Jackpot (1992 film)
Jackpot (also known as Cyber Eden) is a 1992 Italian sci-fi-adventure film directed by Mario Orfini.
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| Directed by | Mario Orfini |
| Written by | Adriano Celentano Mario Orfini Grazia Giardiello |
| Starring | Adriano Celentano |
| Music by | Anthony Marinelli Giorgio Moroder |
| Cinematography | Luciano Tovoli |
| Edited by | Pietro Scalia |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | English - Italian |
| Budget | 18 billion lire ($US 12.6 million) |
| Box office | 158 million lire ($USD 110,000) |
The film was a box office bomb, grossing just 158 million lire at the Italian box office against a budget of 18 billions lire.[1][2]
Plot
In Italy an old female billionaire has created a multinational company called Financial Youth Foundation, which has taken seven prodigies children who work with new computers. The purpose of the foundation is to restore youth to old with artificial products. The gardener of the villa of the old billionaire, Furio, discovers that this effect of youth, apparently beneficial, is a plan to exploit people with technology. So Furio is opposed to this system, so that the seven children and the younger generation can savor the beauty of nature, fighting the false and malicious technology.
Cast
- Adriano Celentano as Furio
- Kate Vernon as Prudunce
- Salvatore Cascio as Cosimo
- Carroll Baker as Madame
- Scott Magensen as Vladimir
- Christopher Lee as Cedric
- Johnny Melville as Synthetic man
See also
References
- Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 2000. ISBN 8884400856.
- Emilia Costantini (28 December 1992). "Celentano, hai rovinato il tuo film". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 16 December 2013.