Avanti
Also within the knowledge and sponsorship of the island through the location is also important to mention the movie "Avanti" or " Che cosa è successo tra mio padre e tua madre" made in '72 and directed by Billy Wilder, who chose Ischia for his film, tells the story of a wealthy businessman in Baltimore go to Ischia to recover the body of his father and discovers, with great surprise, that he died in the arms of his mistress, whom he met regularly for ten years during his holidays. On site there is also the daughter of the woman who has a less moralistic attitude towards the two lovers than man's. But the warmth and Mediterranean Eden appear in a disarming clarity, which turns slowly in a liberating sense, adventurous and pay existence, the only solution to defeat the holes blacks of human destiny. The film is presented as a self-mocking portrait of what Americans see the soul Mediterranean, and especially in Europe. Ischia became the location for the description of adultery "therapeutic", a place where you can relax and enjoy life. The church of Soccorso turns to the morgue where the employee is Pippo Franco, dealing with forms and stamps. It was also used the port of Ischia for the landing of a helicopter. Other sequences were shot in Sant'Angelo, Monte Vico where was taken up the entire landscape of Lacco Ameno, Ischia Ponte, the port and along the main road that leads to Forio.
- Title AVANTI
- Release date(s) 1972, USA
- Genre ROMANCE FILM
- Running time 146 Min
- Based on THE COMEDY "AVANTI" BY SAMUEL A. TAYLOR
- Production MIRISCH CORPORATION - PEA (ROMA)
- Direction BILLY WILDER
- Starring: Jack Lemmon, Juliette Mills, Pippo Franco
- Photography: Luigi Kuveiller
- Musci: Carlo Rustichelli
Plot
Wendell Ambruster junior, an industrialist of 42 years, is the island of Ischia to pick up the body of his father, Wendell Ambruster senior expert in an accident, and bring it to America where he prepares a grand funeral. During the trip to Ischia and then met Pamela Piggott, a plump London woman, came to pick up the corpse of her mother, Catherine, who was for years (without even she knows) lover of Wendell senior and perished with him. The exasperating bureaucratic delays are further complicated by the disappearance of the bodies by the family as ransom Trotta claiming compensation for accident damaged the vineyard. Solves all the hotel manager, Carlo Carlucci, man sailed and of inexhaustible resources. More blackmail weaves Bruno, the waiter who wants a visa to the U.S. in exchange for compromising photographs of the dead lovers, and then on other identical situations junior Wendell and Pamela, the two, in fact, after quarrels and fights, they repeat the same as the each of the parents. Bruno is killed by the Sicilian maid Anna that he got her pregnant. There comes a diplomat, brother of the deceased, to ... release the body, but it is to Bruno, because the two lovers dead lie down together on the island, while the living come together for your next holiday.
Ischia operazione amore
"Ischia operazione amore" film shot in Ischia in '66, directed by Vittorio Sala, was important for the onset of the comedians Ric and Gian. For this film was put much emphasis on the interpretation of Walter Chiari, a close friend of Rizzoli, who had made his film debut in the late '40s, while Peppino De Filippo was relegated to the background. This is the plot of stories set in Ischia with a Peppino De Filippo in the role of a manager of board. Walter Chiari is instead a famous football player and Tony Renis, plays the role of a mastermind. The scenes are set also in Lacco Ameno, where the "Regina Isabella" houses Walter Chiari. Ric and Gian seduce a girl with a handkerchief in the enchanting scenery of Sant'Angelo, the Soccorso of Forio, such as the Torre Guevara at Ischia as a background for the first phase of falling between two young people.
- Title ISCHIA, OPERAZIONE AMORE
- Release date(s) 1966
- Genre COMEDY
- Running time 86 Min
- Production RIZZOLI FILM, LUIGI ROVERE PER LA CINELUXOR
- Direction VITTORIO SALA
- Starring: Hélène Chanel, Alberto Cevenini, Walter Chiari, Umberto D'Orsi, Peppino De Filippo, Ermelinda De Felice
- Photography: Aldo Giordani
- Editing: Tatiana Casini Morigi
- Music: Roberto Nicolosi
Plot
The film is made up of some of the events which run parallel and intertwine sometimes their plot. Main characters are: Capatosta Gennaro, owner of an inn whose main attraction is the special attention which they are made subject to the elderly and moneyed customers by the son of the owner, Peppiniello, who, however, against the fatherly exhortations, prefers to order to devote his time to his young wife. Then there is Enrico Tremalaterra, a football player athletically unusable now, he can sign a contract with a business woman, Flavia Petrazzi, when she realizes that she had been cheated, Tremalaterra forces to deal with commitments of eve other kind. Finally Frida, a German girl kept by a wealthy Sicilian nobleman, who finds a way to betray the protector with Mark, a young extravagant inventor.
