<David_Z> Hi Edward...

<Kit_Gavin> hi edward

<Edward> Hui guys, here I am

<Kit_Gavin> Sr Marheriti?

<David_Z> Welcome to the chat sir!

<David_Z> Indeed!

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<Edward> 1Am I late?

<Kit_Gavin> no

<David_Z> no, early :)

<Edward> Perfect:)

<Kit_Gavin> benvenuti!

<Edward> grazie, did someone speaks Italian?

<that1hotchik> hey everyone

<David_Z> before we start I really want to say thanks for coming by... your

father was a HUGE positive influence on me creatively from the time I was

a young teenager. It's a fantastic thing you are doing and you have my

thanks!

<Kit_Gavin> Si, io

<David_Z> hey ther t1

<that1hotchik> asl?

<Edward>OK David.. I'm glad, what are you doing?

<Kit_Gavin> Yes my greatest compliments - your father was a true maestro of

genre cinema

<David_Z> well, I'm watching a screenplay go through some Los Angeles

offices now... and writing lots of movie related materials (including some on

this site)

<Edward> I't's possible that no one have any complaint about the site?

<David_Z> I'd be thrilled to send some reviews to you in the near future.

Honored really

<David_Z> nope, no complaints!

<Edward> Strange... It's the first time I make something like this...

<David_Z> it can be fun, you'll meet up with a lot of people and talk about the

movies... some good folks are here at CN

<Edward> I add yesterday about six or seven beautiful reviews from Mike

Matinez, very well done.

<David_Z> Cool, you will probably NEVER run out of reviews or reviewers. In

America at the least your father got a lot of exposure and has a ton of fans.

<Edward> Yes, Robert Monell sent me some reviews especially made for

the site, and he's working on some others

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<David_Z> Outstanding, it's like a mecca for his fans

<Edward> Also I have to tanks Paul Cooke, an English guy who's help me

in checking some translations

<Kit_Gavin> great

<David_Z> Paul is a great fan and a gentleman... I'm sure he will do

everything he can

<Edward> You watch the video section of the site?

<David_Z> Not yet, I have to go check it out!

<Edward> KIT I WILL MAKE YOU A MONUMENT!!!

<Kit_Gavin> nor me

<David_Z> hahah... a Gavinatorial statue :)

<Kit_Gavin> haha

<Kit_Gavin> prego sr. daisies

<Kit_Gavin> ;o)

<Edward> It takes me so much to translate the Italian version which is not

even complete it.

<Edward> yet

<Kit_Gavin> email me if you like?

<David_Z> You know what I would LOVE to see on the website? The original

comics of YOR. I have a strange obsession with that film, and they are right

up in my holy grail section of collecting. Have either of you ever seen them?

<Kit_Gavin> 12kjgavin@libero.it

<Edward> 1,0sned me your e-mail and I will surely do.

<Edward> 1,0you can find my in the site

<Kit_Gavin> okay

<Edward> 1,0 12edoardo@antoniomargheriti.com

<Kit_Gavin> grazie

<Kit_Gavin> the yor comics?

<Edward> ma sei italiano? or you just live in Italy?

<Kit_Gavin> no dz - not

<David_Z> yes indeed, there were comic books. I saw them on ebay once

and didn't get them. It broke my heart I have to say.

<Kit_Gavin> sono danese ma vivo insieme roma e londra

<David_Z> I have a HUGE poster illustrated by Druillet for the French release

of Yor...it drives my wife crazy that it never comes down off the wall :)

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<Kit_Gavin> all i know are pigozzi, and the lovely miss clery from that film

<David_Z> Ahoy Fred!!

<fredzilla> Hello! :)

<David_Z> Pag!

<fredzilla> Finally!

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<Edward> 1,0that was a good film

<David_Z> Join the Yor chat fred :)

<Kit_Gavin> was it made in turkey?

<David_Z> Yes indeed, the history of Yor would be a fascinating story!

<fredzilla> I will! :) I have a question about Yor actually.

<David_Z> well..fascinating to me :)

<Edward> 1,0by the way we did in 1983 a TV series made out of 4 episodes

of 50' each

<fredzilla> How was that and tell us more about working with Aytekin Akkaya

(who played a caveman in Yor).

<Edward> the shooting was entirely done in Turkey

<David_Z> Was that version in English or strictly for Italian TV

<Kit_Gavin> yes I saw Corinne has them

<Edward> at Istambul the studio interiors

<Edward> Aytekin was a good friend

<Edward> 0we work with him also in Ark of the sun god

<Kit_Gavin> with almanta suska?

<fredzilla> A friend of mine is a big fan of Ayetkin and he also loves Yor :)

<David_Z> Fred, there is a lovely Italian DVD of Ark of the Sun God that you

simply have to have.

<Edward> 1,0the TV series was only made for Italy

<fredzilla> David: I will, some day :)

<Edward> 1,0no Almanta Suska was in the Philippines

<Kit_Gavin> sppravvisuti del cobra d'oro?

