Alberto Nardi (Alberto Sordi) is a Roman businessman who fancies himself a man of great capabilities, but whose factory (producing lifts and elevators) teeters perennially on the brink of catastrophe. Alberto is married to a rich and successful businesswoman from Milan, Elvira Almiraghi (Franca Valeri) who has a no-nonsense attitude and barely tolerates the attempts of her husband to keep his factory afloat with her money.
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Comedy
Chicken and Duck Talk / Gai tung ngap gong (1988) Clifton Ko, Michael Hui, Ricky Hui, Sylvia Chang, Comedy
Old Hui runs a restaurant specializing in roast duck. His secret duck recipe is very tasty, but customers and staff alike have to put up with the filthy shop and Hui’s cost-cutting way of doing business. When ”Danny Fried Chicken” (an American-style fast-food restuarant) opens up across the street, Hui receives a rude shock and is forced to lift his game to compete. He might even have to supply clean chopsticks.
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Godfather’s Daughter Mafia Blues / Lit foh ching sau (1991) Hark-On Fung, Alex Man, Yukari Ôshima, Mark Cheng, Action, Comedy, Drama
Fish farm workers Wai (Mark Cheng Ho-nam) and Nan (Benny Lai Wai) inadvertently insult some local gangsters, leading to a string of events that get them deeper and deeper in trouble. They are rescued by triad boss Li Hwa-yu (Alex Man Chi-leung) who, impressed with their fighting abilities, decides to recruit them into his gang.
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The Eagle Shooting Heroes / Se diu ying hung ji dung sing sai jau (1993) Jeffrey Lau, Leslie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Maggie Cheung, Action, Comedy, Fantasy
A parody of Louis Cha’s novel The Eagle Shooting Heroes (thats the literal translation). Story begins with the Queen of Golden Wheel Kingdom had an affair with her cousin West Poison, and they planned to take over the Kingdom. The 3rd Princess discovered their treason, but she was defeated by West Poison.
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Tie ban shao (1984) Michael Hui, Sally Yeh, Frances Yip, Comedy
Mr. Wong is a middleage chief chef in Tepanyaki Restaurant. He was brought to Hong Kong and brought up by his old grandfather. He was trainee in the kitchen of the restaurant’s washing dishes. But the boss’s daughter showed special favour on him and later they got married. Because of Michael’s humble background. Mrs. Wong always bully him as she thinks that her husband counts entirely on her rich family.
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Bana Masal Anlatma / Telling Lies (2015) Burak Aksak, Hande Dogandemir, Fatih Artman, Cengiz Bozkurt, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Riza is a minibus driver universally loved by the folk of Surici, the neighborhood of of IStanbul where he was born and raised. Ayperi on the other hand is the outsider who will turn Riza’s life upside down, as well as everything he knows and is familiar with. This is the story of two young people nestling under the wing of timeless friendship in an ordinary neighborhood.
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Saturday the 14th (1981) Howard R. Cohen, Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss, Jeffrey Tambor, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A family moves into a house inhabited by scary creatures and a number of close calls ensue.
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Love on Delivery / Poh wai ji wong (1994) Lik-Chi Lee, Stephen Chow, Christy Chung, Man-Tat Ng, Action, Comedy, Romance
Ho Kam-An is a love struck dim-sum delivery boy who falls for a beautiful judo student. After being humiliated by her boyfriend, Ho Kam-An goes out and seeks the services of an aging kung-fu master who teaches him a half ass style of kung fu “Karate Kid” style. After actually learning how to fight using this style (much to the master’s surprise) he dresses up like Garfield and beats up the boyfriend of the beautiful judo student. But he’s challenged to a fight by the master’s former foe. Is Ho Kam-An up to the challenge?
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Super Fool / Long gan wei (1981) Po-Chih Leong, Lap Ban Chan, Philip Chan, Jing Chen, Comedy
Two Mainland bumpkins sneak into Hong Kong with designs on getting rich quick. And they get their wish when one of them lands a job impersonating a famous stuntman. But it’s not long before they realize that money can’t buy everything…
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My Best Girl (1927) Sam Taylor, Mary Pickford, Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers, Sunshine Hart, Comedy, Romance
Joe Merrill, son of the millionaire owner of a chain of 5 and 10 cent stores, poses as Joe Grant, and takes a job in the stockroom of one of his father’s stores, to prove that he can be a success without his father’s influence. There he meets stockroom girl Maggie Johnson, and they fall in love. This causes problems, because Mrs. Merrill had planned for her son to marry Millicent Rogers, a high society girl.
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Dynamite Chicken (1971) Ernest Pintoff, Richard Pryor, Ace Trucking Company, Patti Deutsch, Comedy
A collection of skits, parodies, musical performances, and film clips supposedly relating to the peace movement of the late Sixties and early Seventies , but more a general patchwork than a purposeful collection.
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Only Two Can Play (1962) Sidney Gilliat, Peter Sellers, Mai Zetterling, Virginia Maskell, Comedy, Drama
John Lewis is bored by his librarian’s job and henpecked at home. Then Liz, wife of a local counciller, sets her sights on him. But this is risky stuff in a Welsh valleys town – if he and Liz ever manage to consummate their affair, that is.
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Amanda & the Alien (1995) Jon Kroll, John Diehl, Michael Dorn, Stacy Keach, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Amanda, an employee at an upscale clothing store, is leading a relatively lonely and unremarkable life. All this changes when an alien that’s been held a secret military installation excapes by taking over the body of one of the base employees. Amanda finds the fugitive alien and decides to help it hide from the government agents chasing it, a seemingly easy task, as the alien must change host bodies every few days. Will she be able to help her new companion make a clean getaway?
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Das Eskimobaby / The Eskimo Baby (1916) Heinz Schall, Asta Nielsen, Freddy Wingardh, Comedy
Young Polar Explorar brings Eskimo Ivigtut to his parents in Berlin. After experiencing Western culture, she finds herself pregnant but the explorer comes to her rescue.
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Nacionalna klasa / National Class (1979) Goran Markovic, Dragan Nikolic, Bogdan Diklic, Gorica Popovic, Comedy, Drama
One week in a life of Branimir Mitrovic “Floyd”, a young rally driver from the National Class (up to 785cc), dreaming of promotion to the higher category. He lives a carefree life of a Belgrade dandy boy, neglecting his girlfriend, avoiding his draft calls, and refusing to deal with any life responsibility in general. The decisive race on Saturday is only what he cares about.
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