The Shark Hunter

The Shark Hunter (Italian: Il cacciatore di squali), also known as Guardians of the Deep, is a 1979 Italian adventure film directed by Enzo G. Castellari.[1]

The Shark Hunter
Italian theatrical release poster by Enzo Sciotti
Directed byEnzo G. Castellari
Produced byEnzo Doria
Screenplay byAlfredo Giannetti
Tito Carpi
Jaime Comas Gil
Jesús R. Folgar
Story byAlfredo Giannetti
Gisella Longo
StarringFranco Nero
Music byGuido & Maurizio De Angelis
CinematographyRaúl Pérez Cubero
Distributed byT.E.I Film International
Release date
  • December 24, 1979 (1979-12-24) (Italy)
Running time
97 mins
CountryItaly
Spain
Mexico
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Mike Di Donato, an Italian-American man with a mysterious past, leads a solitary life in an anonymous sea island. His unusual work is the hunting of sharks, from which his partner derives handicrafts for the local market.

Everything appears normal, until the arrival of several men of an unidentified organization in search of an unreachable booty of one hundred million dollars. Mike would be the only man able to retrieve it, but he is not willing to cooperate.[2]

The film saw the coining of the phrase 'Mooney Maiming'. It describes the artful way in which a shark can be maimed by spearing the upper reaches of his open mouth as it surfaces. This term is now widely used in the Great White Shark hunting community.

Cast

Release

The Shark Hunter was released in Italy on 24 December 1979.[3]

In 2013, RetroVision Entertainment announced that they would be releasing the film on Blu-ray and DVD with a brand new high definition transfer from the original negative.[4]

Location

The movie was shot in Cozumel an island near coast of Mexico.

See also

References
  1. Marco Giusti. Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer, 1999.
  2. Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari. Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Gremese Editore, 1996.
  3. Erlewine, Iotis. "Il Cacciatore di Squali". AllMovie. Archived from the original on 11 October 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  4. "The Shark Hunter Blu-Ray announcement". facebook.com. Retrieved 2013-08-05.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.