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Alberto Grimaldi
Alberto Grimaldi (28 March 1925 – 23 January 2021) was an Italian film producer. Biography Grimaldi was born in Naples and studied law. In 1962 he founded his own production company, P.E.A., and released his first feature film, '' The Shadow of Zorro'' the following year and his first Spaghetti Western ''I due violenti'' (1964). His producing credits include ''For a Few Dollars More'' in 1965, '' The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' in 1966 both with Sergio Leone who initially sought his legal experience advice, '' Last Tango in Paris'' in 1972, and '' Gangs of New York'' in 2002. Grimaldi died of natural causes in Miami on 23 January 2021, at the age of 95. Alberto Grimaldi is survived by his children, Massimo, Maurizio, and Marcello, as well as three grandchildren. Selected filmography * '' The Shadow of Zorro'' (''L'ombra di Zorro'', 1962) * ''I due violenti'' (1964) * ''For a Few Dollars More'' (''Per qualche dollaro in più'', 1965) * '' Legacy of the Incas'' (''Das Verm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's administrative limits as of 2022. Metropolitan City of Naples, Its province-level municipality is the third-most populous Metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in Italy with a population of 3,115,320 residents, and Naples metropolitan area, its metropolitan area stretches beyond the boundaries of the city wall for approximately 20 miles. Founded by Greeks in the 1st millennium BC, first millennium BC, Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas in the world. In the eighth century BC, a colony known as Parthenope ( grc, Παρθενόπη) was established on the Pizzofalcone hill. In the sixth century BC, it was refounded as Neápolis. The city was an important part of Magna Graecia, played a major role in the merging ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viva Gringo
Viva may refer to: Companies and organisations * Viva (network operator), a Dominican mobile network operator * Viva Air, a Spanish airline taken over by flag carrier Iberia * Viva Air Dominicana * VIVA Bahrain, a telecommunication company * Viva Entertainment, a Philippine media company * Viva Films, a Philippine film company * Viva Media, an interactive entertainment company based in New York City * Visi Media Asia (branded as VIVA), a subsidiary of Bakrie Group * Viva Records (Philippines), a Philippine record label * Viva Records (U.S.), subsidiary of Snuff Garrett Records * Viva! (organisation), a British animal rights group, which focuses on promoting veganism * Vision with Values (branded as ViVa), political party in Guatemala * Victoria-Vanuatu Physician Project (branded as ViVa), a Canadian organization that sends doctors to Vanuatu Film * ''Viva'' (2007 film), a 2007 film directed by Anna Biller * ''Viva'' (2015 film), a 2015 Irish film directed by Paddy Brea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adiós, Sabata
''Adiós, Sabata'' ( it, Indio Black, sai che ti dico: Sei un gran figlio di..., lit. "Indio Black, you know what I'm going to tell you... You're a big son of a...") is a 1970 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Gianfranco Parolini. It is the second film in '' The Sabata Trilogy'' by Parolini. Yul Brynner takes over the lead role from Lee Van Cleef, who stars in the first and third films.Hughes, p.113 Plot Set in Mexico under the rule of Emperor Maximilian I, Sabata is hired by the guerrilla leader Señor Ocaño to steal a wagonload of gold from the Austrian army. However, when Sabata and his partners Escudo and Ballantine obtain the wagon, they find it is not full of gold but of sand, and that the gold was taken by Austrian Colonel Skimmel. So Sabata plans to steal back the gold. Cast Release ''Adiós, Sabata'' was first released in 1970. Reception In contemporary reviews, Tom Milne of the ''Monthly Film Bulletin ''The Monthly Film Bulletin'' was a periodical of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fellini Satyricon
