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Tomas Milian
Tomás Quintín Rodríguez-Varona Milián Salinas de la Fé y Álvarez de la Campa (3 March 1933 – 22 March 2017) was a Cuban-born actor with American and Italian citizenship, known for the emotional intensity and humor he brought to starring roles in European genre films. A student of Lee Strasberg's, Milian studied method acting at the Actors Studio in New York City. In Italy, he was discovered by director Mauro Bolognini and appeared in supporting roles in several drama films during the late 1950s and early 1960s, including '' Bad Girls Don't Cry'' (1959) and as Raphael in Carol Reed's '' The Agony and the Ecstasy'' (1965). Throughout the late-1960s and early-1970s, Milian established himself as a dynamic leading actor in a series of Spaghetti Western films, most notably '' The Big Gundown'' (1966), '' Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot!'' (1967), as well as Sergio Corbucci's parody of the genre '' The White, the Yellow, and the Black'' (1975). Dennis Hopper also ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emergency Squad (1974 Film)
''Emergency Squad'' () is a 1974 Italian ''poliziottesco'' film directed by Stelvio Massi. Cast *Tomas Milian as Tomas Ravelli *Mario Carotenuto as Lavagni * Gastone Moschin as "The Marseilles" * Ray Lovelock as Rino *Stefania Casini as Marta Hayworth * Ilaria Guerini as Fede *Guido Leontini as Mario Berlotti aka "Cranio" * Enzo Andronico as Alberto *Giuseppe Castellano (actor) as Beppe Release ''Emergency Squad'' was distributed theatrically in Italy on 24 April 1974 by Jumbo Cinematografica. The film grossed a total of 985,981,000 Italian lire. Film historian and critic Roberto Curti described ''Emergency Squad'' as a "surprising commercial hit" on its initial theatrical release. Director Stelvio Massi recalled that on the film's premiere in Rome he was deeply embarrassed by the audience's reaction to a scene where bandits shoot a police car that explodes as the audience greeted the scene with rapturous applause. See also * List of Italian films of 1974 A list of films p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 filmmaking style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most of these Westerns were Cinema of Italy, produced and directed by Italians. The majority of the films in the spaghetti Western genre were international Co-production (media), co-productions by Italy and Spain, and sometimes France, West Germany, Britain, Portugal, Greece, Yugoslavia, and the United States. Over six hundred European Westerns were made between 1960 and 1978, including nearly five hundred in Italy, which dominated the market. Most spaghetti Westerns filmed between 1964 and 1978 were made on low budgets, and shot at Cinecittà, Cinecittà Studios and various locations around southern Italy and Spain. Leone's films and other core spaghetti Westerns are often described as having eschewed, criticized or even "demythologized" many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JFK (film)
''JFK'' is a 1991 American epic political thriller film co-written and directed by Oliver Stone. The film examines the investigation into the assassination of John F. Kennedy by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison, who came to believe there was a government conspiracy to assassinate Kennedy and that Lee Harvey Oswald was a scapegoat. The film's screenplay was adapted by Stone and Zachary Sklar from the books '' On the Trail of the Assassins'' by Garrison and ''Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy'' by Jim Marrs. Stone described this account as a "counter-myth" to the Warren Commission's "fictional myth". ''JFK''s embrace of conspiracy theories made it controversial. Many major American newspapers ran editorials accusing Stone of spreading untruths, including the claim that Kennedy was killed as part of a ''coup d'état'' to install Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson in his place. Despite the controversy, ''JFK'' received critical praise for its performances, directin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cynic, The Rat And The Fist
''The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist'' () is an Italian '' poliziotteschi'' film directed in 1977 by Umberto Lenzi and third entry into the Tanzi/Moretto/Monnezza shared universe as well as serving as a direct sequel to '' The Tough Ones''. The film was described by Italian film critic and historian Roberto Curti as "a sequel of sorts" to Lenzi's 1976 '' The Tough Ones'', with Maurizio Merli reprising the role of Inspector Leonardo Tanzi. The title of the movie inspired the book ''Cinici infami e violenti'' (2005), written by Daniele Magni and Silvio Giobbio, a book guide about " Poliziotteschi". Plot Luigi "The Chinaman" Maietto escapes from prison. As soon as he is free, he assigns immediately two henchman to murder the inspector whose testimonial once led to his prison sentence. Inspector Tanzi is left for dead but survives. The local newspapers cover up for him and pretend the assassination had succeeded. When Tanzi gets better, his superior wants him to hide in Switzerland. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tough Ones (1976 Film)
''The Tough Ones'' (, lit. "Rome at gunpoint", also known as ''Rome, Armed to the Teeth'') is a 1976 Italian ''poliziottesco'' film directed by Umberto Lenzi and first entry into the Tanzi/Moretto/Monnezza shared universe . Plot Inspector Leonardo Tanzi, the head of the anti-gang squad of the Roman branch of the Italian State Police, is pursuing Emmanuel Dominique Ferrender, a French gangster who holds a monopoly on criminal activity within Rome. A raid at a casino that Ferrender is reported to operate proves fruitless until Savelli, a one-armed criminal with ties to Ferrender, walks by the establishment. Tanzi and his partner, Inspector Francesco Caputo, arrest Savelli but are forced to release him without charge; he later kills a guard during a bank robbery. To find Savelli, Tanzi and another colleague, Poliani, question Savelli's hunchbacked brother-in-law Vincenzo Moretto during his work at a slaughterhouse, but he refuses to cooperate. To arrest him, Tanzi plants drugs in M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almost Human (1974 Film)
