Luciano Vincenzoni (; 7 March 1926 – 22 September 2013) was an Italian
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
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, known as the "
script doctor
A script doctor is a writer or playwright hired by a film, television, or theatre production company to rewrite an existing script or improve specific aspects of it, including structure, characterization, dialogue, pacing, themes, and other elemen ...
". He wrote for some 65 films between 1954 and 2000.
Biography
Vincenzoni was born in
Treviso
Treviso ( , ; vec, Trevixo) is a city and ''comune'' in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 84,669 inhabitants (as of September 2017). Some 3,000 live within the Veneti ...
,
Veneto
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Veneto was part of the Roman Empire unt ...
. He is probably best known in world cinema for his scriptwriting of
Sergio Leone
Sergio Leone (; 3 January 1929 – 30 April 1989) was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter credited as the pioneer of the Spaghetti Western genre and widely regarded as one of the most influential directors in the history of cin ...
's ''
For a Few Dollars More
''For a Few Dollars More'' ( it, Per qualche dollaro in più) is a 1965 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone. It stars Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef as bounty hunters and Gian Maria Volonté as the primary villain. German actor K ...
'' (1965) and ''
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' ( it, Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo, literally "The good, the ugly, the bad") is a 1966 Italian epic spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood as "the Good", Lee Van Clee ...
'' in 1966, but he also wrote for a number of other
Spaghetti Western
The Spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's film-making style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most o ...
s.
Filmography
His screenwriting credits also include:
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The Wanderers'' (1956)
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The Italians They Are Crazy
''The Italians They Are Crazy'' (Italian: ''Gli italiani sono matti'') is a 1958 Italian-German comedy film directed by Duilio Coletti and Luis María Delgado and starring Victor McLaglen, Folco Lulli and Gabriella Pallotta
Gabriella Pallotta ( ...
'' (1958)
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Revolt of the Mercenaries'' (1961)
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La vita agra
''La vita agra'', known in English-speaking countries as ''It's a Hard Life'', is a novel by Luciano Bianciardi published in 1962 by Rizzoli. It became a best-seller in Italy and it is considered one of the most important novels in contemporary ...
'' (1964)
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Seduced and Abandoned'' (1964)
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The Birds, the Bees and the Italians
''The Birds, the Bees and the Italians'' is a 1966 Italian film directed by Pietro Germi. Its original Italian title is ''Signore & Signori'', which means 'Ladies and Gentlemen'.
The anthology film is a sex comedy that presents three storylines, ...
'' (1966)
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Death Rides a Horse
''Death Rides a Horse'' ( it, Da uomo a uomo, lit=As man to man) is a 1967 Italian Spaghetti Western directed by Giulio Petroni, written by Luciano Vincenzoni and starring Lee Van Cleef and John Phillip Law.
Plot
Bill (John Phillip Law), a boy ...
'' (1967)
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The Mercenary'' (1968)
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Duck, You Sucker!
''Duck, You Sucker!'' ( it, Giù la testa, lit. "Duck Your Head", "Get Down"), also known as ''A Fistful of Dynamite'' and ''Once Upon a Time ... the Revolution'', is a 1971 epic Zapata Western film directed and co-written by Sergio Leone and ...
'', a.k.a. ''A Fistful of Dynamite'' (1971)
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Orca
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'' (1977)
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Raw Deal'' (1986)
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Once Upon a Crime'' (1992)
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Malèna'' (2000)
See also
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Sergio Leone
Sergio Leone (; 3 January 1929 – 30 April 1989) was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter credited as the pioneer of the Spaghetti Western genre and widely regarded as one of the most influential directors in the history of cin ...
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Sacco e Vanzetti (play)
''Sacco and Vanzetti'' ( it, Sacco e Vanzetti) is a 1960 play by and Luciano Vincenzoni about the Sacco and Vanzetti case.
Development
and Luciano Vincenzoni wrote the chronicle play in 1960. Following its successful Italian production i ...
References
External links
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Official Blog about the documentary based on Vincenzoni's life titled THE FALSE LIAR
1926 births
2013 deaths
People from Treviso
Italian screenwriters
Italian male screenwriters
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