Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankhamen
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| Directed by | Ruggero Deodato |
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| Story by | Aldo Iginio Capone[1] |
| Produced by | Nicola Mauro Parenti |
| Cinematography | Roberto Reale[1] |
| Edited by | Luciano Cavalieri[1] |
| Music by | Bruno Nicolai |
Production company | I.C.A.R.[2] |
| Distributed by | Variety Distribution |
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Running time | 95 minutes[1] |
| Country | Italy |
Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankhamen (Italian: Fenomenal e il tesoro di Tutankamen) is a 1968 Italian film directed by Ruggero Deodato. The film was produced by and starred Nicola Mauro Parenti as Fenomenal, a masked superhero who attempts to stop the theft of the mask of Tutankhamun from a museum in Paris.
Cast
[edit]- Nicola Mauro Parenti as Count Guy Norton / Fenomenal
- Lucretia Love as Lucretia Perkins
- Gordon Mitchell as Gregory Falkov
- John Karlsen as Prof. Mickewitz
- Carla Romanelli as Anna Guillaume
Production
[edit]Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankhamen was directed by Ruggero Deodato under the name of Roger Rockfeller.[3] Deodato later stated on his name choice that he thought ""a rich man's name...so who is a rich guy? Rockfeller!" See, I was as dumb as a rock."[4] Deodato has a cameo in the film as the man who falls off a bicycle.[3] The producer of the film was Nicola Mauro Parenti who also starred in the film as the main character Count Guy Norton and Fenomenal.[1][3] On his acting, Deodato mentioned that he was "too stiff, a dog of an actor; I treated him like shit on the set, but then he called me again for Zenabel."[4] Deodato mentioned that the producer often dealt with people who requested small roles in the film in exchange for funding.[4]
Among the cast is Parenti's wife Lucretia Love.[4] The film was shot in Rome, Paris and Tunisia.[4] While shooting in Paris on the Champs Elysées, while panning across the crowd gathering to see President Charles de Gaulle, among the crowd was Rex Harrison.[4]
Release
[edit]Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankhamen was released in Italy in 1968.[1]
Reception
[edit]Deodato spoke negatively about the film in later interviews, mentioning in 2008 that he "didn't give a shit about the film."[4]
From retrospective reviews, Roberto Curti described it as "one of the lamest, less remarkable entries in the supercriminal/superherotrend of the late 60s" with a storyline "so confused it is difficult to tell what is going on at times."[3] Curti noted that the best thing about the film was the score by Bruno Nicolai.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]Sources
[edit]- Curti, Roberto (2016). Diabolika: Supercriminals, Superheroes and the Comic Book Universe in Italian Cinema. Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN 978-1-936168-60-6.
- Paul, Louis (2005). Italian Horror Film Directors. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-8749-3.
External links
[edit]- Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankhamen at IMDb
- Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankhamen at Variety Distribution
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