I'm for the Hippopotamus

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I'm for the Hippopotamus
Io sto con gli ippopotami.jpg
Italian theatrical release poster by Renato Casaro
Directed by Italo Zingarelli
Written by Barbara Alberti
Amedeo Pagani
Vincenzo Mannino
Italo Zingarelli
Produced by Vincent G. Cox
Roberto Palaggi
Starring Terence Hill
Bud Spencer
Joe Bugner
Cinematography Aiace Parolin
Edited by Claudio M. Cutry
Music by Walter Rizzati
Release date
  • 1979 (1979)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

I'm for the Hippopotamus (Italian : Io sto con gli ippopotami) is a 1979 Italian adventure comedy film directed by Italo Zingarelli and starring the comedy team of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer. [1]

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The film focuses on the rivalry between two cousins, with one of them intentionally undermining the other's safari expeditions. The cousins eventually have to team up against a common foe.

Plot

Two cousins engage in a semi-friendly rivalry at the beginning of the film. Hill's character occasionally ruins the other's hunting safaris. It turns out that Spencer's character is none too honest, either, since he gives his tourists rifles loaded with blanks so they can't hurt each other or the animals. The two have to team up to stop a villain, with plenty of comedy, eating, and mild violence.

Cast

Soundtrack

As with many other Spencer & Hill films, its soundtrack and theme song "Grau Grau Grau" (both composed and performed by Walter Rizzati, with Spencer himself providing lead vocals on the song) became very popular in Italy at the time of the film's release, and are still popular among the duo's international fan base.

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References

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