<Edward> 1,0Raider of the Golden Cobra

<Kit_Gavin> i was living in the philipines when you made it

<Edward> 1,0Kit you made a mix between two films

<Kit_Gavin> i did

<Kit_Gavin> sorry

<Edward> 1,0Raiders and Tiger Joe

<David_Z> The action films are amongst my favorite films. Tiger Joe,

Tornado...all fun stuff.

<Kit_Gavin> what do you remember about almanta?

<Edward> 1,0You lived in the Philippines too?

<Kit_Gavin> yes. when i was young

<Edward> Nothing I was in the Army during that film, I just work in Rome

for the special effects

<Kit_Gavin> when marcos and then aquino were president

<fredzilla> Can you tell us more about how you worked with the fantastic

miniatures? Where they constructed and filmed in Italy? Tell us more :)

<Edward> Me too... I practically lived there for six years

<Kit_Gavin> where? Manilla?

<Kit_Gavin> or Quezon city?

<Edward> Miniatures about Yor were made all in Rome

<Edward> I lived in Manila, near Makati

<Kit_Gavin> I remember

<Kit_Gavin> me too :o)

<Edward> What?

<Kit_Gavin> 6th street

<David_Z> The miniature work is fantastic in Yor, it has so very much flavor. I

don't think CGI could capture it.

<Kit_Gavin> a place called monteverdi mansions

<Edward> all Europeans were living in that area... more or less

<fredzilla> I love the miniature airplane in Commando Lepoard, that's one of

the best effect shots ever made.

<Edward> You know that the monsters in Yor were all in scale 1:1?

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<David_Z> I certainly thought so of that opening dinosaur, it's incredible really!

<Edward> the big Tryceratrops was over 25 feet long and 12 tall

<David_Z> Hah... I bet that was a real sight!

<fredzilla> Is Luciano Pigozzi still around in the movie industry?

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<Kit_Gavin> have you kept any of the models?

<David_Z> Reb Brown smacking away at a giant dinosaur

creature...amazing.

<Edward> We manage to move it with five persons inside the monsters

<Kit_Gavin> pigozzi lives in paris fred

<Edward> How can we do that Kit?

<David_Z> I bet, that must have been some day trying to get it to move

<Edward> Really? Luciano doesn't live in Rome anymore?

<Kit_Gavin> rambaldi has most of his

<Devin_Kelly> hello everyone, apologies for being late, just got in from work

and cleaned up

<Kit_Gavin> he lives between Rome and Paris

<Devin_Kelly> hello Edoardo, and welcome...it's an honor

<Edward> Rambaldi has more space than we did

<Edward> My pleasure

<David_Z> I bet, where do you store a giant dinosaur...it would be like

Batman and his batcave.

<David_Z> hey devin

<Kit_Gavin> true

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<Devin_Kelly> hey DZ, Steve, Fred

<fredzilla> devin :

<Edward> we build about five or six creatures... I don't remember

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<fredzilla> Was Klaus Kinski hard to work with?

<David_Z> Yor had a great bunch of costumes and characters as well! John

Steiner is pretty barmy in a lot of films, but as Overlord...wow!

<Edward> I almost fight with him. The rest of the crew had to stop me

<Devin_Kelly> Edoardo, may I ask you, are you ever in touch with Mike

Monty these days? I know you cast him in your COBRA NERO 2...where is

he today?

<David_Z> Ah...Kinski strikes again.

<Edward> I've seen Mike about three months ago... he came to Rome for

few days

<fredzilla> I've heard there's very few that got along with Kinski. How did your

father work with him?

<Edward> Mike still live in Manila

<Kit_Gavin> monti also lives in the philippines i think

<Kit_Gavin> :o)

<Edward> since twenty years

<Devin_Kelly> yes, I know he did a lot of films out of the Philippines

<Devin_Kelly> is he still active?

<Edward> in the 60's he work pretty a lot in Italy

<Kit_Gavin> last time i saw luciano pigozzi he was living in Via Saluzzo

Saluzzo

<Devin_Kelly> ah, I love Pigozzi...unmistakeable face:)

<Edward> Yes, Mike still work for some Japanese movies, the last still

1,0made in the Philippines

<Devin_Kelly> very cool...thank you

<fredzilla> Pigozzi is one of the best.

<Devin_Kelly> for sure Fred!

<Edward> Pigozzi without beard is alike Peter Lorre

<Devin_Kelly> pops up in SOOOOOO many films too

<fredzilla> Yes, very alike.

<Devin_Kelly> lol, so true

<fredzilla> I've heard some dubbing where they made him sound like Lorre to.

<Edward> ?

<Edward> never notice... I do not know the voice of Lorre

<Kit_Gavin> era un doppiattore che a fatto una voce per pigozzi che

sembrava la voce di lorre in inglese

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<fredzilla> Lorre has such a special voice, and some of Pigozzis movies from

the sixties the english dubbing voice resembles Lorre very much.

