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Banana Joe (1982)
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Bud Spencer plays Banana Joe, a brawny yet friendly man who lives in a small rainforest village called Amantido with a huge number of his own children and regularly delivers bananas to a South American river port (hence his name). One day, the henchmen of a local gangster boss named Torsillo come ashore in Amantido to initiate the construction a banana processing plant. Of course, Joe (in typical direct-approach manner) evicts the goons, who promptly return to their boss. Torsillo finds out that Joe is trading bananas without a license and decides to exploit it. Upon his next delivery, Joe is apprehended by the police and given the choice of either acquiring a legal license or getting his boat taken away and himself arrested for illegal shipment. Joe travels to the nearest city, which to him is a new world, as he grew up in the rainforest.
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, buddy movie, funny, entertaining, nostalgic, inspirational, feel good, brutal ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
crimes, good versus evil, gangsters, village, ship, casino, gambling, misfit, village life, urban, dishonesty, rise to the top, city life, disorder, fish out of water, supportive spouse, aggression, mob boss, farce, blonde, brawl, bouncer, bureaucracy, hit in the face, jumping through a window ...
Time:
80s
Place:
egypt, africa, texas
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Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 115 min.
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Duration: 96 min.
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