I'm for the Hippopotamus (Italian: Io sto con gli ippopotami) is a 1979 Italian adventure-comedy film directed by Italo Zingarelli and starring the comedy team of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer.[1]
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Directed by | Italo Zingarelli |
Written by | Barbara Alberti Amedeo Pagani Vincenzo Mannino Italo Zingarelli |
Produced by | Vincent G. Cox Roberto Palaggi |
Starring | Terence Hill Bud Spencer Joe Bugner |
Cinematography | Aiace Parolin |
Edited by | Claudio M. Cutry |
Music by | Walter Rizzati |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Two cousins engage in a semi-friendly rivalry at the beginning of the film. Hill's character occasionally ruins the other's hunting safaris. It turns out that Spencer's character is none too honest, either, since he gives his tourists rifles loaded with blanks so they can't hurt each other or the animals. The two have to team up to stop a villain, with plenty of comedy, eating, and mild violence.
As with many other Spencer & Hill films, its soundtrack and theme song "Grau Grau Grau" (both composed and performed by Walter Rizzati, with Spencer himself providing lead vocals on the song) became very popular in Italy at the time of the film's release, and are still popular among the duo's international fan base.
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