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Nico Fidenco
Nico Fidenco (artistic name Domenico Colarossi; 24 January 1933 – 19 November 2022) was an Italian singer and film soundtrack composer who gained considerable popularity in 1960 with the release of the song "What a Sky" (Italian: "''Su nel cielo''"), taken from the film ''Silver Spoon Set'' by Francesco Maselli. Self-taught in music, Fidenco did a few cover versions of film title songs for the Italian market. With the song "Legata a un granello di sabbia", he was the first Italian singer to sell one million copies of a single.Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. p.683. This interest in cinema led him to be a prolific soundtrack composer, including scores for westerns and many Joe D'Amato films.http://www.runmovies.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=650:nico-fidenco&catid=35:interviews Selected filmography Discography 45 rpm singles * 1960 ''What a Sky / Su nel cielo'' RCA Italiana 45N 1109 * 1961 ''Jus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
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Giorgio Stegani
Giorgio Stegani (13 October 1928 – 20 February 2020) was an Italian film and television writer, film director and second unit director. Stegani was best known for his western films of the 1960s. He wrote the script for westerns such as '' Un Dollaro bucato'' (1965), directed and wrote ''Adiós gringo ''Adiós gringo'' is a 1965 Spaghetti Western directed by Giorgio Stegani. It stars Giuliano Gemma and was co produced between Italy, Spain and France. A major success in Italy, it was the 4th highest grossing Italian picture of the year. Plot ...'' in 1965 and co-wrote '' Mille dollari sul nero'' (1966). Selected filmography * '' Golden Chameleon'' (1967) * '' Beyond the Law'' (1968) External links and sources * References 1928 births 2020 deaths Italian film directors Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters Spaghetti Western directors {{Italy-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Fago
Giovanni Fago (born 11 July 1931) is an Italian director and screenwriter. Born in Rome, Fago began his cinema career in 1959 as assistant director of, among others, Mario Monicelli, Camillo Mastrocinque, Vittorio De Sica, Renato Castellani, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Lucio Fulci. In 1967 he became a director, consecutively filming three spaghetti westerns, ''Per 100.000 dollari ti ammazzo'', ''Uno di più all'inferno'' and ''O' Cangaçeiro ''Viva Cangaceiro'' (originally titled as ''O' Cangaçeiro'', also known as ''The Magnificent Bandits'') is a Brazilian themed Spaghetti Western-like movie co-produced by Spain and Italy and directed by Giovanni Fago. Plot Espedito is the sole s ...''. During the 1970s and the 1980s he focused primarily on television works. References External links * Writers from Rome Italian film directors Italian male writers Spaghetti Western directors 1931 births Living people {{Italy-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To Hell And Back (1968 Film)
Hell and Back or Hell and Back Again or To Hell and Back may refer to: Books * ''Hell and Back'' (comics), a 1999–2000 comic book series * ''To Hell and Back'' (Murphy book), a 1949 autobiography of soldier and actor Audie Murphy * ''To Hell and Back'' (Kershaw book), 2015 history book by Ian Kershaw *'' Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back'', a 2004 autobiography of Meat Loaf, or its film adaptation Film and TV * ''Hell and Back'' (film), a 2015 animated comedy film * ''To Hell and Back'' (film), a 1955 film adaptation of Audie Murphy's autobiography * ''Uno di più all'inferno'', a 1968 film also known as ''To Hell and Back'' *"To Hell and Back", a 1996 episode of ''American Gothic'' Music * ''Hell and Back'' (album), a 2004 album by Drag On * ''To Hell and Back'' (album), a 2000 album by Sinergy *''To Hell 'n' Back'', a 2009 album by Grong Grong *'' Hell and Back Together: 1984–1990'', a 1992 compilation album by T.S.O.L. * "To Hell & Back" (song), a 2020 song by Maren Morris *"Hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Heusch
Paolo Heusch (26 February 1924 – 16 October 1982) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Rome, Heush started his career immediately after the World War II as a script supervisor. Between 1949 and 1957 he was active as an assistant director for over twenty films. After directing a number of documentaries, he made his feature film debut in 1958 with ''The Day the Sky Exploded'', the first science fiction film produced in Italy. His third film as a director was '' Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory''. He was then asked to co-direct ''Violent Life''. based on Pier Paolo Pasolini's novel of the same name. He was hired by producer Moris Ergas to direct the film with Brunello Rondi as the produced wanted a technically gifted director to help the screenwriter direct his first film. Heusch was often brought on to co-direct films, and works that were credited to other filmmakers, such as ''The Commandant'', '' Che fine ha fatto Toto baby?'' which is on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Bianchini
Paolo Bianchini (born 1931) is an Italian director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Rome, Bianchini began his career in 1953 working as assistant director of a number of notable directors, including Mario Monicelli, Luigi Comencini, Vittorio De Sica, Mauro Bolognini and particularly Luigi Zampa, with whom he collaborated several times. From the second half of the 1960 Bianchini was also active as a director and a screenwriter, specializing in low-budget genre films. Starting from the 1970s he focused his work on television and advertising commercials. Selected filmography * ''Our Men in Bagdad'' (1966) * ''Massacre Mania'' (1967) * '' The Devil's Man'' (1967) * ''Superargo and the Faceless Giants'' (1968) * ''I Want Him Dead'' (1968) * '' God Made Them... I Kill Them'' (1968) * '' Gatling Gun'' (1968) * ''Hey Amigo! A Toast to Your Death ''Hey Amigo! A Toast to Your Death'' ( it, Ehi amigo... sei morto!, also known as ''Ehi amigo... Rest in Peace'') is a 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Want Him Dead
