L 34 Argentine Pix Of 1980

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34 Argentine
Pix Of 1980
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Buenos Aires.
A total of 34 Argentine-made
films were released in 1980. They
are listed here in descending order
of boxoffice admissions.
"Desde el Abismo" (From the
Abyss). Producer: Aries. D: Fernando Ayala. A: Thelma Biral, Hector Pellegrini, Olga Zubarry, Alberto Argibay. The history of a female alcoholic (129,807). 90 min.
"A los Cirujanos se les Va la
Mano" (Surgeons Let Their Hands
Go Too F a r ) . P: Aries. D: Hugo
Sofovich. A: Alberto Olmedo, Jorge
Porcel, Susana Gimenez, Moria
Casan. Comedy about hospital orderlies (127,683). 90 min.
"El Infierno Tan Temido" (So
Feared a Hell). P : Dispro Films.
D: Raul de la Torre. A: Graciela
Borges, Alberto de Mendoza.
Doomed romance between oldschool journalist and new-mor-
ality actress (119,432). 110 min.
"Barbara" (idem). P : Transeuropa. D: Gino Landi. A: Raffaella Carra, Jorge Martinez. Musical comedy with popular singer
(104,179). 100 min.
" A s i No H a y C a m a Q u e
Aguante" (No Bed Can Survive this
Sort of Thing). P : Aries. D: Hugo
Sofovich. A: Jorge Porcel, MoriaCasan, Chico Novarro. Broad comedy involving horse racing and an
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inheritance (102,597). 90 min.
"Que Linda es mi Familia" (How
Nice is1 my Family). P : Argentina
Sono Film. D: Palito Ortega. A:
Luis Sandrini. Nini Marshall, Palito Ortega. Grandparents worry
over would-be singer (85,161). 103
min.
"Locos por la Musica" (Crazy
About Music). P : Argentina Sono
Film D: Enrique Dawi. A: Carlitos
Bala, Graciela Alfano, Raul Rossi.
Taxi-driver conducts music combo
(78,399). 90 min.
"La Noche Viene Movida" (A
Stormy Night). P: Dispro Films.
D: Gerardo Sofovich. A: Tristan,
Nadiuska, Javier Portales. Rich
businessman is visited by his niece
from the provinces (71,487). 90 min.
" L a Playa del A m o r " (The
Beach of Love). P: Aries. D: Adolfo
Aristarian. A: Monica Gonzaga,
Cacho Castana. Ricardo Darin.
Three youths live it up on the beach,
with lots of songs (71,174). 86 min.
"Departamento Compartido"
(Shared Apartment). P : Aries. D:
Hugo Sofovich. A: Alberto Olmedo, Graciela Alfano, Tato Bores.
Two dissimilar friends exchange
personalities (70,549). 95 min.
"Mis Dias con Veronica" (My
Days with Veronica). P: Dispro
Films. D: Nestor Lescovich. A:
Dora Baret, Oscar Cruz, Susu Pecoraro, Chela Ruiz. A mature romance (56,587). 87 min.
"La Discoteca del Amor" {The
Disco of Love). P : Aries. D: Adolfo
Aristarain. A: Cacho Castana,
Monica Gonzaga, Ricardo Darin.
Music pirates foiled, with many
songs (55,044). 90 min.
"Gran Valor" (Worthy Guy). P:
Victoria. D: Enrique Cahen Salaberry. A: Juan Carlos Calabro,
Graciela Alfano, Nelly Lainez.
Good guy led into trouble by bad
guys whose exact double he is (52,532). 100 min.
"Comandos Azules" (Blue Commandos). P : Dispro Films. D:
Emilio Vieyra. A: Jorge Martinez,
Victor Hugo Vieyra, Silvia Arazi,
Elsa Daniel. Cops save kidnapped
scientist (49,596). 90 min.
"Los Hijos de Lopez" (Lopez's
Sons). P : Argentina Sono Films. D:
Enrique Dawi. A: Alberto Martin,
Dorys del Valle. Tincho Zabala.
Family sitcom, taken from TV (45,188). 90min.
"Los Miedos" (The Fears). P:
Transeuropa. D: Alejandro Dona.
A: Soledad Silveyra, Miguel Angel
Sola, Tita Merello. Sandra Mihanovich. Survivors head south
from plague-ridden city (43,791). 99
min.
"Los 'Superagentes Contra Todos" (The Super-Agents Against
Everybody). P : Unifilms. D: Carlos Galettini. D: Ricardo Bauleo,
Victor Bo, Julio de Grazia. Threesome of heroes versus gangland
hoods (40,240). 90 min.
"Tiro al Aire" (Unpredictable
Guy). P : Maxifilm. D: Mario Sabato. A: Hector Alterio, Graciela
Alfano. Irresponsible father with
model son: melodrama (35,650). 105
min.
