Mr. Rossi Looks for Happiness

Mr. Rossi Looks for Happiness
Mr. Rossi Looks for Happiness
	U.S VHS cover
Directed by	Bruno Bozzetto
Written by	Bruno Bozzetto; Guido Manuli; Maurizio Nichetti
Produced by	Bruno Bozzetto
Starring	Carlo Romano; Gianfranco Mauri; Grazia Pivetti; Carlo Bonomi
Edited by	Giancarlo Rossi
Music by	Franco Godi
Release date	25 November 1976 (Italy);
Running time	81 min
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Mr. Rossi Looks for Happiness (Italian: Il signor Rossi cerca la felicità) is a 1976 traditionally animated Italian feature film directed by Bruno Bozzetto. It is the first feature film of Mr. Rossi.

Plot

Nothing is going right for Mr. Rossi. A nutty, bumbling fairy comes to his "rescue", and gives him a magic whistle. By blowing it, Mr. Rossi and his dog Harold can travel through time. However, they are unable to escape trouble as they meet fire-breathing dragons, hungry Roman lions, scalp-happy Indians, and Robin Hood's deadly arrows. Eventually Mr. Rossi finds happiness at his home, in the present.

Distribution

The movie was distributed in Europe and had great success, especially in West Germany in 1976 and in Spain in 1983.^{[citation needed]}

Exit date

International publication date
Country	Title	Date
Italy	Il Signor Rossi cerca la felicità	25 November 1976
United Kingdom	Mr. Rossi Looks For Happiness	1976
France	Monsieur Rossi cherche le bonheur	1976
Germany	Herr Rossi sucht das Glück	4 March 1976
Spain	El señor Rossi busca la felicidad	1983
Argentina	El señor Rossi busca la felicidad	?
Canada French	M. Rossi et le sifflet magique	?
Denmark	Hr. Rossi søger lykke	?
Netherlands	De heer Rossi zoekt geluk	?
Portugal	O Sr. Rossi procura a felicidade	?
Brazil	O Sr. Rossi procura a felicidade	?
Azerbaijan	Mister Rossi xoşbəxtlik axtarır	?
Turkey	Bay Rossi Mutluluk Arıyor	?
Sweden	Signor Rossi söker lyckan	?
Finland	Herra Rossi onnea etsimässä	?
Iran	ایجاد آقای رُوسی دنبال شادی می‌گردد	?

Cast

Character	Original	English (2nd dubbing)
Mr. Rossi	Carlo Romano	Arthur Grosser
Harold (Gastone in Italian)	Gianfranco Mauri	Vlasta Vrána
Boss	Carlo Bonomi	Neil Shee
All the other characters	Carlo Bonomi	Unknown
Fairy Sicury (Fata in Italian)	Grazia Pivetti	Unknown

Additional voices (English, 2nd dubbing): Kathleen Fee.

The two English version

The first dubbing was realized in the 1970s, was redubbed in the 1980s.^[1]

Home Media

While the film was never released on DVD (except for an all-regions DVD released around somewhere in late 2000s to early 2010s(?),^[2] during the 1980s, it was issued on VHS in the US by Family Home Entertainment.

References

^ The dog of Mr. Rossi (in the first dubbing) is called with his original name Gastone. In the second dubbing is called Harold
^ "Il Signor Rossi cerca la felicità - Dvd". Retrieved 15 July 2022.

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[1] The dog of Mr. Rossi (in the first dubbing) is called with his original name Gastone. In the second dubbing is called Harold

[2] "Il Signor Rossi cerca la felicità - Dvd". Retrieved 15 July 2022.

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