Fantabulous Inc.

Fantabulous Inc.
Fantabulous Inc.
	Film poster
Directed by	Sergio Spina
Screenplay by	Furio Colmbo; Ottavio Jemma; Sergio Spina;
Starring	Richard Harrison
Cinematography	Claudio Ragona
Edited by	Giancarlo Cappelli
Music by	Sandro Brugnolini
Production; companies	Summa Cinematografica; Procinex;
Release date	1968 (Italy);
Running time	95 minutes
Countries	Italy; France;

Fantabulous Inc. (Italian: La Donna, il sesso e il superuomo) is a 1968 Italian-French superhero crime film directed by Sergio Spina and starring Richard Harrison.^[2]

Cast

Richard Harrison as Richard
Judi West as Deborah
Adolfo Celi as Von Beethoven
Gustavo D'Arpe as Professor Krohne
Fabienne Fabre as Alice
Nino Fuscagni as Leonard MacFitzroy aka Zio Mac
Silvio Bagolini
Gislaine Barbot
Enzo Fiermonte
Aldo Bonamano
Anita Cortinovis
Manlio De Angelis as Russian General
Arturo Dominici
Giacomo Furia
Virgilio Gazzolo

Production

Fantabulous Inc. was Sergio Spina's directorial debut.^[1] His next film was his second and last film L'asino 'doro.^[3]

Release

On the film's release, distributors changed the original Italian title Fantasbulous and replaced it with the title La donna, il sesso e il superuomo (lit. Woman, Sex and the Superman).^[3] The film was released in Italy in 1968.^[1]

Reception

In a contemporary review in Variety, Mosk. proclaimed that the creators of the film "may have imagined they were making a satirical, progressive pic. But it exploits sex, political notations, and comic strip origins without humor, insight or point to make this just a flaccid programmer that might be used in action or grind spots abroad on its unregenerate bad taste."^[4]

References

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Curti 2016, p. 111.
^ Dan Pavlides (2011). "New York Times: Fantabulous Inc". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
^ ^a ^b Curti 2016, p. 113.
^ Variety's Film Reviews 1968-1970. Vol. 12. R. R. Bowker. 1983. There are no page numbers in this book. This entry is found under the header "October 30, 1968". ISBN 0-8352-2792-8.

Sources

Curti, Roberto (2016). Diabolika: Supercriminals, Superheroes and the Comic Book Universe in Italian Cinema. Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN 978-1-936168-60-6.