Review of After the Fox (1966) by Doug O — 17 Sep 2010
- Federico Fabrizi presenta â??The Gold of Cairoâ?? staring Tony Powell & Gina Romantica - Thatâ??s the movie within the movie â??After the Fox,â?? a Peter Sellers classic and one of the funniest, most unusual comedy movies you may have never seen.
Directed by one of the founders of Italian neo-realism, Vittorio De Sica, who was no stranger to comedy, but â??Foxâ?? was an unusual melding of Italian and Hollywood comedy featuring a US/UK cast with Italian supporting actors.
Peter Sellers is terrific as Aldo Vanucci, a criminal mastermind known as The Fox; Brit Ekland is his sister, Gina Vanucci, the aspiring starlet; Martin Balsam plays it straight as Harry, the agent for an aging Hollywood star in a tour de force performance by Victor Mature who steals every scene heâ??s in as Tony Powell.
Akim Tamiroff is Okra who partners with The Fox to smuggle the gold and the strikingly beautiful Maria Grazia Buccella plays Okraâ??s assistant. The movie features a snappy and groovy score by the great Burt Bacharach and the screenplay was written by Neil Simon and I can only imagine what the Italian set was like on this movie.
It would be interesting if the movie was released featuring the Italian sound track which featured its own unique score and the Italian dialog for the supporting cast. The movie is hard to categorize or describe, but it is essentially a heist film comedy.
Sellersâ?? gets to try several funny accents, but mostly plays it straight. While the movie is over-the-top, itâ??s mostly because we the viewer are in on the joke. The ending is one of the most bizarre endings of any movie ever made and as a kid it made for much discussion among my friends.
This movie is not to be missed and I try to watch it at least once or twice a yearâ?¦.
This review of After the Fox (1966) was written by Doug O on 17 Sep 2010.
After the Fox has generally received positive reviews.
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