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Were Bud Spencer and Terence Hill movies popular in the UK?

IvanzxIvanzx
edited October 2014 in Chit chat
Was watching some videos, really funny ones, from these 2 actors, and wondering if their movies were popular in the UK? In Germany and Spain they were a lot, and in Italy and some other european countries. Bud Spencers biography was even n2 best seller here in Germany!
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  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited October 2014
    Ivanzx wrote: »
    Was watching some videos, really funny ones, from these 2 actors, and wondering if their movies were popular in the UK? In Germany and Spain they were a lot, and in Italy and some other european countries. Bud Spencers biography was even n2 best seller here in Germany!
    Who??
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  • IvanzxIvanzx
    edited October 2014
    karingal wrote: »
    Who??

    What???? Really??

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J78J-6PbhVo

    Best ever! :D
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  • ADJBADJB
    edited October 2014
    Never heard of them.
  • ZupZup
    edited October 2014
    That movies shared many in common with spanish movies (either because Italian culture is not too far from ours or because they were produced by spaniard and italian firms together). Some time ago, I saw one of them on Nitro and it was filmed on Madrid.

    It would be easier if they were US celebrities or any other country more tied to UK (maybe India? :D ). Bud Spencer made some movies on Hollywood (I don't know if Terence Hill did it too), but they were not hits.

    Maybe that explains why they don't appear on Saints Row, Borderlands or any other comedy game.
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  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited October 2014
    who?

    lol
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  • IvanzxIvanzx
    edited October 2014
    Come on! Even Ennio Morricone did some of their soundtracks...
    Its funny, because when UK people talk here in the forums about their celebrities here or movies, etc... they are not known for anybody out of the UK (names I have never heard in my life in 99% cases), and it looks like it happens the same thing in the other way.
    Well, at least we all know Benny Hill :D
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  • def chrisdef chris
    edited October 2014
    Ivanzx wrote: »
    Well, at least we all know Benny Hill :D

    who??
  • zx1zx1
    edited October 2014
    who???
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  • deadpan666deadpan666
    edited October 2014
    I've seen My Name Is Nobody & Django, Prepare A Coffin...but that's about it!

    Will need to look for the Trinity films now though! :)
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  • PyjamaramaPyjamarama
    edited October 2014
    Very very popular in Greece during the 80s.

    Many of my childhood memories are of me and my friends watching VHS movies of Spencer/Hill duo and have great time.

    Now may seem a bit cheesy.

    I still watch them with my kids though

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxRmlfkFsQA

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBaXcutOX_M
  • leespoonsleespoons
    edited October 2014
    def chris wrote: »
    who??

    The bloke out of Crossroads with the silly hat. Do try to keep up.
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  • VampyreVampyre
    edited October 2014
    Ivanzx wrote: »
    Come on! Even Ennio Morricone did some of their soundtracks...
    Who??
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  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited October 2014
    Pyjamarama wrote: »
    Very very popular in Greece during the 80s.

    Many of my childhood memories are of me and my friends watching VHS movies of Spencer/Hill duo and have great time.

    Now may seem a bit cheesy.

    I still watch them with my kids though

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxRmlfkFsQA

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBaXcutOX_M
    That is bloody awful, glad they weren't popular over here...
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  • joefishjoefish
    edited October 2014
    Ivanzx wrote: »
    Its funny, because when UK people talk here in the forums about their celebrities here or movies, etc... they are not known for anybody out of the UK (names I have never heard in my life in 99% cases), and it looks like it happens the same thing in the other way.
    What many Spanish/Italians/Germans don't realise is that although they grew up watching a lot of foreign language TV, English people don't. The 'foreign' things that they were watching were in English! There are more than enough English-language productions around the world to fill TV schedules in England. There were a few European productions shown to children in the 1980s, but most were dubbed (badly) with English dialogue. But then we were lucky - other European countries usually just got subtitles.

    The other thing many non-English people don't realise is that much of their English-language references were American, and yet they expect English people to be familiar with them, because of the language. Shows like The Love Boat, which some European countries go crazy for, but was never popular (if it was ever shown at all) in England. And Danes and Germans are stunned to learn that hardly anyone in England is familiar with the 1963 filmed theatre sketch 'Dinner for One', which is on TV all over central Europe around every Christmas.

    But if this is a whole series of films made in English language but only shown in European countries that don't speak English? That's a new one on me!
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  • leespoonsleespoons
    edited October 2014
    Vampyre wrote: »
    Who??

    The bloke out of The Smiths who stuck a bunch of flowers up his arse on Top of the Pops. Do try to keep up.
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  • vanpeeblesvanpeebles
    edited October 2014
    Bud and Terence movies were shown here in the UK in 70's as I've spoke to people at work who saw them in the past.

    I've not seen any myself but I have seen one or two knock off movies where people play Bud and Terence style characters. (A western with a weapon forge on a train and the big mans horse is tired so he carries it on his shoulders :D )

    I also watch a lot of Poliziotteschi films too.

