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Euro Cult Movie Forum => British & European TV => Topic started by: Paul on 27 Nov 2007 - 13:28

Title: Roots Of The Mafia / Alle origini della mafia (Enzo Muzii, 1976)
Post by: Paul on 27 Nov 2007 - 13:28: Anyone know anything about this mini series from 1976? Just spotted it on DVD Pacific as ORIGINS OF THE MAFIA.
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Post by: Jonny on 27 Nov 2007 - 14:00: No, I know nothing about it apart from what I just read on imdb.

Get it bought mate, got to be worth a gamble. I would've but I've just spent my DVD allowance for November.
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Post by: Paul on 27 Nov 2007 - 14:03: I'm over spent too, mate. Though I shall definitely be keeping it in my DVD Pacific wishlist.
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Post by: Johan Melle on 27 Nov 2007 - 15:18: I LOVE Italian mini-series and have been meaning to pick this one up for ages - just never gotten around to it. Maybe for Christmas, though? :-\

Haven't been able to find too much about it but here is a nice review: http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=27157
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Post by: Jonny on 27 Nov 2007 - 15:21: Sounds great going off that review. I think I'll buy a copy next time I'm DVD shopping. :'(
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Post by: MikeMalloy on 28 Nov 2007 - 00:08: Thanks for bringing this to my attention, Paul.

I had previously thought Tony Lo Bianco only made two entries in the Italian crime genre.
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Post by: fdsmedia on 08 Dec 2007 - 06:54: This could be interesting, although the episodes takes place between 1556 - 1875...
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Post by: Inspector Tanzi on 09 Sep 2010 - 21:22: I forgot all about this, I've now got one on the way.

(http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq98/spara73/spara2/origins.jpg)
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Post by: Inspector Tanzi on 12 Oct 2010 - 17:07: I was watching this over the weekend and saw the final part today.

Great viewing, I can recommend this to all fellow Eurocult fans.

And what a cast, Lee J. Cobb, Mel Ferrer, Tony Musante, Tony Lo Bianco, Claudio Volonte, Katherine Ross, Trevor Howard, and narrated by Richard Johnson.

Also many familiar faces from many actors you'll recognise from Italian cinema.

Each actor is only in one episode as each one is set in a different period of time.
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Post by: Stephen Grimes on 16 Oct 2010 - 17:18: Bought my copy today,couldn't let this one pass me by with a bargain price of only Â£1.46 ($2.34) brand new and sealed.

Cheers for heads-up,Aarron. :P
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Post by: broonage on 18 Oct 2010 - 08:24: Where is it so cheap? :P
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Post by: Inspector Tanzi on 18 Oct 2010 - 08:33: Quote from: broonage on 18 Oct 2010 - 08:24
Where is it so cheap? :P
ebay :D
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Post by: Paul on 18 Oct 2010 - 10:58: I got one off their too - thanks for the heads up, Abu Tanza. ;)
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Post by: Johan Melle on 25 Oct 2010 - 21:16: I wasn't exactly blown away by this one. In fact, I found it fairly tedious at times. The first episode (with Joseph Cotten) was by far the best one, and the last one (with Katharine Ross and James Mason) wasn't too shabby, either. The three in the middle were really boring, though - the one with Tony Musante almost put me to sleep.
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Post by: Inspector Tanzi on 25 Oct 2010 - 21:54: Some episodes were better than others granted but overall I did enjoy them all myself. :D