002 Operazione Luna

1965 film directed by Lucio Fulci March 2024 002 operazione luna 002-operazione-Luna-poster.jpg Lucio Fulci *Vittorio Metz Amedeo SollazzoHowarth 2015 101 *Franco Franchi Ciccio Ingrassia Monica Randall Linda Sini Ignazio Leone Coriolano GoriHowarth 2015 101 Tino SantoniHowarth 2015 101 Pedro del ReyHowarth 2015 101 *IMA Productions Agata Films S.A. MedusaCinesco 1965 11 25 Turin, Italy 1967 07 19 Bilbao, Spain y 90 minutesThrower 2018 80 *Italy Spain 002 operazione Luna is a 1965 science fiction comedy film directed by Lucio Fulci. The film stars Franco and Ciccio, Mónica Randall and Linda Sini. Roberto Chiti Roberto Poppi Enrico Lancia Mario Pecorari Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film 1992 Gremese Editore, 1992 8876055932 Plot KGB authorities abduct two criminals (Franco and Ciccio) who look precisely like missing spacemen and pretend they are the returning cosmonauts. They launch them in a rocket so that they can land in public view, leading the populace to believe it was the original spacecraft that had returned. The two criminals look so much like the astronauts that they even fool their wives. Later, however, the actual spacecraft returns to Earth undamaged, and the plan goes awry. In the end, Franco and Ciccio stay in Russia, and the real astronauts relocate to Italy. Cast Franco Franchi as Franco / Colonel Paradowsky Ciccio Ingrassia as Ciccio / Major Borovin Mónica Randall as Mishca Paradowsky Linda Sini as Leonidova María Silva Elena Sedlak it Elena Sedlak (credited as Hélène Sedlak) Emilio Rodríguez Francesca Romana Coluzzi as Russian Agent Chiro Bermejo Ignazio Leone as Sergio Franco Morici Enzo Andronico as Ivan Piero Morgia it Piero Morgia as soviet lieutenant Lino Banfi as Policeman (credited as Pasquale Zangaria) Production 002 operazione luna was an Italian and Spanish co-production between Ima Film based in Rome and Agata Film based in Madrid.Thrower 2018 80 Director Lucio Fulci stated that both 002 operazione luna and The Two Parachutists had more restrictions put on him than usual.Howarth 2015 101 Fulci explained that both films were shot in seven weeks.Howarth 2015 101 Despite the 002 in the title, the film is not a spy spoof and there are few scenes set in outer space.Howarth 2015 102 Along with Warriors of the Year 2072, this film was among the two films that had Fulci attempt a science fiction themed production.Howarth 2015 102 Fulci has proclaimed that to film the scene where a space ship takes off in the film, he used four lights and a black cloth over a stage with a lot of little bulks on the floor for stars, all filmed in slow motion.Howarth 2015 101Howarth 2015 102 Fulci referred to this special effect as "a source of pride for me!".Howarth 2015 101Howarth 2015 102 Troy Howarth, a Fulci biographer, commented that Fulci's memory must have been faulty, since he claims that scene in the film was all done using stock footage.Howarth 2015 102 Release 002 operazione luna was distributed theatrically in Italy by Medusa Disribuzione. It was first released in Turin, Italy on November 25, 1965 followed by screenings in both Taranto and Foccia on December 1, 1965 and in the next year in Rome on March 19, 1966.Thrower 2018 80 In Spain, it was distributed by Cinesco first being released in Bilbao on July 19, 1967 and then Barcelona on November 5, 1967 and Madrid on July 16, 1969.Thrower 2018 80 It was released in Spain as Dos cosmonautas a la fuera by the distributor Cinesco.Thrower 2018 80 References Sources Howarth Troy Splintered Visions: Lucio Fulci and His Films Midnight Marquee Press, Inc. 978-1936168538 2015 Thrower Stephen Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci 2018 May 1999 Revised & Expanded Second England, United Kingdom Fab Press February 2018 978-1-903254-90-5 Stephen Thrower External links 0057805 Category:1960s buddy comedy films Category:Spanish science fiction comedy films Category:1960s science fiction comedy films Category:Films about astronauts Category:Films directed by Lucio Fulci Category:Films set in Russia Category:1965 Italian-language films Category:Italian black-and-white films Category:Italian buddy comedy films Category:Italian science fiction comedy films Category:1965 Italian films Category:1965 science fiction films Category:Italian-language buddy comedy films