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Franco Amurri is a Director, Scriptwriter, Second Assistant Director and Script Italien born on 12 september 1958 at Rome (Italie)

Franco Amurri

Franco Amurri
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Nationality Italie
Birth 12 september 1958 (66 years) at Rome (Italie)

Franco Amurri (born 12 September 1958) is an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter, best known for directing such films as Da grande, which inspired the Tom Hanks film Big, Monkey Trouble and Flashback.

His father was television writer Antonio Amurri. He has a daughter, Eva Amurri, with actress Susan Sarandon.

Biography

Franco Amurri est le père de l'actrice Eva Amurri qu'il a eue avec l'actrice Susan Sarandon.

Usually with

Jerry Calà
Jerry Calà
(2 films)
Fiammetta Baralla
Fiammetta Baralla
(3 films)
Paul Mazursky
Paul Mazursky
(1 films)
Isabella Ferrari
Isabella Ferrari
(1 films)
Tiberio Murgia
Tiberio Murgia
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Franco Amurri (8 films)

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Director

Monkey Trouble
Monkey Trouble (1994)
, 1h36
Directed by Franco Amurri
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Films about apes, Children's films
Actors Thora Birch, Harvey Keitel, Christopher McDonald, Frank Welker, Mimi Rogers, Adam LaVorgna
Rating53% 2.656022.656022.656022.656022.65602
9-year-old Eva Gregory longs for a pet to call her own, but her divorced mother Amy does not think she is responsible enough, as her room is a mess, and she's completely unwilling to help out at all with her little half-brother Jack. Also her stepfather Tom, a police Lieutenant, is allergic to fur. She cannot keep the pet at her father Peter's house because he is a pilot and travels a lot.
Flashback
Flashback (1990)
, 1h48
Directed by Franco Amurri
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Comedy thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Dennis Hopper, Kiefer Sutherland, Carol Kane, Paul Dooley, Cliff De Young, Richard Masur
Rating62% 3.10053.10053.10053.10053.1005
Huey Walker (Dennis Hopper), a hippie and a former New Left radical (in the vein of Abbie Hoffman) who has been on the run from the law for 20 years for something he did not do, disconnecting Spiro Agnew's train car in Spokane, Washington. John Buckner (Kiefer Sutherland) is an FBI agent who is set to transport Walker back to Spokane for trial.
Big
Big (1987)
, 1h34
Directed by Franco Amurri
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy
Actors Renato Pozzetto, Ottavia Piccolo, Alessandro Haber, Giulia Boschi, Fiammetta Baralla
Rating63% 3.171793.171793.171793.171793.17179
Eight-year-old Marco Marinelli is a bedwetter, scolded by his mother (Ottavia Piccolo) and teased by his classmates. On his birthday he finds out that his father (Alessandro Haber), who is facing economic difficulties, hasn't brought him the Lego he was promised. He runs in tears to his room and puts all his heart into wishing he were big and not subject to these indignities. As a result, he bursts through his clothes in the guise of a forty-year-old man (Renato Pozzetto) and seeks refuge in the house of his schoolteacher (Giulia Boschi), who he's secretly in love with. Mentally, he is still eight years old, and it's a puzzle what to do with him, until someone discovers that he has an uncanny rapport with children. Then he becomes a full-time and highly requested babysitter, but shortly after he is suspected of abducting the by-now long-missing child Marco. He then runs out of money, and fakes the kidnapping of himself, but while chased by the police he eventually turns back into the eight-year-old boy.

Scriptwriter

Monkey Trouble
Monkey Trouble (1994)
, 1h36
Directed by Franco Amurri
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Films about apes, Children's films
Actors Thora Birch, Harvey Keitel, Christopher McDonald, Frank Welker, Mimi Rogers, Adam LaVorgna
Roles Writer
Rating53% 2.656022.656022.656022.656022.65602
9-year-old Eva Gregory longs for a pet to call her own, but her divorced mother Amy does not think she is responsible enough, as her room is a mess, and she's completely unwilling to help out at all with her little half-brother Jack. Also her stepfather Tom, a police Lieutenant, is allergic to fur. She cannot keep the pet at her father Peter's house because he is a pilot and travels a lot.
Big
Big (1987)
, 1h34
Directed by Franco Amurri
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy
Actors Renato Pozzetto, Ottavia Piccolo, Alessandro Haber, Giulia Boschi, Fiammetta Baralla
Roles Histoire
Rating63% 3.171793.171793.171793.171793.17179
Eight-year-old Marco Marinelli is a bedwetter, scolded by his mother (Ottavia Piccolo) and teased by his classmates. On his birthday he finds out that his father (Alessandro Haber), who is facing economic difficulties, hasn't brought him the Lego he was promised. He runs in tears to his room and puts all his heart into wishing he were big and not subject to these indignities. As a result, he bursts through his clothes in the guise of a forty-year-old man (Renato Pozzetto) and seeks refuge in the house of his schoolteacher (Giulia Boschi), who he's secretly in love with. Mentally, he is still eight years old, and it's a puzzle what to do with him, until someone discovers that he has an uncanny rapport with children. Then he becomes a full-time and highly requested babysitter, but shortly after he is suspected of abducting the by-now long-missing child Marco. He then runs out of money, and fakes the kidnapping of himself, but while chased by the police he eventually turns back into the eight-year-old boy.

Director

Hearts and Armour
Hearts and Armour (1983)
, 1h40
Directed by Giacomo Battiato
Origin Italie
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Histoire de France
Actors Zeudi Araya, Ronn Moss, Barbara De Rossi, Leigh McCloskey, Maurizio Nichetti, Tanya Roberts
Roles Second Assistant Director
Rating56% 2.802842.802842.802842.802842.80284
Le film est vaguement basé sur les histoires des paladins, en particulier sur le poème épique Orlando furioso de Ludovico Ariosto.
Tempest
Tempest (1982)
, 2h20
Directed by Paul Mazursky
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Théâtre, Transport films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Susan Sarandon, Vittorio Gassman, Raúl Juliá, Molly Ringwald
Roles Second Assistant Director
Rating63% 3.197073.197073.197073.197073.19707
The movie tells the story of Phillip Dimitrius (John Cassavetes), a middle-aged New York City architect who is going through a difficult mid-life crisis.
I'm Going to Live by Myself
I'm Going to Live by Myself (1982)

Directed by Marco Risi
Genres Comedy
Actors Jerry Calà, Lando Buzzanca, Renato Scarpa
Roles First Assistant Director
Rating59% 2.9915652.9915652.9915652.9915652.991565
City of Women
City of Women (1980)
, 2h20
Directed by Federico Fellini
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Romance
Actors Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Prucnal, Ettore Manni, Bernice Stegers, Fiammetta Baralla, Donatella Damiani
Roles Second Assistant Director
Rating69% 3.450513.450513.450513.450513.45051
Snàporaz (Marcello Mastroianni) wakes up during a train ride and has a brief fling with a woman in the bathroom, but it's cut short when the train suddenly stops and the woman gets off. Snàporaz follows her into the woods, through the wilderness and into a Grand Hotel overrun with women in attendance for a surrealistic feminist convention. He winds up in a conference about polyandry, where his presence is rejected. A frightened Snàporaz retreats to the hotel lobby, but the exit is blocked; instead he seeks refuge with a girl who offers her assistance, Donatella (Donatella Damiani), inside an elevator.

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