Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankhamen

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Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankhamen
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Directed by Ruggero Deodato
Screenplay by
  • Ruggero Deodato
  • Aldo Iginio Capone [1]
Story byAldo Iginio Capone [1]
Produced byNicola Mauro Parenti
CinematographyRoberto Reale [1]
Edited byLuciano Cavalieri [1]
Music by Bruno Nicolai
Production
company
I.C.A.R. [2]
Distributed by Variety Distribution
Release date
  • 1968 (1968)(Italy)
Running time
95 minutes [1]
CountryItaly

Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankhamen (Italian : Fenomenal e il tesoro di Tutankamen) is a 1968 Italian film directed by Ruggero Deodato. The film was produced by and starred Nicola Mauro Parenti as Fenomenal, a masked superhero who attempts to stop the theft of the mask of Tutankhamun from a museum in Paris.

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Cast

Production

Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankhamen was directed by Ruggero Deodato under the name of Roger Rockfeller. [3] Deodato later stated on his name choice that he thought ""a rich man's name...so who is a rich guy? Rockfeller!" See, I was as dumb as a rock." [4] Deodato has a cameo in the film as the man who falls off a bicycle. [3] The producer of the film was Nicola Mauro Parenti who also starred in the film as the main character Count Guy Norton and Fenomenal. [1] [3] On his acting, Deodato mentioned that he was "too stiff, a dog of an actor; I treated him like shit on the set, but then he called me again for Zenabel ." [4] Deodato mentioned that the producer often dealt with people who requested small roles in the film in exchange for funding. [4]

Among the cast is Parenti's wife Lucretia Love. [4] The film was shot in Rome and Paris. [4] While shooting in Paris on the Champs Elysées, while panning across the crowd gathering to see President Charles de Gaulle, among the crowd was Rex Harrison. [4]

Release

Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankhamen was released in Italy in 1968. [1]

Reception

Deodato spoke negatively about the film in later interviews, mentioning in 2008 that he "didn't give a shit about the film." [4]

From retrospective reviews, Roberto Curti described it as "one of the lamest, less remarkable entries in the supercriminal/superherotrend of the late 60s" with a storyline "so confused it is difficult to tell what is going on at times." [3] Curti noted that the best thing about the film was the score by Bruno Nicolai. [4]

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References

Footnotes

Sources

  • Curti, Roberto (2016). Diabolika: Supercriminals, Superheroes and the Comic Book Universe in Italian Cinema. Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN   978-1-936168-60-6.
  • Paul, Louis (2005). Italian Horror Film Directors. McFarland. ISBN   978-0-7864-8749-3.


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