Dirty Weekend (1973 film)

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Dirty Weekend
Dirty Weekend FilmPoster.jpeg
Film poster
Directed by Dino Risi
Screenplay by
Story by
  • Ruggero Maccari
  • Dino Risi
  • Bernardino Zapponi [1]
Produced by Carlo Ponti
Starring
Cinematography Luciano Tovoli [1]
Edited byAlberto Gallitti [1]
Music by Carlo Rustichelli [1]
Production
companies
  • Compagnia Cinematografica Champion
  • Les Films Concordia [2]
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [3]
Release dates
  • 8 March 1973 (1973-03-08)(Italy)
  • 2 October 1974 (1974-10-02)(Paris)
Running time
113 minutes
Countries
  • Italy
  • France [2]
Budget$1.4 million [4]
Box office Italian lira 303.187 million

Dirty Weekend (Italian : Mordi e fuggi) is a 1973 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi. [5] Described by Roberto Curti as a road movie and crime film, Dirty Weekend addresses the topic of terrorism and violence. [1]

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Release

Dirty Weekend was released theatrically in Italy where it was distributed by Cineriz. [2] The film grossed a total of 303.187 million Italian lira on its release. [2] The film was later shown in Paris on 2 October 1974 under the title Rapt a l'italienne with a 100-minute running time. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Curti 2013, p. 80.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Curti 2013, p. 81.
  3. ↑ "Mordi e fuggi (1973)". Archivio del Cinema Italiano On-Line. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Tailoring To 'Parochial' Marts". Variety . 23 May 1973. p. 5. Retrieved 10 May 2024– via Internet Archive.
  5. ↑ "NY Times: Dirty Weekend". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2012. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2009.

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