#Alfonso Brescia

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Beast in Space (1980) La Bestia Nello Spazio S.I.G.M.A. E.CO. Dir. Alfonso Brescia

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Rosalba Neri "Los días de la violencia" (I giorni della violenza) 1967, de Alfonso Brescia.

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The War of the Robots (1978)

My rating: 7/10

Gotta love a movie where the villains have an army of robot He-Men. This is terrible, in the most entertaining way.

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BLOOD AND BULLETS Jack Palance! George Eastman! Free on YouTube

Blood and Bullets is a 1976 Poliziotteschi crime thriller in which Dan Caputo arrives in New York to avenge his father’s death, an ex-cop who was involved in the mob business. Free to watch online on YouTube: Original title: Sangue di sbirro

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Saturday’s Late Night Sci-Fi Cinema (Special Double Feature)

Cosmos: War of the Planets (1977 film)

Italian theatrical (left) and one of the many international release (right) posters

Main cast:

John Richardson as Captain Fred Hamilton Yanti Somer as Meela Massimo Bonetti as Vassilov Aldo Canti as Etor Craig Kelly (as Romeo Constantini) as Commander Armstrong

Production staff:

Directed by: Alfonso Brescia (as Al Bradley) Story by and screenplay by: Alfonso Brescia (as Al Bradley), Aldo Crudo (as Al Crydo), Maxim Lo Jacono (uncredited) and Jacob Macci (uncredited) Cinematography by: Silvio Fraschetti (as S. Fraschetti) Special effects by: Aldo Frollini (as Aldi Frollini) Edited by: Larry Marinelli (as Lawrence Marinelli) and Carlo Reali (as Charles Really) Music by: Marcello Giombini (as Marcel Giombrini) Produced by: Luigi Alessi (as Louis Aless) (executive producer) and Doro Vlado Hreljanovic (executive producer) Production company: Nais Film Distributed by: Picturemedia Limited Original release date: September 23, 1977 (Italy) YouTube channel: Filmix

In a distant time, where most of mankind is putting their unconditional trust in technology, Captain Fred Hamilton has a different attitude.

He is now at Orion Space Complex before its commander facing a charge of insubordination for slapping one of his superiors.

The reason: he refuses to take orders from the WIZ Computer System.

The Commander Armstrong decided not to punish him by now because he thinks Hamilton's mindset will be useful at missions in outer space. And orders the Captain and his crew from the Starship MK-31 to repair a 100 year-old satellite.

After the success of the repair mission, Captain Hamilton receives another order: To track the origin of a signal that interferes with all radio and video communications of planet Earth.

The MK-31 arrives to an alien planet to be received by two flying saucers ready to the attack.

The crew took down one of them and received a direct hit from the other. They had to make a landing on the planet.

In there, they found a race of humanoids who are under the slavery of a giant robot.

It seems the Captain and his crew are the last resort for both Earth and that alien world.

Cosmos: War of the Planets is an Italian space opera film from 1977. Its original title is Anno Zero: Guerra Nello Spazio (Year Zero: War In Space in English). Directed by Alfonso Brescia under the pseudonym of Al Bradley.

Fascinating fact:

A Star Wars rip off that gets its release a few months after the release of Episode IV: A New Hope.

War of the Robots (1978 film)

Italian theatrical release poster (left) and a cover art for one of the many international VHS, DVD and Blu-Ray releases (right)

Main cast:

Antonio Sabato, Sr. as Captain John Boyd Yanti Somer as Julie Malisa Longo (as Melisa Long) as Louis Aldo Canti (as Nick Jordan) as Kuba The Alien Jacques Herlin (as Jacques Herlein) as Professor Carr Ines Pellegrini (as Mickey Pilgrim) Ian Pulley as The Autoritarian Leader Roger Brown (uncredited) as Commander King Licinia Lentini (as Lilian Lacey) as Commander King's Assistant

Production staff:

Directed by: Alfonso Brescia (as Al Bradly) Story by and screenplay by: Alfonso Brescia (as Al Bradly) and Aldo Crudo (as Alan Rawton) Cinematography by: Silvio Fraschetti (as Cyril Franks) Special effects by: Aldo Frollini (as Allan Forsyth) Edited by: Mariano Arditi (as Mark Arnold) Music by: Marcello Giombini (as Marcus Griffin) Produced by: Luigi Alessi Production companies: Nais Film and Koala Cinematografica Distributed by: Picturemedia Limited Original release date: April 21, 1978 (Italy) YouTube channel: Timeless Classic Films

The Professor Carr developed a machine that could give to the ones who own it such a great power to create life but it could also can lead to disastrous results.