<Edward> Antonio loves comics, he want to make a sequel for Yor, but

was not possible

<David_Z> Pigozzi's career is always amazing, I just smile whenever he pops

up!

<SteveGenier> Hello, sorry I'm late

<David_Z> His comics influences are visible, especially in all the miniature

sequences, it's wonderful

<Edward> Forgiven

<fredzilla> Steve!

<David_Z> Hey Steve

<Kit_Gavin> hey

<SteveGenier> Hello Guys!

<Edward> There was a comics he loved, The Mercenary, from a spanish

artist

<Devin_Kelly> hey Steve:)

<Kit_Gavin> Jano/

<Kit_Gavin> ?

<David_Z> I'll have to look for that!

<SteveGenier> Has Edoardo found the chatroom ok?

<fredzilla> Edoardo is here with us :)

<Edward> was a knight in armous who rides a flying dragon in a fantastic

1,0world

<Edward> I just translate my name

<SteveGenier> ok...Hello Edoardo and welcome!

<David_Z> I am currently writing a comics series and found myself paying a

little tribute to the mini car chase :)

<Devin_Kelly> Edoardo, perhaps of interest to you, I have one of your father's

films here that I will be sitting down with tonight, BATTLE OF THE

WORLDS (1961)

<David_Z> except in the story they really ARE minicars

<Edward> funny, Antonio would love it

<Devin_Kelly> with Claude Rains

<David_Z> The scifi films are great stuff Devin, you'll get a big kick out of

them.

<Devin_Kelly> stars a young Giuliano gemma too

<Edward> How is it? I've just order it yesterday on Amazon

<Devin_Kelly> well I'll be watching it for the first time myself as well tonight

<Devin_Kelly> looking forward to it!

<Edward> Giuliano was in the second two of the Gamma Series right?

<fredzilla> I waiting for the release of Commando Leopard from Anchor Bay

UK. I wonder if Wildgeese and Commander will be released thru them to?

<Devin_Kelly> last film I watched of your father's Edoardo was CAR CRASH

(1980) with Joey Travolta

<Kit_Gavin> I also see that the film which your father made with Ken Annakin

is finally being released

<Devin_Kelly> I believe so

<Kit_Gavin> After many years

<David_Z> my favorite is Wild Wild Planet though...and I laughed when I saw

Edoardo's "diaphonoid" over at Horror HQ :)

<Edward> No I have an Italian version on dvd recorded from digital TV

<Edward> the nick I've choose for the site e-mail is Diafanoids

<Kit_Gavin> You worked on Genghis Kahn as well Eduardo, didn't you?

<Edward> Yes, for a year

<David_Z> haha...great stuff.

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<Edward> I was one of the Production Manager

<Kit_Gavin> One of my friends worked on that film

<Edward> Hei Cobra Nero... long time no see

<Kit_Gavin> Well - two (sort of)

<Edward> In Russia

<Kit_Gavin> Hal Yamanouchi

<Kit_Gavin> as an actor

<Cobra_Nero> Hi guys ... A very Good evening Edoardo ... Paul Cooke here :

)

<David_Z> ahoy there Paul!

<Edward> Wow Hal, It's a good friend too

<Cobra_Nero> Hey DZ : )

<Kit_Gavin> And a good friend, Penny Brown, as dialogue coach

<Kit_Gavin> Hey Paul

<Devin_Kelly> hey Paul...good to see you got in!:)

<Cobra_Nero> Hi Kit

<David_Z> The beloved ninja, Hal Yamanouchi!

<Edward> Hi Paul, It's an honor that you've use my title as nick

<Kit_Gavin> hes nothing like that in real life

<Edward> Hal work for us also in Trasure Island

<David_Z> The interview with him was great I though Kit

<Cobra_Nero> Edoardo it is an Honour to have you here at Cinema Nocturna.

Thank you so much for coming : )

<Edward> He use to be a mime

<Kit_Gavin> thanks i got much more

<Edward> Cobra nero stop it!!!

<Kit_Gavin> Yes he lives near gianni garko

<fredzilla> Edoardo, first of all, thanks for a wonderful career of your own, and

also for having such a great father :) I'm going to bed now, it's late here in

Sweden. But I hope to work with you sometime.

<Edward> Never met Gianni Garko

<fredzilla> Bye everybody :)

<Devin_Kelly> Edoardo - what was it like working with Joey Travolta and

Vittorio Mezzogiorno on your father's CAR CRASH? Mezzogiorno is one of

my favorite actors.

<Cobra_Nero> Adios Fred

<fredzilla> (or Good Night)

<Kit_Gavin> he lives at 188 and gianni lives at 185

<Edward> Ciao fredzilla

<Kit_Gavin> bye fred

<Devin_Kelly> bye Fred

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<David_Z> bye fred...stay well!

<Kit_Gavin> north of cassia

<Edward> Vittorio was great, a wonderful man and actor

<Cobra_Nero> Edoardo the site is looking Fantastic ... how is it coming along

for you ?

