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The Great Adventure (1974 film)

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La Gran aventura
Directed byEmilio Vieyra
StarringVíctor Bó, Graciela Alfano and Ricardo Bauleo.
Production
company
Aries Cinematográfica Argentina
Distributed byNort Film
Release date
  • 23 May 1974 (1974-05-23)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

The Great Adventure (Spanish: La Gran aventura) is a 1974 Argentine action film comedy directed by Emilio Vieyra. The film stars Víctor Bó, Graciela Alfano and Ricardo Bauleo.[1][2] The film marked the end of Vieyra's contract with Pel-Mex, and start of collaboration with producers Aries Cinematográfica Argentina and other small producers.[3] The film features a Dollars trilogy-type whistling and gun-firing score.

Cast

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  • Graciela Alfano as Afrodita
  • Ricardo Bauleo as Apolo
  • Víctor Bó as Hércules
  • Leonardo Bonzi
  • Juan José Camero
  • Florencio Alegre
  • María Fernanda Cartier
  • Rey Charol
  • Julio De Grazia
  • Noemí del Castillo
  • Beto Gianola
  • Alberto Golán
  • Liliana Lagos
  • Juan Carlos Landers
  • Roberto Landers
  • Stella Maris Lanzani
  • Ricardo Lavié
  • Maria Estela Lorca
  • Gilda Lousek
  • Oscar Maril
  • Jorge Martínez
  • Enrique Milio
  • Guillermo Murray
  • Arturo Noal
  • Enrique Nóbili
  • Ignacio Quirós
  • Gigi Rua
  • Dudy Sicorski
  • Julieta Vertier
  • Emilio Vieyra as Cameo
  • Norberto Vieyra

Reception

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Although the director Emilio Vieyra was often criticized and his films dismissed by critics, The Great Adventure was a commercial success and considered a "blockbuster".[4] Fernando Gabriel Varea in his 2006 book El cine argentino durante la dictadura militar, 1976/1983 described the film as a "super super adventure", "sort of cross between James Bond and the Three Stooges. [5] The Great Adventure was also the first of several of Vieyra's films which featured fish and dolphins.[4][6]

References

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  1. ^ Giusti, Marco (2010). 007 all'italiana. Isbn Edizioni. p. 38. ISBN 978-88-7638-187-4. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  2. ^ TV guide. Triangle Publications. 1981. p. 270. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  3. ^ Aguilar, Gonzalo Moisés; Manetti, Ricardo (2005). Cine argentino: modernidad y vanguardias, 1957/1983. Fondo Nacional de las Artes. p. 154. ISBN 9789509807891. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  4. ^ a b Puig, Alexis (30 November 1997). El gran libro del Vampiro. Imaginador. p. 113. ISBN 978-950-768-182-0. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  5. ^ Varea, Fernando Gabriel (1 January 2006). El cine argentino durante la dictadura militar, 1976/1983. Editorial Municipal de Rosario. p. 58. ISBN 978-987-9267-28-8. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  6. ^ Humor. Ediciones de la Urraca S.A. 1 January 1994. Retrieved 24 November 2011.[verification needed]
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