#luc merenda

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Puzzle (1974)

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O PALÁCIO DOS ANJOS (1970)

Dir. WALTER HUGO KHOURI

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Gritty, Violent And Gloomy - Shoot First, Die Later (Blu-ray Review)

Continue reading Gritty, Violent And Gloomy – Shoot First, Die Later (Blu-ray Review)

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ARROW Player Announces September 2024 Lineup

Arrow Video is excited to announce the September 2024 lineup of their subscription-based ARROW platform, available to subscribers in the US, Canada, the UK and Ireland. Enjoy a selection of new titles, from carefully cultivated curations to shorts by new talent to deep dives into the tastes of filmmakers that changed the way we see the genre. The September 2024 lineup leads with the ARROW debut…

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“Il poliziotto è marcio”: riecco Luc Merenda

È atteso domenica 7 aprile, alle ore 11 al cineteatro Baretti per un nuovo appuntamento di Schegge organizzato da Aiace: l’attore francese Luc Merenda, in compagnia di Steve Della Casa, rievocherà il cinema poliziottesco degli anni ’70 di cui è stato un grande interprete. L’incontro, dal titolo “Soli e rabbiosi”, vuole svelare qualche segreto sull’ultimo genere popolare del cinema italiano. «Come…

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Torso (1973)

by Sergio Martino

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Some of my recently watched sleazy Italian erotic B-movies from the 70s ♥️

Although these films may all be of varying quality, Italian cinema of that era had a special quality about it. The cinematography and directing were full of Mediterranean glamour, the makeup and outfits were eye-catching, and the actors were charismatic and addictive to watch. For me, it’s my favourite form of escapism and psychological retreat into a world where everyone is timelessly cool and beautiful.

The casts always consisted of a select group of Eurocult favourites, such as Ida Galli, Jean Sorel, Ivan Rassimov, Zeudi Araya, Luc Merenda, Cicciolina, Luigi Pistilli, Me Me Lai, Ornella Muti, Ray Lovelock, Lili Carati, Mircha Carven, Camille Keaton, Ida Galli, etc and they all brought quality and personality to even the trashiest and most depraved B-movie!

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Luc Merenda in Silent Action (1975, Sergio Martino)

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action (it, brass 80)

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Terror Streets aka Could It Happen Here? (Massimo Pirri, 1977)

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Le Mans (Lee H. Katzin, 1971)

Cast: Steve McQueen, Siegfried Rauch, Elga Andersen, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Fred Haltiner, Luc Merenda, Christopher Waite, Louise Edlund. Screenplay: Harry Kleiner. Cinematography: René Guissart Jr., Robert B. Hauser. Production design: Phil Abramson. Film editing: Ferris Webster Ghislaine Desjonquères, Donald W. Ernst, John Woodcock. Music: Michel Legrand. 

The real antagonists of Le Mans are Porsche and Ferrari, not Michael Delaney (Steve McQueen) and Erich Stahler (Siegfried Rauch). And the real directors of the film are not Lee H. Katzin and John Sturges (who quit or was fired from the film, depending on whose story you believe) so much as the cameramen who shot the actual 24 Hours of Le Mans in June 1970 -- one of whom, David Piper, was seriously injured during the shoot -- and the editors who put together their footage. Which is to say that the movie is as much about technology as it is about human beings. Granted, the docudrama tries to dramatize the human element more than it documents the actual race. You don't cast an actor like Steve McQueen unless you want to bring out something of human toughness in the face of the perils of a race like Le Mans and to soften it with a romantic element. Delaney has previously been involved in a crash that killed his opponent, and wouldn't you know it, the beautiful widow, Lisa (Elga Andersen), shows up at Le Mans, giving McQueen a chance to show Delaney's guilt and to deal with the attraction that blossoms between him and Lisa -- lots of poignant gazes. There's also a subplot about a driver who tells his wife he's going to give up racing and settle down, which only signals to the savvy moviegoer that he's about to get in a crash. But the thing that lingers with the viewer after the film is over is the cars, zooming around turns, skidding on rain slicks, and coming apart spectacularly and sometimes pyrotechnically when they crash. The substance of the drama is really the rivalry of two corporations and their designers, engineers, and pit crew mechanics. The drivers are skilled, of course, but they're at the mercy of their machines and those who create and maintain them. The rivalry even took place behind the scenes of the film. Enzo Ferrari refused to supply cars for the film when he learned that Porsche was going to be depicted as the winner, so the producers had to borrow them from a Belgian distributor. Le Mans is an exciting film, but I'm tempted to ask Lisa's question, "What is so important about driving faster than anyone else?" And to find my answer in Delaney's description of racing as "a professional blood sport."   

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Mangiacinema, festa del cibo d'autore e del cinema goloso

(ANSA) – PARMA, 07 GIU – Da Ornella Muti a Isabella Ferrari, da Violante Placido a Pilar Fogliati, da Pupi Avati a Enrico Vanzina, da Luc Merenda a Francesco Barilli. E poi Piero Cassano, Vincenzo Zitello, Morgan, Massimo Carlotto, Paolo Mereghetti, Valerio Massimo Visintin, Luca Sommi. Sono solo alcuni nomi del cast di Mangiacinema – Festa del Cibo d’autore e del Cinema goloso, la cui decima…

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1976

Gli amici di Nick Hezard

Also Known As (AKA)

(original title) Nick Hezard

Europe (English title) Nick the Sting

Finland Tuhannesti petkutettu

Spain The American Connection

Sweden Dubbelblåsningen

Sweden (video title) Blåst till tusen

USA Nick the Sting

West Germany Der Dreh mit dem Millionencoup

West Germany (video title) Der Stachel

Release Dates

Italy 29 April 1976

Sweden 8 August 1977

Directed by Fernando Di Leo

Music by LUIS Bacalov

Writing Credits

Alberto Silvestri ... (screenplay/story)

Technical specifications

Runtime 1 hr 33 min (93 min)

Filming Locations

Elios Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Lugano, Cantone Ticino, Switzerland

Cast

Luc Merenda: Nick Hezard

Lee J. Cobb: Robert Clark

Gabriele Ferzetti: Maurice

Luciana Paluzzi: Anna

Dagmar Lassander: entreneuse Chantal

valentina cortese: Regina, madre di Nick

Isabella Biagini: cameriera Edy

Franco Ressel: gioielliere Parker

Umberto Raho: direttore generale assicurativo

Fulvio Mingozzi: Claude

Mario Pisu: Phil

William Berger: Reutmann

Giò Staiano: gioielliere Steffen

Fred Williams: Henry

Riccardo Salvino: Mark

Rosario Borelli: Ray

Edoardo Faieta alias Eddy Fay: ispettore assicurativo Rahn

Raoul Lo Vecchio: Ribot

Fernando Cerulli: Rocky

Carmelo Reale: Rolf

Sergio Doria: gangster

Marco Guglielmi: ricettatore Will Leffer

Tom Felleghy: assistente del direttore generale

GUEST : Fernando Di Leo: Film Director in Front of Police Station (uncredited)

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Puzzle - The Man Without Memory (1974)