''Jackpot'' (also known as ''Cyber Eden'') is a 1992 Italian

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directed by

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. The film was a

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, grossing just 158 million lire at the Italian box office against a budget of 18 billions lire.

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an old female billionaire has created a multinational company called Financial Youth Foundation, which has taken seven prodigies children who work with new computers. The purpose of the foundation is to restore youth to old with artificial products. The gardener of the villa of the old billionaire, Furio, discovers that this effect of youth, apparently beneficial, is a plan to exploit people with technology. So Furio is opposed to this system, so that the seven children and the younger generation can savor the beauty of nature, fighting the false and malicious technology.

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Adriano Celentano Adriano Celentano (; born 6 January 1938) is an Italian musician, singer, composer, actor, and filmmaker. He is dubbed "''il Molleggiato''" (the springy one) because of his dancing. Celentano's many albums frequently enjoyed both commercial and ...

as Furio *

Kate Vernon Katherine Elizabeth Vernon (born April 21, 1961) is a Canadian-born American actress. She is known for her roles as Lorraine Prescott on the CBS primetime soap opera ''Falcon Crest'' (from 1984–1985), the stuck-up and popular Benny Hanson in t ...

as Prudunce *

Salvatore Cascio Salvatore Cascio (born 8 November 1979) is an Italian actor. His most famous performance was in '' Cinema Paradiso'' (1988), for which he received critical acclaim and a BAFTA Award. He suffers from retinitis pigmentosa Retinitis pigmentosa ...

as Cosimo *

Carroll Baker Carroll Baker (born May 28, 1931) is an American former actress. After studying under Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio, Baker began performing on Broadway in 1954. From there, she was recruited by director Elia Kazan to play the lead in t ...

as Madame * Scott Magensen as Vladimir *

Christopher Lee Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor and singer. In a long career spanning more than 60 years, Lee often portrayed villains, and appeared as Count Dracula in seven Hammer Horror films, ultimat ...

as Cedric *

Johnny Melville Johnny Melville (born 27 January 1948 in Leith, Scotland) is a clown, actor and mime who is part of the group of artists who in the 1970s revolutionized the world of the clown in Europe, alongside names like Jango Edwards and Nola Rae in the hist ...

as Synthetic man

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* Italian science fiction adventure films 1990s science fiction adventure films 1990s Italian-language films English-language Italian films 1990s English-language films Films scored by Giorgio Moroder Films scored by Anthony Marinelli 1992 multilingual films Italian multilingual films 1990s Italian films {{1990s-sf-film-stub

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