Seven Beauties by Lina Wertmuller

This is the very rare English dubbed print of the 1976 classic by Lina Wertmuller, SEVEN BEAUTIES (aka PASQUALINO SETTEBELLEZZE). It is a motion picture that makes a great defense when people make a general claim that all international films dubbed into English are bad, and always vastly inferior to the original language with English subtitling. The vocal actor in this film was brilliant, he was able to convey the necessary emotions along with Giancarlo Giannini to perfection, from anger to boastfulness to playfulness to insanity to passion, and it helped to make Pasqualino Frafuso into one of cinema's most memorable (and even endearing) creations. He did the same thing with SWEPT AWAY (many of its English dubbed scenes are falling-down hilarious), and he also did a third film for Giannini (costarring with Goldie Hawn) called LOVERS AND LIARS. The guy who dubbed Giannini's voice in these films is as much fun to listen to as Giannini is to watch, and it gives the films a much needed lightening up that they dont get in the gruffer and very dark Italian versions. I think that Giannini and Wertmuller owe a certain amount of credit for their Oscar nominations to this unknown vocal dubber, as this was the version that played in many theatres in the US (and later on late night PBS) and made Giannini's character and the entire film seem more humane. After watching this, youll never look at Roberto Benigni's moronically lightweight and vastly overrated LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL travesty the same way again.