''Almost Human'' (; also released as ''The Death Dealer'' and ''The Kidnapping of Mary Lou'') is a 1974 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Umberto Lenzi, written by Ernesto Gastaldi, and starring Tomas Milian, Henry Silva, Ray Lovelock, and Anita Strindberg.NoShame Films DVD Case, 2005. Last accessed: September 2008. Plot A bunch of thieves kidnap a boy in a red hoodie from his mother's arms. This is followed by an action-packed car chase full of breaking boxes, defacing cars, and slim getaways. The chase ends when the kidnappers are saved by an oncoming train, which cuts off the police from their trail. They find this a perfect opportunity to dump the kid and make their getaway. The boy is returned to his family but the kidnappers' gang beat the thieves up for their failure. Following a castration threat, the kidnapper/thief goes home to rape his girlfriend. Following this, he robs a cigarette dispenser and stabs the beat cop who catches him. This leads to a detective to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poliziottesco
''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 (resul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Movie
''The Last Movie'' is a 1971 metafictional drama film directed by Dennis Hopper, who also stars as a horse wrangler named after the state of Kansas. It is written by Stewart Stern, based on a story by Hopper and Stern, and stars an extensive supporting cast including Stella Garcia, Don Gordon, Peter Fonda, Julie Adams, Sylvia Miles, Samuel Fuller, Dean Stockwell, Russ Tamblyn, Tomas Milian, Toni Basil, Severn Darden, Henry Jaglom, Rod Cameron, Kris Kristofferson and Michelle Phillips. The plot follows a disenfranchised stuntman (Hopper), who begins a filmmaking-centric cargo cult among Peruvian natives after going into self-imposed exile. Greenlit after the success of Hopper's previous film ''Easy Rider'', Universal Pictures gave the director/star complete creative control over the project, which was budgeted at $1 million and was shot in Peru. Hopper only loosely followed the script by Stern, filming hours upon hours of footage built around friends whom he invited to the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Hopper
Dennis Lee Hopper (May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010) was an American actor, filmmaker, photographer and visual artist. He was considered one of the key figures of New Hollywood. He earned prizes from the Cannes Film Festival and Venice International Film Festival as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. Hopper studied acting at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego and the Actors Studio in New York. He made his first television appearance in 1954, and soon after appeared in two of the films that made James Dean famous, '' Rebel Without a Cause'' (1955) and ''Giant'' (1956). He then played supporting roles in films like '' Gunfight at the O.K. Corral'' (1957), ''The Sons of Katie Elder'' (1965), ''Cool Hand Luke'' (1967), '' Hang 'Em High'' (1968) and '' True Grit'' (1969). Hopper made his directorial film debut with '' Easy Rider'' (1969), which he and co-star Peter Fonda wrote with Terry Southern. The film earned Hopper a C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White, The Yellow, And The Black
''The White, the Yellow, and the Black'' (), also known as ''Samurai'' and ''Shoot First... Ask Questions Later'', is a 1975 Spaghetti Western comedy film. It is the last spaghetti western directed by Sergio Corbucci. Differently from his previous western films, this is openly parodic, acting as a spoof of '' Red Sun''. It was generally poorly received by critics. Milian reprised his role, with slight changes, in the comedy film '' Crime at the Chinese Restaurant''. Plot A horse from Japan which was supposed to be a present for the government of the United States has been stolen. A motley crew consisting of Sheriff Gideon ('The Black'), famous outlaw Blanc de Blanc ('The White') and inept servant Sakura ('The Yellow') tries to retrieve the precious animal. During their investigation they are confronted by a violent bunch of former soldiers of the Confederate States of America who now live as desperados. Cast * Giuliano Gemma as Blanc de Blanc "Swiss" * Tomas Milian as Sakura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Corbucci
Sergio Corbucci (; 6 December 1926 – 1 December 1990) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and Film producer, producer. He was one of the main exponents of the Spaghetti Western genre during the 1960s and 1970s, with his most notable works including the original Django (1966 film), ''Django'', ''Navajo Joe'', ''The Great Silence'', The Mercenary (film), ''The Mercenary'', and Compañeros (film), ''Compañeros''. He also had a successful career directing comedies. Corbucci is sometimes referred to as "the other Sergio", referring to fellow Spaghetti Western director Sergio Leone. Early life Corbucci was born in Rome in 1926. He had a younger brother Bruno Corbucci, Bruno (1931-1996), also a filmmaker. He originally studied economics at university, before working as a film critic. For a period after World War II, he wrote for Stars and Stripes (newspaper), ''Stars and Stripes''. Career Early work Corbucci made his directorial debut in 1951 with ''Salvate mia figlia''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Underground
Blue Underground is an American company specializing in releasing remastered editions of cult, horror, and exploitation movies on DVD. It was founded in 2002 by filmmaker William Lustig. It was originally formed as a shell company to oversee 'making of' documentaries during founder William Lustig's time at Anchor Bay Entertainment, but became an independent entity in late 2002. The company has released a broad range of cult movies to disc, but leans toward European (particularly Italian), Asian and Brazilian horror and exploitation. Blue Underground goes to great lengths to feature restored transfers from original vault elements (a process that occasionally leads to substantial delays with their releases, given the age and obscurity of some of the titles they select), and to include extensive extras (such as commentary tracks and new documentaries) whenever possible. Each title is released unedited and with a choice between the original audio track and usually a lossless 7. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
