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Avanti!

  • 19721972
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  • 2h 24m
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Avanti! (1972)
A successful businessman goes to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon father's body only to discover dad died with his long-time mistress.
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A successful businessman goes to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon father's body only to discover dad died with his long-time mistress.A successful businessman goes to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon father's body only to discover dad died with his long-time mistress.A successful businessman goes to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon father's body only to discover dad died with his long-time mistress.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
11K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
11,999
467
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Billy Wilder
    • Writers
      • Samuel A. Taylor(play "Avanti!")
      • Billy Wilder(screenplay)
      • I.A.L. Diamond(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Jack Lemmon
      • Juliet Mills
      • Clive Revill
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Billy Wilder
    • Writers
      • Samuel A. Taylor(play "Avanti!")
      • Billy Wilder(screenplay)
      • I.A.L. Diamond(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Jack Lemmon
      • Juliet Mills
      • Clive Revill
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 98User reviews
    • 56Critic reviews
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 7 nominations

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    Trailer 2:29
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    Jack Lemmon and Juliet Mills in Avanti! (1972)
    Avanti! (1972)
    Jack Lemmon and Juliet Mills in Avanti! (1972)
    Jack Lemmon and Juliet Mills in Avanti! (1972)
    Jack Lemmon and Juliet Mills in Avanti! (1972)
    Jack Lemmon and Juliet Mills in Avanti! (1972)
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    Jack Lemmon and Juliet Mills in Avanti! (1972)
    Jack Lemmon and Juliet Mills in Avanti! (1972)
    Edward Andrews in Avanti! (1972)
    Franco Angrisano and Armando De Martino in Avanti! (1972)
    Jack Lemmon, Franco Acampora, and Clive Revill in Avanti! (1972)

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    Jack Lemmon
    Jack Lemmon
    • Wendell Armbruster, Jr.
    Juliet Mills
    Juliet Mills
    • Pamela Piggott
    Clive Revill
    Clive Revill
    • Carlo Carlucci
    Edward Andrews
    Edward Andrews
    • J.J. Blodgett
    Gianfranco Barra
    Gianfranco Barra
    • Bruno
    Franco Angrisano
    • Arnoldo Trotta
    Pippo Franco
    • Mattarazzo
    Franco Acampora
    • Armando Trotta
    Giselda Castrini
    • Anna
    Raffaele Mottola
    • Passport Officer
    Lino Coletta
    • Cipriani
    Harry Ray
    • Dr. Fleischmann
    Guidarino Guidi
    • Maitre D'
    Giacomo Rizzo
    • Barman
    Antonino Faà di Bruno
    • Concierge
    • (as Antonino Faa' Di Bruno)
    Yanti Somer
    Yanti Somer
    • Nurse
    • (as Yanti Sommer)
    Janet Agren
    Janet Agren
    • Nurse
    María Rosa Sclauzero
    • Hostess
    • Director
      • Billy Wilder
    • Writers
      • Samuel A. Taylor(play "Avanti!")
      • Billy Wilder(screenplay)
      • I.A.L. Diamond(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Billy Wilder wanted the hero's father's long-running affair to have been with a male bellhop at the hotel; studio executives dissuaded him.
    • Goofs
      The five Wall Street Journal copies on the table are all the same date.
    • Quotes

      Carlo Carlucci: In Italy, the lunch hour is from one to four.

      Wendell Armbruster: *Three hours* for lunch?

      Carlo Carlucci: Mr. Armbruster. Here we do not rush to drugstore for chicken sandwich & Coca-Cola. Here, we take our time. We cook our pasta, we sprinkle our Parmigiano, we drink our wine, we make our love...

      Wendell Armbruster: What do you do in the evening?

      Carlo Carlucci: In the evening, we go home to our wives.

    • Connections
      Edited into Jerry Maguire (1996)
    • Soundtracks
      Senza Fine
      Written by Gino Paoli

    User reviews98

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    Top review
    10/10
    A comedy, a romance, a satire, a jewel!
    Years ago I thought I was familiar with all of Billy Wilder's movies and as I thumbed through what might have been an old copy of Playboy, perhaps a Sex in the Cinema article, I came across a picture of a nude Juliet Mills and Jack Lemmon sitting on the rocks in an unknown Billy Wilder film, and was determined to one day see that film and much more of the Nanny from The Nanny and the Professor. VCRs were just coming on the market, so I had to wait a few years till Cinemax showed it in the early morning. I stayed up most of the night to satisfy my prurient interest and what I ended up with was a film I didn't want to end, a tune that played over and over again in my head for days, and one of my most favorite movies.

    Yes, this movie is a comedy, sometimes a very black comedy, and sometimes a satire filled with irony. Yes, it's a romance, all about a wonderful romance that sparks up between two seemingly opposite people in the strangest of places at the strangest of times under the strangest of circumstances, the way romance quite often does. And at times there's sadness and pain to tug at your heart. It's all about discovering who you really are when you've lost your way in all life's confusion, and also about perhaps being better than your parents when you get older and more like them.

    Lemmon is the consummate cad, Juliet Mills the most charming Englishwoman to grace a celluloid comedy, Clive Revill is perfect in his most Oscar-deserving role as the hotel manager Carlo Carlucci, the Italian cast members never fail to entertain, and the music is as catchy and memorable as any Bernstein or Tiomkin or Goldsmith score. The movie may be 2-1/2 hours long, but the time passes quickly as Lemmon and Mills rediscover love and youth and passion, and I always find myself wishing that I could see the two lovers returning a year later like their parents.

    Billy Wilder may have given us dramatic gems like Stalag 17, Double Indemnity, The Lost Weekend, and Sunset Boulevard, given us comedic gems like Seven Year Itch and Some Like It Hot, and romantic gems like The Apartment and Irma La Douce, but it wasn't till the end of his career that he could take qualities from all of those and give them a magical, lyrical feel and atmosphere and come up with a jewel like Avanti!
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    • Jan 20, 2006

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    • Release date
      • December 17, 1972 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Avanti, Avanti!
    • Filming locations
      • Hotel Excelsior Vittoria, Piazza Tasso, Sorrento, Naples, Campania, Italy
    • Production companies
      • The Mirisch Corporation
      • Phalanx Productions
      • Jalem Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $2,750,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $22,482
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 24 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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