| Uno strano tipo | |
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| Directed by | Lucio Fulci |
| Screenplay by |
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| Story by | Vittorio Metz[1] |
| Starring | Adriano Celentano |
| Cinematography | Guglielmo Mancori[1] |
| Edited by | Ornella Micheli[2] |
Production company | Giovanni Addessi Produzione Cinematografica S.p.A. |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes[1] |
| Country | Italy |
| Box office | ITA 87 million |
Una strano tipo (lit. 'A Strange Type') is a 1963 Italian musicarello directed by Lucio Fulci. The film stars musician Adriano Celentano as himself. Celentano arrives in a small town on vacation when he finds that everyone in town hates him. He soon finds out a local troublemaker named Peppino is a lookalike and has been claiming to be the famous singer.[1]
The film was the third of Fulci's musical films and feature Celentano. It grossed a total of 87 million Italian lire on its domestic release in Italy.
Cast
- Adriano Celentano as himself and Peppino
- Claudia Mori as Carmelina
- Donatella Turi as Manuela Mazzolani
- Luigi Pavese as Mazzolani
- Carlo Campanini as a monk
- Giacomo Furia as a hotel manager
Production
Uno strano tipo was an Italian production from Giovanni Addessi Produzione Cinematografica S.p.A..[1] The film was shot in Amalfi.[3] Like Fulci's earlier films Ragazzi del Juke-Box (1959) and Urlatori alla sbarra (1960), Uno strano tipo was a musicarello.[4] The musicarello was a short-lived cycle of musical films produced primarily between 1958 and 1971, which were primarily targeted to audiences in their late teens and early 20s. [5]
Adriano Celentano performs in the film, as he had for Fulci's previous films Ragazzi del Juke-Box and Urlatori alla sbarra.[6] Celentano performs as himself and a buffonnish double in the film.[7] On set, Celentano met Claudia Mori and were married the next year.[7]
Release
Uno strano tipo was released in Bari, Italy on March 6, 1963.[1] It was next shown at the Bordighera Festival Internazionale del Film Comico e Umoristico, which ran from March 10 to 19 in 1963.[7] It was later released in Turin on April 4 and Rome on July 27, 1963.[1] It grossed a total of 87 million Italian lire domestically in Italy.[8]
It was released in the United States in Chicago on May 18, 1965, and Philadelphia on October 3, 1965. It was shown at two cinemas that specialized in films for Italian-American audiences.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Thrower 2018, p. 66.
- ^ ANICA.
- ^ Stamp Sera 1964, p. 11.
- ^ Thrower 2018, p. 57.
- ^ Hotz 2017, p. 64.
- ^ Thrower 2018, p. 57-58.
- ^ a b c Thrower 2018, p. 67.
- ^ Grainger & Thrower 2002, p. 273.
Sources
- "Uno strano tipo (1963)" (in Italian). ANICA. Archived from the original on April 8, 2020. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
- "Mistero nel clan Celentano: chi e la cantante invisibile?" [Mystery in the Celentano clan: who is the invisible singer?]. Stampa Sera (in Italian). April 28, 1964. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
- Grainger, Julian; Thrower, Stephen (2002) [May 1999]. "The Films of Lucio Fulci". Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci (2nd ed.). England, United Kingdom: Fab Press (published December 2002). ISBN 0-9529260-6-7.
- Hotz, Stephanie (September 2017). "Rita Pavone's Musicarelli: Rethinking Genre and (Young) Women's Representation". gender/sexuality/italy. Dickinson College. doi:10.15781/15mp-cp95. ISSN 2470-2684.
- Thrower, Stephen (2018) [May 1999]. Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci (Revised & Expanded Second ed.). England, United Kingdom: Fab Press (published February 2018). ISBN 978-1-903254-90-5.
External links
- Uno strano tipo at IMDb
