After the Fox (1966)
After the Fox (1966)
A Film by Vittorio De Sica
DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Cover | 01:43:26 | 4,32 Gb
Audio: English, French, Spanish - AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps (each track) | Subs: English, French, Spanish
Genre: Comedy, Crime
A Film by Vittorio De Sica
DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Cover | 01:43:26 | 4,32 Gb
Audio: English, French, Spanish - AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps (each track) | Subs: English, French, Spanish
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Peter Sellers plays Aldo Vanucci (aka the Fox), one of the greatest criminals of the world, and master of disguise. After Aldo escapes from the Italian prison he was held in, he meets again with his friends, and plans to retrieve the "gold of Cairo" a large shipment of gold, that waits to be unloaded somewhere in Italy. Aldo devices the perfect plan. Posing as a famous director, he finds the ideal coastal village to unload the shipment, and persuades the entire population that he has chosen their village as the set for his new movie. Everybody, including the idiot chief of the local police is so excited, that they can't even imagine that in fact they are helping the Fox to get the "gold of Cairo"…
IMDB
This is actually my favorite Peter Sellers film, and my favorite Neil Simon script, though I suppose I'm in the minority there. I just love it to pieces, though, and re-watch it at least once a year. Sellers as thief in prison, as devoted son and stern brother, as American tourist, and especially as a Felliniesque film director–it's just terrific stuff, he is so pricelessly funny, and yet there is somehow a little less of him and more of a script than there is in the Blake Edwards films, which is why I think I like it better. And I do think Victor Mature is marvelous in it too, with a touching wistfulness underneath all the vain posturing. Ditto the chief of police. The sets are fabulous too, and so is the Bacharach music, much of it deliciously cheerfully Italianate but also the wonderfully catchy main title sung by Sellers himself with the Hollies (that would be Graham Nash later of Crosby, Stills and Nash).
There are certain things about the film that remind me of The Producers, though the comedy style is not quite the same. But anyway, not to be missed!IMDB Reviewer,
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After the Fox (1966)
Most avid fans of Italian cinema may already be familiar with such Vittorio De Sica classics as The Bicycle Thief (1948), Miracle in Milan (1951) and The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1971). In stark contrast to those, After the Fox (1966) is an anomaly in De Sica's career - a comedy starring Peter Sellers, then at the height of his international career. Sellers plays "the Fox," a somewhat inept character reminiscent of the famous Inspector Clouseau of the Pink Panther comedies.
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An incompetent thief, "the Fox" breaks out of jail to arrange for the transfer of $3 million in gold from Cairo to Rome. Hiding in various disguises (prison doctor, Italian policeman, New Wave film director, to name a few), Fox cooks up a plan to "film" a movie in which the gold is transferred in a "scene." He crosses paths with an aging star played by none other than Victor Mature, who came out of retirement to poke fun at his own screen persona.
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In an odd twist of casting, Britt Ekland, the Swedish model and ingenue, plays Fox's sister, donning a brunette wig to play an Italian. Sellers was responsible for the hiring of Ekland, who was then the second Mrs. Sellers. The final swingin' '60s touch is provided by Burt Bacharach's irresistible score featuring a duet between the Hollies and Peter Sellers on the theme song.
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Unfortunately, during the filming Sellers was neurotic and unpredictable. Days after production began, he tried to have De Sica removed from the picture and argued constantly with Ekland. One evening, he even threw a chair at Ekland, who took temporary refuge in the rented home of Neil Simon, who was responsible for the screenplay of After the Fox.
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Simon later recalled his screenwriting debut as an experience reminiscent of a Marx Brothers comedy and has acknowledged that the film retains a "cult" following. As Simon notes in his autobiography, De Sica always began shooting late in the day and had a penchant for phoning the local casino to place bets. He and his Italian crew also entertained a host of superstitions on the set – at one point, when a frustrated Mature threw his script into the ocean, a priest was summoned to bless the soggy sheets.
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After the Fox takes its place among the unofficial genre of wacky '60s comedies (such as Candy, 1968; The Magic Christian, 1969; Skidoo, 1968) that feature an unlikely combination of director, actors and offbeat storyline. The results make for a unique, if bizarre, testament to the melting pot that was '60s culture.
After the Fox (1966)
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