<Devin_Kelly> yes he was an excellent actor

<Edward> unfortunately he died many years ago

<Devin_Kelly> just saw him in Carlo Lizaani's HOUSE OF THE YELLOW

CARPET

<Devin_Kelly> Lizzani I mean

<Devin_Kelly> yes I know - cancer wasn't it?

<Edward> I can't say the same for joey Travolta which was ???

<Edward> no words to describe

<Devin_Kelly> he was the lead in CAR CRASH - John Travolta's brother

<Devin_Kelly> a bad person to work with?

<David_Z> haha...well sometimes no words says it all

<Devin_Kelly> lol

<Edward> No I remember well...eh eh eh

<Cobra_Nero> Devin ... glad you dig Car Crash ... Big Fun : )

<Edward> empty

<Edward> she was very pretty

<Devin_Kelly> it's great! one of Antonio's most fun! thanks for the rare

Japanese tape Paul;)

<Edward> Ana Garcia Obregon

<Devin_Kelly> yes she was

<Cobra_Nero> Edoardo , Please could you share any thoughts on working

with Bruce Willis on Hudson Hawk ;)

<Devin_Kelly> didn't do a whole lot outside of Spanish productions I don't

think

<Edward> I work with her five or six year after and she lost a lot, she gain

a lot of weight

<Devin_Kelly> on which project was that Edoardo?

<Edward> Bruce was amazing, a great guy

<Devin_Kelly> the second time I mean

<Edward> He's huge, you can't tell from movies but he's over 6 feet plus

<Devin_Kelly> wow!

<Devin_Kelly> didn't think he was that big at all

<Edward> me too

<Cobra_Nero> Hudson Hawk had some Excellent model work ... did you get

involved other than assistant Director ?

<Edward> if you look at his picture in my biography, consider that I'm over

1,0six feet

<Devin_Kelly> so who gave you the name of Dan Edwards? was it thought

up by you? why not Edoardo Margheriti?:)

<Edward> No Hudson Hawk was my first experience in production I was a

sort of Production manager and first AD for the second unit.

<Edward> Dan Edwards... I've choose it, we all have to use American

names in the 80's

<Cobra_Nero> Hudson Hawk is a Fun Favourite of mine , it was unfairly

panned ... Big Fun Movie Looks great Edoardo

<David_Z> Ed Daisies...that could have worked ;)

<Devin_Kelly> just like Anthony M. Dawson:)

<Edward> some dvd in the world comes out with A J Dawson (I was

*BLEEP* upset)

<Edward> in H.Hawk they just choose the wrong director

<Edward> it was a funny movie

<Cobra_Nero> Antonio's early movies credited him as just Anthony Dawson ,

did he add the 'M' for Margheriti ?

<Edward> Danny Aiello was great

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<Cobra_Nero> How Cool it would have been if Antonio had Directed Hudson

Hawk : )

<David_Z> That could have been a great film Paul...

<Edward> Yes, he had to, because there is an English actor who's real

1,0name is Anthony Dawson and was creating confusion

<Devin_Kelly> how'd you like working with the great Lee Van Cleef on

JUNGLE RAIDERS (LA LEGGENDA DEL RUBINO MALESE)?

<Cobra_Nero> Sure would have been DZ : )

<Devin_Kelly> well not only JUNGLE RAIDERS...but several others as well

<Edward> We made several film with Lee, was a sweet heart

<Edward> incredible uh?

<David_Z> I have a question about Web of the Spider. I really like that film a

lot (though I've only seen the cut down english print), what was Antonio's

opinion of that film?

<SteveGenier> ok, can I jump in here for a sec?

<Cobra_Nero> Lee Van Cleef in the Jungle with the Margheriti family a sure

fire success : )

<David_Z> It was interesting as a remake of an earlier (and classic) film, but it

has a flavor all it's own

<Edward> He like it, but he prefer Castle of Blood

<Devin_Kelly> yes, I love CODENAME:WILDGEESE:) Mimsy Farmer and Van

Cleef are a dream team for me:)

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<Cobra_Nero> FRANKI !!!! Hey Bro : )

<Edward> he had a crash for Barbara Steele

<Edward> thats why he prefer the first one

<David_Z> The original is amazing I agree...but Web is a film I keep revisiting.

<frankie> hello fellas

<David_Z> Who wouldn't...Barbara Steele-the queen of Gothic

<SteveGenier> Edoardo, your thoughts on La Morte negli occhi del gatto

<Devin_Kelly> go ahead Steve

<David_Z> FRANK-O!

<Edward> As I said I just remember the young and pretty german actress,

she was so nice

<Cobra_Nero> Hi Frankie ( BB here ) hows things ?

<frankie> fine and dandy

<David_Z> and mutton choppy as well?

<frankie> si

<SteveGenier> Hey Frankie!

<Cobra_Nero> Thats Lamb Chop Mister !!!! ;)

<David_Z> ahh...so sorry :)

<frankie> veggie chops

<Cobra_Nero> Edoardo ... what was your first memory of being on set as a

young person with your Father ?

