A series of comic sketches revolving around the "mania" in people's deepest personality. In "The Elaboration", a hearse driver has his favorite hearse made out to perfection for his "clients". In "Sport" a bossy office supervisor loses a sports bet to co-workers and is forced to pimp out his wife, while one colleague decides to take advantage of it.
In "Overtaking" a man tries to outrun a set of lights on a highway late at night... not realizing that it's an airplane.
In "The Hobby" two best friends, Barbara and Carla, team up to find where one's husband is going to every weekend and being secretive about it.
In "Advice" a bickering couple out for a drive bicker about one's well being which leads to a traffic accident.
In "The Protest", Pasquale and Mario are two men who cannot seem to pass up every attempt to protest against the government from 1943 to present day 1964.
In "The Antique", a couple travels to a remote monastery to shop for antiques and seek which ones to buy or leave.
In "The Swear Word" Ilario Boietti is a writer who seeks advice about work for his latest book by consulting with a brash has-been author, who advices Boietti to embrace his wild side.
In "The Strip-Tease" a lonely Lothario ventures to strip clubs in search of his true carnal pleasures.
In "The Interviews", Micozzi is a government spin doctor who spins his tails to avoid the questions of government corruption.
In "Hitchhiking", the thoughts of a off-duty policeman and a Sicilian hitchhiker whom he picks up, are displayed in this collision of cultures tale.
In "Bill of Exchange" two couples, the Brugrolis and the Bonfanls, seek to out-spend the other in a war of wealth.
In the final hilarious tale, "The Weekend", two thieves, Franco and Ciccio, break into a mansion to rob it thinking that the owners are out of town, only to have the unfaithful wife with her soldier lover, and the unfaithful husband with his foreign mistress, arrive wanting to spend time alone, and all parties try to avoid direct contact with the other.
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Walter Chiari | The Sicilian hitchhiker (segment L'autostop) |
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Enrico Maria Salerno | Castelli / the Succssful Novelist (segment la parolaccia) |
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Barbara Steele | Barbara (segment l'hobby) |
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Raimondo Vianello | Mr. Brugnoli (segment la cambiale) |
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Gaia Germani | Carla (segment l'hobby) |
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Umberto D'Orsi | Ilario Baietti (segment La parolaccia) |
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Sandra Mondaini | Paolo's Wife (segment i consigli) |
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Franco Fabrizi | Stipa / the Insolent Employee (segment Lo sport) |
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Aroldo Tieri | Mr. Bonfanti (segment La cambiale) |
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Ingrid Schoeller | Mrs. Bonfanti (segment La cambiale) |
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Lisa Gastoni | Gulio's wife (segment lo sport) |
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Margaret Lee | Rosalie / the American Lady (segment Il week-end) |
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Franco Franchi | Thief #1 (segment 'Il week-end) |
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Ciccio Ingrassia | Thief #2 (segment 'Il week-end) |
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Franca Valeri | The wife (segment il pezzo antico) |
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Vittorio Caprioli | The husband (segment il pezzo antico) |
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Isarco Ravaioli | Eros / the Villa's Butler (segment 'Il week-end') |
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Alicia Brandet | Rosetta / the Villa's Maid (segment Il week-end) |
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Corrado Olmi | The husband (segment Il week-end) |
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Gora de Paris | Self - Stripper from Crazy Horse / Paris (segment Lo strip) |
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Corinne | Self - Stripper from Sexy / Paris (segment Lo strip) |
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Peri Han | Self - Stripper from Limelight / Beirut (segment Lo strip) |
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Ignazio Leone | Migliardi (segment Lo sport) |
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Loris Bazzocchi | The Car Mechanician (segment |
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Salvatore Libassi | Office Clerk (segment lo sport) |
| Director | Lucio Fulci |
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| Writer | Franco Castellano, Giuseppe Moccia, Vittorio Vighi, Tonino Guerra, Lucio Fulci, José Gutiérrez Maesso | |
| Producer | Ferruccio Brusarosco, Giancarlo Marchetti | |
| Musician | Ennio Morricone, Carlo Rustichelli | |
| Photography | Alfio Contini, Riccardo Pallottini | |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
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| Regions | Region 1 |
| Owner | RICK'S MOVIES & MUSIC |
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| Location | ARCHIVES |
| Storage Device | DIGITAL MEDIA |
| Purchased | On Jul 27, 2013 at CONTACT US ON TUMBLR |
| Watched | Jul 27, 2013 |
| Index | 1888 |
| Added Date | Oct 06, 2014 12:42:09 |
| Modified Date | Aug 22, 2022 20:22:53 |
I maniaci (1964) aka The Maniacs
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy | Director: Lucio Fulci
Language: Italian | Subtitles: English (idx/sub files)
Aspect ratio: Widescreen 1.85:1| Length: 92mn
Dvdrip Xvid Avi - 720x400 - 23.976fps - 1.47gb
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058325/