Allright, I have to ask this.
Do you guys know Bud Spencer?
He's an italian actor who mainly did comedies back in the 70s and 80s.
I'm asking because in Hungary, everyone and their mother knows Bud Spencer. And I mean EVERYONE.
What's the deal in the rest of the world?
Do you know Bud Spencer?
I don't think he was all that popular in the U.S. based on my video rental days back in the 80s. The only Bud Spencer movie they had on VHS was Aladdin, and that was one of his weaker films. Terence Hill had more movies out on tape though.
Seen most of his films, enjoyed some, didn't like some. My fave gotta be Bulldozer.
Know him?! I LOVE Bud Spencer! I've seen many of his movies and whether or not they're good I can't say because I just like them because he's in them and I have a weakness for Spaghetti Westerns... I can't wait to see more though! I don't think I've seen Bulldozer yet! He reminds me a lot of my dad. He looks so much like him, I swear they could be related.
I've never heard of him.
Carlo Pedersoli [Bud Spencer] and Mario Girotti [Terence Hill] enlivened my Saturday afternoons in the cinema: my personal favourites are Watch Out We're Mad and Who Finds A Friend Finds A Treasure. :teddyr:
Yeah, I know Terence Hill and Bud Spencer - the Abbott and Costello of Italy. A friend of my stepdad's used to LOVE those guys and he would always drag me along to watch them at the drive in. I never got the humour - my 12 year old self found them very boring while he would cack himself stupid at their antics.
I guess I couldn't understand why an Italian guy was called Bud Spencer :bouncegiggle:
Quote from: Killer Bees on January 24, 2011, 06:14:19 AM
he would cack himself stupid at their antics.
I hope that is 'cack' as in 'cackle' and not 'cack' as in........well, you know. :teddyr:
QuoteI guess I couldn't understand why an Italian guy was called Bud Spencer :bouncegiggle:
Apparently, Bud was the name of a character that the actor played in a film and he admired the actor Spencer Tracy a lot. That is the film nerd / geek coming out in me, sorry. :wink:
I have a TRINTY 2 pack. THEY CALL ME TRINITY and TRINTY IS STILL MY NAME. Bud was Terence Hills sidekick. Big guy!
He began in films in 1951-and he's STILL making films! :thumbup:
He's still alive at 81! :smile: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0817881/#Actor
Buds the big guy who smacks the bandito-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwhZwnQNPCM
Well, there's this thing called "America" and then there's this thing called "The rest of the world." Sometimes they influence each other culturally, but there are tons of things like this where something is a household name in another country but nobody here knows or cares about.
I recently found out that Frank Stallone as a musical artist is a big deal in Australia. When he goes there he sells out arenas.
Go figure.
Quote from: Flick James on January 24, 2011, 02:00:10 PM
Well, there's this thing called "America" and then there's this thing called "The rest of the world." Sometimes they influence each other culturally, but there are tons of things like this where something is a household name in another country but nobody here knows or cares about.
I recently found out that Frank Stallone as a musical artist is a big deal in Australia. When he goes there he sells out arenas.
Go figure.
And that's exactly the reason I asked. I wanted to know if the Bud Spencer phenomenon was a local thing, or not.
I see that he's not totally unknown over there. He's just not THAT big of a deal. :teddyr:
Personally, I love his movies.
Quote from: Cthulhu on January 24, 2011, 03:15:01 PM
Quote from: Flick James on January 24, 2011, 02:00:10 PM
Well, there's this thing called "America" and then there's this thing called "The rest of the world." Sometimes they influence each other culturally, but there are tons of things like this where something is a household name in another country but nobody here knows or cares about.
I recently found out that Frank Stallone as a musical artist is a big deal in Australia. When he goes there he sells out arenas.
Go figure.
And that's exactly the reason I asked. I wanted to know if the Bud Spencer phenomenon was a local thing, or not.
I see that he's not totally unknown over there. He's just not THAT big of a deal. :teddyr:
Personally, I love his movies.
Aha. Well, I think you are accomplishing your mission quite well, sir. Karma to you.
Quote from: Flick James on January 24, 2011, 04:17:12 PM
Quote from: Cthulhu on January 24, 2011, 03:15:01 PM
Quote from: Flick James on January 24, 2011, 02:00:10 PM
Well, there's this thing called "America" and then there's this thing called "The rest of the world." Sometimes they influence each other culturally, but there are tons of things like this where something is a household name in another country but nobody here knows or cares about.
I recently found out that Frank Stallone as a musical artist is a big deal in Australia. When he goes there he sells out arenas.
Go figure.
And that's exactly the reason I asked. I wanted to know if the Bud Spencer phenomenon was a local thing, or not.