''Fellini Satyricon'', or simply ''Satyricon'', is a 1969 Italian fantasy drama film written and directed by Federico Fellini and loosely based on Petronius's work '' Satyricon'', written during the reign of Emperor Nero and set in Imperial Rome. The film is divided into nine episodes, following Encolpius ( Martin Potter) and his friend Ascyltus ( Hiram Keller) as they try to win the heart of a young boy named Gitón within a surreal and dreamlike Roman landscape. ''Fellini Satyricon'' was entered into the 30th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Pasinetti Award for Best Italian Film. It received acclaim from international critics, with particular praise toward Fellini's direction and Danilo Donati's vivid production design. The film earned Fellini his third Oscar nomination for Best Director, and the film was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Plot The film opens on a graffiti-covered wall with Encolpius lamenting the lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Quiet Place In The Country
''A Quiet Place in the Country'' ( it, Un tranquillo posto di campagna, french: Un coin tranquille à la campagne) is a 1968 giallo thriller film directed by Elio Petri, and starring Franco Nero and Vanessa Redgrave. Based on the short story "The Beckoning Fair One" by Oliver Onions, its plot follows an artist who relocates to a rural villa with his girlfriend, where he begins to experience increasingly terrifying, apparently supernatural events. Plot Wanting to escape the bustle of the city, visual artist Leonardo Ferri prepares to move from Milan to a rural estate in the Italian countryside with his British girlfriend, a gallery curator named Flavia. His real estate advisor shows him a large home, but Leonardo finds himself obsessively drawn to a sprawling, dilapidated abandoned villa nearby. Leonardo breaks into the gated property one afternoon and meets Attilio, its longtime caretaker, who tells him the owners may let it. Leonardo ultimately rents the property, and swiftly b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebus (film)
''Rebus'' or ''Appointment in Beirut'' is a 1969 crime film directed by Nino Zanchin and starring Laurence Harvey and Ann-Margret. An international co-production, it was largely filmed in Venezuela, the UK and Lebanon. Cast *Laurence Harvey as Jeff Miller *Ann-Margret as Singer *Andrea Bosic *José Calvo as Benson * Luis Dávila *Alberto de Mendoza *Ivan Desny as Guinness * Lisa Halvorsen *Jan Hendriks *Camilla Horn as Evelyn Brown * Luis Morris *Milo Quesada Milo Quesada, born as Raúl García Alonso, (16 April 1930 – 12 December 2012) was an Argentine actor. He started his career in Argentina with the movie ''Cristol de Hombres'' and other minor roles. He then moved to Spain, where his career ex ... *Marcus Smith as Croupier Production It was one of several films Ann-Margret made away from Hollywood around this time. References External links * 1969 films 1960s crime thriller films Italian crime thriller films Argentine crime thriller films Spanish crime thril ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabata (film)
''Sabata'' ( it, Ehi amico ... c'è Sabata. Hai chiuso!, lit. "Hey friend ... that's Sabata. You're finished!"), is a 1969 Italian Spaghetti Western directed by Gianfranco Parolini. It is the first film in '' The Sabata Trilogy'' by Parolini, and stars Lee Van Cleef as the title character. Parolini had previously had a major success with the first Sartana Spaghetti Western '' If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death'' (1968), but the sequels were given to Giuliano Carnimeo. Producer Alberto Grimaldi Alberto Grimaldi (28 March 1925 – 23 January 2021) was an Italian film producer. Biography Grimaldi was born in Naples and studied law. In 1962 he founded his own production company, P.E.A., and released his first feature film, '' The Shadow ... contacted Parolini for a similar series of Sabata. Synopsis In Daugherty, Texas, a group of thieves disguised as Army soldiers steal a safe with $100,000 of the Army's money in it by having a pair of acrobats vault up to the second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil By The Tail
''The Devil by the Tail'' (French: ''Le diable par la queue'') is a 1969 French-Italian comedy film directed by Philippe de Broca and starring Yves Montand, Madeleine Renaud and Maria Schell.Monaco p.384 Cast * Yves Montand as Le baron César Maricorne * Madeleine Renaud as La marquise * Maria Schell as La comtesse Diane * Jean Rochefort as Le comte Georges * Jean-Pierre Marielle as Jean-Jacques Leroy-Martin, le "play-boy" * Clotilde Joano as La comtesse Jeanne * Claude Piéplu as Monsieur Patin * Tanya Lopert as Cookie * Marthe Keller as Amélie * Xavier Gélin as Charlie * Jacques Balutin as Max, un gangster * Pierre Tornade Pierre Tornade (21 January 1930 – 7 March 2012) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 120 films and television shows between 1956 and 1998. Biography He was born Pierre Tournadre on 21 January 1930 in Bort-les-Orgues in the depart ... as Schwartz, un gangster * Jeanne Berdin as Mme Passereau * Charles Mallet as Le commissaire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burn! (1969 Film)
