I'm for the Hippopotamus (1979)

In Africa, 2 expat "brothers" are usually at each other's throats but now have a common enemy. Ormond's men are shooting or catching much of the wildlife for export as well as forcing the locals off their land. Lots of fun fights follow.

Director:

Italo Zingarelli

Writers:

Barbara Alberti, Amedeo Pagani

Stars:

Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Joe Bugner

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Complete credited 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, the doctor
Les Marcowitz	...	Trixie, the Midget
Johan Naude	...	Ormond's chief henchman, the Russian
Nic 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)

Storyline

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! Slim and Tom must teach this guy a lesson by beating the hell out of him and his gang, left and right!

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Plot Keywords:

thug | punched in the face | fist | arm wrestling | hit on the head | 

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Taglines:

Safari so good!

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The song "Grau Grau Grau" was actually sung by Bud Spencer. In the English language dub, this is the only time Spencer's voice is left intact, his thick Italian accent coming through very distinctively.

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Goofs

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.

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Alternate Versions

Nearly 8 minutes of footage was cut from the German release. Gone is the infamous and much talked about "Butterfly" sequence. The boxing match between Bud Spencer and Joe Bugner at the end on the boat is also missing about 1 minute of fighting.

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Connections

Referenced in Chispita y sus gorilas (1982)

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Soundtracks

GRAU GRAU GRAU
Sung by Bud Spencer

User Reviews

Plenty of laughs

Plenty of laughs and fight scenes in this one and this is the only one of their movies where Spencer comes across a guy who is nearly as tough as he is.

Hard to deal with seeing wild animals locked up in cages, but I suppose that it's good that Spencer and Hill were on a mission to set them all free. Some of the scenes really did look like animals were being set free for real.

BTW, hippopotami only feature in the first scene. A laughing mechanical one in particular.

Details

Country:

Italy South Africa

Language:

Italian English

Release Date:

5 December 1979 (South Africa)

Also Known As:

I'm for the Hippopotamus

Company Credits

Production Co:

Zadar Film, Denver Film Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min 91 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1