Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century
Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century (Italian: Yeti – Il gigante del 20º secolo, lit. 'Yeti: The 20th Century Giant') is a 1977 Italian-Canadian giant monster film directed by Gianfranco Parolini (as Frank Kramer),[1] co-written by Parolini, Marcello Coscia, and Mario di Nardo, with special effects by Giovanni Cappelli, Nello Cappelli, Giuseppe Carrozza, Beniamino Carrozza, Amerigo Casagrande, Marcello Martinelli, Germano Natali, Augusto Possanza, and Fabio Traversari. In the film, an industrialist's orphaned grandchildren and their collie befriend an awakened Yeti.
| Yeti: The 20th Century Giant | |
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| Directed by | Gianfranco Parolini (as Frank Kramer) |
| Written by | Gianfranco Parolini Marcello Coscia Mario di Nardo |
| Produced by | Gianfranco Parolini Mario di Nardo Wolfranco Coccia Nicolò Pomilia |
| Starring | Antonella Interlenghi Jim Sullivan Mimmo Crao John Stacy Tony Kendall |
| Cinematography | Sandro Mancori |
| Edited by | Manlio Camastro |
| Music by | Sante Maria Romitelli |
Production company | Stefano Film |
| Distributed by | Stefano Film (Italy) |
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Running time | 105 minutes (United States) |
| Countries | Italy Canada |
| Languages | Italian English |
Plot
Professor Wassermann (John Stacy) is asked by industry magnate Morgan Hunnicut (Eddie Faye) to lead an expedition to study the giant Yeti creature found frozen in a large ice block on Newfoundland's coast. The professor does not know that Hunnicut intends to use the prehistoric creature as a trademark of its multinational industrial group. A very big mistake.
Cast
- Antonella Interlenghi as Jane[1]
- Jim Sullivan as Herbie[1]
- Tony Kendall as Cliff Chandler[1]
- Edoardo Faieta as Morgan Hunnicut[1]
- John Stacy as Henry Wassermann[1]
- Aldo Canti as The Killer[1]
- Donald O'Brien as Sergeant Stricker[1]
- Mimmo Crao as Yeti[1]
Production
While RKO and Universal Pictures battled over King Kong's rights, Dino De Laurentiis, the producer for the 1976 King Kong remake would next produce another giant monster film which would be filmed in the Himalayas, entitled Yeti. David Z. Goodman wrote the screenplay, based on a story by Italian author Giorgio Moser.[1][2][3]
References
- venoms5. "Yeti: The Giant of the 20th Century (1977) review". Retrieved 2021-07-07.
- "La Stampa – Consultazione Archivio". www.archiviolastampa.it. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
- Grassi, Giovanna (August 1977). Non bastava King Kong: adesso arriva lo Yeti. The Sunday Courier. pp. 22–27.