Il silenzio dei prosciutti (1994)

Country of Origin: Italy / USA
Year of Production: 1994
Running Times: 81 mins
Format: colour
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: Ultra Stereo

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Silvio Berlusconi Communications / Thirtieth Century Wolf
Producers: Julie Corman, Ezio Greggio
European Unit Producer: Luca Oddo
Executive Producer: Ezio Greggio
Unit Production Manager: Whitney P. Hunter
Production Coordinator: Cari Schaeffler
Assistant Production Coordinator: Amanda Scarano

SCRIPT
Script: Ezio Greggio

DIRECTION
Director: Ezio Greggio
1st Assistant Director: Alexis Cahill
2nd Assistant Directors: Franklin A. Vallette, William Paul Clark
2nd 2nd Assistant Director: Marco Black
2nd Unit Assistant Director: Carter Peabody

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Jacques Haitkin
2nd Unit Director of Photography: James McCalmont
1st Assistant Camera: Jeff Cutter
2nd Assistant Camera: Lawrence Shen
2nd Unit Assistant Camera: Laurent Soriano
Camera Loaders: Amy Schulenberg, Jason Fabbro
Gaffer: Ken Wheeland
2nd Unit Gaffer: Gus Oliva
Electricians: Jason Elias, Roberto M. Sifuentes,Taylor Evan Sparks, Thomas M. Dangcil
Best Boy Electric: Eric S. Foster
Key Grip: Richard Franchot
2nd Unit Key Grip: Robert Oliva
Grips: Brett Losner, Hector Rivera, Nicholas Franchot, Von Deming
Best Boy Grip: Craig Delaney
Stills: David Goldner
Video Playback Operator: Phil Russman
Colour Timer: Jim Williams

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editors: Robert Barrere, Andy Horvitch
Additional Editor: Clark Henderson
1st Assistant Editor: Robert Lattanzio
Assistant Editors: Dana Mazzola, Jason Rosenbaum, Lori Ball
Digital Editing Assistant: Scott W. Anderson
Apprentice Editors: Carrie Nasanchuk, Nicole Barbere, Roger Roth, Ruth Larkin
Post-Production Supervisor: Isabel Henderson
Negative Cutter: David Parmenter

MUSIC
Music: Parmer Fuller

SOUND
Sound Mixer: James R. Einolf
Boom Operator: Rocky Quiroz
Re-Recording Mixers: Richard D. Rogers, Robert Glass
Supervising Sound Editor: Mark Friedgen
Dialogue Editors: Bill Bell, David C. Eichhorn
ADR Editor: Kristi Johns
Sound Effects Editors: Bob Costanza, Mike Dickeson, Richard S. Steele
Assistant Sound Effects Editors: Gary Shinkle, Marc Van Der Nagel, Sue Jesse
Foley Artists: Jill Schachne, Tim Chilton
Stereo Sound Consultant: Brian Slack
Re-Recording Facilities: Ryder Sound Services Inc
Sound Editing: Echo Film Services Inc

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Michele Bloom
Assistant Make Up: Elizabeth Barczewska
Hair: Michele Bloom
Assistant Hair: Elizabeth Barczewska
Costume Designer: Leesa Evans
Costume Supervisor: Allyson Brown
Set Costumer: Dana Kay Hart

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Effects Supervisor: David P. Barton
Special Make Up Effects: Bernard Eichholz, Brad Krisko, Brian Sipe, Dan Rebert, David Greathouse, Hal Jahlikakik, Jimmy Chonga, Jordu Schell, Karin Hanson, Michael Dudley, Michelle Barton, Mich'l Rios, Rick Lalonde, Yolanda Squatpump

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Coordinator: John C. Hartigan
Special Effects Assistant: David Waine
Pyrotechnician: Paul Hickerson

VISUAL EFFECTS
Title Designer: Ernest D. Farino
Opticals: Motion Opticals Inc

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: James William Newport
Art Director: Russell J. Smith
Set Decorator: Natalie Pope
On-Set Dresser: Regina Lee Herve
Construction Coordinator: Robert E. Lee
Storyboard Artist: Ubaldo Stella
Art Department Assistants: Erin Riordan, Pacharee Newport
Lead Men: Mona Personius, Robert Thomas
Swing Gang: Leon Martell, Thomas Ruble

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisors: Angela Vivo, Gina Michel
2nd Unit Script Supervisor: Manolita Cipparrone
Production Assistant: Megan Knapp
Key Set Production Assistant: David Lomard
Set Production Assistant: Marc Salter
Assistant to Ezio Greggio and Julie Corman: Michelle McManus
Assistant to Ezio Greggio: Johanna Stein
Transportation Coordinator: John W. Barbee
Choreographer: Stephanie Dizon
Craft Service: Brenda Syrnes
Catering: Savage Parties
Head Animal Trainer: Brian McMillan
Extras Coordinator: Joe Rice