"Una Viuda Descocada" (A
Saucy Widow). P : Transmundo. D:
Armando Bo. A: Isabel Sarli, Jose
Marrone, Jorge Barreiro. Adventures of curvaceous widow (30,097). 95 min.
"Ritmo a Todo Color" (Full-Color Rhythm). P : Del Plata. D: Maximo Berrondo. A: Antonio Grimau, Silvia Arazi, Jorge Barreiro,
Alfredo Barbieri. A Golden Record
award is stolen before presentation
can be made (29,862). 87 min.
"Queridas A m i g a s " ( D e a r
Friends). P : Imperial. D: Carlos
Orgambide. A: Dora Baret, Luisina Brando, Graciela Dufau.
Three female friends meet again
after 20 years (27,921). 92 min.
"FrutiUa" (Strawberry). P : Victoria. D: Enrique Carreras. A:
Mercedes Carreras, Osvaldo Mir-
anda. Marty Cosens, Adriana Parets. Lady from the provinces seeks
job in legit theater (23,849). 116 min.
"Subi que te Llevo" (Climb In, I'll
Give You a Ride). P : Victoria, D:
RubenCavallotti. A: Sandro,Maria
del Carmen Valenzuela, Dario Vittori, Julia Sandoval. Impossible
love of famous singer (20,112). 100
min.
"Comandos Azules en Accion"
(Blue Commandos in Action). P :
Dispro Films. D: Emilio Vieyra. A:
Jorge Martinez, German Kraus,
Romualdo Quiroga. Heroes track
scientific papers (19.521). 92 min.
"Los Superagentes y la Aventura del Oro" (The Super-Agents
and the Gold Caper). P : Dispro
Films. D: Carlos Galettini. A: Ricardo Bauleo, Victor Bo, Julio de
Grazia. Susana Traverso. Agents
foil thieves (18,146). 90 min.
"El Diablo Metio la P a t a " (The
Devil Put his Foot in It). P: Victoria. D: Carlos Rinaldi. A: Luis
Sandrini, Roberto Escalada, Pedro
Quartucci, Enzo Viena. Countrydoctor evades clutches of shady entrepreneurs (15,812). 90 min.
"Operation Comando" (Commando Operation). P : Transmundo^ D: Julio Saraceni. A: Maria de lbs Angeles Medrano, Don
Pelele, Gila. Rival underworld
bands pursue jewel (15,013). 67 min.
"Rosa ... de Lejos" (Rose ... from
Afar). P : Victoria. D: Maria Herminia Avellaneda. Romances in life
of girl from the provinces. Taken
from TV serial (14,372). 90 min.
"Mas Alia de la Aventura" (On
the Far Side of Adventure). P :
CCN. D: Oscar Barney Finn. A:
Catherine Alric, Andy Pruna. Naturalist and a French femme journalist track UFOs in jungle (11,876). 95 min.
"La Cancion de Buenos Aires"
(The Song of Buenos Aires). P :
Dispro Films. D: Fernando Siro. A:
Guillermo Fernandez, Ricardo
Darin, Rita Terranova. Orphan
sought in order to give him a vast
inherited fortune (10,638). 90 min.
"Toto P a n i a g u a " (idem). P :
NAC. D: Carlos Orgambide. A: Ricardo Espalter, Enrique Almada.
Comic adventures of TV character, a parvenu who seeks to acquire the social graces (9.586). 100
min.
"Dias de Ilusion" (Days of Illusion). P: Aries D: Fernando Ayala.
A: Andrea del Boca. Luisina
Brando. Fernando Siro. Melodrama about recent widow who
creates unreal world for her daughter (8,950). 90 min.
"Crucero de Placer" (Pleasure
Cruise). P : Gaucho Producciones.
D: Carlos Borcosque. A: Claudio
Garcia Satur, Juan Carlos AltaVista, Ana Maria Cores. Executive
sets out on riverboat cruise and
meets former flame (5,730). 76 min.
"Buenos Aires, la Tercera Fundacion" (Buenos Aires, the Third
Founding). P : Zappetini, Busquier
y Grasso. D: Clara Zappetini.
Documentary on Buenos Aires in its
400th anniversary (3,861). 65 min.
'FUGA' AT $1,000,000
MOST COSTLY FILM
EVER FOR COLOMBIA
Bogota.
• A new Colombian company, Carreta Films, recently presented
what is probably the highest-budgeted pic ever made in this country, titled "Fuga" (Flight). Per producer Rafael Culzat item cost close
to $1,000,000.
The sex-actioner was financed
entirely by private Colombian
sources, per Culzat. Italo technicians and director Nello Rosatti
were brought in, and lab work was
done at TVC in New York.
Players were Rodrigo Obrego,
Eleonora Vallone, Frankie Linero.