Caccia alla volpe
Else isolate, repeatedly used for filming, is the village of Sant'Angelo, a lovely site by Mediterranean colors, the houses huddled together, animated streets until late at night and sent a promontory that rises in sea just a few meters from the village, as can be seen in the movie "Caccia alla volpe". And then there is the legendary Fungo, symbol of Lacco Ameno. The ancient tufa rock, called by the ancients "the rock of the mullet", due to its particular shape appeared several times in the film Cineriz, and can be counted among the island’s most famous icons worldwide.
- Title CACCIA ALLA VOLPE
- Release date(s) 1966
- Genre COMEDY
- Running time 103 Min
- Based on A COMEDY BY NEIL SIMON
- Production MONTORO, CINECITTA', NANCY ENTERPRISES INC.
- Direction VITTORIO DE SICA
- Starring: Peter Sellers, Victor Mature, Britt Ekland
- Photography: Leonida Barboni
- Editing: Russell Lloyd, Adriana Novelli
- Music: Piero Piccioni, Burt Bacharach
Plot
To Cairo was stolen a large quantity of gold and the Interpol thinks he can recover controlling the only person who may be interested in the experience and cunning way to introduce in Italy the gold bars, known as "The Fox". He, who in prison has been appointed by the organizer of the coup to transfer the gold, when he learns that his sister Gina is very attached to which is not leading a virtuous life, decides to escape and went to Rome. But Gina is simply taking part in the shooting of a film and his brother took the opportunity to seize the material recovery and organize themselves for the landing of gold. He went to Sevalio (S. Angelo d'Ischia), a small fishing village, posing as the director Fabrizi, gets the participation of the star is no longer young Tony Powell will ensure the support of the corporal who acts as a force in public country and start shooting a film comprising the chaotic scene of the landing gold in Cairo. But Interpol closing just Sevalio, so all the participants in the film end up in court and the Fox returned to prison except for rievaderne in the spring. The local newspaper Chronicles of the two gulfs (No. 7/1965) it reads: "The square of the village of Sant'Angelo is bustling in these days. It turns, in fact, most of the exterior shots of the movie "Caccia alla volpe" (the title is metaphorical) produced by Montoro Film directed by Vittorio De Sica. Just a short wlak from the sea arose, as if by magic, the church and the town hall of an imaginary country Sevalio".
Eighteen in the sun
“Eighteen in the sun”, Film made in '62 by Camillo Mastrocinque, shows the island with the means used by Rizzoli. The plot is simple; young people come to the island for a weekend, and take the opportunity to conquer. What better way to show the beauty of the island.
- Title EIGHTEEN IN THE SUN
- Release date(s) 1962
- Genre COMEDY
- Running time 92 Min
- Production DDL
- Direction CAMILLO MASTROCINQUE
- Photography: Riccardo Pallottini, Gastone Di Giovanni
- Editing: Gisa Radicchi Levi
- Music: Ennio Morricone
Plot
Three young: Lello, Nanni, Nicola come to the island for a vacation. They join to a group already present on the site and is working tirelessly to conquer the hearts of women. Niola falls in love, thanks to the coincidence of a name identical to a French girl. Lello, to woo a beautiful German girl, attends a local young man, Vania, which gives German lessons. Nanni, to reach the inaccessible island beauty of Franca, pretends to be an escaped convict from the prison of Procida. The engagement of Nicola with the same name and brogues Lello with the beautiful German teacher crown the short vacation. Nanni will be abandoned by Franca, when this fraud will be discovered.
Cleopatra
In this epic film Ischia offers its imposing castle as a backdrop for the battle of Anzio, but no text is cited Ischia as location, all the literature that deals with this film tends to highlight the history of production, leading to the replacement directed by Rouben Mamoulian already started in London and completed in Rome by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Probably come to the island for the filming is due to Giovanni Messina, who was then responsible for the organization of the film. He had the task of helping the directors to overcome the various obstacles, such as obtaining permits, select the extras and treat props. When was shot "Cleopatra", he was asked to find photos of the island, and he sent them to Rome, where was shooting the film, the director who wanted fascinating then come to Ischia to keep shooting. The success of the film, although huge, was not enough to cover the entire expenditure, and to no avail, the nine Academy Award nominations, and four awards (photography, set design, costumes, special effects), the Fox failed to avoid bankruptcy.
- Title CLEOPATRA
- Release date(s) 1963
- Genre Historical
- Running time 243 Min
- Based on WORKS BY: PLUTARCO, SVETONIO - APPIANO
- Production WALTER WANGER PER TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX
- Direction JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ
- Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison
- Photography: Leon Shamroy
- Editing: Dorothy Spencer, Elmo Williams
- Music: Alex North
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