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Mario Morra
Mario Morra (1935 – October 2024) was an Italian film editor, director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Rome, Morra began working as an assistant editor in the early 1960s, and made his debut as film editor in 1964.Roberto Poppi. "Morra, Mario". ''Dizionario del cinema italiano. I registi''. Gramese, 2002. p. 178. He gradually established himself as one of the most representative of his profession, very active in art films as well as in less ambitious works. In 1990 he was nominated to BAFTA Award for Best Editing for Giuseppe Tornatore's ''Cinema Paradiso''. In the 1970s and 1980s, Morra was also director or writer of several successful documentaries and Mondo films, often in collaboration with Antonio Climati, notably '' Turbo Time'', a documentary about the world of car and motorcycle racing. Morra died in October 2024, at the age of 89. At the 97th Academy Awards, his name was mentioned in the '' In Memoriam'' section. Selected filmography * '' The Glory B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. They come in four main pairs of shapes, as given in the box to the right, which also gives their names, that vary between British English, British and American English. "Brackets", without further qualification, are in British English the ... marks and in American English the ... marks. Other symbols are repurposed as brackets in specialist contexts, such as International Phonetic Alphabet#Brackets and transcription delimiters, those used by linguists. Brackets are typically deployed in symmetric pairs, and an individual bracket may be identified as a "left" or "right" bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. In casual writing and in technical fields such as computing or linguistic analysis of grammar, brackets ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Guns For The MacGregors
''Seven Guns for the MacGregors'' () is a Technicolor 1966 Spaghetti Western. It is the directorial debut film of Franco Giraldi (here credited as Frank Garfield), who was Sergio Leone's assistant in ''A Fistful of Dollars''. The film gained a great commercial success and generated an immediate sequel, '' Up the MacGregors!'' (1967), again directed by Giraldi,Hughes, p.106 Plot The MacGregors, horse ranchers of Scottish descent, are underway to the market when they are robbed of their horses by a gang under the helm of a corrupt sheriff. One of the brothers infiltrates the gang but his first attempt tries to play them backfires. Cast * Robert Woods as Gregor MacGregor * Fernando Sancho as Miguel * Agata Flori as Rosita Carson * Nazzareno Zamperla as Peter MacGregor * Paolo Magalotti as Kenneth MacGregor * Leo Anchóriz as Santillana * Perla Cristal as Perla * George Rigaud as Alastair MacGregor * Manuel Zarzo as David MacGregor * Alberto Dell'Acqua as Dick MacGregor (c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winged Devils
''Winged Devils'' (Italian: ''Forza "G"'', literally ''"G" Force'') is a 1972 Italian adventure-comedy film directed by Duccio Tessari. Cast *Riccardo Salvino: Lt. Gianni Orlando *Pino Colizzi: Cpt. Bergamini *Mico Cundari: Lt. Muschin * Ernesto Colli: Lt. Ernesto Del Prete *Barbara Bouchet: Karin *Miranda Campa: Ernesto's Mother *Anita Strindberg: Gianni's Friend * Magda Konopka: Gianni's Friend *Giancarlo Prete : Lt. Pettarin *Duccio Tessari : De Santis *Dori Ghezzi Dori Ghezzi (born 30 March 1946) is an Italian singer who was active as a recording artist between 1966 and 1989. In the 1970s, Ghezzi worked mainly in a duo with American singer Wess, and the couple represented Italy in the 1975 Eurovision Song ... References External links * 1972 films Italian adventure films 1970s adventure films 1970s Italian-language films Films directed by Duccio Tessari Films scored by Ennio Morricone Italian aviation films 1970s Italian films Italian-language adventure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Girl In Australia
''A Girl in Australia'' () is a 1971 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa, with stars Alberto Sordi and Claudia Cardinale. Plot At the end of World War II, the promise of jobs and a chance to start a new life induced tens of thousands of young Italians to join the post-war immigration to Australia. In 1971, having lived about twenty-five years Down Under, one of those immigrants, middle-aged Amedeo Battipaglia, a lineman in the remote New South Wales settlement bearing the (fictional) name of Bun Bun Ga, several kilometers from the outback city of Broken Hill, is about to meet Carmela, his prospective bride from Rome, with whom he has been corresponding. Each of them misrepresented facts to the other — Carmela, a very attractive Calabrian woman in her early thirties, is a semiliterate prostitute seeking an opportunity to get away from her abusive pimp, with the letters to Amedeo ghostwritten by her friend Rosalba, while Amedeo, feeling inadequate about his ordinary a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Belly Of The Tarantula
''Black Belly of the Tarantula'' () is a 1971 ''giallo'' film directed by Paolo Cavara and starring Giancarlo Giannini, Barbara Bouchet and Barbara Bach. Plot Maria is interrupted during a massage by her angry husband, Paolo. He has proof that she has been unfaithful to him, though she denies it. That night, an individual dressed in black and wearing surgical gloves brutally murders her after injecting her with a chemical that leaves her paralyzed but still conscious. The next day, the inspector assigned to the case, Tellini, questions Paolo. The police find a picture of Maria being caressed by a man's hand, but his identity is unknown because half the picture is missing. At home that night, Tellini confesses to his artist wife, Anna, that he does not feel cut out for homicide investigations. The killer strikes again, this time murdering a clothing store owner with no connection to Maria. Tellini continues to investigate the crime and trace the needles used in the crime to a loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Night Of Glass Dolls
