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Vittorio Amandola
Vittorio Amandola (4 November 1952 – 22 July 2010) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Perugia, Amandola began his career in the theatre world in the 1970s and found great success starring in various plays and later went on to direct his own theatre productions. He also starred in several Italian films and television shows. In 2006, he made notable cameos in ''RIS Delitti Imperfetti'' and ''Don Matteo''. Amandola was also known as a voice actor. He voiced Waylon Smithers in the Italian-Language version of ''The Simpsons'' until his death in 2010 and he even dubbed many Disney characters into the Italian language, particularly during the Disney Renaissance period. One of these roles included Lumière from ''Beauty and the Beast''. From 1989 to 2000, he was the Italian voice of Goofy as well as Yosemite Sam in '' Looney Tunes'' from 1996 to 2006. Personal life Amandola was married to voice actress Sonia Scotti. He was also the stepfather to her two childre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. Specific forms of the mark include parentheses (also called "rounded brackets"), square brackets, curly brackets (also called 'braces'), and angle brackets (also called 'chevrons'), as well as various less common pairs of symbols. As well as signifying the overall class of punctuation, the word "bracket" is commonly used to refer to a specific form of bracket, which varies from region to region. In most English-speaking countries, an unqualified word "bracket" refers to the parenthesis (round bracket); in the United States, the square bracket. Glossary of mathematical sym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Volpone
''Il volpone'' is a 1988 Italian comedy film directed in by Maurizio Ponzi, inspired by Ben Jonson's comedy with the same name. The film stars Enrico Montesano, Enrico Maria Salerno and Paolo Villaggio. Plot Set in the Ligurian Riviera during the 1980s, it features Paolo Villaggio as Ugo Maria Volpone, a rich but apparently ill ship company owner. He is surrounded by a series of relatives and friends (played by Enrico Maria Salerno, Renzo Montagnani, Alessandro Haber) who blandish him in order to inherit his estate. The shrewd Volpone, in return, organizes a hoax against them to betray their greed. In the movie, he is joined by a new waiter, Bartolomeo Mosca (Enrico Montesano), who quickly shows himself to be as cunning as Volpone in arranging humiliations. Cast *Enrico Montesano: Bartolomeo Mosca *Enrico Maria Salerno: Ciro Corvino *Renzo Montagnani: Raffaele Voltore *Athina Cenci: Marta Corbaccio * Alessandro Haber: Ernesto Corbaccio *Mariangela Giordano: Eliana Voltore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dio C'è (film)
''Dio c'è'' is a 1998 Italian comedy film directed by Alfredo Arciero. Cast *Riccardo Rossi as Riccardo *Chiara Noschese as Chiara * Daniele Formica as Barbone * Ivo Garrani as Ettore *Wanna Marchi as Chiara's mother *Miranda Martino as Riccardo's mother *Luigi Montini Luigi Montini (born 24 February 1934) is an Italian actor in over a hundred films and TV shows since 1962. Selected filmography External links * 1934 births Living people Italian male film actors {{Italy-film-actor-stub ... as Mangoni *Elisabetta Pezzoni as Roberta *Maurizio Santilli as Vinicio References External links * 1998 films 1990s Italian-language films 1998 comedy films Italian comedy films Films directed by Alfredo Arciero 1990s Italian films {{1990s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farfalle (film 1997)
Farfalle () are a type of pasta. The name is derived from the Italian word ''farfalle'' (butterflies). In the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, farfalle are known as ''strichetti'' (a local word for ' bow ties'). A larger variation of farfalle is known as ''farfalloni'', while the miniature version is called ''farfalline''. Farfalle date back to the 16th century in the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions of Italy. Varieties Farfalle come in several sizes, but they all have a distinctive " bow tie" shape. Usually, the farfalle are formed from a rectangle or oval of pasta, with two of the sides trimmed to a ruffled edge and the center pinched together to make the unusual shape of the pasta. A ridged version of the pasta is known as ''farfalle rigate''. In addition to plain and whole-wheat varieties, colours are added by mixing certain ingredients into the dough, which also affects the flavor (as with any pasta). For example, beetroot can be used for red, spinach for green and cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Freccia Azzurra
''How the Toys Saved Christmas'' is a 1996 Italian animated film directed by Enzo D'Alò, based on a tale by Gianni Rodari. In the original version, the story took place during the Epiphany Eve, because in the Folklore of Italy the Befana is a good witch that gives presents and candies to the children during the night between 5 and 6 January. Plot On the Epiphany Eve, La Befana falls ill and must take off for a night, recruiting Scarafoni to help deliver all the toys that must go to the Italian children. No one but the toys knows that Scarafoni plans to auction off the toys to the highest bidder, which means that the toys won't make it to the children who have been good all year and therefore deserve them. The toys decide to deliver themselves: the story follows them as they struggle to avoid the heartless Scarafoni and to find their true homes. Meanwhile, a young boy named Francesco wishes to receive as an Epiphany present the model of the ''Freccia Azzurra'' (''Blue Arrow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strangled Lives