<David_Z> CobraNero/Franko, we covered Yor earlier...some great info you

will like, be sure to read it!

<Edward> I step on a three inches nail when I was five... I still have a scar

<frankie> ouch

<Cobra_Nero> Darn it ... I had trouble getting in ... YOR is so close to my

heart

<Edward> Italian sets were a messy

<frankie> hehe

<frankie> i just bought some monkey fur and costume stuff for my next "film"

<Edward> Who have seen the TV version of Yor?

<David_Z> Alright, I have to share this...Paul, the monsters in Yor were made

at 1:1 scale! The opening dinosaur was operated by 5 people!

<Cobra_Nero> Edoardo hope those nails were miniatures LOL : )

<David_Z> Good lord, I'd chop off an arm to see the long version of Yor :)

<Edward>There was an Antonio film in which the Key Grip was wearing a

Gorillas costume

<David_Z> hahah...mini-nails

<Cobra_Nero> LOVE that opening Dinosaur ... sacrier than Reb Browns Wig :

)

<Edward> I was operating the head, eyes and mouth

<David_Z> There must be some very funny production stills of grips in gorilla

suits and...wait

<Edward>  there was a person for each leg

<Cobra_Nero> Edoardo how much room space do you have to keep those

wonderful miniatures of yours & Antonios ?

<David_Z> YOU were in the dino. I love the dino. thank you for letting me

know, I'll be looking hard next time :)

<Cobra_Nero> Edwardino .... Excellent LOL

<frankie> the trailer for Mr. Superinvisible seems to have some extra footage

not in the US tape...

<David_Z> I hope Reb didn't clonk you too hard!

<Edward> we missed almost all, we just preserve the train of "A fistful of

Dynamite" few cars and couple of airplanes

<David_Z> oh...that is too bad. Some of those props are amazing.

<Cobra_Nero> Thats a great shame I would have loved to one day walked

into a room with you full of Margheriti Miniature Greatness

<Edward> I will put aftertomorrow (tomorrow I go to the sea) the english

trailer of Virtual Weapon

<frankie> most of 'em were blown up anyways :)

<David_Z> true Frankie, so true.

<Edward> the bigger constructions were destroyed

<Devin_Kelly> Edoardo - who's idea was it to cast Marvin Hagler for INDIO?

<Edward> then we were using the rest in the following film

<frankie> Edoardo, what was your favorite of your father's films?

<Cobra_Nero> Frankie ... maybe Edoardo could use your sideburns for Fred

Williamson's double on Cobra Nero 4 ; )

<frankie> stunt burns

<Edward> For Indio, I think was from the producer

<Kit_Gavin> do you still work in the film business edoardo?

<Devin_Kelly> Filiberto Bandini

<Edward> The films are several Castle of Blood, Web of the Spider, Virgin

of Nuremberg, Wild,Wild planet, Yor, Commando Leopard, and some other

<Cobra_Nero> YOR ... Excellent : )

<Edward> I'm working as a Line Producer from twelve years now

<Edward> but I'm tired

<David_Z> I just saw Virgin of Nuremberg for the first time...fantastic film!!

<Edward> I'm coming back as Director

<Cobra_Nero> Edoardo we need to get you back making movies my friend

<frankie> i have Nuremberg sitting on my tv right now

<Devin_Kelly> I notice Rene Abadeza is uncredited in INDIO...I really like him.

Any memories of Abadeza Edoardo?

<Devin_Kelly> definitely!:)

<Edward> I have several projects on the go

<Kit_Gavin> which technicians have you worked with that you remember

well?

<Cobra_Nero> Excellent news on the projects

<Edward> Renee Abadeza I think (somebody told me that he's dead

<Edward> He was our special effectas foreman

<Edward> His father before him

<Devin_Kelly> OH NO! Really?:( terrible...

<Kit_Gavin> good luck with your projects edoardo - if you ever need an actor

;o)

<Devin_Kelly> I loved Rene...great little stunt guy

<Devin_Kelly> wonder how he died? a shame...

<Edward> The Last Hunter we had his father Apollonio Abadeza as

special effect

<Cobra_Nero> Kit I'd love for Edoardo to make a Post Apocalyptic movie with

you as a star player : )

<Devin_Kelly> and that is his father?

<Kit_Gavin> true

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<Devin_Kelly> and that is his father?

<David_Z> Good lord, and I know just the studio to write such a thing :)

<David_Z> PostNukes...they aren't just for nostalgia anymore.

<Devin_Kelly> I notice your father also used Rene of course as well in

CODENAME:WILDGESE

<Cobra_Nero> Half written ; )

<Devin_Kelly> and he popped up in Bruno Mattei's STRIKE COMMANDO as

well

<Edward> 1,0Renee works whit us in a dozen of films

<Edward> 1,0Bruno made too many films in the Philippines

<Devin_Kelly> lol...but never too many period;)lol

<Kit_Gavin> nice guy though

<David_Z> He sure made a few, but I can never have enough Bruno Mattei

<David_Z> Ever.

