Brain Teasers:
Which Italian actor, celebrated for his Hamlet, starred in a movie set during the Mexican revolution?
Vittorio Gassman.
Which Italian actor opinioned in an interview that Richard Harrison ruined himself with women?
No one has answered this question yet.
In which Italian Spy movie did an assassin use a pipe with a gunsite to project a poison dart?
John Black knew that it as LE SPIE UCCIDONO A BEIRUT, aka SECRET AGENT FIREBALL.
Which French actor worked with directors Sergio Leone, Robert Enrico, Philippe Setbon, Federico Fellini and Giuseppe Colizzi?
No one has answered this question yet.
Which Italian actor worked with directors Luchino Visconti, Mario Amendola, Viktor Tourjansky, Duilio Coletti, Fernando Cerchio and Cesare Canevari?
No one has answered this question yet.
Can you name an Italian Western in which a villain uses a bola?
George Grimes noted IL MERCENARIO, aka A PROFESSIONAL GUN. That is true, but I had another movie in mind. Can you name the other movie?
Giuseppe Collizzi first met Woody Strode on the location for which film?
No one has answered this question yet.
Can you name an Italian Western in which an hero uses a bola?
George Grimes knew of LA RESA DEI CONTI, aka THE BIG GUNDOWN.
Can you name an Italian Western in which the hero uses a boomerang?
George Grimes and Rick Garibaldi knew it is MATALO.
Can you name an Italian Sword and Sandal film in which an hero throws two spears at one?
George Grimes and John Black knew it is ERCOLE SFIDA SANSONE, aka HERCULES SAMSON AND ULYSSES.
And now for some new brain teasers:
Which Italian Western star once played Otto, the brother of mad King Ludwig II?
Which French actor appeared in Italian Sword and Sandal films, Italian Westerns and a TV series starring Terence Hill?
By what name is Girolamo Girotti better known?
Name the movies from which these images came.
George Grimes and Rick Garibaldi identified last week's photo of Yul Brynner in INDIO BLACK, SAI CHE TI DICO: SEI UN GRAN FIGLIO DI..., aka ADIOS SABATA.
Above is a new photo.
Can you name from what movie it came?
George Grimes, John Black and Charles Gilbert identified last week's photo of Steve Reeves in ROMOLO E REMO, aka DUEL OF THE TITANS.
Above is a new photo.
Can you name from what movie it came?
No one identified the above frame grab of Charlotte Rampling and Dirk Bogarde in IL PORTIERE DI NOTTE, aka THE NIGHT PORTER.
George Grimes identified last week's photo of Joyce Godenzi and Sammo Hung in EASTERN CONDORS.
Above is a new photo.
Can you name from what movie it came?
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I am interested in knowing what movies you have watched and what you enjoyed or not. So please send me an email at scinema@earthlink.net if you'd like to share. Here's what I watched last week:
Enjoyed:
LA FEMME DE MON POTE, aka MY BEST FRIEND'S GIRL (1983)
Monty Python's Flying Circus season two (1970-71) - Let's celebrate back when PBS showed naked people.
Mildly enjoyed:
A VERY MERRY MIX-UP (2013) - At first this seemed like a variation of WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING, but it turned out not to be. Alicia Witt was quite charming and the story wasn't too corny.
Monty Python's Flying Circus season three (1972-73)
Did not enjoy:
CHRISTMAS LIST (2016) - I'll watch Alicia Witt in just about anything. A Christmas wreath made of Crayola Crayons? Meet cute arguing over buying a Christmas tree?
MY FIRST WEDDING (2006) - I'll watch just about anything featuring Rachel Leigh Cook but I am frequently disappointed.
MADHOUSE (1974)
THE MISTLETOE INN (2017) - I'll watch Alicia Witt in just about anything.
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David Deal enjoyed:
78/52: HITCHCOCK'S SHOWER SCENE (17) - Interesting documentary covers the topic with impressive depth.
THE HIDDEN HAND (42)
O'HORTEN (07)
VALLEY OF THE KINGS (54) - A fun archaeological adventure with tough-as-nails Robert Taylor and beautiful Eleanor Parker searching for a tomb. Fabulous location shooting too.
THE FLESH EATERS (62)
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (66)
THE VAMPIRE'S COFFIN (58) - A Mexican modern Gothic horror tale told with visual flair. Ripe for reevaluation.
DOCTOR X (32)
TORMENTED (58)
MIKE WALLACE IS HERE (19) - A documentary on the man that explores the link between show biz and news and his role in blurring that line.
THE GIRL WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (63)
FIND THE BLACKMAILER (43)
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Charles Gilbert watched:
THE HITCHHIKERS (1972) In a cringeworthy tale of nihilist culture, a freewheeling 70's gal "in trouble" (Misty Rowe) runs from home and joins a "family" of thieves consisting of an aggressive hippie with his nubile harem. They trap and roll gullible male motorists in the American Southwest, occasionally indulging in d.s.a. parties. During the last 12 minutes of the film, producers Ferd and Beverly Sebastian, formerly contracted to Paramount Pictures, with belated mea culpa, present personal testimonies on their conversion and subsequent involvement in a Christian faith-based ministry whereby (her idea) retired greyhound racing dogs are trained to comfort prison inmates and military veterans with PTSD, their version of spreading the Gospel.
REVOLT OF THE BARBARIANS (1964) Roman soldiers investigate the continual robbery of its gold shipments in Gaul meant as remuneration for their services. Darius (Roland Carey) suspects mischief in the inner court centered around potentate Mario Felliciani. Maria Grazia Spina gets the female lead as Lydia.
The Cliff Richard Story. Prolific English entertainer had pop chart toppers for six decades and starred in SUMMER HOLIDAY which rivalled other box office movies of the same year.
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