Carlo Vanzina Movies
- 2009
This sunny, slapstick-laden comedy from Carlo Vanzina interweaves five zany substories about a group of Italians vacationing on the Caribbean island of Antigua. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
- Starring:
- Carlo Buccirosso, Enrico Bertolino, (more)
- 2008
Filmed in various locations all across Italy, director Carlo Vanzina ensemble comedy aims to illustrate the defining moments in the life of a typical Italian. From the entrepreneur (Lino Banfi) who returns to Italy from Sweden after making his fortune and taking a beautiful wife to the father (Enzo Salvi) attempting to bond with his son, each vignette plays out with sun-soaked charm and laid back humor. Ezio Greggio, Gigi Proietti, Anna Falchi, Victoria Silversedt, and Nanci Brilli also star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- 2000
In the third installment of the popular Vacanze di Natale series, comedians Christian De Sica and Massimo Boldi yuck it up with Australian model Megan Gale in the ski town of Cortina D'Ampezzo. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi
- Starring:
- Christian de Sica, Massimo Boldi, (more)
- 1999
- NR
In this comedy about time travel and family misunderstandings, Paolo (Ricky Tognazzi) is not getting along with his son Marco (Gabriele Mainetti) and decides the boy needs to better understand his point of view. So the two jump back in time 30 years, where Marco can see for himself just what Paolo was going through as a teenager. Despite many misadventures, Marco gains a new respect for his father and the experience brings them closer together. Il Cielo In Una Stanza features an appropriate soundtrack loaded with Italian pop hits of the 1960s. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Elio Germano, Gabriele Mainetti, (more)
- 1998
Christian De Sica co-scripted, directed and stars in this Italian satire about lower-class revenge at a snooty Roman rowing club. Ladies man Robert (De Sica) keeps his affairs secret from his wife Livia (Cinzia Mascoli), since her wealthy father is the source of his income. Unfortunately, Dolores (Beatriz Rico) can't keep mum, creating a cash-flow problem. Bank accounts determine the pecking order at the club, and members with wimpy wallets have go through such humiliations as auctioning away their furniture. With the club prez arrested for embezzlement, a waiter scoring with a top model, and the massage therapist winning the lottery, it becomes evident that the lower-class has the last laugh, perhaps explaining the popularity of this comedy in Italy. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
- Starring:
- Christian de Sica, Cinzia Mascoli, (more)
- 1997
When snooty Gueflo's blue-blooded mother finally dies, he is delighted. At last the family fortune and estate will belong to him. However, his joy is short-lived for he learns that his mother bore an illegitimate son to whom she has bequeathed half her wealth. The bastard son turns out to be a waiter living in southern Italy. Upon learning of his good-fortune, he and his pal head north to Florence to take up residence in his newfound family's posh estate. Gueflo does not welcome his half brother and the two engage in heated battles that only worsen when a beautiful and very single baroness gets involved. The relationship between the quasi-siblings abruptly changes when another family secret is revealed. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- 1996
When the Berlin Wall came down, Polish peasant lass Eva wept with joy. Seven years later, the beauteous girl is living the high-life in Milan as a pricy call girl. One day, her innocent, but equally beautiful little sister Maria shows up for a surprise visit. She thinks Eva makes money as an interpreter. Unfortunately for Maria her surprise is spoiled because Eva has been missing for a while. Teaming up with the police, Maria begins a search that leads her to discover Eva's true profession. Desperate to locate her older sister, Marie masquerades as Eva. Featuring a cast comprised of international supermodels, this Italian thriller fits nicely into the "so-bad-it's-good" category of trashy films. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- 1996
This Italian comic fantasy about time travel begins with Ascanio (Christian de Sica), an Italian nobleman, and Walter (Massimo Boldi) a film executive, also Italian, on a deluxe tour of Universal Studios. They sit down side-by-side and are hooked into a virtual reality machine by its inventor, Professor Mortimer (Dean Jones). When something goes wrong, they find themselves hopping around in time, again and again narrowly escaping death. Their first travel takes them to prehistoric times. Then they find themselves in Renaissance Florence under the watchful eye of Lorenzo de Medici, who is highly amused by Ascanio's soccer moves. Narrowly escaping the Inquisition, they jump centuries in time to Venice in the time of Casanova, where their efforts at a romantic liaison with some of Casanova's women are thwarted. In one of the film's highlights, Ascanio jumps into his own past, and attempts to change his personal future. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- 1995
