The Shark Hunter
The Shark Hunter | |
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Directed by | Enzo G. Castellari |
Screenplay by | Alfredo Giannetti Tito Carpi Jaime Comas Gil Jesús R. Folgar |
Story by | Alfredo Giannetti Gisella Longo |
Produced by | Enzo Doria |
Starring | Franco Nero |
Cinematography | Raúl Pérez Cubero |
Music by | Guido & Maurizio De Angelis |
Distributed by | T.E.I Film International |
Release date |
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Running time | 97 mins |
Countries | Italy Spain Mexico |
Language | English |
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]
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
- Franco Nero: Mike Di Donato
- Werner Pochath: Ramon
- Jorge Luke: Acapulco
- Michael Forest: Donovan
- Eduardo Fajardo: Captain Gómez
- Enzo G. Castellari: The killer
- Mirta Miller
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
- ^ Marco Giusti. Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer, 1999.
- ^ Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari. Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Gremese Editore, 1996.
- ^ Erlewine, Iotis. "Il Cacciatore di Squali". AllMovie. Archived from the original on 11 October 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ "The Shark Hunter Blu-Ray announcement". facebook.com. Retrieved 2013-08-05.
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External links
- 1979 films
- Italian films
- Spanish films
- Mexican films
- Films directed by Enzo G. Castellari
- 1970s action adventure films
- Mexican action adventure films
- Films about sharks
- Films set in the Caribbean
- Treasure hunt films
- Underwater action films
- Films scored by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis
- Italian action adventure films
- 1970s Italian film stubs
- Action adventure film stubs