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Terence Hill And Bud Spencer
Terence Hill (born Mario Girotti in 1939) and Bud Spencer (born Carlo Pedersoli, 1929–2016) are Italian actors who made numerous action-comedy and spaghetti Western films together. They "garnered world acclaim and attracted millions to theater seats". While Hill's characters were agile and youthful, Spencer always played the "phlegmatic, grumpy strong-arm man with a blessed, naive child's laughter and a golden heart". History They first appeared in the same movie under their real names in ''Hannibal (1959 film), Hannibal'' (1959), but not as a duo: they only appeared in supporting roles and had no scenes in common. They did not meet during filming. Their first movie as a duo was ''God Forgives... I Don't!'' (1967). Originally Peter Martell was chosen as the leading actor next to Spencer, but the day before the first shoot Martell broke his foot and was replaced by Hill, which launched their partnership. The film director asked the two actors to change their names, deeming them ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lo Chiamavano Trinità
''They Call Me Trinity'' () is a 1970 spaghetti Western comedy film written and directed by Enzo Barboni (under the pseudonym of E.B. Clucher) and produced by Italo Zingarelli. The film stars the Terence Hill and Bud Spencer, duo of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer as half-brothers Trinity and Bambino, who help defend a Mormon settlement from Mexican bandits and the henchmen of the land-grabbing Major Harriman. It was filmed on location in Campo Imperatore, Abruzzo, Italy, with financial backing from West Film. A sequel, ''Trinity Is Still My Name'', was more successful than ''They Call Me Trinity''. In 1995, ''Sons of Trinity'', starring Heath Kizzier and Keith Neubert, was released as a continuation of the ''Trinity'' series. Plot Trinity, a lazy, ne'er-do-well gunfighter with unnaturally fast drawing ability and marksmanship, is dragged on a travois by his horse to a way station and restaurant. There, he encounters a pair of bounty hunters with an injured Mexican prisoner. Trinit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Highest-grossing Films In Italy
This list charts the most successful films at Movie theater, cinemas in Italy by box office sales, in euros and admissions. It also lists the most popular Italian productions in terms of admissions. Highest-grossing films by box office revenue The following is a list of the highest-grossing films in Italy (nominally, without adjustment for inflation). The list is topped by James Cameron's ''Avatar (2009 film), Avatar'' (2009) which surpassed his ''Titanic (1997 film), Titanic'' (1997) to take the local record. The highest-grossing Italian film is ''Quo Vado?'' (2016) starring Checco Zalone and directed by Gennaro Nunziante. This surpassed their ''Sole a catinelle'' (2013) as the top Italian film as well as their ''What a Beautiful Day (film), What a Beautiful Day'' (2011), which held the record prior to that. All three are still among the top six. Zalone also directed and starred in ''Tolo Tolo'' (2020), currently in fifth place. Prior to these Italian films, the highest-grossing It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm For The Hippopotamus
''I'm for the Hippopotamus'' () is a 1979 Italian adventure comedy film directed by Italo Zingarelli and starring the film duo of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer. The film focuses on the rivalry between two cousins, with one of them intentionally undermining the other's safari expeditions. The cousins eventually have to team up against a common foe. Plot Two cousins engage in a semi-friendly rivalry at the beginning of the film. Hill's character occasionally ruins the other's hunting safaris. It turns out that Spencer's character is none too honest, either, since he gives his tourists rifles loaded with blanks so they can't hurt each other or the animals. The two have to team up to stop a villain, with plenty of comedy, eating, and mild violence. Cast *Terence Hill as Slim *Bud Spencer as Tom *Joe Bugner József Kreul Bugner (born 13 March 1950) is a Hungarian born British– Australian former professional boxer who competed in the heavyweight division and actor. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odds And Evens (film)
''Odds and Evens'' ( also known as ''Trinity: Gambling for High Stakes'') is an Italian action comedy film directed in 1978 by Sergio Corbucci and starring the film duo of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer. The film is set in Florida. In the film, a US Marine and his half-brother join forces against the American Mafia and its gambling operations. In 1979 it was awarded with the Golden Screen Award along with ''Superman'' and ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind''. Plot The Mafia runs an illegal betting sweepstake in Florida. Johnny Firpo, a US Marine from Miami, is tasked to bust this ring. He is tasked with teaming up with gambler turned trucker Charlie Firpo, who is - unknowingly - Johnny's half-brother. To ensure he gets help from Charlie, whom had given up on gambling in an earlier incident against Paraboulis The Greek which resulted in Charlie smashing everything in sight and allegedly breaking Paraboulis' nose, Johnny tricks Charlie into giving him a ride to Miami, then s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miami
Miami is a East Coast of the United States, coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in South Florida. It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a population of 6.14 million, is the second-largest metropolitan area in the Southeastern United States, Southeast after Atlanta metropolitan area, Atlanta, and the Metropolitan statistical area#United States, ninth-largest in the United States. With a population of 442,241 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Miami is the List of municipalities in Florida, second-most populous city in Florida, after Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville. Miami has the List of tallest buildings in the United States#Cities with the most skyscrapers, third-largest skyline in the U.S. with over List of tallest buildings in Miami, 300 high-rises, 70 of which exceed . Miami is a major center and leader in finance, commerce, culture, arts, and internation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Busters
