Two like bad luck and brimstone
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Two like bad luck and brimstone |
| Original title | … Altrimenti ci arrabbiamo! |
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| Country of production |
Italy Spain |
| original language | Italian |
| Publishing year | 1974 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Marcello Fondato |
| script |
Vicente Coello Jesús R. Folgar Marcello Fondato Francesco Scardamaglia |
| production | Mario Cecchi Gori |
| music | Dandylion Guido & Maurizio De Angelis S. Duncan Smith Bud Spencer |
| camera | Arturo Zavattini |
| cut |
Sergio Montanari Alfonso Santacana |
| occupation | |
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Two as thick as thieves is a Spanish - Italian action comedy from 1974. Directed by Marcello Fondato , in the lead roles are Bud Spencer and Terence Hill to see. The film is a co-production by Capital Films , Filmayer SA and Rizzoli Film Spa and distributed by Columbia Pictures .
action
Ben stands at the window of a car dealership and admired the grand prize of the upcoming Rally Cross -Rennens (a red beach buggy brand Puma with yellow top ), in which he participates. Suddenly his old rival Kid pulls up in his bus that has been converted into a motorhome and puts a temporary damper on Ben's dream of victory, because he too drives around the buggy. In the race, both fight bitterly with a Ford Escort for victory and force all competitors who are in their way to surrender through several clashes. But in the end they cross the finish line exactly at the same time and have to share their profit.
The buggy is transported by truck to Ben's small garage, which he runs together with his old friend Jeremias. Ben and Kid decide in neighboring amusement park by eating contest with beer and sausages fight out the sole owner of the buggy. But then the thugs of a gang boss, called The Boss, get in their way. He has the restaurant of the amusement park devastated in order to force its closure and demolition and to have a high-rise built at this point. Ben and Kid calmly continue their eating contest until it becomes too uncomfortable for them (quote Ben: "I think we should go, it's too loud for me here, I can't chew properly.") And they make the decision move to another restaurant. When they want to leave the parking lot in front of the amusement park, the buggy is rammed by a cart of the thugs and goes up in flames. Since they see themselves disturbed in their competition for the buggy, Ben and Kid want to get the buggy replaced by the crook boss, who is "advised" by a psychologist called The Doctor . They mingle with the guests at the boss's party and finally confront him.
After massive influence from the doctor, the boss is unwilling to replace the buggy. He sends the leader of his thugs, the sinister Attila, to stop Ben and Kid. When the two drive past a small gas station in Ben's rallycross car, Attila sets the car on fire and thinks he has taken them down. But the car's fire can be put out quickly in a car wash. On the same evening, Attila wants to have fun in the amusement park with two women from his gang. But Ben and Kid quickly turn him from hunter to hunted and, after a fight in a sports hall, remind him that they want to have the buggy replaced the next lunchtime.
The boss sends his men to Ben's workshop without a replacement buggy to carry out the supposed delivery. Ben and Kid seem to initially accept the "gift" by responding to the crooks' gimmick and thanking them. But the meeting quickly turns into a motorcycle chase in which Ben and Kid overpower all thugs and finally defeat the two remaining ones in a kind of "motorized joust ". But the boss and the doctor still don't give up.
On the advice of the doctor, the boss sets the hit man Paganini on Ben and Kid in order to finally silence them. First he follows Kid into a concert hall, where the fire brigade choir, of which Ben is a member, is rehearsing. Kid mingles with the singers and warns Ben that Paganini has followed them. Ben skillfully escapes from his line of fire several times. Finally, on the roof structure of the stage, there is an opportunity for Paganini. But when he opens his rifle case, there is suddenly a violin in it , and the next moment Kid Paganini's own rifle is aimed at him and forces him to perform as a violinist in the boss's restaurant.
Finally, the boss also sets his thugs at Ben's friend Jeremias, who turns out to be the gang's former chef. One night Ben finds Jeremias bloodied under a car in their workshop, which finally brings the barrel to overflow for him. Together with Kid, he ravages the gang boss's restaurant in his rallycross car and there is a final fight. The boss gives up and the next day drives his gang, which is clearly marked by the fight, to Ben's workshop and donates a new buggy each to Ben and Kid. As the two of them drive wildly across the parking lot of the amusement park with their buggies, Kid is distracted by his friend, the tightrope walker Liza . He looks after her as if spellbound, does not pay attention to his path and collides with Ben's buggy. This goes up in flames as a result of the collision, and the duo's competition with beer and sausages for the remaining buggy begins again.
useful information
- The figure of the psychologist, played by Donald Pleasence , is based on Sigmund Freud , whom he also cites as the greatest role model in the film. Among other things, this can be recognized in the original Italian version by its German pronunciation and the repeated exclamation "No".
- The motorcycle Terence Hill rides in the film is an Ossa 250 AE 73 Enduro from 1973. This Spanish brand disappeared in 1984, but new investors successfully revived the brand in 2009. The motorcycle Bud Spencer rides in the film is a 1973 Moto Zodiaco Tuareg 223-2 .
- The original Italian title "... altrimenti ci arrabbiamo!" Translated into German means "... otherwise we will get angry!" And is a quote from the film. In the German version, however, it says "We'll even be very uncomfortable ..." at 1:22:50.
- In the autocross race, Terence Hill and Bud Spencer each drive a Ford Escort . Capris are also involved in the race.
synchronization
The synchronization was carried out by Deutsche Synchron in Berlin. Karlheinz Brunnemann wrote the dialogue book and can also be heard as the spokesman for the race management.
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Kid | Terence Hill | Thomas Danneberg |
| Ben | Bud Spencer | Wolfgang Hess |
| boss | John Sharp | Martin Hirthe |
| The doctor | Donald Pleasence | Gerd Martienzen |
| Attila | Deogratias Huerta | Heinz Petruo |
| Liza | Patty Shepard | Renate Danz |
| conductor | Emilio Laguna | Lothar Blumhagen |
backgrounds
- The shooting took place in Madrid , mainly next to the Vicente Calderón Stadium and the Puente de Toledo bridge on the Rio Manzanares , and in Rome .
- The gun of the assassin Paganini is referred to in the film as "Remington carbine type 7070", which does not exist. It is the model 700 from the German manufacturer Krico.
Reviews
“Bland series of bone-cracking brawls, clothes-like instead of funny; a stretched fairground spectacle. "
Awards
The film received the Golden Screen in 1975 .
DVD and Blu-ray release
The film was released on DVD on June 10, 2004 by ems new media .
In 2014 the film was released in HD quality on 3L on Blu-ray. For this, the original Italian negative was scanned.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack for this film was composed by Oliver Onions and was released in 1974. The record had two titles:
- Dune Buggy (2:42)
- Across the Fields (4:06)
The title Dune Buggy was able to place itself in 1974 at number 8 in the German single charts and at number 12 in the Austrian single charts.
computer game
"Else we get mad" is a computer game for the film for the Commodore Amiga. This was published by Amigawaves in 2017.
Web links
- Two as thick as thieves in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Two like pitch and brimstone. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ terencehill.de
- ↑ Else we get mad! - Amiga Game / Games - Download ADF - Lemon Amiga. Retrieved May 21, 2018 .