Jackpot (1992 film)

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Jackpot
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Directed byMario Orfini
Written by Adriano Celentano
Mario Orfini
Grazia Giardiello
Starring
Cinematography Luciano Tovoli
Edited by Pietro Scalia
Music by Anthony Marinelli
Giorgio Moroder
Release date
  • December 23, 1992 (1992-12-23)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageEnglish - Italian
Budget18 billion lire ($US 12.6 million)
Box office158 million lire ($USD 110,000)

Jackpot (also known as Cyber Eden) is a 1992 Italian science fiction adventure film directed by Mario Orfini.

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The film was a box office bomb, grossing just 158 million lire at the Italian box office against a budget of 18 billions lire. [1] [2]

Plot

In Italy an old female billionaire has created a multinational company called Financial Youth Foundation, which has taken seven prodigies children who work with new computers. The purpose of the foundation is to restore youth to old with artificial products. The gardener of the villa of the old billionaire, Furio, discovers that this effect of youth, apparently beneficial, is a plan to exploit people with technology. So Furio is opposed to this system, so that the seven children and the younger generation can savor the beauty of nature, fighting the false and malicious technology.

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References

  1. ↑ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 2000. ISBN   8884400856.
  2. ↑ Emilia Costantini (28 December 1992). "Celentano, hai rovinato il tuo film". Corriere della Sera . Retrieved 16 December 2013.


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