    Just to add the clone film was called Carambola.
  • deadpan666deadpan666
    edited October 2014
    joefish wrote: »
    Shows like The Love Boat, which some European countries go crazy for, but was never popular (if it was ever shown at all) in England.


    The Love Boat was certainly shown in Scotland! I think it used to come on in the early afternoon, about the same time slot Diagnosis Murder filled years later! :D I must have watched it at least a few times as a kid, as I knew who some of the characters were...

    And I've always watched a lot of foreign stuff, either with subtitles or dubbed...Channel 4 & BBC 2 were always showing stuff like that in the 80s & 90s! And loads of VHS companies were putting stuff out badly dubbed and on the cheap, especially the westerns & bleak future type films!

    I suppose it just depends on what you like watching. I'm interested in Spaghetti Westerns so I've actively sought them out, whereas if you just have a mild interest or no interest at all I suppose you'll just wait for them to appear on the TV.....
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  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited October 2014
    joefish wrote: »
    What many Spanish/Italians/Germans don't realise is that although they grew up watching a lot of foreign language TV, English people don't. The 'foreign' things that they were watching were in English! There are more than enough English-language productions around the world to fill TV schedules in England. There were a few European productions shown to children in the 1980s, but most were dubbed (badly) with English dialogue. But then we were lucky - other European countries usually just got subtitles.

    The other thing many non-English people don't realise is that much of their English-language references were American, and yet they expect English people to be familiar with them, because of the language. Shows like The Love Boat, which some European countries go crazy for, but was never popular (if it was ever shown at all) in England. And Danes and Germans are stunned to learn that hardly anyone in England is familiar with the 1963 filmed theatre sketch 'Dinner for One', which is on TV all over central Europe around every Christmas.

    But if this is a whole series of films made in English language but only shown in European countries that don't speak English? That's a new one on me!
    The Love Boat was definitely popular over here in UK.
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  • vanpeeblesvanpeebles
    edited October 2014
    deadpan666 wrote: »
    I suppose it just depends on what you like watching. I'm interested in Spaghetti Westerns so I've actively sought them out, whereas if you just have a mild interest or no interest at all I suppose you'll just wait for them to appear on the TV.....

    Me too, movies4men on freeview is excellent for them at the moment :)
  • Dave_CDave_C
    edited October 2014
    joefish wrote: »
    There were a few European productions shown to children in the 1980s, but most were dubbed (badly) with English dialogue.

    Hmmm, 'The Flashing Blade' anyone?

  • def chrisdef chris
    edited October 2014
    leespoons wrote: »
    The bloke out of Crossroads with the silly hat. Do try to keep up.

    ah yes. overweight chap with long dark hair, went on to present you've been framed?
  • leespoonsleespoons
    edited October 2014
    def chris wrote: »
    ah yes. overweight chap with long dark hair, went on to present you've been framed?

    Yep that's him. Lisa Stansfield, I think his real name is.
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  • hikokihikoki
    edited October 2014
    Bud Spencer and Bruce Lee films were truly inspiring.
    I think Carlo was italian swimming champion.
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  • joefishjoefish
    edited October 2014
    karingal wrote: »
    The Love Boat was definitely popular over here in UK.
    Ah, you forgot to add the phrase "once upon a time..." :lol: !
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  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited October 2014
    joefish wrote: »
    Ah, you forgot to add the phrase "once upon a time..." :lol: !

    The key word is "was"...
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  • Shadow MakerShadow Maker
    edited October 2014
    Saw some films with them, when I was child. Something like "Pari o dispari" (not sure if correct) and "nome is nessuno" (or so). Really quite straight-forward movies, seems could be popular only in childhood, as recently tried to rewatch that "Pari o dispari" and really too low quality for my grown-up brain.

    So it is really some local persons... It is like if I ask, if anybody ever saw a film Diamond Hand or any other film with any actor from this film...
  • murtcepsmurtceps
    edited October 2014
    Definitely popular with us at school. Early eighties video fodder. You knew exactly what you were getting.

    First one I saw was watch out we're mad, this was at the cinema as a b movie to something.

    I would say the trinity films are my favourites. If you like spaghetti westerns you should check them out.
  • mrmessymrmessy
    edited October 2014
    Dave_C wrote: »
    Hmmm, 'The Flashing Blade' anyone?


    Yeesssss! Badly dubbed or not, I liked it!

    And I don't mean the 1990's Dick and Dom version (or whatever it was) where it was re-dubbed for "comedy" purposes.
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  • mrmessymrmessy
    edited October 2014
    http://youtu.be/-kcXyNiDd4I
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  • joefishjoefish
    edited October 2014
    mrmessy wrote: »
    http://youtu.be/-kcXyNiDd4I
    Oh god no. You can burn in hell for that one... :evil:
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