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Ciao maschio (1978)
Country of Origin: Italy/France
Year of Production: 1978
Running Times: 110 mins
Format: Eastmancolor 35mm
Ratio: 1.75:1
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Companies: 18 Decembre/Action Films/Prospectacle
Executive Producer: Jacqueline Ferreri
Producer: Maurice Bernart
Producers For Action Films: Yves Gasser, Yves Peyrot
Producer For 18 Dicembre S.r.l.: Giorgio Nocella
Production Managers: Roberto Giussani, Bernard Lorain
SCRIPT
Script: Rafael Azcona, Gérard Brach, Marco Ferreri
Adaptation: Gérard Brach, Marco Ferreri
Idea: Marco Ferreri
DIRECTION
Director: Marco Ferreri
Assistant Director: Monty Diamond
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Luciano Tovoli
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Ruggero Mastroianni
MUSIC
Music: Philippe Sarde
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Giovanni Corridori
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Dante Ferretti
Set Decorator: Bruno Cesari
LOCATIONS
Locations: New York City, New York, USA
CAST
Gérard Depardieu (Gerard Lafayette)
Marcello Mastroianni (Luigi Nocello)
James Coco (Andreas Flaxman)
Geraldine Fitzgerald (Mrs Toland)
Gail Lawrence (Angelica)
Stefania Casini
Francesca De Sapio
Mimsy Farmer
Avon Long (Miko
Nathalie Bernart
Sandra Monteleoni
Enrico Blasi
Anselma Dell'Ollo
Luciano Pallocchia
Achille Antonaglia
Rosa Maria Calogero
Mario Dardanelli
PLOT SUMMARY
In a near future New York, a lethal virus has wiped out hundreds of
thousands of people. Lafayette, a Frenchman living in the city, makes
a living in the strangest ways imaginable and his only real friend is
a monkey. And then he finds the rotting body of a giant ape...
AVAILABILITY
France
Theatrical Distributors: Gaumont
USA
DVD Distributor: Image Entertainment (ID 4776 SIDVD)
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Finland
Rating: K-18
Sweden
Rating: 15
AWARDS
1978
Cannes Film Festival, France
Grand Prize of the Jury (Marco Ferreri) – winner (tied
with The Shout (1978))
Golden Palm (Marco Ferreri) - nominated
TIMELINE
1978
February
23: Italy - passed by the ratings board
24: Italy - theatrical release
May
Day Unknown: France – world premiere at the Cannes Film
Festival
24: France – theatrical release
September
8: Finland – theatrical release
23: Sweden – theatrical release
1979
April
20: West Germany - theatrical release
1999
April
6: USA - DVD release (Image Entertainment (ID 4776 SIDVD))
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Adeus Macho - Portugese title
Adiós al macho - Spanish title
Affentraum - West German title
Alaston serkku - Finnish title
Apans dröm - Swedish title
Bye Bye Monkey
Rêve de singe
LINKS
SEE ALSO
King Kong (1976)
KEYWORDS
apes, the future, monkeys, new york, viruses, rape
Last Updated:
15 October, 2008
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