Fantozzi (film)
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Fantozzi is a 1975
cult
Italian comedy movie. It is the first film in the saga
of the unlucky Italian clerk Ugo Fantozzi, played by its creator, Paolo Villaggio
.
In the first episode, Fantozzi has a new plan to reach his office on time. He sets his alarm clock at 7:51 and tries to do everything in just a couple of seconds, so that he can get the bus at 8:00 and get in the office at 8:30. 5 seconds to wake up, 3 seconds to drink very very hot coffee and other things. But he will end up not being in time to get on the bus so he will decide to get on the bus by jumping from the balcony. He will make it, but he will end up making all the passenger which are already on the bus fall out. He will finally reach his office (on an ambulance) in time, but he will faint after reaching the stamping machine.
In the second episode, Fantozzi goes at the funeral of the mega-president of the industry (dead at age 126) After the funeral, Fantozzi asks to Miss Silvani if she would like to go out and get a drink with him. She accepts but she will end up causing troubles to him, by insulting some rude drivers who were next to them. They will beat up Fantozzi, since they think it is immoral to punch a woman. He'll end up having his car destroyed.
In third episode, Fantozzi plays in the football match organized by Filini, but the match will end up being cancelled due to torrential rain turning the playing field into a swamp. The resulting body count amounts to two deaths by heart attack in the married men's team against three casualties by drowning in the unmarried men's team.
In fourth episode, Fantozzi and Filini go out for a trip at the lake. First, they will get in trouble by filling with water an important guy's car. Then, they will get injured by fixing the tent and then they'll get lost by sailing on a bad little boat.
In fifth episode, all the company employees' children children have to go to the director's office and tell a poem they made up. Fantozzi's daughter, despite creating a very original poem, will get insulted and made fun of, cause of her terrible looks. Fantozzi, realizing what is happening, storms in and just by looking at his supposed "superiors" manages to make them stare down in shame. After wishing them "merry christmas and happy new year" in a scathing tone he leads his daughter away. When she asks him why the people were calling her "Cita" (the Italian rendition of Cheeta
's name, Tarzan
's pet monkey) he tells her a white lie pretending they were actually comparing her to Rita Hayworth
. This is one of the few episodes where we see the human and moral stature of Fantozzi.
Sixth episode. It is New Year's Eve, and Fantozzi goes to a New Year's Eve party with his colleagues. Everything is a disaster: the waiter throws every plate over Fantozzi's dress, he falls through a window during the dance and the band leader rigs the clock (he has to go to another party) and runs away at half past ten. At midnight, someone throws a heavy cooking machine over Fantozzi's car, destroying it.
1975 in film
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cult
Cult
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Italian comedy movie. It is the first film in the saga
Saga
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of the unlucky Italian clerk Ugo Fantozzi, played by its creator, Paolo Villaggio
Paolo Villaggio
Paolo Villaggio is an Italian actor, writer, director and comedian.-Life:Villaggio was born in Genoa in 1932. His jobs included being a clerk for the Italsider steel major which inspired his character "Il ragioniere Fantozzi Ugo", "the accountant Ugo Fantozzi"...
.
Plot
The movie starts with Pina, Ugo Fantozzi's wife, calling the "Italpetrolcemetermotessilfarmometalchimica" (something like "Ameripetrolcementhermotextifarmsiderchemical") industry (where her husband works) asking to see if her husband is still there, since she has not had any news about him for 18 days. They will find out that for some reason, Fantozzi got stuck inside the sealed walls of the industry's old bathrooms.In the first episode, Fantozzi has a new plan to reach his office on time. He sets his alarm clock at 7:51 and tries to do everything in just a couple of seconds, so that he can get the bus at 8:00 and get in the office at 8:30. 5 seconds to wake up, 3 seconds to drink very very hot coffee and other things. But he will end up not being in time to get on the bus so he will decide to get on the bus by jumping from the balcony. He will make it, but he will end up making all the passenger which are already on the bus fall out. He will finally reach his office (on an ambulance) in time, but he will faint after reaching the stamping machine.
In the second episode, Fantozzi goes at the funeral of the mega-president of the industry (dead at age 126) After the funeral, Fantozzi asks to Miss Silvani if she would like to go out and get a drink with him. She accepts but she will end up causing troubles to him, by insulting some rude drivers who were next to them. They will beat up Fantozzi, since they think it is immoral to punch a woman. He'll end up having his car destroyed.
In third episode, Fantozzi plays in the football match organized by Filini, but the match will end up being cancelled due to torrential rain turning the playing field into a swamp. The resulting body count amounts to two deaths by heart attack in the married men's team against three casualties by drowning in the unmarried men's team.
In fourth episode, Fantozzi and Filini go out for a trip at the lake. First, they will get in trouble by filling with water an important guy's car. Then, they will get injured by fixing the tent and then they'll get lost by sailing on a bad little boat.
In fifth episode, all the company employees' children children have to go to the director's office and tell a poem they made up. Fantozzi's daughter, despite creating a very original poem, will get insulted and made fun of, cause of her terrible looks. Fantozzi, realizing what is happening, storms in and just by looking at his supposed "superiors" manages to make them stare down in shame. After wishing them "merry christmas and happy new year" in a scathing tone he leads his daughter away. When she asks him why the people were calling her "Cita" (the Italian rendition of Cheeta
Cheeta
Cheeta is a chimpanzee character appearing in numerous Hollywood Tarzan movies of the 1930s–1960s as well as the 1966–1968 television series, as the ape sidekick of the title character, Tarzan...
's name, Tarzan
Tarzan
Tarzan is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungles by the Mangani "great apes"; he later experiences civilization only to largely reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer...
's pet monkey) he tells her a white lie pretending they were actually comparing her to Rita Hayworth
Rita Hayworth
Rita Hayworth was an American film actress and dancer who attained fame during the 1940s as one of the era's top stars...
. This is one of the few episodes where we see the human and moral stature of Fantozzi.
Sixth episode. It is New Year's Eve, and Fantozzi goes to a New Year's Eve party with his colleagues. Everything is a disaster: the waiter throws every plate over Fantozzi's dress, he falls through a window during the dance and the band leader rigs the clock (he has to go to another party) and runs away at half past ten. At midnight, someone throws a heavy cooking machine over Fantozzi's car, destroying it.