''Short Night of Glass Dolls'' ( Italian: ''La corta notte delle bambole di vetro'') is a 1971 giallo film directed by Aldo Lado in his directorial debut, and starring Ingrid Thulin, Jean Sorel, and Barbara Bach. Its plot follows an American journalist in Prague who is found apparently dead in a park, and charts the disappearance of his girlfriend and his search for her in the days prior. Plot In a park in Cold War-era Prague, the corpse of American journalist Gregory Moore is discovered and brought to the local morgue. Gregory is apparently dead, though a mortician observes that his body is unusually warm. Gregory is in fact alive, and in his mind, recounts a series of events from the previous several days, while hospital technicians at the morgue contemplate whether or not to perform an autopsy on him in the surgical theater. Days prior, Gregory reunited with his girlfriend, Mira Svoboda, who escaped to Prague from the Soviet Union. The two attend a party among other j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let's Have A Riot
''Let's Have a Riot'' () is a 1970 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Vittorio Gassman. Cast * Vittorio Gassman as Riccardo * Nino Manfredi as Beretta * Alberto Sordi as Don Giuseppe * Enrico Maria Salerno as Don Roberto * Michel Simon as Cavazza * Marina Vlady as Imma * Milly Vitale as Maria * Sergio Tofano as Bishop of Orvieto * Paola Gassman as TV Presentator * Robert Mark as Piero * Vittorio Duse as Brigadier Morelli * Enzo Garinei as The Examiner * Mariangela Melato * Gastone Pescucci Gastone Pescucci (21 July 1926 – 28 October 1999) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Life and career Born in Certaldo, Pescucci was mainly active on stage, where he alternated between classics and modern works. He was also active on telev ... References External links * 1970 films Italian comedy films 1970s Italian-language films 1970 comedy films Films directed by Luigi Zampa Films scored by Piero Piccioni Films about clerical celibacy 1970 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Occurred Last Night
''La morte risale a ieri sera'' (translation: ''Death occurred last night'') is a 1970 crime film directed by Duccio Tessari. The film was written by Tessari and Biagio Proietti and based on the novel '' I milanesi ammazzano al sabato'' (translation: ''The Milanese Kill on Saturdays'') by Giorgio Scerbanenco. ''La morte risale a ieri sera'' stars Raf Vallone and Frank Wolff. The film's score was composed by Gianni Ferrio, whose baroque and psychedelic contributions to the soundtrack were described by one critic as inconsistent with the tone of the film. The film was distributed internationally under the title ''Death Occurred Last Night'' in 1970, which only had a 95-minute running time. Plot Following the disappearance of his beautiful but mentally disabled daughter, Avanzio Berzaghi (Raf Vallone) travels to Milan to track her down. Local detective Duca Lamberti ( Frank Wolff) investigates the city's pimps and prostitutes for clues, eventually finding the girl's burnt body in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Anonymous Venetian (film)
''Anonimo Veneziano'' () is a 1970 Italy, Italian drama film written and directed by the famous Italian actor Enrico Maria Salerno in his debut as a film director. It starred American actor Tony Musante and Brazilian actress Florinda Bolkan. The film is especially notable for its romantic musical score, composed by Stelvio Cipriani. In the movie's musical score there is also an Adagio, erroneously attributed to the Baroque Venetian composer Benedetto Marcello (31 July or 1 August 1686 – 24 July 1739). In reality, the author of the Concerto for Oboe and Strings in D minor was his older brother Alessandro Marcello, Alessandro (1 February 1673 – 19 June 1747). In 1970, Frida Boccara recorded the song "Venise Va Mourir", the main theme of the film (French version, lyrics by Eddy Marnay), later performing it at the Cannes Film Festival. Tony Renis recorded it as "Anonimo veneziano" (English and Italian versions, 1970) and "Venise Va Mourir" (1971, French version). Singers Sergio D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Woman On Fire
''A Woman on Fire'' (, also known as ''Burn, Boy, Burn'') is a 1969 Italian erotic-drama film written and directed by Fernando Di Leo. It gained a great commercial success and launched the career of Di Leo as director. Plot Cast * Gianni Macchia: Giancarlo * Françoise Prévost: Clara Frisotti *Michel Bardinet: Silvio Frisotti * Monica Strebel: Marina * Danika La Loggia (as Danika) : Aunt Bice * Anna Pagano : Monica * Ettore Geri * Franca Sciutto * Miriam Alex : Swiss Woman *Leonora Ruffo Leonora Ruffo (13 January 1936 – 25 May 2007) was an Italian film actress. Career Born in Rome as Bruna Bovi, the daughter of Angelo Bovi, basketball coach of Ginnastica Roma, Italian Championship pluri-winner, Ruffo failed to obtain the main ... References External links * 1969 films 1969 romantic drama films Films directed by Fernando Di Leo Italian romantic drama films 1960s erotic drama films Italian erotic drama films 1960s Italian-language films 1960s Italian film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burn!
''Burn!'' (original title: ''Queimada'', Spanish and Portuguese for "Burnt" or "Burned") 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 Art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cats (1968 Film)
''The Cats'' () is a 1968 crime film directed by Duccio Tessari, starring Rita Hayworth and Klaus Kinski. Cast * Giuliano Gemma as Jason * Klaus Kinski as Adam * Margaret Lee as Karen * Rita Hayworth as Martha * Claudine Auger as Barbara * Serge Marquand as Jimmy * Umberto Raho as Doctor Production The film had the working title of ''The Cats''. The credits of the film state that the film is an Italian, French and West German co-production. Actor Dan van Husen stated that the film is actually an Italian-Spanish co-production with the initial title being ''Los Gatos''. The film was predominantly shot in Spain, with opening sequences shot in the United States. Release ''The Cats'' was released in Italy as ''I bastardi'' on 30 October 1968 where it was distributed by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. The film grossed a total of 702,781,000 Italian lire on its theatrical run in Italy. In 1969 it was released in France and West Germany on 25 May and 6 June respectively. The film was re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
