Io sto con gli ippopotami (1979)

Director:

Italo Zingarelli

Writers:

Barbara Alberti (writer) and
Amedeo Pagani (writer) ...
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Release Date:

1 December 1979 (Spain)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Action

Plot:

In Africa, many years ago, Slim and Tom don't like it when a German tyrant, starts selling all of the African wildlife to Canadian Zoo's...

Plot Keywords:

Africa | Brawl | Fistfight | Animal | Fight

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Terence Hill	...	Slim
Bud Spencer	...	Tom
Joe Bugner	...	Ormond
May Dlamini	...	Mama Leone
Dawn Jürgens	...	Stella (Slim's lady-love)
Malcolm Kirk	...	Ormond's bald henchman
Ben Masinga	...	Jason
Les Marcowitz
Johan Naude
Nick Van Rensburg
Hugh Rouse	...	Police Captain, arresting Slim and Tom
Mike Schutte	...	Ormond's henchman (German version: Lumpi)
Kosie Smith	...	Ormond's henchman with moustache (German version: Kopf, wie 'n Hauklotz)
Joseph Szucs
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sandy Nkomo	...	Senghor (Stella's father) (as Sandy Ngkomo)
Tony Binarelli	...	Gambler on market with eye patch (uncredited)

Directed by
Italo Zingarelli

Writing credits
Barbara Alberti		(writer) and
Amedeo Pagani		(writer) and
Vincenzo Mannino		(writer) and
Italo Zingarelli		(writer)

Produced by
Vincent G. Cox	....	line producer
Roberto Palaggi	....	producer

Original Music by
Walter Rizzati

Cinematography by
Aiace Parolin

Film Editing by
Claudio M. Cutry		(as Claudio Cutry)

Art Direction by
Francesco Bronzi

Costume Design by
Luciano Sagoni

Makeup Department
Fausto De Lisio	....	hair stylist
Luciano Giustini	....	chief makeup

Production Management
Ezio Palaggi	....	production manager
Paolo Tassara	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Renzo Marignano	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Antonio De Campos	....	property assistant
Graeme Orwin	....	property master
Patrick Willis	....	property assistant (uncredited)

Sound Department
Tony Bensusan	....	boom operator
Fred Ridgard	....	sound mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Valerio Mazzoli	....	special effects (uncredited)

Stunts
Rémy Julienne	....	stunt cars coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Umberto Adaggi	....	still photographer
Vincent G. Cox	....	director of photography: second unit (uncredited)
Igino Fiorentini	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Ivo Pellegrini	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Theodore Theron	....	focus puller (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ida Cristofori	....	wardrobe mistress (uncredited)
Alex De Wet	....	assistant wardrobe (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Derek Ward	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Raffaele Mottola	....	dialogue coach (as Ray Mottola)
Jack Seale	....	animal consultant
Dennis van der Merwe	....	location manager: second unit
Pino Locchi	....	voice dubbing: Terence Hill (uncredited)
Fred Swart	....	location manager (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Denver Film Productions

Distributors

• Succéfilm AB (1980) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Astro Distribution (1994) (Germany) (video) (laserdisc)
• Bridge Entertainment Group (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• DMEG (2004) (Sweden) (DVD)
• MV_Movies (200?) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Medusa Video (200?) (Italy) (DVD)
• Vídeo Mercury Films (2005) (Spain) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Digitmovies Alternative Entertainment  soundtrack

Also Known As:

I'm for the Hippopotamus
Én a vízilovakkal vagyok (Hungary) [hu]
Cul et chemise (France) [fr]
Das Krokodil und sein Nilpferd (West Germany) [de]
De vier vuisten op safari (Netherlands) [nl]
Ego kai o ippopotamos tha ta kanoume limpa (Greece) [el]
Estoy con los hipopótamos (Spain) [es]
Jag håller på flodhästarna (Sweden) [sv]
Mutaa kuonoon! sano virtahepo (Finland) [fi]
Pela Medida Grande (Portugal) [pt]
Vi holder med flodhestene (Norway) [no]
Yo estoy con los hipopótamos (Argentina) [es]

Runtime:

Germany:95 min | Argentina:98 min | Spain:91 min (DVD edition)

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Spain:T | Finland:K-12 | Norway:15 (re-rating) | Norway:16 (original rating) | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | West Germany:12 | Argentina:Atp

Company:

Denver Film Productions

Goofs:

Continuity: After the lunch Tom opens a set of cages with lions (and a cheetah) in them. He opens them from right to left. But the 2 cages we see him opening in close-up, still have closed cages with lions in them to their right.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Chispita y sus gorilas (1982)

Soundtrack:

GRAU GRAU GRAU

Below-par Hill & Spencer entry.

The Hill & Spencer movies were never famous for their brilliant stories, but this one doesn't even make an effort. Plotless, slow-paced, boring and only occasionally amusing, it feels like a film that was made out of obligation, rather than like something that the stars and the filmmakers put their hearts in. At least with its animal-friendly messages you could say it's good for kids, but no - they'll be as bored with it as anyone else. (**)