A spasso nel tempo
A spasso nel tempo (lit. 'Getting around in time') is a 1996 Italian science fiction adventure comedy film directed by Carlo Vanzina.[1][2][3]
| A spasso nel tempo | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Carlo Vanzina |
| Produced by | Aurelio De Laurentiis |
| Written by | Carlo Vanzina Enrico Vanzina |
| Starring | Christian De Sica Massimo Boldi Dean Jones |
| Music by | Manuel De Sica |
| Cinematography | Gianlorenzo Battaglia |
| Edited by | Sergio Montanari |
| Distributed by | Filmauro |
Release date | 13 December 1996 |
Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
The film is included in the Italian sub-genre of cinepanettoni. According to Adam O'Leary, A spasso nel tempo and its sequel are «farcical elaborations of the Back to the Future films which riff on schoolbook history and on film and television culture».[4]
Plot
Two Italian families meet in Universal Pictures' amusement park. Ascanio is an enriched Roman peasant, who immediately goes into battle with the Milanese Walter Colombo, manager of a cinema. When the two families have to take the joust of Professor Mortimer's "Machine of Time", the machine jams right when Ascanio and Walter get on board. The two are sent in the Prehistoric era, and Professor Mortimer tries in every way to bring them back in the present era, making the two enemies a journey in all the eras of Time.
Cast
- Christian De Sica as Ascanio Colonna
- Massimo Boldi as Walter Colombo
- Dean Jones as Professor Mortimer / Joe
- Marco Messeri as Lorenzo il Magnifico
- Ela Weber as Natasha
- Veronica Logan as Michaela
- Brando De Sica as Aspreno Colonna
- Virginie Marsan as Giusy
- Erica Beltrami as Gina
- Gea Martire as Rosanna
- Manuela Arcuri as young Rosanna
Release
A sequel entitled A spasso nel tempo – L'avventura continua was released in 1997.
References
- Roberto Chiti; Enrico Lancia (2001). "A spasso nel tempo". Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. 6. Rome: Gremese Editore. pp. 76–77.
- "Morto Dean Jones, protagonista della serie "Un Maggiolino tutto matto"". la Repubblica. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- "È morto Dean Jones, il pilota del "Maggiolino tutto matto"". La Stampa. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- Alan O'Leary (2013). "On the Complexity of the Cinepanettone". In Louis Bayman; Sergio Rigoletto (eds.). Popular Italian Cinema. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137305657.