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Luciano Ercoli
Luciano Ercoli (19 October 1929 – 15 March 2015) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, producer and unit production manager. Ercoli's career spanned approximately two decades before his retirement in the late 1970s, and saw him direct several films in the giallo genre, as well producing several Spaghetti Westerns. Ercoli was married to Spanish actress Nieves Navarro, who has appeared in several of the films he worked on. Life and career Ercoli was born in Rome, Italy, on 19 October 1929. His first film credit was as an assistant director for the 1955 film ''Rice Girl'', directed by Raffaello Matarazzo. Ercoli then acted as a film producer on several titles throughout the 1960s, before making his directorial début in 1970, helming the giallo film ''Le foto proibite di una signora per bene'', which he also produced and film editing, edited. Ercoli went on to direct several more films throughout the early to mid-1970s, including ''Il figlio della sepolta viva'' and ''Trop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2,746,984 residents in , Rome is the list of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, third most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. The Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, with a population of 4,223,885 residents, is the most populous metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in Italy. Rome metropolitan area, Its metropolitan area is the third-most populous within Italy. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber Valley. Vatican City (the smallest country in the world and headquarters of the worldwide Catholic Church under the governance of the Holy See) is an independent country inside the city boun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odissea Nuda
''Odissea'' ("Odyssey") is the fifth studio album released by Mango, in 1986. The album contains some of his most known songs - " Lei verrà" and "Oro" - and two songs in English language - "Love is just a melody" and "Modern love" co-written with Simon Marsh. "Oro" was originally called "Mama voodoo" with lyrics by the singer's brother Armando Mango. Later, the title was changed and the final lyrics were written by Mogol. Brian Auger provided hammond organ on the album. Italian singer Mina covered "Oro" on ''Canarino mannaro'' (1994). Track listing Charts Personnel *Mango - lead vocals, choir, keyboards *Mauro Paoluzzi - guitars, percussion *Aldo Banfi - synclavier, synclavier programming *Amedeo Bianchi - sax, trumpet *Brian Auger - hammond organ *Laura Valente Laura Bortolotti (born 3 September 1963), better known by the stage name Laura Valente, is an Italian singer. Career Early solo career Valente was born in Milan. After winning a songwriting contest in Cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unit Production Manager
In the cinema of the United States, a unit production manager (UPM) is the Directors Guild of America–approved title for the top below-the-line staff position, responsible for the administration of a feature film or television production. Non-DGA productions might call it the production manager or production supervisor. They work closely with the line producer. Sometimes the line producer is the UPM. A senior producer may assign a UPM more than one production at a time. Responsibility to a senior producer A UPM is usually hired by a film producer or television producer, and is responsible for managing the production and regulating the costs of delivering the expected film or television show on budget at the end of principal photography. Typically, a producer will oversee all the cost-related decisions, including above-the-line expenditures (especially during pre-production). However, the UPM is responsible for the more detailed planning and execution of the below-the-line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colt 38 Special Squad
''Colt 38 Special Squad'' () is a 1976 Italian ''poliziottesco'' film. This film, by Massimo Dallamano, stars Ivan Rassimov and Marcel Bozzuffi. Plot Turin, Italy mid-1970s. When his wife becomes the latest innocent victim of a merciless Marseilles crime lord (Ivan Rassimov), police captain Vanni ( Marcel Bozzuffi) goes beyond the law to form a secret squad of rogue cops, each armed with an unlicensed .38 Colt Diamondback revolver. As Vanni and his vigilante crew take back the night bullet by bullet, the Marseillaise joins the game by instigating a wave of violent crime that turns the city into a war zone. Cast * Marcel Bozzuffi as Inspector Vanni *Carole André as Sandra *Ivan Rassimov as Il Marsigliese / Black Angel *Riccardo Salvino as Nicola Silvestri *Fabrizio Capucci as Ciro *Armando Brancia as Prosecutor * Grace Jones as The Club Singer Production ''Colt 38 Special Squad'' was filmed at Cinestudi Dear in Rome and on location in Turin. The film would be director Massimo Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Bidonata