<Cobra_Nero> Never enough Italian Action movies made in the Phillipines : )

<Edward> 1,0They kill the market, all this films were made in the same

1,0locations and look the same

<Devin_Kelly> he's still at it, now with a cannibal film:)

<frankie> how was it shooting in the philippines? seems like they let you blow

up anything you wanted

<Edward> 1,0this affect also Antonio's films which were superior but..

<Devin_Kelly> and before that, SNUFF TRAP

<Cobra_Nero> Interesting that Antonio had Lewis Collins & Mattei had Brent

Huff , they would have been good together in a film

<Edward> 1,0once I was kicked out from one location near Manila because

1,0the explosion was too strong

<Devin_Kelly> what do you think of this current resurrection of the Italian

cannibal film, Edoardo?

<Kit_Gavin> have you ever worked with gino bombadone de rossi for the

explosions?

<Cobra_Nero> That Explosion may well have been for Mattei's Born To Fight

... that was Truly EXPLOSIVE !!!

<Edward> 1,0I did not know it was resurrecting

<David_Z> Frankie is right, it would appear the Phillipines were using the

Italian film industry as demolition contractors

<Devin_Kelly> Bombadone...he's the one who stabbed the pig in CANNIBAL

FEROX

<Edward> 1,0Gino he's a great man

<Devin_Kelly> yes, Bruno Mattei has made one

<Kit_Gavin> he is

<Devin_Kelly> and there is another out of Italy currently as well

<Kit_Gavin> i know him and his family

<Edward> 1,0He made with me "The Seventh Scroll" a TV action series

<Devin_Kelly> the new cannibal film titles are escaping me - help guys

<Cobra_Nero> DZ , is Land Of Doom Mattei's ?

<David_Z> Land of Death is one right?

<Devin_Kelly> yes

<Devin_Kelly> LAND OF DEATH

<Devin_Kelly> and I believe Mattei's is MONDO CANNIBALE

<Devin_Kelly> or something similar

<Cobra_Nero> Thanks , Land Of Doom is a rare Post Nuke ... just for Kit ; )

<Edward> 1,0I know that Flora Film is back in action with some digital

1,0production for dvd only

<David_Z> I saw Land of Doom Paul!

<Devin_Kelly> yes, these are those I think

<Devin_Kelly> shot digitally

<Edward> 1,0maybe is that film you are talking about

<Kit_Gavin> is that gaudenzi?

<Cobra_Nero> Whow !!!!!!! I need LOL

<David_Z> That's what the films are, Flora's new ones. I thought Snuff Trap

was good fun really

<Edward> 1,0Yes Flora was bought by Gaudenzi

<Devin_Kelly> yes, thats another new mattei film, Edoardo

<Devin_Kelly> SNUFF TRAP - which I have not seen

<Roberto67> hello all - sorry, I'd just signed on and company arrived to the

door

<David_Z> hello there!

<Edward> 1,0Bruno is a nice guy, we were upset with the politics of the

1,0production company which was made too many film and trow it on the

1,0market all together

<Devin_Kelly> hi Roberto

<Roberto67> hi!

<Cobra_Nero> Edoardo The Shark movies from Italy were many after Jaws ,

did Antonio ever consider making such a film ?

<Edward> 1,0no but he made a piranha 's one

<David_Z> the thought of a miniature shark makes my brain wobble...

<Devin_Kelly> KILLER FISH

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<David_Z> Killer Fish is one I haven't seen yet actually

<Cobra_Nero> Yes with Lee Majors , great fun

<Devin_Kelly> great cast in that film...Lee majors stars I believe

<Devin_Kelly> yep! thats the one

<Edward> 1,0you can see hundreds of wire in that film

<Roberto67> James Franciscus in a rubber dinghy

<Devin_Kelly> ah good old James Franciscus...fun actor

<Cobra_Nero> Edoardo I have not seen much of Antonio's early Sci Fi films

but they look Fun & the sets have a colourful style like Mario Bava's. Was

that intentional ?

<Edward> 1,0we used hundreds of dried real pirnhas hanged whit wire and

1,0flight like ghost behind a plastic pool filled whith water

<David_Z> Oh man, that must have been an odd looking set :)

<Devin_Kelly> lol..wow, never knew that

<Edward> 1,0Probably they were shot in the same sets for saving money, we

1,0talk of a period of Italian filming pretty pooor

<Cobra_Nero> The lost Piranha scene that Ruggero Deodato talks of LOL

<Cobra_Nero> The budget may have been poor but the quality of Fun

productions was high Edoardo : )

<Edward> 1,0i go to get some water ... i'll be back soon

<Kit_Gavin> i have to go

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<Cobra_Nero> Stay well Kit ... Adios

<Edward> 1,0thats because Antonio had always a great fantasy

<David_Z> Be good Kit, we'll see you soon!

