Terence Hill & Bud Spencer | Film's Greatest Action Duo | A Docu-Mini
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- Опубліковано 3 лип 2024
- Part Laurel & Hardy, part buddy cop action stars. Terence Hill & Bud Spencer have been global superstars for decades now - except in America. This video is an introduction to their work and a tribute to their partnership.
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Terence Hill & Bud Spencer Filmography:
Hannibal (1959)
God Forgives... I Don't! (1967)
Ace High (1968)
Boot Hill (1969)
They Call Me Trinity (1970)
Blackie the Pirate (1971)
Trinity Is Still My Name (1971)
... All the Way, Boys! (1972)
Two Missionaries (1974)
Watch Out, We're Mad! (1974)
Crime Busters (1977)
Odds and Evens (1978)
I'm for the Hippopotamus (1979)
Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure (1981)
Go for It (1983)
Double Trouble (1984)
Miami Supercops (1985)
Troublemakers (1994) - Розваги
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I as a German really appreciate this video and your research. In germany those two guys are super heros for many generations. It's not even explainable who important they were
the Channel "Kabel 1" has only one purpose. for you to find a warm place, on a sunday morning, when you stumble upon the second half of a bud spencer and terrence hill movie.
Can confirm that. Even for us Germans it's impossible to explain both how important their movies were and even why. Terrence Hill had a German mother iirc, but that doesn't explain this at all.
Everyone around here at least knows Bud Spencer and Terrence Hill and very rarely do you find someone who doesn't remember at least one line from one of their movies.
The fame of their movies in Germany is partly due to the voice-over having been produced mostly by Brandtfilm, the voice-over studio of Rainer Brandt. The movies were incredibly funny because of added lines that were written specifically for the German version. They often used the so called "Schnodderdeutsch" (snotty German), an artificial dialect made for comedies. Their quips and one-liners practically are something else.
Every German knows what you're talking about if you say something along the lines of "Platz da, hier kommt der Landvogt" or "Was ist denn jetzt mit den Kohlen?"
As a fellow german i can confirm: Spencer and Hill are legends in germany!
ABER SOWAS VON!!! 😆👍
Spencers and Hills legacy in Germany is out of this world.
I remember that on the weekend after Spencer had sadly passed away that I was at a bar with some friends. We started talking about our favorite moments of his movies, and even the other guests at the bar started getting involved in that smalltalk. We didn't know each other, but everyone, literally EVERYONE loved his movies and that bonded us.
When then a young friend of mine who was 18 then asked "Who on earth is Bud Spencer" the entire pub went completly silent, and all inhabitants slowly but surely turned their head very confused at his direction (which were about 20 people without my group of friends), leading to my friends and me pretty much giving him a crash course later. You'd think stuff like this happens only in movies, but nope, that actually happened
Terrence Hill spoke at Bud Spencer's funeral.
He said that Bud would very often, to the annoyance of his family, repeat to him, and anyone that would listen, that he and Hill "never fought. Not even once".
He also recounted that, when he learned of his death he was, by pure chance, in the same place in Spain where they had met for the first time, back in 1967, on that fateful movie set.
After the initial shock, he felt a sense of calm and the knowledge that, one day, they would meet again in a prairie, somewhere.
Bud advancing towards him slowly with his saddle on one shoulder, would shake his hand, and tell him "You know? We never fought. Not even once."
Boy! I have a tear in my eye. My childhood heroes...
I'm not crying, you're crying.
Touching.
fucking onions....
Damn! there is way to much dust in this comments section, my eyes itch.
In Italy, there is no Christmas time without their movies being played on various national networks. The double character of the stern giant with a heart of gold he tries to hide, and the smart trickster that is the one most able to make that hidden heart of gold to shine through, are forever embedded in our culture, and it's heart-warming to see how many people from all over the world are remembering them with fondness here.
Yes, we also love them ( Hungarians) and they are our heros too.
In Germany and Austria, they are considered to be superstars.
Thanks for giving the world such a great duo, Italy!
We don't remember them with fondness. We love them.
Also loved here in Chile and Southamerica!!!
