Ficarra and Picone up against Public Enemy
With La Matassa (released today on 580 screens by Medusa), comic duo Ficarra and Picone confirm what their 2007 film debut Il 7 e l'8 [+see also:
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Rome Film Festival title L'Ultimo Pulcinella [+see also:
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Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino (323 screens - Warner Italia) will be a strong contender for box office adversary Public Enemy No. 1 [+see also:
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Lastly, Archibald Enterprise is distributing Courtney Hunt’s US film Frozen River (two Oscar nominations) on 16 screens.
(Translated from Italian)
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