek's half vampire companion * Daniele Aldrovandi as Gilles * Igor Zalewsky as Ale * Letizia Ziaco as Nadia *Stefano Sabelli as Matteo *Roberto Pedicini as a director Production Following the success of the film ''Demons'' and '' Demons 2'' and other foreign horror films in Italy, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Until Death (1988 Film)
''Until Death'' ( it, Per sempre) is a 1988 Italian made-for-TV horror film directed by Lamberto Bava. Plot Linda (Gioia Scola) and her lover Carlo ( David Brandon) committed a horrible crime: eight years ago they murdered the woman's husband, Luca (Roberto Pedicini), while she was pregnant with his son. They hid the corpse and since then they are running a small hotel near a popular fishing lake. One rainy night a drifter named Marco (Urbano Barberini) arrives to the hotel, but he seems to know too many details about Linda's dead husband. Production Following the success of the film ''Demons'' and '' Demons 2'' and other foreign horror films in Italy, the company Reiteitalia would announce in July 1986 that a series titled ''Brivido giallo'' which would be made featuring five made-for-television film directed by Lamberto Bava. Of these films only four would be made: ''Graveyard Disturbance'', ''Until Death'', '' The Ogre'' and '' Dinner with a Vampire''. The films were shot bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brivido Giallo
''Brivido Giallo'' is an Italian horror cable series that featured four full-length movies directed by Lamberto Bava. The films included in airing order are ''Graveyard Disturbance'', ''Until Death'', '' The Ogre'', and '' Dinner with a Vampire''. Production In the late 1980s Italian film productions began to flounder, so director Lamberto Bava decided to make a jump to television. He struck a deal with executive producers Gianfranco Transunto and Gianlorenzo Battaglia to make a cable television series that would consist of four full-length films. The plan was to have each film have a different tone: ''Graveyard Disturbance'' and '' Dinner with a Vampire'' having a comical approach and ''Until Death ''Until Death'' is a 2007 American vigilante action film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and directed by Simon Fellows. It was released direct-to-DVD on April 24, 2007. Van Damme plays Anthony Stowe, a corrupt police detective addicted to heroin ...'' and '' The Ogre'' having a mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Inquiry (2006 Film)
''The Inquiry'' (also known as ''The Final Inquiry'' and Italian: ''L'inchiesta'') is a 2006 Italian historical drama film directed by Giulio Base, and starring Daniele Liotti and Dolph Lundgren. It is a remake of the 1986 film of the same name. Plot The story follows a fictional Roman tribune named Titus Valerius Taurus, a veteran of campaigns in Germania, who is sent to Judaea by the emperor Tiberius to investigate the possibility of the divinity of the recently crucified Jesus. Although sceptical early on, Taurus is eventually convinced by a Christian girl he meets there named Tabitha, and chooses to abandon the army and remain there with her. Cast See also * List of historical drama films * List of films set in ancient Rome This article lists films set in the city of Rome during the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic, or the Roman Empire. The films only partly set in Rome are so noted. The founding of Rome Films set during the founding of Rome include: The Roman K ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