LOCATIONS
Location Manager: Amanda Gill

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Gary Morgan
Stunts: Bruce Paul Barbour, Sandy Berumen, Brad Bovee, Alex Daniels, Chris Doyle, Greg Elam, George Fisher, Dick Hancock, Larry Holt, Terry Jackson, Loren Janes, Rosemary Johnston, Barbara Klein, Randy Lamb, Steve Lambert, Tom Morga, Roger Morgan, Carol Neilson, Jimmy Ortega, Tricia Peters, Sherry Peterson, J.P. Romano, Tom Rosales, Debby Lynn Ross, Birgit Schier, Jeff Smolek, Tony Snegoff, Brian Williams, Gerard Williams, Bob Yerkes

CASTING
Casting: Craig Campobasso
Extras Casting: Charles Matthews

CAST
Ezio Greggio (Antonio Motel)
Dom DeLuise (Dr Animal Cannibal Pizza)
Billy Zane (FBI Agent Jo Dee Fostar)
Joanna Pacula (Lily Wine)
Charlene Tilton (Jane Wine)
Martin Balsam (Detective Martin Balsam)
Stuart Pankin (Inspector Pete Putrid)
John Astin (the ranger)
Phyllis Diller (old secretary)
Bubba Smith (Olaf)
Larry Storch (the sergeant)
Rip Taylor (Mr Laurel)
Shelley Winters (Mrs Motel)
Nedra Volz (the ranger's wife)
Rosey Brown (motorcycle cop)
Henry Silva (police chief)
Marshall Bell (cross-dressing agent)
Lee Allan (agent 1)
Sal Landi (agent 2)
John Roarke (Ex-President George Bush)
Pat Rick (President Bill Clinton)
Tony Cox (dwarf guard)
Joe Dante (the dying man)
John Carpenter (trenchcoat man / the gimp)
Irwin Keyes (guard)
Jeff Bright (the mummy)
Kimber Sissons (push-up lady)
Eddie Deezen (video cameraman)
Kenneth Davitian (Luciano Pavarotti)
Peter DeLuise (checkout guard)
Rudy De Luca (Malicious Mel)
Lynn Shirey (1st Lady Hillary Clinton)
John Landis (FBI agent)
David DeLuise (policeman 1)
John Fadule (policeman 2)
Al Ruscio (Phillip Morris)
Dom Irrera (gas station attendant)
Lance Kinsey (interrogating officer 1)
Jeff Weston (agent)
Shelly Desai (Trick)
Seifullah Ziyad II (Michael Jackson)
Lonnie Burr (drunk)
Debra Christofferson (misery woman)
Linda Lutz (housedress woman)
Heather Elizabeth Parkhurst (beautiful woman)
Jim Maniaci (rape culturist 1)
Manny Molina (rape culturist 2)
Raymond Serra (agent prostitute 1)
Robert Muse (agent prostitute 2)
Daniel McVicar (forensics expert)
Lana Schwab (nurse)
Wilhelm von Homburg (maitre d')
Matteo Molinari (bellboy)
Rino Piccolo (ambulance driver)
Mel Brooks (guest checking out - uncredited)

PLOT SUMMARY

FBI agent Jo Dee Fostar is pursuing the notorious Psycho Killer, with over 120 kills to his name already. Fostar consults caged murderer Dr Animal Cannibal Pizza while his girlfriend Jane Wine makes off with $400,000 stolen from her boss. She winds up at the Cemetery Motel, stranded in a storm, where she meets the mother-fixated owner Antonio Motel who may be more than he seems...

AVAILABILITY

Spain
Theatrical Distributors: Laurenfilm S.A.

USA
Theatrical Distributors: October Films

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Australia
Rating: M

Canada
Rating: 14A

South Korea
Rating: 18

Spain
Rating: 13

UK
Rating: 15

USA
Rating: R

TIMELINE

1994
July
13: France – theatrical release
20: Spain – theatrical release

1995
January
31: USA - video release

1996
August
16: UK – theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

När skinkorna tystnar - Swedish title
Das Schweigen der Hammel - German title
Le silence des jambons - French title
The Silence of the Hams – UK / US title
El silencio de los borregos - Spanish title
O Silêncio dos Culpados - Portugese title
Tacerea pieilor - Romanian title
Tuhrihampaat - Finnish title

LINKS

SEE ALSO
The Addams Family (1964)
Basic Instinct (1992)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Dracula (1992)
Misery (1990)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
Psycho (1960)
RoboCop (1987)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Star Wars (1977)
Thriller (1983)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

The European Film Review no.1 (Spring / Summer 1994) p.18 (UK)
illustrated credits, article

KEYWORDS

fbi, motels, serial killers, spoofs

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008