Bye Bye Baby | |
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Directed by | Enrico Oldoini |
Screenplay by | Liliane Betti Paolo Costella Enrico Oldoini |
Produced by | Pio Andretti Adriano De Micheli |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Giuseppe Ruzzolini |
Edited by | Raimondo Crociani |
Music by | Manuel De Sica |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | United International Pictures [1] |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Bye Bye Baby is a 1988 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Enrico Oldoini. The film starred Brigitte Nielsen and Carol Alt. It is one of the few films to feature five-pin billiards on-screen in any detail. [2]
A couple from Milan, Sandra and Paolo, engage in a series of extramarital affairs, reconciliations, escapades, and eventual divorce, beginning during a vacation to Mauritius. Sandra becomes involved with a handsome doctor, Marcello, while Paolo falls for Lisa, a professional billiards player.
Brigitte Nielsen was nominated for a Golden Raspberry ("Razzie") for Worst Actress at the 10th Golden Raspberry Awards, where she ended up losing to Heather Locklear for The Return of Swamp Thing . [3]
Los Angeles Times panned the film as thematically repetitive, "daringly banal", and a failure as a sex farce because so little of it is actually comedic. [4] Billiards film review site 8 Ball on the Silver Screen also criticized the film for its unbelievable billiards scenes that indicated no training of Nielsen for the role. [2]
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Bye Bye Baby may refer to:
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