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The Whole Shebang (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
93 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2001 and produced in:
Canada ( USA, Canada )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
George Zaloom

Written By:
Jeff Rothberg (story) and
George Zaloom (story) ...

Actors:
Anna Maria Alberghetti ..... Lady Zito
Christian Boucher ..... Frank Bazinni
John Cassini ..... Father Jerry
Jo Champa ..... Maria
Maria Luisa Cianni ..... Andrea Martelli (as Luisa Cianni)
Anthony DeSando ..... Joey Zito
Stacy Fair ..... Big Haired Woman
Frank Ferrucci ..... Arturo Bazinni
Bridget Fonda ..... Val Bazinni
Frederico Fuoco ..... Anthony Zito
Giancarlo Giannini ..... Pop Bazinni
Karin Konoval ..... Gum Smackin Woman
Alexander Milani ..... Bobby Bazinni
Jason Schombing ..... Ronaldo Bazinni
Talia Shire ..... Contessa Bazinni
Stanley Tucci ..... Giovanni Bazinni

Synopsis:

Documentary filmmaker George Zaloom takes his first stab at fiction with this comedy about a family dominated both literally and figuratively by explosive personalities. Pop Bazinni (Giancarlo Gianini) is an Italian expatriate who runs his family's fireworks business in New Jersey. After his son dies in a explosion in a storage shed, Pop needs a new second in command, and his cousin, Giovanni (Stanley Tucci), is sent from Italy to help with the business, though Giovanni was chosen less for his business acumen than because he needed a change of scenery after a messy breakup with his girlfriend, Maria (Jo Champa), has left him horribly depressed. As Giovanni learns the ropes of both the fireworks business and life in America, Val (Bridget Fonda), the young widow of Pop's late son, finds herself the focus of the loutish romantic advances of Joey Zito (Anthony DeSando), whose mother (Anna Maria Alberghetti) runs a rival fireworks company eager to find out the secret formulas behind the Banzinni's products. Talia Shire and Alexander Milani head up the film's supporting cast.

Director George Zaloom's quirky comedy of manners stars Stanley Tucci as Giovanni Bazinni, a bumbling Italian who journeys to America to help his New Jersey cousin Pop (Giancarlo Giannini) save his fireworks company. As Giovanni wrestles with culture shock and learns the fine points of the family business, young widow Val (Bridget Fonda) sparks his romantic passions. The fine supporting cast includes Talia Shire and Anna Maria Alberghetti.

On a mission to save his family's fireworks business, a man becomes distracted after he falls in love.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 15 November, 2005.

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