A spasso nel tempo

A spasso nel tempo
A spasso nel tempo
Directed by	Carlo Vanzina
Written by	Carlo Vanzina; Enrico Vanzina [it]
Produced by	Aurelio De Laurentiis
Starring	Christian De Sica; Massimo Boldi; Dean Jones
Cinematography	Gianlorenzo Battaglia
Edited by	Sergio Montanari
Music by	Manuel De Sica
Distributed by	Filmauro
Release date	13 December 1996;
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

A spasso nel tempo (lit. 'Getting around in time') is a 1996 Italian science fiction adventure comedy film directed by Carlo Vanzina.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The film is included in the Italian sub-genre of cinepanettoni. According to Adam O'Leary, A spasso nel tempo and its sequel are «farcical elaborations of the Back to the Future films which riff on schoolbook history and on film and television culture».^[4]

Plot

Two Italian families meet in Universal Pictures' amusement park. Ascanio Colonna (Ascanio Orsini Varaldo in the original version) is a Roman prince, who immediately goes into battle with the Milanese Walter Colombo (Walter Boso in the original version), manager of a cinema. When the two families have to take the joust of Professor Mortimer's "Machine of Time", the machine jams right when Ascanio and Walter get on board. The two are sent in the Prehistoric era, and Professor Mortimer tries in every way to bring them back in the present era, making the two enemies a journey in all the eras of Time.

Cast

Christian De Sica as Ascanio Colonna
Massimo Boldi as Walter Colombo
Dean Jones as Professor Mortimer / Joe
Marco Messeri as Lorenzo il Magnifico
Ela Weber as Natasha
Veronica Logan as Michaela
Brando De Sica as Aspreno Colonna
Virginie Marsan [it] as Giusy
Erica Beltrami as Gina
Gea Martire [it] as Rosanna
Manuela Arcuri as young Rosanna

Release

The film opened at number two at the Italian box office, behind the second weekend of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, with a gross of $1,869,843 from 123 screens in its opening weekend.^[5] It became number one during the Christmas holidays.^[6] A sequel entitled A spasso nel tempo – L'avventura continua was released in 1997.

References

^ Roberto Chiti; Enrico Lancia (2001). "A spasso nel tempo". Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Vol. 6. Rome: Gremese Editore. pp. 76–77.
^ "Morto Dean Jones, protagonista della serie "Un Maggiolino tutto matto"". la Repubblica. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
^ "È morto Dean Jones, il pilota del "Maggiolino tutto matto"". La Stampa. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
^ Alan O'Leary (2013). "On the Complexity of the Cinepanettone". In Louis Bayman; Sergio Rigoletto (eds.). Popular Italian Cinema. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137305657.
^ Marshall, Lee (20 December 1996). "International box office comment". Screen International. p. 33.
^ Rooney, David (7 January 2002). "Local yokels deliver a boffo B.O holiday gift". Variety. p. 30.

External links

A spasso nel tempo at IMDb

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[1] Roberto Chiti; Enrico Lancia (2001). "A spasso nel tempo". Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Vol. 6. Rome: Gremese Editore. pp. 76–77.

[2] "Morto Dean Jones, protagonista della serie "Un Maggiolino tutto matto"". la Repubblica. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2017.

[3] "È morto Dean Jones, il pilota del "Maggiolino tutto matto"". La Stampa. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2017.

[4] Alan O'Leary (2013). "On the Complexity of the Cinepanettone". In Louis Bayman; Sergio Rigoletto (eds.). Popular Italian Cinema. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137305657.

[5] Marshall, Lee (20 December 1996). "International box office comment". Screen International. p. 33.

[6] Rooney, David (7 January 2002). "Local yokels deliver a boffo B.O holiday gift". Variety. p. 30.

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