''Strangled Lives'' ( it, Vite strozzate, french: Le jour du chien) is a 1996 French-Italian crime film directed by Ricky Tognazzi. It was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Alfred Bauer Prize. Cast * Vincent Lindon as Francesco * Sabrina Ferilli as Miriam * Luca Zingaretti as Sergio * Ricky Memphis as Claudio * Lina Sastri as Sauro * Francesco Venditti as Robertino * Violante Placido as Laura * Vittorio Amandola as Antiquario * Giuseppe Manfridi as Brizzi * Marilyn Pater as Consuelo * Giuppy Izzo as Daniela * Antonello Morroni Antonello da Messina, properly Antonello di Giovanni di Antonio, but also called Antonello degli Antoni and Anglicized as Anthony of Messina ( 1430February 1479), was an Italian painter from Messina, active during the Early Italian Renaissance. ... as Faina References External links * 1996 films Italian crime drama films 1990s Italian-language films 1996 crime drama films Films directed by Ricky Togna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Monster (1994 Film)
''The Monster'' (Italian: ''Il mostro'') is a 1994 Italian-French comedy film, starring Roberto Benigni as a man who is mistaken by police profilers for a serial killer due to a misunderstanding of the man's strange behavior. This film was, at the time it came out, the highest-grossing film in Italy, bested later by another Benigni film, ''Life is Beautiful''. Plot Loris (Roberto Benigni) is a part-time mannequin handler for a department store. He hopes to learn Chinese in order to get an assistant manager position. He lives in a building where he hasn't paid the rent in months, and he also owes money to other people around town. At a party, Loris is told about a nymphomaniac who will sleep with anyone. Loris approaches the wrong woman, who runs away and tells the police. Because of his odd behavior, he becomes the chief suspect in a series of rape/murders. The chief of police, frustrated by the lack of solid evidence against Loris, resolves to provoke his passion and catch him "re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Branco
''Il branco'' is a 1994 Italian drama film directed by Marco Risi. The film, which is inspired by a 1983 rape case, entered the competition at the 51st Venice International Film Festival.Edoardo Pittalis, Roberto Pugliese, ''Bella di Notte'', August 1996. Cast * Giampiero Lisarelli: Raniero *Luca Zingaretti: Ottorino *Ricky Memphis: Pallesecche *Giorgio Tirabassi: Sola *Natale Tulli Natale is a village in Central District of Botswana. The village is located 30 km west of Francistown, and it has a primary school, a kgotla and a Health post. The population counted 1,117 in the 2001 census. See also *Mathangwane M ...: Sor Quinto * Tamara Simunovic: Sylvia * Angelika Krautzberger: Marion References External links * 1994 films Italian drama films 1994 drama films Films directed by Marco Risi Films about rape 1990s gang films 1990s Italian-language films 1990s Italian films {{1990s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Who Wants To Kill Sara?
''Who Wants to Kill Sara?'' ( it, Tutti gli uomini di Sara) is a 1992 Italian giallo film written and directed by Gianpaolo Tescari and starring Nancy Brilli. Plot Divorce attorney Sara Lancetti, soon to be married, starts getting notes and phone calls threatening her life if she marries. Hoping to identify the person who made the threats, she tries to track down all her former boyfriends. Cast *Nancy Brilli as Sara Lancetti *Giulio Scarpati as Max Altieri * Claudio Bigagli as Daniele * Antonella Lualdi as Miss Toscano * Marie Laforêt as Sara's mother * Luciano Bartoli as Riccardo *Maurizio Donadoni as Andrea * Antonella Fattori as Manuela * Stéphane Ferrara as Nicolas *François Perrot as Gomez See also * List of Italian films of 1992 A list of films produced in Italy in 1992 (see 1992 in film): External linksItalian films of 1992at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Films Of 1992 1992 Italian Films A film also called a movi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panama Sugar
''Panama Sugar'' is a List of Italian films of 1990, 1990 Italian comedy film directed by Marcello Avallone and starring by Scott Plank and Oliver Reed. Plot On an idyllic Caribbean island, Panama Sugar and his friends, engage a battle with Fox Perry, the wealthy American boss who would like to purchase the island to make a Las Vegas exotic. Cast *Scott Plank as Panama Sugar *Oliver Reed as General *Lucrezia Lante della Rovere as Liza *Vittorio Amandola as Fox Perry *Duilio Del Prete as Blue Ball *Memè Perlini as Lt. Garcia *Francesco Scimemi as Mozart *Massimiliano Ubaldi as Bad twin *Josette Martial See also * List of Italian films of 1990 Notes External links * 1990 films 1990 comedy films Italian comedy films Films set in the Caribbean 1990s Italian films {{1990s-Italy-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