I see that he's not totally unknown over there. He's just not THAT big of a deal. :teddyr:
Personally, I love his movies.
Aha. Well, I think you are accomplishing your mission quite well, sir. Karma to you.
Wow.Thanks!
Any fan of spaghetti westerns should be familiar with Bud Spencer!
Quote from: The Burgomaster on January 24, 2011, 05:07:02 PM
Any fan of spaghetti westerns should be familiar with Bud Spencer!
The opening scenes of
God Forgives, I Don't where the stationmaster finds a train full of corpses still makes me go :buggedout: :buggedout:
Quote from: Flick James on January 24, 2011, 02:00:10 PM
Well, there's this thing called "America" and then there's this thing called "The rest of the world." Sometimes they influence each other culturally, but there are tons of things like this where something is a household name in another country but nobody here knows or cares about.
I recently found out that Frank Stallone as a musical artist is a big deal in Australia. When he goes there he sells out arenas.
Go figure.
That's news to me, Flick. I assume that's Sly's brother? Man, I gotta start watching more tv!
Quote from: Killer Bees on January 25, 2011, 07:04:18 AM
Quote from: Flick James on January 24, 2011, 02:00:10 PM
Well, there's this thing called "America" and then there's this thing called "The rest of the world." Sometimes they influence each other culturally, but there are tons of things like this where something is a household name in another country but nobody here knows or cares about.
I recently found out that Frank Stallone as a musical artist is a big deal in Australia. When he goes there he sells out arenas.
Go figure.
That's news to me, Flick. I assume that's Sly's brother? Man, I gotta start watching more tv!
Yes, he's Sly's younger brother, who had some work as both and actor and as a musical artist. I think he wrote some music for the movie
Staying Alive and had a song or two in the 80's that came close to being hits. One of my favorites movie roles of his was the film
Barfly with Mickey Rourke, where he plays the macho ladies man bartender that the Bukowski character is always getting in fist fights with.
Bud Spencer and Terence Hill are (were?) definitely big in Germany in their time, and definitely not just the Western movies.
Interesting thread though. Some well-known actors of my childhood not from the US:
Louis de Funes
Jean Paul Belmondo
hmmm, there should be more...
Quote from: frank on January 25, 2011, 10:53:35 AM
Bud Spencer and Terence Hill are (were?) definitely big in Germany in their time, and definitely not just the Western movies.
They are still idolized in Germany. I notice every other day when browsing German message boards.
I know him from the Trinity films. Hilarious!
Both Terence Hill and Bud Spencer were wildly popular in Spain during the 80s. When I was a kid I knew them because of their comedic films in contemporary settings, only later I learnt they had been around since the spaghetti western trend. My favourite Spemcer / Hill film is "Watch out, we're mad". I think it was even shot in Spain.
And I have living proof, so to speak, that people here still remember and like Bud Spencer. Here's a TV ad that aired last year in Spain:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8bvKwsAZVA
I prefer Bud Abbott
(http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsA/9-9768.gif)
I was a bit afraid of checking out this thread,thinking that it would say that he had passed away.I was relieved to see I was wrong.
I think the first time I ever saw a Bud Spencer movie,is about 16 or so years back when the local UHF channel showed ALADDIN at 1 A.M.
Something I have been wondering about for years is just how many of their(Bud and Terence) films were shown in US theaters?
I was born in '71 and went to the movies a lot when I was kid,but the only one I know of that played near me(i live just outside of Kansas City MO)is SUPER FUZZ(aka SUPER SNOOPER).
Quote from: bladerunnerblues on February 07, 2011, 04:35:50 AM
Something I have been wondering about for years is just how many of their(Bud and Terence) films were shown in US theaters?
Not very much. It's ironic since most of their films were shot with the overseas market in mind. I guess there was no actual U.S. interest for dubbed beat-em-up comedies in the 70s and 80s.
Like I said before, I used to rent tapes at countless video stores throughout the 80s but non ever had Bud Spencer/Terence Hill except for Aladdin.
Their movies were and continue to be popular in Zimbabwe and South Africa. :smile:
Quote from: Trevor on February 07, 2011, 06:47:00 AM
Their movies were and continue to be popular in Zimbabwe and South Africa. :smile:
Awesome! :teddyr: :thumbup:
I'm a big spaghetti western fan, so I am familiar with Bud Spencer. I've seen both Bud Spencer and Terence Hill in spaghetti westerns together as well as on their own. That having been said, I guess you would have to count me in as one of the Americans who just doesn't "get" the whole Terence Hill and Bud Spencer thing. They are pretty much hit and miss for me, but mostly miss. Overall, I think I've actually liked them better when they go solo rather than as co-stars.