''I Want Him Dead'' ( it, Lo voglio morto, es, Lo quiero muerto) is a 1968 Italian-Spanish Spaghetti Western The Spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's film-making style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most o ... film directed by Paolo Bianchini and starring Craig Hill. Cast References External links * Spanish Western (genre) films Spaghetti Western films 1968 Western (genre) films 1968 films Films directed by Paolo Bianchini Films scored by Nico Fidenco Films shot in Almería Plaion 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Moffa
Paolo Moffa (16 December 1915 – 2004) was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter. He directed seven films between 1943 and 1982. Born in Rome, Moffa started his career in the 1930s as a script supervisor. Mainly active as an executive producer, he was also second unit director for numerous films until 1958. He was the founder of the film company Società Ambrosiana Cinematografica. He was also a film editor and a documentarist. Selected filmography * '' The Last Days of Pompeii'' (a.k.a. ''Sins of Pompeii'') (1950 - director) * '' Husband and Wife'' (1952, producer) * '' The Cheerful Squadron'' (1954 - director) * '' The Island Princess'' (1954 - director) * ''Hercules, Prisoner of Evil ''Hercules, Prisoner of Evil'' ( it, Ursus il terrore dei Kirghisi, lit=Ursus, Terror of the Kirghiz) is a 1964 Italian '' peplum'' film directed by Anthony Dawson and an uncredited Ruggero Deodato. Deodato, the official assistant director, replac ...'' (1964 - producer) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bury Them Deep
''Bury Them Deep'' ( it, All'ultimo sangue, also known as ''To the Last Drops of Blood'') is a 1968 Italian Spaghetti Western film written and directed by Paolo Moffa and starring Craig Hill. Plot Cast * Craig Hill as Clive Norton * Ettore Manni as El Chaleco * Ken Wood as Billy Gunn * José Greci José Greci (10 January 1941 – 1 June 2017) was an Italian film, television and stage actress. Life and career Born in Ferrara as Giuseppina Greci, the daughter of the journalist and television writer Luigi. In 1956 at just fifteen years old G ... as Consuelo/Pepita * Francesco Santovetti as Cordero * Luciano Doria as Colonel * Alberto Bucchi as Sheriff * Antonio Danesi as Gunns Leutnant References External links * English-language Italian films Spaghetti Western films 1968 Western (genre) films 1968 films Films directed by Paolo Moffa Films scored by Nico Fidenco 1960s English-language films 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Italy-film-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armando Crispino
Armando Crispino (18 October 1924 – 6 October 2003) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He was born in Biella, Piedmont. He directed nine films between 1966 and 1975. He also wrote for nine films between 1965 and 1975. He also directed two Italian horror films, ''Autopsy'' and '' The Dead Are Alive''. Selected filmography * ''Pleasant Nights'' (1966 - director) * ''Commandos'' (1968 - director) * '' The Dead Are Alive'' (1972 - director) (aka "The Etruscan Kills Again") * ''Autopsy An autopsy (post-mortem examination, obduction, necropsy, or autopsia cadaverum) is a surgical procedure that consists of a thorough examination of a corpse by dissection to determine the cause, mode, and manner of death or to evaluate any dis ...'' (1975 - director) (aka "Macchie Solari"/ "Sunspots") References External links * * 1924 births 2003 deaths People from the Province of Biella Italian film directors Giallo film directors Italian male screenwriters 20th- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John The Bastard (film)
''John the Bastard'' ( it, John il bastardo) is a 1967 Italian Spaghetti Western film written and directed by Armando Crispino Armando Crispino (18 October 1924 – 6 October 2003) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He was born in Biella, Piedmont. He directed nine films between 1966 and 1975. He also wrote for nine films between 1965 and 1975. He also d ... and starring John Richardson. Plot John is the illegitimate son of a wealthy landowner. He decides to take revenge for the disinterest that his father has always shown towards him. He becomes the lover of his stepbrother's wife and when he challenges him to a duel he kills him. The woman commits suicide and John, satisfied, continues his cynical existence until the relatives of other women seduced by him try to kill him. Cast References External links * 1967 films 1967 Western (genre) films Spaghetti Western films Films directed by Armando Crispino Films shot in Almería 1960s Italian-langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bitto Albertini
Adalberto "Bitto" Albertini (1924–1999) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Career He began his film career as a camera operator and as a cinematographer. In 1974 Albertini directed ''Black Emanuelle'' starring the then almost unknown Laura Gemser. Her subsequent successful career meant that she was absent from ''Black Emanuelle 2'', and Albertini instead cast actress Shulamith Lasri in the title role. In 1977 he released ''Yellow Emanuelle'' as a comeback. The film, starring Chai Lee, was very successful. However the film never reached the popularity of Joe D'Amato's series. His last two films were " Mondos" set in Asia, depicting shocking rituals and savage violence. He died in Italy in 1999 at age 74. Selected filmography * ''Feathers in the Wind'' (1950) * ''That Ghost of My Husband'' (1950) * ''Brief Rapture'' (1951) * ''A Woman Has Killed'' (1952) * '' Red Love'' (1952) * '' Matrimonial Agency'' (1953) * '' The Song of the Heart'' (1955) * ''The Red Cloak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
