Speedy Gonzales - noin 7 veljeksen poika
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Speedy Gonzales - noin 7 veljeksen poika (Speedy Gonzales - The son of about seven brothers) (1970) is a Finnish western
comedy
directed by Ere Kokkonen
, and written by Kokkonen with Spede Pasanen
and Vesa-Matti Loiri
. The title refers to Pasanen's 1968 film Noin seitsemän veljestä
, though the movie does not otherwise link to it in any way.
The basic premise of the movie is to poke fun at the conventions and clichés of spaghetti western
s, which is accomplished by the juxtaposition of serious elements with the parody that Pasanen was famous for. The resulting film is considered both a tribute and a mockery of westerns as a whole.
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
directed by Ere Kokkonen
Ere Kokkonen
Erkki Olavi "Ere" Kokkonen , born in Savonlinna, was a Finnish film director.He worked closely with Spede Pasanen all the way from the 1960s until Spede's death, as a director and also a writer....
, and written by Kokkonen with Spede Pasanen
Spede Pasanen
Pertti Olavi "Spede" Pasanen was a Finnish film director and producer, comedian, humorist, inventor, TV personality and practitioner of gags....
and Vesa-Matti Loiri
Vesa-Matti Loiri
Vesa-Matti "Vesku" Loiri is a Finnish actor, musician and comedian, best known for his role as Uuno Turhapuro, whom he portrayed in a total of 20 movies between the years 1973 and 2004....
. The title refers to Pasanen's 1968 film Noin seitsemän veljestä
Noin seitsemän veljestä
Noin seitsemän veljestä is a 1968 comedy by Spede Pasanen. The film is a loose parody of the Robin Hood story and also stars a take on the inventor Leonardo DaVinci. The film's cast is composed of Pasanen's stock actors...
, though the movie does not otherwise link to it in any way.
The basic premise of the movie is to poke fun at the conventions and clichés of spaghetti western
Spaghetti Western
Spaghetti Western, also known as Italo-Western, is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western films that emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's unique and much copied film-making style and international box-office success, so named by American critics because most were produced and...
s, which is accomplished by the juxtaposition of serious elements with the parody that Pasanen was famous for. The resulting film is considered both a tribute and a mockery of westerns as a whole.
Synopsis
The outlaw Speedy Gonzales rides into town in New York to investigate the death of his brother, Mooses. Despite being met by resistance from the locals, he is determined to solve the crime. Meanwhile, two of the world's worst gunslingers are matching their skills and the desperate desperado Clyde is trying to rob a bank with abysmal success...Cast
- Spede Pasanen as Speedy Gonzales and Mooses Gonzales
- Tarja Markus as Rita
- Pertti Melasniemi as Clyde
- Vesa-Matti Loiri was intended play the part of Clyde, but he broke his leg in an accident shortly before shooting began and Melasniemi replaced him.
- Esko SalminenEsko SalminenEsko Salminen is a Finnish actor with notable careers on television, the stage and on the silver screen.He has had three marriages: Rose-Marie Precht ; Heidi Krohn ; and Aino Seppo . He had two children with Krohn, his second marriage, one of whom is actor Kristo Salminen...
as Manolito - Ville-Veikko Salminen as Bat Masterson
- Simo SalminenSimo SalminenSimo Salminen is a Finnish comic-actor best known for his many performances in movies and television shows by Spede Pasanen. He, Vesa-Matti Loiri and Pasanen himself are the three important players in almost all of Spede's productions...
as Hämeen hitain ("the slowest gun in HämeHämeHäme is the name of a geographical region in Finland. It is an ancient Finnish word, etymologically related to sápmi, the endonym of the Sami people...
") - Olavi AhonenOlavi AhonenOlavi Ahonen was a Finnish film actor.Ahonen first appeared in film in 1954 and made many appearances in Finnish film between then and 1997 appearing in films such as the Rauni Mollberg historical film Aika hyvä ihmiseksi in 1977. He has also appeared in many films by Spede Pasanen...
as the bartender
- Esko Salminen