Adriano Celentano
Date of birth: 1938-01-06
Place of birth: Милано, Италия
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Il Molleggiato, Адриано Челентано, آدریانو چلنتانو
Biography
Adriano Celentano (born 6 January 1938) is an Italian musician, singer, composer, actor, and filmmaker. He is dubbed il Molleggiato (the springy one) because of his dancing. Celentano's many albums frequently enjoyed both commercial and critical success. With 150 million records sold worldwide, he is one of the best-selling Italian musical artists. Often credited as the author of both the music and lyrics of his songs, according to his wife Claudia Mori, some were written in collaboration with others. Due to his prolific career, both in Italy and abroad, he is considered one of the pillars of Italian music. Celentano is recognized for being particularly perceptive of changes in the music business, and is credited for having introduced rock and roll to Italy. As an actor, Celentano has appeared in 39 films, mostly comedies. Celentano was born in Milan at 14 Via Cristoforo Gluck, and this address later became the subject of the famous song "Il ragazzo della via Gluck" ("The boy from Gluck Street"). His parents were from Foggia in Apulia and had moved north for work. His career as a singer started in 1959. Before his debut as an artist he was working as a watchmaker. Heavily influenced by Elvis Presley and the 1950s rock 'n' roll scene as well as by American actor Jerry Lewis, Celentano started playing in a rock and roll band with Giorgio Gaber and Enzo Jannacci. Along with Gaber and Jannacci, he was discovered by Jolly Records A&R Executive Ezio Leoni, who signed him to his first recording contract and co-authored with Celentano some of his greatest early hits, including "24.000 baci", "Il tuo bacio è come un rock", and "Si è spento il Sole". He first appeared on screen in Ragazzi del Juke-Box, a 1959 Italian musical film directed by Lucio Fulci with music by Ezio Leoni. In 1960, Federico Fellini cast him as a rock and roll singer in his film La Dolce Vita. In 1962, Celentano founded the Italian record label Clan Celentano (which is still active) with many performers such as Don Backy, Ola & the Janglers, Ricky Gianco, Katty Line, Gino Santercole, Fred Bongusto and his wife Claudia Mori. As a film director, Celentano frequently cast Ornella Muti, Eleonora Giorgi and his wife Claudia Mori. He and Mori have three children, Rosita, Giacomo and Rosalinda Celentano. Rosalinda is most notable to worldwide audiences for playing Satan in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. Celentano has also hosted several Italian television shows. Celentano has retained his popularity in Italy for over 50 years, selling millions of records and appearing in numerous TV shows and movies. As part of his TV and movie work, he created a comic genre, with a characteristic walk and facial expressions. For the most part, his films were commercially successful; indeed, in the 1970s and part of the 1980s, his low-budget movies were top of Italian box office rankings. As an actor, critics point to Serafino (1968), directed by Pietro Germi, as his best performance. ... Source: Article "Adriano Celentano" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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The Taming of the Scoundrel
1980-12-20
A rich farmer is well known for being very unkind. He's misanthropic, misogynous and cantankerous. U
Madly in Love
1981-12-18
Cristina is a rich, spoiled princess visiting Rome with her royal parents. The mission of their visi
Loggerheads
1978-09-28
A comedy styled as a documentary about the rise of Adolf Hitler as well as the story of two brothers
The Grumpy
1986-12-20
Traveling from New York to Italia, pretty Mary rushes into moody macho lawyer Tito. The girl immedia
Yuppi Du
1975-03-06
Humble fisherman Felice finds out his first wife faked her suicide in order to run away — and now wa
Ace
1981-04-09
Asso (Ace), the best poker-player in town, was killed in his wedding night, because he won too much
Bingo Bongo
1982-12-23
The ape-man, found somewhere in the jungles of Congo, transferred to Milan and named Bingo Bongo. Th
Velvet Hands
1979-12-20
Engineer Quiller has become rich by selling his completely indestructible shop-window glass to jewel
The Con Artists
1976-04-15
Belle Duke, in order to get revenge on her former lover Philip Bang, organize his jail break. But in
Grand Hotel Excelsior
1982-10-07
Taddeus is the manager of the Grand Hotel Excelsior. The Summer season begins in May and since then
Saturday, Sunday and Friday
1979-06-06
SABATO (first episode): A company receives the visit of a very very important person. This person wo
1960
2010-09-05
By presenting archive footage along with his own life story, filmmaker Gabriele Salvatores mediates
Special Features: Handsome
1983-12-22
Forty-something Mattia has every woman in town lusting after him. But every time a woman wants to ge
The Five Days
1973-04-24
In 1848 Milan, a thief and a baker witness the chaotic final days of the Italian Revolution.
