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At The Right Moment
''At the Right Moment'' ( it, Al momento giusto) is a 2000 Italian comedy film written and directed by Giorgio Panariello. The film narrates the story of a local news reporter who became popular after filming live the sudden collapse of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Cast * Giorgio Panariello as Livio Perozzi * Kasia Smutniak as Serena * Luisa Corna as Lara *Giovanni Cacioppo as Gaetano *Carlo Pistarino as Pacini *Evelina Gori as granma Caterina *Athina Cenci as chief of Tele Luna * Riccardo Garrone as TG director *Andrea Buscemi as Calboli *Luca Calvani Luca Calvani (born 7 August 1974) is an Italian actor. Calvani was born in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. Luca was a model during his teen years, working with top names in the world of fashion, including Giorgio Armani. Spent his twenties in New York C ... as Brad Klein *Gianni Zullo as Kurt Harbacht References External links * 2000 films 2000s Italian-language films 2000 comedy films Italian comedy films Films set in Tuscany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgio Panariello
Giorgio Panariello (born 30 September 1960 in Florence) is an Italian comedian, film and stage actor, director and television presenter. Biography Born in Florence to a father of Campanian origin, he raised in Cinquale, a seaside town in the province of Massa-Carrara. During his high school years in Marina di Massa he became close friend with Carlo Conti, disc jockey and local TV presenter, with whom he started his early career as comedian in Versilia. His very first sketches included a parody of singer Renato Zero, a role which gave him popularity and made him debut in RAI television with his friend Conti in the early 1990s. In 1996 he debuted as film actor in '' Albergo Roma'', directed by Ugo Chiti. In 1999 he directed his first feature, '' Bagnomaria'', a sketch comedy film centered on the characters of his popular stage shows. The film was panned by critics, but was a commercial success and its increasing popularity gained it a cult movie status. His second film ''At the Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riccardo Garrone (actor)
Riccardo Garrone (1 November 1926 – 14 March 2016) was an Italian actor, voice actor and director. Biography Garrone began his acting career in 1949 and attended the Silvio d'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts. He appeared in more than 140 films from 1949 until his retirement in 2014. He made his debut in the film ''Adam and Eve'' directed by Mario Mattoli. He also worked in several theatre productions alongside other actors such as Vittorio Gassman, Diana Torrieri and Elena Zareschi. Garrone often portrayed characters with persuasive, polite personalities in a variety of B movie comedies, spaghetti-westerns and horrors. In the 1980s, he made frequent stage collaborations with Antonella Steni and he made more appearances on television. One of his most popular television roles was on '' Un medico in famiglia'' in which he portrayed Nicola Solari. He also had a recurring role on ''Amico mio'' starring Massimo Dapporto. Garrone also worked occasionally as a voice ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Set In Pisa
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Comedy Films
Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Italian, regional variants of the Italian language ** Languages of Italy, languages and dialects spoken in Italy ** Italian culture, cultural features of Italy ** Italian cuisine, traditional foods ** Folklore of Italy, the folklore and urban legends of Italy ** Mythology of Italy, traditional religion and beliefs Other uses * Italian dressing, a vinaigrette-type salad dressing or marinade * Italian or Italian-A, alternative names for the Ping-Pong virus, an extinct computer virus See also * * * Italia (other) * Italic (other) * Italo (other) * The Italian (other) The Italian may refer to: * ''The Italian'' (1915 film), a silent film by Reginald Barker * ''The Italian'' (2005 film), a Russian film b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s Italian-language Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the complic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Films
