Avanti!
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Actor: Edward Andrews, Francesco Angrisano, Gianfranco Barra, Giselda Castrini, Janet AgrenBrand: Avanti
Cinematographer: Luigi Kuveiller
Composer: Carlo Rustichelli
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 144 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-07-15
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Avanti!
Movie Review: Another sweet & smart Wilder/Lemmon collaboration
Summary: 5 Stars
I didn't see "Avanti!" until 2008, when I caught it as it aired on a premium cable channel. Although it was late, and I SHOULD have been asleep, I was enchanted by the film, just as I always have been by "The Apartment." Tonight, I found the DVD at the unbelievable price of $4.99! It was more unbelievable because the store carrying it is ALWAYS overpriced (think one of the two national book/music/video chains). Regardless, if you love romantic comedies, this is one of the sexiest & most intelligent ones out there.
Summary of Avanti!
Wendell goes to italy to pick up his fathers body after an automobile accident. He soon finds that his self-righteous elderly father had been having an affair with pamilas mother for the past 10 years and were known as the model romantic couple at the hotel. Studio: Tcfhe/mgm Release Date: 01/25/2005 Starring: Jack Lemmon Juliet Mills Run time: 126 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Billy WilderThe complete obscurity of Avanti! is a cinematic injustice that needs to be rectified. Jack Lemmon and director Billy Wilder made their share of hits together (Some Like It Hot and The Apartment, for starters), but this wry, melancholy comedy was completely out of touch with its time (which recalls a Wilder one-liner from the '70s: "Who the hell would want to be in touch with these times?"). It may have flopped badly in 1972, but it wears well in retrospect. Lemmon plays a jerk American businessman called to Italy to pick up the body of his father, who died while enjoying a secret (and, it turns out, annual) liaison with a mistress. With the help of a delightful Englishwoman (Juliet Mills) who happens to be the daughter of the "other woman," Lemmon finds himself stepping in a few of Dad's footsteps, and falling under the sway of the beguiling Italian atmosphere. A very leisurely movie, but that's part of its effect. Clive Revill delivers a gem of a performance as a heroic hotel manager, and Juliet Mills (sister of Hayley, daughter of Oscar-winner John) had her finest screen hour here. As a director, Wilder spent much of his early career camouflaging his romantic streak under a cynical front; here, despite many acerbic touches and the presence of death as the central plot device, the romance is in full flower under the rich Italian sun. --Robert Horton
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