Johnny Stecchino (1991)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Roberto Benigni

Writers:

Roberto Benigni (writer)
Vincenzo Cerami (writer)

Release Date:

24 October 1991 (Italy)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Sometimes a banana is just a banana !

Plot:

A kindhearted but bumbling idiot who likes to steal bananas, is passed off for a snitch hiding from the mob.

Plot Keywords:

Gangster | Sicily | Banana | Directed By Star | Palermo Italy

Awards:

3 wins

Cast

Roberto Benigni	...	Dante / Johnny Stecchino
Nicoletta Braschi	...	Maria
Paolo Bonacelli	...	D'Agata
Franco Volpi	...	Ministro
Ivano Marescotti	...	Dr. Randazzo
Turi Scalia	...	Giudice
Loredana Romito	...	Gianna
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sal Borgese	...	Ignazio
Gaetano Campisi	...	Picciotto in auto
Alessandro De Santis	...	Lillo
Giulio Donnini	...	Cardinale
Domenico Minutoli	...	Questore di Palermo
Georgia O'Brien	...	Moglie del ministro
Ignazio Pappalardo	...	Cozzamara
Gigliola Reina
Tony Sperandeo	...	Picciotto in auto (as Gaetano Sperandeo)
Giorgio Trestini	...	Portiere Hotel
Vito Zappala	...	Maresciallo

Also Known As:

Johnny Toothpick

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:M | Canada:G (Quebec) | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-12 | Germany:16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:7 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Bagheria, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Company:

Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica

Trivia:

Italian box office greatest hit of its time.

Quotes:

Maria: Santa Cleopatra.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Making Life Beautiful (1999) (TV)

Santa Cleopatra

I think I learned Italian from this movie, I watched it so many times.

I've simply never loved a movie as so cute and funny as this, its well worth tracking it down, Its still pretty available if you know the right places to look.

Roberto and Nicoletta are perfect together on and off screen, truly a mating of Eagles as the Romans would say.

take the perfect vaudeville act, Where you have some idiot who is just a heart of Gold, mix in a scheming Mafia donna, take a bunch of Italians in good suits add a little illegal narcotics done by politicans.

Steal a banana or two, and then change places with a murderous Cut throat assasino. What do you get? Superb cinema.