1. Big Deal on Madonna Street (I soliti ignoti, Mario Monicelli, 1958)
Jan 22, 2017 · 'Madonna Street', by contrast, suggests some sort of spiritual narrative in a local context – it could be a contextual reference to the profound ...
2. The Usual Unknowns: Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
Jun 9, 2017 · Oh, sure, it's not exactly a legitimate enterprise — it entails breaking into a pawnshop on Rome's (fictitious) Via delle Madonne through the ...
“Stealing is a serious profession. You need serious people.” Cosimo Proietti (Memmo Carotenuto) has just received a tip about a job that could make him a fortune and set him up for life…
3. I Soliti Ignoti (Big Deal on Madonna Street) (1958) - Make Mine Film Noir
Jan 26, 2017 · A charming film noir: a heist film with a lot of humor and the most likable burglars. They are living in postwar Rome, struggling to get by in uncertain times.
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4. Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) - Letterboxd
In the mediocre production scene of the late 1950s, Big Deal on Madonna Street has the merit of demonstrating that even in Italy it is possible a cinema that ...
Best friends Peppe and Mario are thieves, but they're not very good at it. Still, Peppe thinks that he's finally devised a master heist that will make them rich. With the help of some fellow criminals, he plans to dig a tunnel from a rented apartment to the pawnshop next door, where they can rob the safe. But his plan is far from foolproof, and the fact that no one in the group has any experience digging tunnels proves to be the least of their problems.
5. Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) - The Postmodern Pelican
Mar 30, 2021 · Made just over a decade since the end of the Second World War, this film shows an Italy that is still under reconstruction after the fall of ...
In an Italian prison, Cossimo (Memmo Carotenuto) sits stewing in anger – a career criminal known for his elaborate heists, he has been caught before managing to achieve the riches he had alwa…
6. Big Deal on Madonna Street - Movie Review - Alternate Ending
Jun 22, 2015 · Big Deal on Madonna Street - the infinitely less-evocative title of a film whose original Italian name, I soliti ignoti, means something akin to ...
Big Deal on Madonna Street - Movie review by film critic Tim Brayton
7. BIG DEAL ON MADONNA STREET - Dennis Schwartz Reviews
Aug 5, 2019 · Cosimo (Memmo Carotenuto) is the inept car thief who gets pinched in the act and is sentenced to a few months in jail. He learned from a fellow ...
BIG DEAL ON MADONNA STREET (PERSONS UNKNOWN) (Soliti ignoti, I)
8. Big Deal on Madonna Street (Film) - TV Tropes
Big Deal on Madonna Street (I soliti ignoti) is a 1958 comedy from Italy directed by Mario Monicelli. It's a heist movie about a bunch of small-time crooks ...
Big Deal on Madonna Street (I soliti ignoti) is a 1958 comedy from Italy directed by Mario Monicelli. It's a heist movie about a bunch of small-time crooks and hoodlums who plan a caper where they will rob a pawn shop. The idea is that they will …
9. Big Deal on Madonna Street - I Soliti Ignoti (Mario Monicelli – 1958) -
Apr 20, 2008 · Big Deal on Madonna Street – I Soliti Ignoti (Mario Monicelli – 1958). On one hand you can look at this film and say it's all about men ...
On one hand you can look at this film and say it’s all about men camaraderie in effort to solve an economical problem, and indeed the relationships among the protagonists run the gamut from support, anger, humor, and compassion. And yet, this film is known as the first to usher the Italian Comedy (Commedia All’Italiana)… Continue reading Big Deal on Madonna Street – I Soliti Ignoti (Mario Monicelli – 1958)
10. BIG DEAL ON MADONNA STREET - Film Forum
I Soliti Ignoti (1958) So, what could go wrong with that Sure Thing robbery planned by perennial losers Marcello Mastroianni, Vittorio Gassman, ...
I Soliti Ignoti (1958) So, what could go wrong with that Sure Thing robbery planned by perennial losers Marcello Mastroianni, Vittorio Gassman, and Renato Salvatori – especially after that safecracking tutorial from dapperly bed-robed comedy legend Totó? Well, tutti… The granddaddy of just about every Big Heist spoof, keyed by b&w location photography by the great Gianni di Venanazo (La Notte, 8½, etc.). The Italian title translates as “Persons Unknown.” Approx. 106 min. 35mm.
11. Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) - A Film A Day
Sep 6, 2018 · It was the same with Big Deal on Madonna Street (Italian: I soliti ignoti) ... place in prison so that he can pull off a heist at a pawnshop.
When it comes to old Italian movies, I kinda suck as the titles are often all I know about those movies. It was the same with Big Deal on Madonna Street (Italian: I soliti ignoti) which ended up on my watch-list many years ago, but only because I've heard people mention it many times over the years and I thought I should eventually check it out.
12. Big Deal on Madonna Street - The Criterion Channel
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Directed by Mario Monicelli • 1958 • Italy Starring Vittorio Gassman, Renato Salvatori, Memmo Carotenuto An all-star cast and jazzy score highlight this charming comedy, a deft satire of classic caper films like RIFIFI. BIG DEAL ON MADONNA STREET hilariously details the plight of a sad-sack grou...
13. THE BIG DEAL ON MADONNA STREET (Mario Monicelli, 1958)
Nov 1, 2007 · Uncle Joe, who was born in Italy, loved Italian films—even those whose politics and social mores were far more liberal than his own. But who ...
The following is one of the entries from my 100 Greatest Films from Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal list, which I invite you to visit on this site if you haven’t already done so. — Dennis W…
14. Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) - STUDIOCANAL
(I Soliti ignoti) ... Four small-time thieves are looking for a big-time caper. Cosimo has an idea, but he is in prison. His accomplices find a "mug", Pépé, who ...
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15. I soliti ignoti - Senses of Cinema
Jul 11, 2014 · The ever popular I soliti ignoti (Big Deal on Madonna Street, Mario Monicelli, 1958) is a pivotal film in Italian cinema. It marks the end ...
16. Interview with Mario Monicelli - Offscreen
... Soliti Ignoti (Big Deal on Madonna Street), 1958 ... Offscreen: Was Big Deal on Madonna Street also intended as a parody of neorealism?
The distinguished Italian director Mario Monicelli was in Montreal to serve as Jury Member at the 1999 Montreal World Film Festival. I spoke to Mr. Monicelli about Italian comedy in general and, more specifically, one of the first films to gain both critical and popular success and help cement the Italian comedy film’s international reputation, I Soliti Ignoti (Big Deal on Madonna Street), 1958.