''Burn!'' (original title: ''Queimada'') is a 1969 historical war drama film directed by Gillo Pontecorvo. Set in the mid-19th century, the film stars Marlon Brando as a British ''agent provocateur'' sent to overthrow a Portuguese colony in the Caribbean by manipulating a slave revolt to serve the interests of the sugar trade, and the complications that arise from the formation of a subsequent puppet state. The fictional plot is partly based on the activities of American filibuster William Walker, after whom the main character is named, and his 1855 invasion of Nicaragua. Screenwriters Franco Solinas and Giorgio Arlorio also drew on the experiences of intelligence agent Edward Lansdale, who served the United States government in the Philippines and Indochina in the 1950s through the 60s, and the Cuban Revolution. The film is an Italian and French co-production by Alberto Grimaldi, distributed internationally by United Artists. It features a musical score composed by Ennio Mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spirits Of The Dead
''Spirits of the Dead'' (french: Histoires extraordinaires, lit=Extraordinary Tales, it, Tre passi nel delirio, lit=Three Steps to Delirium), also known as ''Tales of Mystery and Imagination'', is a 1968 horror anthology film comprising three segments. The French title is derived from the first collection of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories translated by French poet Charles Baudelaire; the English titles ''Spirits of the Dead'' and ''Tales of Mystery and Imagination'' are respectively taken from an 1827 poem by Poe and a 1902 British collection of his stories. American International Pictures distributed this horror anthology film featuring three Poe stories directed by European directors Roger Vadim, Louis Malle and Federico Fellini. The cast includes Jane Fonda, Alain Delon, Peter Fonda, Brigitte Bardot, and Terence Stamp. The English-language version features narration by Vincent Price. Plot "Metzengerstein" At the age of 22, Countess Frédérique inherits the Metzengerst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mercenary (film)
''The Mercenary'' ( it, Il mercenario), known in the UK as ''A Professional Gun'', is a 1968 Zapata Western film directed by Sergio Corbucci. The film stars Franco Nero, Jack Palance, Tony Musante, Eduardo Fajardo and Giovanna Ralli, and features a musical score by Ennio Morricone, taking inspriration from his work in '' Guns for San Sebastian'', and Bruno Nicolai. Plot On the northern side of the Mexico–United States border, Sergei "Polack" Kowalski, a well-groomed, greedy mercenary, attends a circus performance where he recognizes the show's lead rodeo clown as Paco Roman. During the performance, Kowalski reminisces on how he and Paco fought together as revolutionaries against the Mexican Government. Prior to the start of their partnership, Paco, a peon working in a silver mine owned by Elias Garcia, rebels against his boss and humiliates him and his two brothers, including Colonel Alfonso Garcia. He is soon captured, but saved from execution by his friends. Meanwhile, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Face To Face (1967 Film)
''Face to Face'' ( it, Faccia a faccia; es, Cara a cara) is a 1967 Spaghetti Western film co-written and directed by Sergio Sollima and produced by Alberto Grimaldi. The film stars Gian Maria Volonté, Tomas Milian and William Berger, and features a musical score by Ennio Morricone. It is the second of Sollima's three Westerns, following '' The Big Gundown'' and predating '' Run, Man, Run'', a sequel to the former. Milian stars in a lead role in all three films. The film portrays the unlikely partnership of Professor Fletcher (Volonté), a university lecturer, and "Beauregard" Bennet (Milian), a wanted outlaw, and a series of events that results in an exchange of their moral values, culminating in Fletcher taking control of Bennet's bandit gang. Frequently interpreted as a parable based on the rise of European fascism,Cox, 1993Hughes, 2009 the story and themes of ''Face to Face'' were based on Sollima's wartime experiences, and his personal beliefs on the role of environm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
