I'm for the Hippopotamus
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![]() Italian theatrical release poster by Renato Casaro | |
Directed by | Italo Zingarelli |
Written by | Barbara Alberti Italo Zingarelli |
Produced by | |
Starring | Terence Hill Bud Spencer Joe Bugner |
Cinematography | Aiace Parolin |
Edited by | |
Music by | |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
I'm for the Hippopotamus (Italian: Io sto con gli ippopotami) is a 1979 Italian adventure-comedy film directed by Italo Zingarelli and starring Terence Hill and Bud Spencer.[1]
Plot[]
Two men engage in a semi-friendly rivalry at the beginning of the film. Hill's character occasionally ruins the other's hunting safaris. It turns out that Spencer's character is none too honest, either, since he gives his tourists rifles loaded with blanks so they can't hurt each other or the animals. The two have to team up to stop a villain, with plenty of comedy, eating, and mild violence.
Cast[]
- Terence Hill as Slim
- Bud Spencer as Tom
- Joe Bugner as Ormond
- as Mama Leone
- as Stella (Slim's lady-love)
- Malcolm Kirk as Ormond's bald henchman
- as Jason
- as Trixie, Ormond's short henchman
- Johan Naude
- as Police Captain, arresting Slim and Tom
- Mike Schutte as Ormond's henchman (German version: Lumpi)
- as Ormond's henchman with moustache (German version: Kopf, wie 'n Hauklotz)
- as Senghor (Stella's father)
Soundtrack[]
As with many other Spencer & Hill films, its soundtrack and theme song "Grau Grau Grau" (both composed and performed by Walter Rizzati, with Spencer himself providing lead vocals on the song) became very popular in Italy at the time of the film's release, and are still popular among the duo's international fan base.
References[]
- ^ Morandini, Laura; Morandini, Luisa; Morandini, Morando (2010). Il Morandini 2011. Dizionario dei film. Bologna: Zanichelli. ISBN 9788808227225.
External links[]
- 1979 films
- Italian-language films
- 1970s adventure comedy films
- Italian adventure comedy films
- Italian films
- Terence Hill and Bud Spencer
- Films directed by Italo Zingarelli
- Films shot in South Africa
- Films about hunters
- 1979 comedy films
- 1970s Italian comedy film stubs
- Adventure film stubs