At that time, an UFO has infiltrated the planet Earth's security system bringing in a gang of alien robots that kidnapped the Professor and his assitant, Louis.

In the Space Station Sirius, Commander King gave orders to Captain John Boyd and his crew of the Spaceship Trissi to pursue the UFO and rescue the couple of scientists.

There is also an urgent need to rescue the Professor. He is the only one capable of turning off a nuclear reactor. If it is not done, the Station and a nearby city would be destroyed in an explotion.

In the pursuit, they have to face more UFOs. After a intense battle with the saucers, they land on the planet Antor.

There, the crew of the Triss meet a dying world and their inhabitants. They established a friendship with Kuba, the leader of a tribe of slaves who agree to go with them to fight against their tyrannical masters.

Captain Boyd and his crew are about to be witnesses of the true nature of the Professor and his assitant in order to save the future.

War of the Robots, is an Italian space opera film from 1978. Its title is a translation of the original title La Guerra Dei Robot. Directed by Alfonso Brescia under the pseudonym of Al Bradly.

Fascinating facts:

It is not a sequel of Cosmos: War of the Planets. It was produced with much of the production crew, actors and props from the aforementioned movie, but its storyline is different.

The name of Trissi it's also the name of Trissi Sports. The same company in charge of the design and making of the spacesuits.

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Battle of the Amazons (Alfonso Brescia, 1973)

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UNICEF Italia incontra il Comune di Montesilvano

Presto l’inizio di una collaborazione tra i due enti per implementare il Piano Nazionale della Garanzia Infanzia (PANGI) insieme anche alle città di Bologna e Catania

Dopo una visita preliminare agli inizi di febbraio, lo scorso fine settimana una delegazione di Unicef Italia, uno dei 33 Comitati Nazionali e parte integrante dell’UNICEF Internazionale (Agenzia dell’ONU per l’Infanzia), guidata da Nicola dell’Arciprete, Coordinatore Unicef della Risposta a favore di minorenni immigrati e rifugiati in Italia e da Stefano Rimini, Social Policy Expert Unicef e Manuela Persico del Comitato Unicef Abruzzo, ha fatto di nuovo visita a Montesilvano. Dopo una visita al Centro Sportivo Trisi alla presenza di Presidente, Direttore, responsabili e funzionari dell’Azienda Speciale del Comune di Montesilvano, i graditissimi ospiti sono stati accolti dal Sindaco del Comune di Montesilvano Ottavio De Martinis e dalla Presidente dell’Azienda Speciale del Comune Sandra Santavenere presso Palazzo di Città.

In quella sede si è dato quindi vita a un tavolo di confronto coordinato dal Direttore dell’Azienda Eros Donatelli e dal Dirigente alle Politiche sociali del Comune Alfonso Melchiorre. Presenti il funzionario comunale dott.ssa Francesca Lupo, i Responsabili delle macrostrutture aziendali, Francesco Brescia, Paola Ruggieri e Livia Bentivoglio e Mauro Diodato, capo area amministrativo. Si è poi discusso sulla modalità di collaborazione, a breve termine, tra Unicef e Comune, prospettando un Piano locale Garanzia Infanzia per Montesilvano, che quindi verrebbe coinvolta in qualità di territorio oggetto di una sperimentazione insieme, per l’Italia, alle città di Bologna e Catania.

“Siamo grati per l’impegno dimostrato dall’amministrazione comunale e dai servizi sociali nell’ambito degli investimenti per l’infanzia e l’adolescenza. Crediamo che l’avvio di un Piano Locale della Garanzia Infanzia possa contribuire, partendo da Montesilvano, per realizzare la Child Guarantee Europea.”  Nicola dell’Arciprete

Il focus del confronto è stato condividere come il Piano nazionale richieda il protagonismo degli enti locali per assicurare il benessere e la protezione dei più piccoli, offrendo loro le migliori opportunità di crescita e di sviluppo. La giornata di visita e confronto si è poi conclusa presso lo Spazio Famiglia, altra realtà dell’Azienda Speciale per i Servizi Sociali del Comune di Montesilvano che dimostra come l’inclusione sociale e la prevenzione per bambini e famiglie siano azioni possibili.