<Devin_Kelly> stay well Kit...I'll be back too, must take a quick break

<Cobra_Nero> A fantasy we adore & love him for my friend

<Devin_Kelly> be right back guys

<David_Z> That is the key Edoardo, and maybe why I love your father's work

so very much. The fantastic was his home in the movies, and he opened

up the doors for a lot of us

<Kit_Gavin> bye everyone

<Edward> 1,0I'm back

<Cobra_Nero> Bye Kit

<Devin_Kelly> I'll be back in 5 minutes

<Edward> 1,0Antonio work better with less money sometimes that whit big

1,0budgets

<Kit_Gavin> notte edoardo e mardati un email. ciao ed a presto

<David_Z> Paul, did you ever see Hercules, Prisoner of Evil? Only Antonio

could make Herc a werewolf :)

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<Edward> 1,0notte Kit

<Cobra_Nero> Edoardo one of my favourite Westerns is The Stranger & The

Gunfighter , how was it mixing the worlds of Western & Kung Fu ?

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<Cobra_Nero> DZ ... No ... what the heck , how did I miss that !?

<Edward> 1,0I did not work yet with antonio at that time, but it comes from

1,0other two films he made for Carlo Ponti

<Edward> 1,0one parody of the Kung Fu movies

<David_Z> It's an early film... 64 I believe. That and the other one that stands

out is Devil of the desert

<Edward> 1,0and one western with fun and ghosts

<Cobra_Nero> I love the black dressed preacher & his war wagon

<David_Z> great fun stuff...

<David_Z> I'll send you them, it gives me an excuse to watch them again :)

<Cobra_Nero> Thanks DZ ... guess you know what Antonio Classic I will

send in return : )

<Edward> *BLEEP*

<Cobra_Nero> Edoardo , who would you like to work with on a movie today ?

<Edward> 1,0Sean Connery

<David_Z> by the way CN/BB...I put in a Sparacuting vote for a tape I want

VERY much, and I see you inline for another shortly..good luck!!

<Edward> 1,0Paul did you receive anything yet?

<Roberto67> Edoardo, how was Nicholas Hammond to work with?

<Cobra_Nero> Edoardo not yet , I cant wait : )

<David_Z> Spidey Man!

<Edward> 1,0damned post

<Edward> 1,0he was a nice guy, but "stiff"

<David_Z> the post goes slowly sometimes, and when it's for something

important, it's even slower!

<SteveGenier> Guys, this has been one hell of a learning experience for me!

<SteveGenier> Thanks to you all

<Cobra_Nero> If the post lose it I'll send in the Margheriti Miniature Corp to

attack LOL

<David_Z> Call in the Yor stunt double to investigate!

<David_Z> Or perhaps the Dinosaur head!

<Edward> 1,0MMC i like it

<Roberto67> He never ever seemed very relaxed in any role he did

<SteveGenier> I have to investigate more Margheriti, I have only seen a

handful.

<Cobra_Nero> : ) ... dedicated to you & Antonio my friend

<Edward> 1,0I have some photos of the construction of those Dynos I will

1,0put on the site once

<SteveGenier> Paul and David your knowledge is oincredible!

<SteveGenier> incredible that is

<Cobra_Nero> Steve , I will happily hook you up as sharing Antonio

Margheriti's great work is a pleasure : )

<David_Z> fah...just obsessive and I truly love these films so much it is a

pleasure to share them!

<Edward> 1,0Paul you read the other reviews from Mike Martinez?

<Cobra_Nero> Edoardo , The Site is so Cool ... I will continue to help out with

the translation work ... Big Fun for me

<David_Z> Excellent, I can't wait to see the pictures.

<Roberto67> I just wish Antonio's space-fantasies would receive a proper

DVD presentation

<Edward> 1,0I'm not sending any, but if you see some mistake advise me.

<Roberto67> they are so colorful that to see them cropped and washed out

does no justice to his imagination

<Cobra_Nero> Not seen Mike Martinez Reviews yet Edoardo ... Mike has

over the years written on many Italian Action movies so I most likely would

have seen before. I will do some new Reviews soonest : )

<David_Z> I agree Roberto-they would be amazing. The laserdisc of Wild

Wild Planet was a real treat. I think that AMC plays Snow Devils every so

often as well.

<Cobra_Nero> Robert 67 , it is well worth hunting out the Japanese Videos for

Antonios work as a lot are in original widescreen & look superb

<Roberto67> Wild, Wild Planet is like a living comic book - it's just crazy

<Roberto67> thank you for that tip!

<Edward> 1,0I have the entire dvd collection of the SciFi films by Antonio

1,0recorded by a satellite TV, and are perfect. I wonder where they found

1,0such a good copies

<David_Z> I can't wait to write up some stuff for the site as well. I think I

groped up my first girlfriend during a showing of YOR actually...ah,

memories. Same year as Cozzi's Hercules!

<SteveGenier> By the way Roberto67, welcome to Cinema Nocturna too!

