Banános Joe DVD 1982 (Banana Joe) / Audio: Hungarian and English / Subtitle: Hungarian Only / Starring: Bud Spencer / Directed by: Stefano Vanzina

UPC 5999881066586

Region 2 PAL DVD

Audio: Hungarian and English

Subtitle: Hungarian Only

Playtime: 92 minutes

Hungarian Summary:

A Banános Joe (eredeti cím: Banana Joe) 1982-ben bemutatott olasz–német filmvígjáték, amelynek főszereplője Bud Spencerlátható mint Banános Joe és Marina Langner mint Dorianne. Előfordul Banán Joe címváltozatban is. A rendezője Steno, a producere Josi W. Konski, a forgatókönyvírói Mario Amendola, Bruno Corbucci és Steno, a zeneszerzői Guido és Maurizio de Angelis. A mozifilm a Derby Cinematografica és a Lisa Film GmbH gyártásában készült, a Produzione Internazionale Cinematografica forgalmazásában jelent meg. Műfaját tekintve akciófilm és filmvígjáték. Olaszországban 1982. április 8-án mutatták be a mozikban, Magyarországon 1992. március 12-én adták ki VHS-en.

A filmforgatás helyszíne Kolumbiában volt. Jóllehet kolumbiai filmesek nem vettek részt a film elkészítésében, de a rendező bevont a munkálatokban helyieket, némelyiküknek rövid szerep is jutott, mint az amantidói gyerekeknek.

A filmben hallható az I Wanna Believe c. sláger, Yvonne Wilkins száma (Marina Langner nem énekli a film során, mindössze tátog a bejátszott szám alatt).

Cselekmény

Banános Joe nagydarab, joviális férfi, aki egy aprócska faluban, Amantidóban él, az egyik dél-amerikai köztársaságban, távol a civilizációtól. Barátságban van a helyi bennszülöttekkel, és banánkereskedelemmel foglalkozik, de balszerencséjére a helyi maffia rá akarja tenni a kezét a banánkereskedelemre. Joe eldönti, hogy megszerzi a kereskedelem gyakorlásához szükséges összes hivatalos papírt, a városban viszont a legkülönbözőbb csapdák várnak rá; kalandba bonyolódik egy énekesnővel, besorozzák a hadseregbe, ahonnan kénytelen rövid úton megszökni, utána pedig letartóztatják, mert dezertált. Hiába szerzi meg az áhított engedélyt, tíz évre börtönbe akarják csukni. Amikor mégis kegyelmet kap, azonnal visszatér Amantidóba, amely közben gyökeresen megváltozott – modern, korrupt maffiaközpont lett belőle.

English Summary:

Banana Joe is a 1982 Italian action-comedy film starring Bud Spencer.

Plot:

Bud Spencer plays Banana Joe, a brawny yet friendly man who lives in a small rainforest village called Amantido with a huge number of his own children and regularly delivers bananas to a South American river port (hence his name). One day, the henchmen of a local gangster boss named Torsillo come ashore in Amantido to initiate the construction of a banana processing plant. Of course, Joe (in typical direct-approach manner) evicts the goons, who promptly return to their boss.

Torsillo finds out that Joe is trading bananas without a license and decides to exploit it. Upon his next delivery, Joe is apprehended by the police and given the choice of either acquiring a legal license or getting his boat impounded and himself arrested for illegal shipment. Joe travels to the nearest city, which to him is a new world, as he grew up in the rainforest. Unfamiliar with city life and only marginally literate, he falls prey to a con man named Manuel, who has a gift of the gab which has placed him in favor in several high positions, even with the country's President for his help in developing a remedy for a genetic defect in the Presidential family.

Eventually Joe meets Dorianne, an attractive singer, in a bar owned by Torsillo, where he gets a temporary job as a bouncer. Torsillo also runs into Joe personally time and again, and after having seen Joe easily finishing off five of his toughest goons, the gangster boss has taken to jumping out of the next window in a panic the instant he lays an eye on Joe.

In pursuit of his license, Joe finds out that he must get himself registered with the authorities in order to "exist" legally. Since he has no proper official records, however, this proves highly difficult, and the constrictions and loop-holes of bureaucracy provide no help in resolving the matter. Joe even has to enlist in the Army, but after driving his drill sergeant to the point of despair and even to degradation, he deserts and lands himself in prison when in his impatience he takes matters (literally) into his own hands. In prison he re-encounters Manuel, whom he intends to pay back for his schemes, but it turns out that the con man actually has a heart of gold: Having taken pity on Joe's plight, he has used his connections to get Joe the much-needed license. From Dorianne, who visits him in prison, Joe learns that Torsillo has used his absence to facilitate the construction of the banana plant.

Joe and Manuel promptly break out of prison and return to Amantido, where Joe proceeds to thrash Torsillo's thugs and a newly built casino. Afterwards the police arrive, but not to arrest Joe. Instead they've been looking for Manuel: his remedy he had concocted for the President has worked, and Manuel (and Joe as well) receive amnesty as well as the fulfilment of a wish (Manuel decides to become Minister of Finance). To top it off, Torsillo is revealed to be no stranger to the authorities, and he and his entourage get arrested immediately. Dorianne decides to stay with Joe in Amantido, where she opens a school which Joe also attends, and Joe's life goes otherwise back to normal.

Cast

• Bud Spencer: Banana Joe
• Marina Langner: Dorianne
• Mario Scarpetta: Manuel
• Gianfranco Barra: Torsillo
• Enzo Garinei: Eng. Moreno
• Gunther Philipp: the Tailor
• Giorgio Bracardi: Sergeant Josè Felipe Maria Martiño
• Nello Pazzafini: Torsillo's truck driver
• Nazzareno Zamperla: Hitman

Szereplők