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Redneck (film)
''Redneck'' () is a 1973 Italian-British crime-thriller film directed by Silvio Narizzano. Plot Memphis, the “American”, assaulted a jewelry store with “Moskito”, whose real name is Dino Bianco, while Dino's hippie-esque friend Maria is waiting in the getaway car. The action is poorly prepared and the implementation fails, which causes Memphis to react brutally. On their escape, they find the 13-year-old son of the British consul in a stolen car, whom they take hostage. The American's actions are becoming more and more confused and brutal; so he shoots Maria and forces Moskito to drown a German family so that they - Memphis is now wounded - can get to safety. Moskito becomes friends with Lennox, the kidnapped boy, and tries to stop the American from doing what he is doing. A few meters before the border they are caught by the police and are killed. Cast *Franco Nero as Mosquito * Telly Savalas as Memphis * Mark Lester as Lennox Duncan * Ely Galleani as Maria * Duilio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvio Narizzano
Silvio Narizzano (8 February 192726 July 2011) was a Canadian film and television director, who lived and worked primarily in the United Kingdom. He is best known for directing the acclaimed 1966 comedy-drama film '' Georgy Girl,'' which is considered a classic of the Swinging London era. He was also a prolific director of television dramas. Over the course of his career, he was nominated for four BAFTA Awards, winning once for Best Drama Series for the legal drama ''Court Martial''. He was also nominated for the Golden Bear, the Palme d'Or, and a Directors Guild of America Award. Early life and education Narizzano was born in Montreal, Quebec to Italian American parents, and was educated at Bishop's University. After graduation, he worked at the Mountain Playhouse in Montreal, and before joining the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as an assistant to Norman Jewison, Arthur Hiller and Ted Kotcheff. During this time, he directed a documentary about Tyrone Guthrie. Narizzan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poliziotteschi Films
''Poliziotteschi'' (; : ''poliziottesco'') constitute a subgenre of crime film, 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 Gangster film#French gangster films, French crime films and gritty 1960s and 1970s American Crime thriller, 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 (Italy), Years of Lead and amidst increasing Italian crime rates. The films generally featured graphic and brutal violence, organized crime, car chases, vigilantism, heist film, 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 sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Road Movies
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. * British national identity, the characteristics of British people and culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** British Isles, an island group ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** British Empire, a historical global colonial empire ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) * British Raj, colonial India under the British Empire * British Hong Kong, colonial H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970s Road Movies
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark on an artificial canal between the Tigris a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films About Hostage Taking
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Crime Thriller Films
Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 1972 Miami Dolphins season, Miami Dolphins defeated the 1972 Washington Redskins season, Washington Redskins in Super Bowl VII, with the Dolphins ending the season a perfect 17-0. This marked the first and only time that an NFL team has had a perfect undefeated season, an achievement the team holds to this day. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam. * January 17 – Ferdinand Marcos becomes President for Life of the Philippines. * January 22 ** ''Joe Frazier vs. George Foreman, The Sunshine Showdown'': George Foreman defeats Joe Frazier to win the heavyweight world boxing championship in Kingston, Jamaica. ** A Royal Jorda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970s Italian-language Films
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark on an artificial canal between the Tigri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Nero
Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero (born 23 November 1941), known professionally as Franco Nero, is an Italian actor. His breakthrough role was as the title character in the Spaghetti Western film '' Django'' (1966), which made him a pop culture icon and launched an international career that includes over 200 leading and supporting roles in a wide variety of films and television productions. During the 1960s and 1970s, Nero was actively involved in many popular Italian "genre trends", including '' polizieschi'', ''gialli'', and Spaghetti Westerns. His best-known films include '' The Bible: In the Beginning...'' (1966), '' Camelot'' (1967), '' The Day of the Owl'' (1968), '' The Mercenary'' (1968), '' Battle of Neretva'' (1969), '' Tristana'' (1970), '' Compañeros'' (1970), '' Confessions of a Police Captain'' (1971), '' The Fifth Cord'' (1971), '' High Crime'' (1973), '' Street Law'' (1974), '' Keoma'' (1976), '' Hitch-Hike'' (1977), '' Force 10 from Navarone'' (1978), '' E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lara Wendel
Lara Wendel (born Daniela Rachele Barnes; 29 March 1965) is a German-Italian retired actress, active in film and television between 1972 and 1993. Her father was American football player and actor Walt Barnes. Life and career Wendel is the daughter of German actress Britta Wendel and of the American football player and film actor Walt Barnes. She made her debut at just four years old as a model for ads, and at the age of seven, she made her film debut in Tonino Valerii's giallo film '' My Dear Killer'' (1972). She also appeared as Mario Adorf's daughter Rita in '' Manhunt'' (1972), directed by Fernando Di Leo, and as the young Silvia in ''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' (1974), directed by Francesco Barilli. Wendel had her first main role at 12 years old in the controversial erotic drama '' Maladolescenza'' (1977), which involved both nudity and simulated sex among preadolescents. Later she appeared in other controversial films, characterized by plots involving incest and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Michi
Maria Michi (24 May 1921 – 7 April 1980) was an Italian supporting actress who worked with Roberto Rossellini on his two early Neorealism (art), neorealism films: ''Rome, Open City'' and ''Paisan, Paisà''. Michi worked first as a typist at a law firm, then as an usherette at Teatro Quattro Fontane in Rome. She was noticed and given small parts in the company of Sergio Tofano and Diana Torrieri during the 1942–1943 season. Critic Irene Bignardi called her "a woman very near the resistance and the Communist Party". In 1948, she worked with Christian-Jaque in ''La Chartreuse de Parme''. She was married in September 1949 to Duke Augusto Torlonia, and left the world of cinema for the theater, particularly working with director Guido Salvini. The marriage was annulled in San Marino in 1956. She resumed her film career in the 1960s and 1970s, when she did 12 films, including Bernardo Bertolucci's ''Last Tango in Paris'' and Tinto Brass's ''Salon Kitty (film), Salon Kitty'', her la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
