Avanti! 1972  R, 143 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Juliet Mills, Clive Revill, Edward Andrews, Gianfranco Barra, Franco Angrisano, Pippo Franco, Franco Acampora, Giselda Castrini, Raffaele Mottola, Lino Coletta, Harry Ray, Guidarino Guidi, Giacomo Rizzo, Antonino Faa Di Bruno
American businessman Wendell Armbruster's (Jack Lemmon) father dies in Italy in a car crash while enjoying a liaison with his mistress. Wendell is determined to give him a proper funeral and travels to Italy where he meets Pamela (Juliet Mills), the daughter of his late father's mistress. The funeral is scheduled in three days, but the bodies are stolen from the morgue, and the vintners are holding the corpses hostage until damage caused by the crash is paid. After paying up and retrieving the bodies, Wendell and Pamela enjoy a night of skinny dipping that could result in scandal but marks the beginning of their own love affair.
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The Flight of the Innocent 1992  R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Carlo Carlei
Cast: Manuel Colao, Federico Pacifici, Nicola Di Pinto, Francesca Neri, Jacques Perrin, Sal Borgese, Guisi Cataldo, Lucio Zagaria, Anita Zagaria, Massimo Lodolo, Gianfranco Barra, Giovanni Pallavicino
Young Vito (Manuel Colao) is the son of tough peasants and his father and brothers are kidnappers who currently hold the son of a rich family in custody. The innocent boy takes flight when his family is killed by a rival gang, and the chase is on as he tries to reach his Rome relatives.
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 Heaven 2002 R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tom Tykwer
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi, Remo Girone, Mattia Sbragia, Stefania Rocca, Alessandro Sperduti, Alberto Di Stasio, Giovanni Vettorazzo, Gianfranco Barra, Vincenzo Ricotta
Philippa (Cate Blanchett) detonates a bomb in an office building as her last resort to get police to arrest the man who she believes killed her husband. But the bomb kills innocent people, and Philippa is arrested. The ensuing tale revolves around her developing romance with an investigating police officer (Giovanni Ribisi).
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Screw Loose 1999  R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ezio Greggio
Cast: Ezio Greggio, Mel Brooks, Julie Condra, Gianfranco Barra, Randi Ingerman, John Karlsen, Enzo Iacchetti, Riccardo Miniggio, Claudio Parachinetto, Dario Ballantini
On his death bed, Bernardo's (Ezio Greggio) father asked his son to go to the U.S. and find the man who saved the father's life in World War II. The dutiful son finds the man, Jake (Mel Brooks), in an institution for the mentally ill. He must now contend with Jake's wildness on the trip back home. Really poor.
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| 1. Avanti! (1972)
2. The Flight of the Innocent (1992)
3. Heaven (2002)
4. Screw Loose (1999)
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