Banana Joe (film)

Banana Joe is an Italian- German film with Bud Spencer in the year 1981. The film opened on 25 March 1982 in the German cinemas nationwide.

Action

Banana Joe is a peaceful banana farmer and lives with his numerous wives and children in the small South American jungle village Amantido. His most important possession is a steam-powered transport boat, with which he brings the bananas regularly in the closest town and exchanged for all kinds of daily necessities.

The crime boss Torcillo plans to open a banana plantation in Amantido. Since his engineering Moreno, who is planning the project, understandably met with resistance on the part of Joe, Torcillo take other means to oust him from the banana business. He has the local police chief out that Joe does not have valid documentation even has a banana - trading license, whereupon this must make their way to the provincial capital Puerto Grande to get this.

But that is easier said than done: First, he meets the young crooks Manuel, some abknöpft him through various tricks of his money. Then Joe falls in love even in the pretty singer Dorianne. Finally, he writes even in the military one, just to get to his identity papers, but out of frustration over the hurdles of bureaucracy drives Joe it so far that he ends up in prison. He meets there but by a happy coincidence Manuel again, which surprisingly was able to organize also now on his good connections a license to him.

In order to help his village can, in the Torcillo now promotes the construction of the banana plant and a casino, Joe and Manuel back from further ado, and in a known Bud Spencer manner the now established plantation buildings are finally Joe demolished. Shortly thereafter both get an amnesty because Manuel has good contacts with the president, he was instrumental in solving a problem, Torcillo and his accomplices were arrested and Dorianne opened a village school. Among the pupils of the village school in addition to the children including Joe himself, who could not previously read and write also.

Reviews

  • " Bud Spencer film with fewer fights than usual, but also a few comic ideas. " ( Encyclopedia of the International Films)

Trivia

  • The screenplay was written by Bud Spencer under his real name Carlo Pedersoli.
  • Co-producing company is the German Lisa Film GmbH.
  • At the nightclub, before and after the appearance of Dorianne the song Brotherly Love is running ( from the soundtrack of the film Two are not going to slow ). During the appearance she sings the song I wanna believe that originates from Marina Langner itself. In addition, the action takes place in a night club called Mocambo. An establishment of the same name also appears in the Supercop - a strip of Spencer's long-time film partner Terence Hill.
  • The film was shot largely in Colombia in the city of Cartagena de Indias and their surrounding areas.
  • The band Anajo specifies to be named after this film ( Banana Joe ).
  • As a kind of running gag can be repeated "escape" before Torcillios Banana Joe describe. So he pounces upon its publication repeatedly from various windows or from the railing of his own ship and even threw one of Banana Joe from his own premises.

DVD Release

The film was released on 3 July 2003 at ems new media to DVD.

Since August 14, 2013, is available as a Blu -ray of 3L.

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