La Presidente dell'Azienda Speciale Sandra Santavenere sottolinea tutta la sua soddisfazione:

“Sono orgogliosa di questa collaborazione che rappresenta il risultato di un percorso che l'amministrazione sta ormai portando avanti da due anni nella costruzione di una rete di confronto con le città che fanno parte della Rete Nazionale Città del Dialogo che ci apre possibilità di crescita continue e nuove sfide che, grazie ad un lavoro di squadra, possiamo vincere. Sempre dalla parte dei bambini, il nostro futuro.”

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Super Stooges vs. The Wonder Women (1974)

Film review #547

Director: Alfonso Brescia

SYNOPSIS: A tribal village is constantly under threat from a band of Amazon women who lead raids and terrorise the people of the area. The villagers seek help from three men: a man with superhuman strength, a martial arts ,master, and a man who claims to be a God, and the three team up to stop the Amazons and save the village.

THOUGHTS/ANALYSIS: Super Stooges vs. The Wonder Women is a 1974 film, also known as Amazons and Supermen, Return of the Barbarian Women, Barbarian Revenge, amongst others. The film is a derivative of both the film Battle of the Amazons (itself a derivative of the 1973 film The Amazons), and the Three Supermen series. Interestingly, the film is actually made by the same production companies who made those films (with them making the 1973 film Supermen Against the Orient a year earlier). Despite these connections behind the screen, there are no returning characters or story points from these films, and the only similarity to the Three Supermen is that the film stars three men. The plot is simple enough: a tribe of Amazon women are terrorising neighbouring villages. One in particular has turned to a man who claims to be a God, who seemingly protects the village. The plot of the film is simply having these three men (eventually) team up and stop the Amazons. The story does take a while to get going and have the main characters meet up and confront the main threat of the film, but it’s entertaining enough with a mixture of comedy and martial arts. With a runtime of about ninety-five minutes, 

Each of the characters have their own unique skills and talents, and perhaps surprisingly, their own story arcs. We have Moog, who has super strength, played by Marc Hannibal, who played for the Harlem Globetrotters. There’s also Chung, a martial artist, and finally Aru, who uses pyrotechnics to fool the villagers and Amazons that he is a God who is protecting the village, and also does a lot of acrobatics too. The variety in the characters and their different origins is pretty interesting, although they don’t really have much time to develop any chemistry between them with the main plot and the individual stories to deal with, but it is at least a decently defined cast.

The Italian/Hong Kong co-production, like in Supermen against the Orient, provides a mixture of Western slapstick comedy, with Eastern martial arts which were popular at the time. There’s a good balance between the two, and while there’s nothing that particularly stands out, at least there’s enough action to keep things energetic and entertaining. We also get some typically scantily-clad women in regards to the Amazons, and while their story doesn’t make too much sense, they get some very odd scenes, such as the opening, which depicts one of their forms of entertainment being to duel with bows and arrows on top of stilts or something...truly bizarre. Overall, Super Stooges vs. The Wonder Women is a silly, cheesy, and messy film that doesn’t offer anything special, does throw a lot of varied characters, entertainment and action into the mix to at least be interesting enough to keep your attention. The runtime is slightly too long for a low-budget film such as this, and could have easily have been trimmed down, but at least the pacing is good, and there’s no protracted scenes of inane dialogue to stretch it out. It feels well made and a decent effort in some parts for a low-budget derivative film, but nothing special otherwise. It’s a bit of a laugh in a “so bad it’s good way” if that is something you want to watch.

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I contrabbandieri di Santa Lucia  1979

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Beast in Space (1980) La Bestia Nello Spazio S.I.G.M.A. E.CO. Dir. Alfonso Brescia

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Iron Warrior (1987) dir. Alfonso Brescia

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Rosalba Neri “Los días de la violencia” (I giorni della violenza) 1967, de Alfonso Brescia.

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Naked Girl Killed in the Park ~ Alfonso Brescia ~ 1972

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