<Cobra_Nero> Edoardo I will check all the new stuff & will definitely let you

know : )

<Roberto67> thank you, it's a tremendous site

<SteveGenier> thank you!

<Edward> 1,0I have some important news....

<David_Z> yes??

<SteveGenier> Edoardo, you have done an incredible job with your site as

well!

<Edward> 1,0An article that Enzo Castellari will send me tomorrow

<Edward> 1,0a big section on Barbara Steele with an interview and her

1,0tought about Antonio

<David_Z> wow...that is big! Enzo is another of the greats in Italian cinema!

<Cobra_Nero> Edoardo , David Z will deliver some of the best Action packed

Reviews for you ... More Fun to follow : )

<David_Z> I'll do my best-if you had told me such an opportunity would be

possible when I saw these films all those years ago, I wouldn't have

believed it!

<Cobra_Nero> Edoardo I would love to see you do a project with Enzo

<Edward> 1,0And also Ruggero Deodato which I still waiting for

<David_Z> I agree...it's time for the Italian masters to come together and

create some new films!

<Cobra_Nero> I must have seen my first Antonio Margheriti film in the late

Seventies / early Eighties ... hooked from then on : )

<Edward> 1,0Unfortunately the most interesting actors or directors to

1,0interview for the site are passed away

<Cobra_Nero> I wore out my Video Tapes for the Lewis Collins Jungle Trilogy

... thank goodness for Japanese Tapes & DVD's : )

<Edward> 1,0David I will wait your reviews

<David_Z> I had a strange first experience myself. It was probably Yor first,

but I became aware of who was making the films after a late night showing

of Web of the Spider on TV. Then I learned that my brothers favorite film

(and one of mine) The Last Hunter was from the same person. That's one

of my earliest collecting memories really.

<Cobra_Nero> Edoardo it would be an honour to Interview you for Cinema

Nocturna in the near future if you would be so kind ?

<David_Z> It all came to a head just a few weeks back when I got a beautiful

Last Hunter poster framed and given to my brother for being my best man.

<Edward> 1,0send me the question and you will get the answer

<David_Z> I agree...it would be a very good read, and Paul is the man/fan to

do it!

<Edward> I know this story David

<Cobra_Nero> I will Edoardo ... lots of questions , but I will make it enjoyable

for you I promise : )

<David_Z> Oh, the poster, that is me on Horror HQ :)

<Roberto67> Edoardo do you feel that many of these actors or directors are

more appreciated today by fans than they were during their busy years?

<Edward> then you should correct the spelling... :)

<David_Z> Nobody does interviews like Paul :)

<David_Z> will do!

<Cobra_Nero> Edoardo , spell check is my pleasure ... Fun putting your words

into context : )

<David_Z> Alright gents, I'm off-thank you so much Edoardo.

<Edward> Yes I feel that... Also Antonio was not so much apreciate when

he was working a lot

<Edward> night dave

<David_Z> And again, my thanks for the site-it's a fine tribute to a fine film

maker.

<Roberto67> That is such an injustice

<Edward> thanks dave

<Roberto67> good night Dave

<David_Z> Talk to you all soon and stay well!

<Edward> it's the same for the painters

<Cobra_Nero> I think the dawn of the Video age helped the world appreciate

Antonio's work as more of his films became available

<Cobra_Nero> Good Nifght DZ

<David_Z> Adios and Hi Ho Hatula Paul! good luck on that Tiger...Joe!

<Cobra_Nero> Thanks LOL

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<Cobra_Nero> Edoardo , I am at the moment on Ebay bidding upon a

Widescreen Video for Tiger Joe

<Edward> it's almost time to go to bed... yawnnn

<Cobra_Nero> The Japanese call it Tornado 2 ... but Tiger Joe was made

before Tornado : )

<Edward> I've bought yesterday on Amazon six or seven titles of Antonio

<Cobra_Nero> Thank you so much for visiting us here at Cinema Nocturna

Edoardo ... it was a real Thrill & honour. Thank you : )

<Edward> Yes, two years before

<Roberto67> I'll say goodnight as well - this has been most interesting. Your

father was a director of great imagination and wit

<Edward> the fun of this chat is that the answer arrive always few lines

1,0after the question

<Roberto67> All the best to you as well!

<Edward> anyway, you can always e-mail to me. It will be a pleasure to

answer.

<Edward> 1,0Night Paul, let me know when you will receive the package

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<Cobra_Nero> I'll be in regular contact Edoardo ... I shall set out an Interview

& contact you in the week to come

<Cobra_Nero> Thank you so much once again for doing & sending Edoardo. I

am so looking forward to Much More Yor : )

<Cobra_Nero> Steve , Thanks for Hosting ... what a Great day for CN ...

Edoardo is a wonderful person

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We at Cinema Nocturna would like to thank Edoardo for taking the time with sharing his personal experiences with his father and more! Please visit Edoardo's tribute to his father's work online at www.antoniomarghetti.com