In this goofy Italian farce a group of Italian tourists head off for a Christmas vacation tour in the Caribbean and end up stranded on a desert isle. Among the castaways are a womanizing plastic surgeon, a homely spinster, her eccentric Neapolitan professor of a brother, a married pair of Roman laborers, and two seductive American models. Bawdy slapstick humor abounds as they attempt to survive in their tropical island nest. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- 1995
Some things never change as this Italian comedy which spoofs government corruption, sports, night clubs, and the Mafia, amply proves. It is set in Rome, circa 71 B.C. and features comic actor Leslie Nielsen as a character similar to those in his Naked Gun series. Just as magistrate Antonio Servilio is arriving in Rome filled with ambition. Whilst travelling via the Appian Way, his chariot is run into by the chariot of Cesare Atticus, a dishonest senator with a love of women. So begins the grudge between the two who with every meeting find reasons to despise each other further. Judge Servilio places Atticus under observation after he receives evidence and information from Atticus's former mistress of his dishonest dealings. To discredit the magistrate, Atticus enlists the help of right-winger Cinico who sets the judge up with a buxom beauty who involves him in an orgy. The publicly humiliated Servilio is banished to Sicily where he encounters the early Mafia. Eventually Servilio and Atticus join forces to expose Cinico, the real villain. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- 1994
This Italian heist-comedy movie is a revision of Mario Monicelli's 1958 film Big Deal on Madonna Street. This version is set in modern Milan. TV technicians Fabio and Enzo have been unable to find decent jobs. They decide to crack a safe at a Tony Milan jewelry store instead. To help them they enlist a beautiful but unsophisticated young woman to get the layout of the store. To help them find underground access to the store, they get help from a sewage worker. Finally to disarm the store alarms, they find an obese trapeze artist. A clever hotelier is also involved. Will they succeed? ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Claudio Amendola, Monica Bellucci, (more)
- 1993
In this romantic fantasy, Liechtenhaus is one of those seldom-heard-of tiny European principalities. It is being ruled by Prince Max (David Warner), but the little country is nearly bankrupt. In fact, if he can't get an infusion of cash quickly, he may have to sell the royal palace to American developers as a casino complex. Fortunately, he's got a very pretty daughter, and the dowry he will get from marrying her off to the unappealing (but wealthy) heir to a similar nearby principality will more than get his tiny country in the clear. Unfortunately for him, his daughter, princess Sofia (Barbara Snellenburg), is adamant about refusing this arranged marriage, and prefers romance with a handsome but penniless windsurfing instructor (Raoul Bova) to saving her country. Nefarious schemes come forth and multiply, and when the princess is kidnapped, something must be done. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Raoul Bova, David Warner, (more)
- 1993
When the four mature men in this movie get back together, they can't help but reminisce about the palmy days of their youth when they were university students together. Their lives have gone stale, and they decide to drive together from Miami to Malibu, California. When they run out of money and lose the use of their credit cards, they discover that some of the values they shared back in the good ol' days still hold true today, and they wind up being far less self-centered than before. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- 1991
Leo Feretti is awfully rich and lives the glamorous life of a corporate magnate, travelling from one nest of luxury to another around the world. He is married to a loving, supportive woman, who is extremely loyal. That's good, because when he falls ill, his slimy low-down brother and his nephew conspire to take control of his companies away from him using every underhanded scheme in the book, from blackmail to simple backstabbing. In this action-packed drama, the suspense about whether Leo will succeed in retaining his company is at least equalled by the display of corporate opulence in gorgeous vacation spots. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Carol Alt, Lauren Hutton, (more)
One of the heirs to a family fortune is willing to do anything to possess it, but finds his beautiful sister-in-law and cousin in the way. ~ John Bush, Rovi
- Starring:
- Billy Zane, Carol Alt, (more)
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