Io sto con gli ippopotami (1979)

Director:

Italo Zingarelli

Writers:

Barbara Alberti (writer) and
Amedeo Pagani (writer) ...
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Release Date:

1 December 1979 (Spain)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Action

Tagline:

Safari so good!

Plot:

In Africa, many years ago, Slim and Tom don't like it when a German tyrant, starts selling all of the African wildlife to Canadian Zoo's...

Plot Keywords:

Africa | Fisticuffs | Brawl | Animal In Title | Fistfight

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Terence Hill	...	Slim
Bud Spencer	...	Tom
Joe Bugner	...	Ormond
May Dlamini	...	Mama Leone
Dawn Jürgens	...	Stella (Slim's lady-love)
Malcolm Kirk	...	Ormond's bald henchman
Ben Masinga	...	Jason
Les Marcowitz
Johan Naude
Nick Van Rensburg
Hugh Rouse	...	Police Captain, arresting Slim and Tom
Mike Schutte	...	Ormond's henchman (German version: Lumpi)
Kosie Smith	...	Ormond's henchman with moustache (German version: Kopf, wie 'n Hauklotz)
Joseph Szucs
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sandy Nkomo	...	Senghor (Stella's father) (as Sandy Ngkomo)
Tony Binarelli	...	Gambler on market with eye patch (uncredited)

Directed by
Italo Zingarelli

Writing credits
Barbara Alberti		(writer) and
Amedeo Pagani		(writer) and
Vincenzo Mannino		(writer) and
Italo Zingarelli		(writer)

Produced by
Vincent G. Cox	....	line producer
Roberto Palaggi	....	producer

Original Music by
Walter Rizzati

Cinematography by
Aiace Parolin

Film Editing by
Claudio M. Cutry		(as Claudio Cutry)

Art Direction by
Francesco Bronzi

Costume Design by
Luciano Sagoni

Makeup Department
Fausto De Lisio	....	hair stylist
Luciano Giustini	....	chief makeup

Production Management
Ezio Palaggi	....	production manager
Paolo Tassara	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Renzo Marignano	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Antonio De Campos	....	property assistant
Graeme Orwin	....	property master
Patrick Willis	....	property assistant (uncredited)

Sound Department
Tony Bensusan	....	boom operator
Frederick Ridgard	....	sound mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Valerio Mazzoli	....	special effects (uncredited)

Stunts
Rémy Julienne	....	stunt cars coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Umberto Adaggi	....	still photographer
Vincent G. Cox	....	director of photography: second unit (uncredited)
Igino Fiorentini	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Ivo Pellegrini	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Theodore Theron	....	focus puller (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ida Cristofori	....	wardrobe mistress (uncredited)
Alex De Wet	....	assistant wardrobe (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Derek Ward	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Luca di Silverio	....	soundtrack album producer

Other crew
Raffaele Mottola	....	dialogue coach (as Ray Mottola)
Jack Seale	....	animal consultant
Dennis van der Merwe	....	location manager: second unit
Pino Locchi	....	voice dubbing: Terence Hill (uncredited)
Fred Swart	....	location manager (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Denver Film Productions

Distributors

• Succéfilm AB (1980) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Astro Distribution (1994) (Germany) (video) (laserdisc)
• Bridge Entertainment Group (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• DMEG (2004) (Sweden) (DVD)
• MV_Movies (200?) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Medusa Video (200?) (Italy) (DVD)
• Poletel (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Video for Pleasure (VFP) (19??) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Vídeo Mercury Films (2005) (Spain) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Digitmovies Alternative Entertainment  soundtrack

Also Known As:

Runtime:

Germany:95 min | Argentina:98 min | Spain:91 min (DVD edition) | Italy:108 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Spain:T | Australia:PG | Finland:K-12 | Norway:15 (re-rating) | Norway:16 (original rating) | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | West Germany:12 | Argentina:Atp

Company:

Denver Film Productions

Trivia:

Bud Spencer, who is nearsighted, accidentally punched Joe Bugner unconscious during the filming of their big fight scene. Spencer miscalculated the distance of a right hook he was supposed to throw and his fist caught Bugner's jaw with full force.

Goofs:

Continuity: After the lunch Tom opens a set of cages with lions (and a cheetah) in them. He opens them from right to left. But the 2 cages we see him opening in close-up, still have closed cages with lions in them to their right.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Chispita y sus gorilas (1982)

Soundtrack:

GRAU GRAU GRAU

Amusement and entertainment is this new adventure with ours friends , this time well set in Africa

Two likable adventurers played by Hill and Spencer against the nasty Joe Bugner , an ex-boxer and big game hunter who dedicates to illegal smuggling . Entertaining and amusing African adventure with several comic touches . This time Terence Hill and Bud Spencer as adventurers in Africa taking on lots of dangers and feats against a group of hoodlums . Thin and blonde man named Slim ( Terence Hill) and stocky , bearded fatty named Tom ( Bud Spencer ) team up again as the valiant duo . The agreeable crew makes a new adventure movie plenty of fist-play , action and entertainment , though only for Hill and Spencer fans . This amusing film deal with ours intimate friends in Africa , they're nowadays two tourist swindlers , the blue-eyes and sympathetic Terence Hill and the grumpy and goofy Bud Spencer . There happens numerous adventures and silly struggles against nasties led by Ormond (Joe Bugner) a wildlife smuggler who takes animals to carry them to abroad menageries.

This amusing , engaging movie is crammed of fist-fights , punches , kicks , moving stunt-work , colorful African outdoors and lots of humor . The picture is realized in similar style to ¨Africa Express¨ and ¨Safari Express¨ by Duccio Tessari with Giuliano Gemma . Terence Hill is top-notch as sympathetic freewheeling trader of goods with a dream , to save enough money ; and Bud Spencer is enjoyable in charge of a curious tourism agency ; meanwhile , both of whom taking on a group of smugglers . The lighting-paced storyline slows down at times , but frenetic fight-sequences and fun make up for it , besides includes a chimp getting into mischief , pranks and antics . It's an entertaining romp plenty of brawls , including amusing bounds and leaps . This is a nice and funny juvenile story for Hill and Spencer fans , as they are delightful and likable . It packs action, fist-play, slapdash, humor with tongue-in-cheek and is quite bemusing . This release has some cool and several hilarious moments , adding wonderful African landscapes . The film isn't always good , sometimes is fresh and diverting and on a couple of memorable occasions , it's frankly delicious. The movie displays innumerable laughters , jokes and slapstick . Catching and commercial musical score with marvelous leitmotif by Rizzati in Guido and Maurizio De Angelis style , including some beautiful songs , the first of them sung by Bud Spencer . The motion picture picture is compellingly directed by Italo Zingarelli who produced the Hill-Spencer's greatest hits as ¨They call me Trinity¨ , ¨Trinity is still my name¨ and other Spaghetti as ¨The five man army¨, ¨Johnny Yuma¨ and Peplum as ¨¨The seven Spartans¨, ¨The invincible gladiator ¨, ¨The secret seven¨ , ¨Ursus¨, and several others . This is a passable entertaining juvenile that will appeal to Italian comedy buffs. Rating : Acceptable and passable but only for Hill and Spencer fans.