''Crime Busters'' () is a 1977 Italian action crime comedy film directed by Enzo Barboni and starring the film duo of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer. It was one of the three films awarded with the Golden Screen Award in 1977 along with ''The Exorcist'' and ''The Towering Inferno''. The film is set in Miami. Two unemployed men decide to jointly rob a supermarket. They instead volunteer to work as police officers, in order to evade arrest. Following their graduation for training, they confront a local trafficking gang. Plot Wilbur Walsh ( Bud Spencer) and Matt Kirby (Terence Hill) are in Miami, looking for work as longshoremen, but the area is managed by shady dealers who refuse to give them a job, after which the dealers are beaten up and have three of their cars wrecked in the process. Walsh and Kirby meet up and then leave the dock, tired of looking for a job. Matt is particularly intrigued by the closed nature of Wilbur, who tries to avoid it in any way. Matt, after in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is an American 501(c)(3) organization, non-profit organization founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle that runs a digital library website, archive.org. It provides free access to collections of digitized media including websites, Application software, software applications, music, audiovisual, and print materials. The Archive also advocates a Information wants to be free, free and open Internet. Its mission is committing to provide "universal access to all knowledge". The Internet Archive allows the public to upload and download digital material to its data cluster, but the bulk of its data is collected automatically by its web crawlers, which work to preserve as much of the public web as possible. Its web archiving, web archive, the Wayback Machine, contains hundreds of billions of web captures. The Archive also oversees numerous Internet Archive#Book collections, book digitization projects, collectively one of the world's largest book digitization efforts. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American trade magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation. It was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933, ''Daily Variety'' was launched, based in Los Angeles, to cover the film industry, motion-picture industry. ''Variety'' website features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, plus a credits database, production charts and film calendar. History Founding ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville, with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. He subsequently decided to start his own publication that, he said, would "not be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father-in-law, he launched ''Variety'' as publisher and editor. In additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Missionaries
''Two Missionaries'' () is a 1974 French/ Italian international co-production adventure comedy film starring the film duo of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer. The film is set in Venezuela. The film depicts two Roman Catholic missionaries who decide to raise parrots in their mission, and to defend the poor. The Bishop of Maracaibo considers the two misfits to be black sheep. Synopsis Two missionaries (Bud Spencer and Terence Hill) come into conflict with the authorities when they turn their mission into a parrot farm. The Bishop of Maracaibo calls them his 'black sheep' and the Monsignore has been called to check on their behavior. Like usual, our heroes help the poor to defend themselves and provoke some funny fist fights in the process. Cast *Terence Hill as Father J. *Bud Spencer as Father Pedro de Leon *Robert Loggia as Governor Alfonso Felipe Gonzaga * Jean Pierre Aumont as Monsignor Delgado *Jacques Herlin Jacques Herlin (17 August 1927 – 7 June 2014) was a French c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watch Out, We're Mad!
''Watch Out, We're Mad!'' () is a 1974 Italian-Spanish action comedy film, directed by Marcello Fondato and starring the film duo of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer. It was a co-production between Italy and Spain. In the film, two rival race car drivers win shared ownership over a dune buggy in a race. When the buggy is wrecked due to the indirect orders of a profiteer, they demand a replacement buggy. When their opponent decides to send a henchman against them, their argument escalates into violent conflict. Plot Somewhere in Spain, off-road race car driver Ben is anticipating the next rallycross race, because of the prize: a red Puma dune buggy with a yellow top. However, he does not count on "The Kid" entering the competition, who also has a talent for the sport and an eye on that same dune buggy. During the race, each man battles furiously to the finish line. But in a surprise finish, they both end up tying for first place, and dash for the buggy, reaching it at the same ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All The Way, Boys!
''... All The Way, Boys!'' (aka and Plane Crazy) is a 1972 Italian adventure comedy film directed by Giuseppe Colizzi. The film stars the film duo of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer. The duo made 18 films together, often in the Spaghetti Western genre, but ''... All The Way, Boys!'' was the first film set in a modern context, although many other slapstick elements of the earlier films were carried over. The film is primarily set in the Amazon rainforest. Two bush pilots crash-land in the rainforest. They soon discover a mining operation within the rainforest, which uses slave labor as miners. They escape with a large emerald, but are imprisoned elsewhere. Following their prison escape, they find themselves targeted by the mine's owner. Plot Salud (Bud Spencer) and Plata (Terence Hill) eke out a living as bush pilots in South America. Beside carrying a few passengers and a small amount of cargo, their most lucrative activity is in faking aircraft crashes, on behalf of Salud's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altrimenti Ci Arrabbiamo
''Watch Out, We're Mad!'' () is a 1974 Italian-Spanish action comedy film, directed by Marcello Fondato and starring the film duo of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer. It was a co-production between Italy and Spain. In the film, two rival race car drivers win shared ownership over a dune buggy in a race. When the buggy is wrecked due to the indirect orders of a profiteer, they demand a replacement buggy. When their opponent decides to send a henchman against them, their argument escalates into violent conflict. Plot Somewhere in Spain, off-road race car driver Ben is anticipating the next rallycross race, because of the prize: a red Puma dune buggy with a yellow top. However, he does not count on "The Kid" entering the competition, who also has a talent for the sport and an eye on that same dune buggy. During the race, each man battles furiously to the finish line. But in a surprise finish, they both end up tying for first place, and dash for the buggy, reaching it at the same tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