The Monk of Monza
1963-03-29
Pasquale takes all of his 12 children and runs away from Monza, looking for a house of a wealthy and
Here We for Example...
1977-10-28
Poet Palmambrogio Guanziroli loses his wallet mere moments after arriving in Milan. He locates the c
Geppo il folle
1978-12-01
Italian rockstar Geppo has to learn English in order to perform with Barbra Streisand in the US, but
Cyber Eden
1992-12-23
Gloria Ruckhauser has a dream: rediscovering the figure and features of herself when she was 20. Con
Give Me Five
1980-03-28
Two episodes: A roman coachman fulfills the dream of his life and meets the Pope. A priest crazy abo
Rugantino
1973-10-25
A beautiful girl Rosina lives In Rome. Her husband is strong as a bull and jealous as Shakespeare's
Joan Lui
1985-12-25
In a world ravaged by violence, and other serious social problems, Joan - a character that alludes t
Little Funny Guy
1973-04-19
Movie starts with a small boy watching his father boarding a ship to America. Years later, all grown
Serafino
1968-12-17
Serafino, a young and innocent shepherd, inherits a huge fortune. He immediately starts spending the
Robbery Roman Style
1964-12-17
After scoring big in a high-profile bank robbery, a gang of Milanese criminals has to hide in a mona
The Story of Romance and Knife
1971-09-18
The story of fish-monger Nino of Rione Borgo. Nino is in love with Rosa but he always manages to pos
The Strange Type
1963-02-28
Peppino, a slow-witted local villager of the Italian resort town of Amalfi, is bribed to impersonate
Sing Sing
1983-10-15
Eduardo accidentally discovers that he is adopted. His real father is dying, but before his death he
He's Worse than Me
1985-02-21
Two reckless friends Leonardo (Adriano Celentano) and Luciano (Renato Potstsetto) are just doing wha
Di che segno sei?
1975-10-23
Four episodes. A pilot is ready to change sex, but the doctor made an error. A woman is searching a
Howlers of the Dock
1960-03-13
Follows the adventures of a group of friends, teddy boys and rock and roll chicks whose crazy, fun-l
Go, Johnny, Go!
1959-06-01
Rock-n-roll promoter Alan Freed holds a talent search to develop a new rock star, then must find the
La più bella coppia del mondo
1968-01-26
Walter and Paola, presenter and godmother of the sixth Cantagiro, are involved in a misunderstanding
La locandiera
1980-10-02
The innkeeper Mirandolina is a beautiful girl, and for her beauty the Count of Albafiorita and the M
La colère
1962-03-07
Anger seizes a man who finds a fly in his Sunday soup. It spreads through his neighborhood, his city
The Seven Deadly Sins
1962-03-07
Seven directors each dramatize one of the seven deadly sins in a short film. In "Anger," a domestic
I Kiss... You Kiss
1961-03-09
Adolfo Cocchi has a building firm but his plan to build a set of buildings is been stopped by an old
Hey, Let's Twist!
1961-12-31
Film about the creation of New York's famous Peppermint Lounge, where the Twist became a dance craze
Lunatics and Lovers
1976-05-29
The family of a wealthy nobleman tries to take away his land away after learning that he is having a
Malamondo
1964-04-30
This documentary looks at strange behaviors and practices in Europe, including nude skiing in Switze
White Sister
1972-03-31
A strange love story between a devoted young nun and a young Marxist determined to help run the hosp
L'altra metà del cielo
1977-03-04
Don Vincenzo, a priest sent to a mining village in Australia, seeks to redeem the Sicilian Susanna.
Sanremo - La grande sfida
1960-11-13
Noi che abbiamo fatto la dolce vita
2009-08-08
A documentary about Federico Fellini's cinematic masterpiece.
Juke Box - Screams of Love
1959-11-28
After serving a conviction for fraud Mario tries to continue with his life and promises Marisa to ma
The Jukebox Kids
1959-08-13
When a promising record company president is arrested, his daughter takes over his company to promot
La Dolce Vita
1960-02-05
Episodic journey of journalist Marcello who struggles to find his place in the world, torn between t
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