''La Bidonata'', also known as ''The Rip-off'', is a once lost 1977 Italian ''comedy/crime'' film. This was the final film directed by giallo director Luciano Ercoli. Cast * Walter Chiari: Renato * Maurizio Arena: Maurizio * Ettore Manni: Ettore * Marisa Merlini: Marìa * Susan Scott: Ornella * Venantino Venantini: The Frenchman * Vittorio Caprioli: Benjamin Bronchi * Franca Valeri: Giovanna Bronchi Production Before the film's premier executive producer Niccolo De Nora was kidnapped. Soon after "La Bidonata" was shelved. Debate continues on whether the film was shelved due to the kidnapping of the producer or for the fact the film played poorly to test audiences. Either way the film was pulled and all elements were presumed lost. No promotional materials were printed and Luciano Ercoli's final film would become lost for nearly thirty years. A print however was discovered in a box that was supposed to contain Japanese cartoons. The print was shipped off to an LVR lab where afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killer Cop
''Killer Cop'' (, literally ''the police's hands are tied'') is a 1975 Italian poliziottesco-crime film directed in 1975 by Luciano Ercoli. The film's plot reprises the Piazza Fontana bombing which happened in Milan in 1969. The gun in the umbrella used in the movie is similar to a Bulgarian umbrella used in London in 1978 to kill Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov. Cast * Claudio Cassinelli as Commissioner Matteo Rolandi * Arthur Kennedy as Armando Di Federico * Franco Fabrizi as Luigi Balsamo * Sara Sperati as Papaya Girotti * Bruno Zanin as Franco Ludovisi * Valeria D'Obici as Falena * Enzo Fisichella as Francalancia * Paolo Poiret as Rocco Altieri * Giovanni Cianfriglia as Hitman * Jack Lemmon as Narrator (voice, English version) Production ''Killer Cop'' was shot in Milan. ''Killer Cops plot is influenced from the Piazza Fontana bombings. The funerals seen in the film on a television screen are actual footage of the funerals of the victims of the bombings. Release ''Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poliziotteschi
''Poliziotteschi'' (; : ''poliziottesco'') constitute a subgenre of crime and action films that emerged in Italy in the late 1960s and reached the height of their popularity in the 1970s. They are also known as ''polizieschi all'italiana'', ''Italo-crime'', spaghetti crime films, or simply Italian crime films. Influenced primarily by both 1970s French crime films and gritty 1960s and 1970s American cop films and vigilante films (among other influences), ''poliziotteschi'' films were made amidst an atmosphere of socio-political turmoil in Italy known as Years of Lead and amidst increasing Italian crime rates. The films generally featured graphic and brutal violence, organized crime, car chases, vigilantism, heists, gunfights, and corruption up to the highest levels. The protagonists were generally tough working class loners, willing to act outside a corrupt or overly bureaucratic system. Etymology of the noun In Italian, is the grammatically correct Italian adjective (resu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Return Of Ringo
''The Return of Ringo'' () is a 1965 Italian spaghetti Western film directed by Duccio Tessari from a screenplay he had co-written with Fernando Di Leo, inspired by Homer's ''Odyssey''. It stars Giuliano Gemma (billed as 'Montgomery Wood') in the title role, which, in spite of sharing the same name with that of '' A Pistol for Ringo'' along with most of the actors and the crew, is not a sequel to that film and deals with an entirely new character and a storyline. It also stars Fernando Sancho, Nieves Navarro, George Martin, Antonio Casas, and Hally Hammond. Set in the aftermath of the American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ..., Captain Montgomery Brown (nicknamed Ringo) returns to his hometown to find it taken over by a group of treacherous renegade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Pistol For Ringo
''A Pistol for Ringo'' () is a 1965 Spaghetti Western, a joint Italian and Spanish production. Originally written and directed by Duccio Tessari, the film's success led to a follow-up, '' The Return of Ringo'', later that year, which, in spite of sharing the same name for the titular character, is not a sequel to this film and deals with an entirely new character and storyline. The film stars Giuliano Gemma (billed as 'Montgomery Wood') alongside Fernando Sancho, Nieves Navarro, George Martin, Antonio Casas, José Manuel Martín and Hally Hammond. Plot The film opens as the film's protagonist, a gunfighter known as "Angel Face" or Ringo, kills four men in a gunfight. He is then arrested for manslaughter and locked up in the city jail where he awaits trial. Meanwhile, Major Clyde and his daughter Ruby are celebrating Christmas with several guests on their ranch. They are interrupted by a bandit gang who storm the hacienda and take them hostage. The bandits have narrowly escap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
