Wednesday, January 7, 2009

The motorcycle in cinema: Bud Spencer and Terence Hill.


Clip from Spencer and Hill's "Watch out We're Mad" (link)
Terence Hill (Below left) was born in Venice, Italy. As a child he lived in the small town of Lommatzsch, Germany from 1943 to 1945, during World War II, surviving the Dresden Bombing. His mother was German, his father an Italian chemist. After being discovered by Italian filmmaker Dino Risi for Vacanze col Gangster (1951) (Holiday with the Gangster) at an early age of 12 and had made 27 movies in Italy.
In the following years, he starred in many action and western films (so-called Spaghetti Westerns) together with his long time partner Bud Spencer. The pair were notable for their funny films, successful not only in Italy, but also abroad. They made a large number of Italian Westerns and other films together. Many of these have alternate titles, depending upon the country and distributor.

Bud Spencer (above right) (born Carlo Pedersoli 31 October 1929 in Naples) is an Italian actor, known for his height at 6'4 1/2" (194 cm) and his past roles in spaghetti westerns. Growing from a successful swimmer in his youth, he later achieved a degree in law, and has registered several patents.

1 comment:

RocketGarage Magazine said...

Due veri miti dei miei anni d'infanzia " Siamo giĆ  arrabbiati" ;-)