The year 2000 in film involved some significant events. The top grosser worldwide was '' Mission: Impossible 2''. Domestically in North America, '' Gladiator'' won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor ( Russell Crowe). ''Dinosaur'' was the most expensive film of 2000 and a box-office success. __TOC__ Overview 2000 saw the releases of the first installment of popular film series '' X-Men'', '' Final Destination'', '' Scary Movie'', and ''Meet the Parents''. Among the films based on TV shows are '' Mission: Impossible 2'', '' Traffic'', '' The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle'', '' Charlie's Angels'' and '' Rugrats in Paris: The Movie'' Among the movies based on books (and TV shows) is '' Thomas and the Magic Railroad''. The most acclaimed films of the year are '' Gladiator''; '' Traffic''; '' Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon''; '' American Psycho''; '' Almost Famous, Requiem for a Dream,'' and '' Erin Brockovich''. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luca Calvani
Luca Calvani (born 7 August 1974) is an Italian actor. Calvani was born in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. Luca was a model during his teen years, working with top names in the world of fashion, including Giorgio Armani. Spent his twenties in New York City, where he first studied acting with Ron Stetson then with Susan Batson. Among his American TV roles, the HBO series ''Sex and the City'' (2001) where he starred opposite Alan Cumming and Sarah Jessica Parker, and as the villain Dante Grimaldi on CBS TV's daytime drama ''As the World Turns''. In Europe, he worked in theatre, TV and film, among them Ferzan Özpetek's award-winning ''His Secret Life'' a.k.a. ''Le Fate Ignoranti''. Calvani is trilingual, he speaks French and English in addition to his native Italian. In 2007 he shot '' Il Commissario Manara'' directed by Davide Marengo for the Italian network Raiuno. He co-starred as Enzo Calvini opposite Clive Owen in Tom Tykwer's movie '' The International'' and the upcoming Italian T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athina Cenci
Athina Cenci (born 13 March 1946), is a Greek-born Italian former actress, stand-up comedian and politician. Life and career Born in Kos, Greece, Cenci was co-founder and member, together with Francesco Nuti and Alessandro Benvenuti, of the comedy ensemble "GianCattivi" with whom she achieved her first successes on stage and on television.Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsilio, 2009. . She made her film debut with GianCattivi in ''West of Paperino'' (1982), then, after the group split, she started a successful solo career winning two David di Donatello Awards for best supporting actress for her performances in Mario Monicelli's ''Let's Hope It's a Girl'' and Carlo Verdone's ''Compagni di scuola''. She later also worked with other notable directors, including Paolo and Vittorio Taviani and Ettore Scola Ettore Scola (; 10 May 1931 – 19 January 2016) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He received a Golden Globe for Best Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Vittorio Cecchi Gori (; born 27 April 1942) is an Italian film producer and politician. He pleaded guilty to bankruptcy and was sentenced in February 2020 to 8 years and 5 months of imprisonment. Born in Florence, Italy he is the son of Mario Cecchi Gori. He has produced numerous films, most notably '' Il Postino: The Postman'' (1994), which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture and '' Life Is Beautiful'' (1997) which received an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He was also senator from the Italian People's Party. He owned the football club A.C. Fiorentina from 1993 to 2002, as well as the private television channel La7 La7 is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned by Cairo Communication. Until 2013 it was a pay-per-view channel owned by Telecom Italia Media and operated by Telecom Italia. Signal overspill means that parts of Albania, Croatia, S .... On 3 June 2008, he was arrested in Rome for bankruptcy and on 25 July 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leaning Tower Of Pisa
The Leaning Tower of Pisa ( it, torre pendente di Pisa), or simply, the Tower of Pisa (''torre di Pisa'' ), is the ''campanile'', or freestanding bell tower, of Pisa Cathedral. It is known for its nearly four-degree lean, the result of an unstable foundation. The tower is one of three structures in the Pisa's Cathedral Square ('' Piazza del Duomo''), which includes the cathedral and Pisa Baptistry. The height of the tower is from the ground on the low side and on the high side. The width of the walls at the base is . Its weight is estimated at . The tower has 296 or 294 steps; the seventh floor has two fewer steps on the north-facing staircase. The tower began to lean during construction in the 12th century, due to soft ground which could not properly support the structure's weight. It worsened through the completion of construction in the 14th century. By 1990, the tilt had reached 5.5 degrees. The structure was stabilized by remedial work between 1993 and 2001, which redu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
