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Allegro non troppo (1976)

PG  85 min  -  Animation | Comedy | Fantasy   -  27 July 1977 (USA)
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An enthusiastic filmmaker thinks he's come up with a totally original idea: animation set to classical music... See full summary »

Director:

Bruno Bozzetto
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Marialuisa Giovannini Marialuisa Giovannini ...
The Cleaning Girl
Néstor Garay Néstor Garay ...
The Orchestra Master
Maurizio Micheli Maurizio Micheli ...
The Presenter
Maurizio Nichetti ...
The Animator
Mirella Falco Mirella Falco ...
Non-Exercising Orchestra Member
Osvaldo Salvi Osvaldo Salvi ...
Man in gorilla costume
Jolanda Cappi Jolanda Cappi ...
Fallen Orchestra Member
Franca Mantelli Franca Mantelli ...
Dancing Orchestra Member
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Storyline

An enthusiastic filmmaker thinks he's come up with a totally original idea: animation set to classical music! When he is informed that some American named "Prisney" (or something) has already done it, he decides to do his own version, using an orchestra comprising mostly old ladies and an animator he's kept locked in a dungeon. Several different classical pieces are animated, while the animator plots his escape. Written by Andy Bogursky <bogursky@erols.com>  

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Plot Keywords:

Animator | Orchestra | Classical Music | Dream Like | Spoof  | See more »

Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Fantasy | Music

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

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Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White  | Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

During the live action scenes surrounding the animated musical sequences, Signor Rossi, the most famous figure created by Bruno Bozzetto, has a cameo appearance. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: Since this film is a parody AND a cartoon, it's arguable whether anything can be legitimately considered a goof. However, at the end of the film, when the director sends Franceschini down to the archives, each time he pulls a finale off the pile the same animation is reused all three times. The effect is that Franceschini takes the same stage each time, only to have it reappear when he goes back for the next. See more »

Quotes

[opening lines]
The Presenter: P:Ladies and gentlemen, you are about to see an unforgettable show, a film destined to become immortal, as immortal as the music which will follow, and which will be interpreted through animation. Beginning with his childhood fantasies, the greatest ambition that burns and swells in the soul of every creative animator is to illustrate music, to give visual form and color to its notes. With this film, we have finally succeeded in achieving this union of animation and classical music, a union we are sure is destined to live on throughout the history of film. A new and original film that has even astonished us, the men responsible, the men who, quite modestly speaking, can be called its creators. A film in which - in which -
[consults a cue card]
The Presenter: A film in which you will see the music and listen to the drawings. You might call it a film of magic, a fantasia.
The Presenter: [Phone rings - Presenter answers; the caller is not heard]
The Presenter: Hello. Yes. Who's speaking? Who is this? What do you mean, who am I? Who is it you wish to speak to? Eh? California?
The Presenter: [To camera] It's Hollywood.
The Presenter: [To phone] Hello! Yes! What? You've already -
The Presenter: [To phone] Hello! Yes! What? You've already -
The Presenter: Look, if this is some joke, I'm in no mood --
[...]
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Connections

Spoofs Fantasia (1940) See more »

Soundtracks

"Slavian Dance"
Written by Antonín Dvorák See more »