I Don't Speak English

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I Don't Speak English
Italian Io no spik inglish
Directed by Carlo Vanzina
Written byCarlo Vanzina
Enrico Vanzina
Produced by Fulvio Lucisano
Starring Paolo Villaggio
Edited by Sergio Montanari
Music by Federico De Robertis
Release date
  • 26 October 1995 (1995-10-26)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

I Don't Speak English (Italian : Io no spik inglish) is a 1995 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Vanzina. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

A sequel entitled Banzai was released in 1997.

Cast

Reception

I Don't Speak English opened at number six at the Italian box office and reached number one in its third week of release. [4] [5]

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References

  1. "I Don't Speak English". Film Affinity. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  2. "Io no spik inglish". Cinematografo. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  3. "Villaggio, il mio incubo inglese". la Repubblica (in Italian). 15 May 1995. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  4. "International box office". Variety . 6 November 1995. p. 10.
  5. "International box office". Variety . 20 November 1995. p. 10. $623,794; $1=1,600 lire