Along with his sidekick Whistle (Giancarlo Prete), Scaramouche (Michael Sarrazin) unwittingly becomes entangled in a plot to assassinate Napoleon - only to find himself the unlikely object of desire for Napoleon's lascivious new bride, the Empress Josephine (Ursula Andress).
The Loves and Times of Scramouche was released on March 17, 1976.[1]
Receptionedit
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film one-and-a-half stars out of four and revealed that "I didn't stay for the whole movie, which is sort of unusual; I like to sit through even the worst films in the hopes of finding things more atrocious than I've already seen ... But 'Scaramouche' had such a deadening quality - it was so lacking in energy and invention and wit - that somehow I knew there was no hope."[2]Richard Eder of The New York Times wrote, "This tedious, jumpy, inept effort to do still another comic take-off on historical swashbucklery is as bad as impalement."[3] Arthur D. Murphy of Variety dismissed the film as "a banal Italo-Yugoslavian alleged comedy effort" that was "silly, juvenile, hokey and mostly vulgar nonsense."[4]Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune gave the film one star out of four and wrote that it "gets old fast unless you have an insatiable appetite for seeing actors beaned with salamis and butted with sabres."[5] Gary Arnold of The Washington Post called it "a lot of title for very little entertainment" and a "strenuous throwaway production."[6] Linda Gross of the Los Angeles Times called it "a silly, slapstick spaghetti spoof of swashbuckling adventure movies" and "a badly-dubbed hodge-podge" which "lacks a deft historical perspective so even the artful battle footage by photographer Giovanni Bergamini looks like it belongs in another kind of movie."[7] Maurizio Cavagnaro of the Genoese newspaper Corriere Mercantile defined the film as an "indigestible mess".[8]
loves, times, scaramouche, italian, avventure, amori, scaramouche, 1976, comedy, film, directed, enzo, castellari, directed, byenzo, castellariscreenplay, byenzo, castellari, tito, carpi, story, bytito, carpi, produced, byfederico, alcardi, starringmichael, sa. The Loves and Times of Scaramouche Italian Le avventure e gli amori di Scaramouche is a 1976 comedy film directed by Enzo G Castellari The Loves and Times of ScaramoucheDirected byEnzo G CastellariScreenplay byEnzo G Castellari Tito Carpi 1 Story byTito Carpi 1 Produced byFederico Alcardi 1 StarringMichael Sarrazin Ursula Andress Aldo Maccione Giancarlo Prete 1 CinematographyGiovanni Bergamini 1 Edited byGianfranco Amicucci 1 Music byFranco Bixio Fabio Frizzi Vince Tempera 1 ProductioncompaniesEmbassy Pictures Epee Cinematographica Jadran Film Lisa Film 1 Release date17 March 1976 1976 03 17 CountriesItaly Yugoslavia Denmark 1 LanguagesItalian English Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Release 4 Reception 5 See also 6 References 6 1 Footnotes 6 2 Sources 7 External linksPlot editAlong with his sidekick Whistle Giancarlo Prete Scaramouche Michael Sarrazin unwittingly becomes entangled in a plot to assassinate Napoleon only to find himself the unlikely object of desire for Napoleon s lascivious new bride the Empress Josephine Ursula Andress Cast editMichael Sarrazin as Scaramouche Ursula Andress as Josephine De Beauharnais Aldo Maccione as Napoleon Bonaparte Giancarlo Prete as Whistle Michael Forest as Danglar Sal Borgese Romano PuppoRelease editThe Loves and Times of Scramouche was released on March 17 1976 1 Reception editRoger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times gave the film one and a half stars out of four and revealed that I didn t stay for the whole movie which is sort of unusual I like to sit through even the worst films in the hopes of finding things more atrocious than I ve already seen But Scaramouche had such a deadening quality it was so lacking in energy and invention and wit that somehow I knew there was no hope 2 Richard Eder of The New York Times wrote This tedious jumpy inept effort to do still another comic take off on historical swashbucklery is as bad as impalement 3 Arthur D Murphy of Variety dismissed the film as a banal Italo Yugoslavian alleged comedy effort that was silly juvenile hokey and mostly vulgar nonsense 4 Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune gave the film one star out of four and wrote that it gets old fast unless you have an insatiable appetite for seeing actors beaned with salamis and butted with sabres 5 Gary Arnold of The Washington Post called it a lot of title for very little entertainment and a strenuous throwaway production 6 Linda Gross of the Los Angeles Times called it a silly slapstick spaghetti spoof of swashbuckling adventure movies and a badly dubbed hodge podge which lacks a deft historical perspective so even the artful battle footage by photographer Giovanni Bergamini looks like it belongs in another kind of movie 7 Maurizio Cavagnaro of the Genoese newspaper Corriere Mercantile defined the film as an indigestible mess 8 See also editList of Italian films of 1976References editFootnotes edit a b c d e f g h i j Kinnard amp Crnkovich 2017 p 110 Ebert Roger March 24 1976 The Loves and Times of Scaramouche RogerEbert com Retrieved December 21 2018 Eder Richard March 18 1976 Screen Italian Scaramouche at Showcase Theaters The New York Times 50 Murphy Arthur D March 17 1976 Film Reviews The Loves And Times Of Scaramouche Variety 22 Siskel Gene March 22 1976 Scaramouche very unfunny Chicago Tribune Section 3 p 10 Arnold Gary March 19 1976 Buckle Minus Swash The Washington Post B13 Gross Linda April 28 1976 Scaramouche A Ragged Rogue Los Angeles Times Part IV p 15 Maurizio Cavagnaro 24 January 1976 Le avventure e gli amori di Scaramouche Corriere Mercantile Sources edit Kinnard Roy Crnkovich Tony 2017 Italian Sword and Sandal Films 1908 1990 McFarland ISBN 978 1476662916 External links editThe Loves and Times of Scaramouche at IMDb nbsp nbsp This article related to an Italian comedy film of the 1970s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Loves and Times of Scaramouche amp oldid 1159191842, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