@@wjzav1971 Terence's mother was German
Bud Spencer and Terrence Hill are truly held in high regard in Hungary. For a country that was stuck behind the Iron Curtain and suffering under harsh censor of media, their movies were true wonders. Their movies, even the ones playing in the USA slipped through the Soviet censorship and through them, the audiance could catch glimpses of exotic places and people far out of their reach. The non-bloody, comical violence, unforgettable music and charming characters were all mixed together into entertainment that was consumed by generations after generations. My father aquired all of their movies on VHS and we watched them together or with friends. And I dare to say this went similar ways to countless of youngsters across the country. Bud and Terrence were as down to earth "heroes" as they could be, with soo much charm and soul. And the timelessness of the movies is something else. I seen Spies and Guys maybe a hundred time since my childhood but boy, it never failed to made me catch a good laugh. I guess this makes it understandable why Bud Spencer have a statue in Budapest. Italy smuggled a bit of sunshine and joy to a country under Soviet heels.
This gave me a smile, the art of movies did what nothing els could do...
they are very well known here in Brazil
typical mid afternoon movies that pleases dads and sons
pode crer! eu adorava assistir os filmes deles!
Am Brazilian, can confirm.
Same for Norway.. At least in the 80s 90s and 00s.. I don't know if gen z would know them
Colombia too
Em Argentina Tambem.
You'd never guess that Bud was the first Italian to swim 100m freestyle in under a minute.
Without seeing what he looked like younger I would've been shocked
@@redkommie80 Also apparently an Olympic level water-polo player according to IMDB
@@mrmacguff1n lol, learning. But thanks to this vid, I'm sold. Going to look up their films
He had quite a few swimming scenes in his movies and you could tell, he knows how to swim. He was, despite his movie looks, still fairly athletic - his extra baggage was basically part of his filmstar trademark, although certainly not gained specifically for that.
And a cerfied helicopter pilot, I recall. He flew one once for real on screen...
During a conference regarding "The Nice Guys" a German journalist asked if the movie was inspired in any way by Bud and Terence movies, cause the chemistry between Gosling and Crowe remembered him of their. As soon as Crowe heard the question he started nodding and smiling like a kid. As a Bud and Terence fan when I saw that reaction I was the happiest person in the world cause I understood how much of a success they have had in the world
They were popular in New Zealand and Australia but can only comment as a kid in 80's NZ.
Crowe as a kid spent time between Australia and NZ.
I remember double features at cinemas were popular and I'm sure I saw a Double Trouble trailer before a movie, also a popular video tape rental but can't remember actually seeing one.
That's awesome.
Indeed! At 10:29 ua-cam.com/video/-e1HxDS-bn8/v-deo.html
I never made that connection, but all that does is make me love The Nice Guys more.
Awesooooome!!!
My childhood heroes in Havana, Cuba. Yes, their films made it all the way to Cuba. Not even state censorship could resist their charm!
I have found that they are hugely popular in socialist countries. I am from Germany and they were not censored in the GDR (east Germany) as well. I assume it is because they were fighting for the "little guy", always played common folk fighting against the establishment, the elites, the police or gangster.
@@michdo23 That actually makes a lot of sense.
@@polaristrans Same thing in the socialist Balkans (Yugoslavia and Albania specifically). I consider their movies borderline socialist propaganda, which is weird since Bud Specner was a well-known right-winger.
I mean if you check Banana Joe (a solo Spencer Movie), it's about an illiterate Native fighting against a millionaire with ties to the government trying to buy land of poor people and force their little kids into work.
@@georgeharrison5753 i dont think that saying "slavery is bad" makes you a socialist but ok
@@cardinull5761 It doesn't speak about slavery at all though. The rich guy buying the land would be legal. There's also a line about kids being cheap labor, so they're definitely getting paid.
Here in South Africa they were even more well known than Hollywood actors.
Same here in Germany. If you ask anyone at the age between 25 and 50 they'll tell you they are their childhood heroes
Yeah. Agreed. 🇿🇦
@@YaBoiFetz So true
As a South African, I can confirm, they were huge.
Another South African here. Remember them vividly. When I went to the video store back in the 80s I never came back without one of their movies.
In Hungary we still say, "Every boy wants to be Terence Hill, and wants to have a friend or an older brother like Bud Spencer".
It was good to see that the charm of this duo is something not only us "weird Europeans" feel and enjoy.
48 from America grew up on them
Once i visited Rome specifically to go and pay homage to Bud Spencer, i left a can of red beans at his grave and a thank you note for all the wonderful memories. These two guys are huge, here in Italy they were a great and amazing part of everyone's childhood.
Amazing thing you did for Bud.
That’s cool of you to do that bud. Pun very much intended. 😂
My late Mom's favorite scene in any comedy movie, ever, was in "Watch Out, We're Mad!"... the legendary choir practice scene. I've never heard heard laugh harder at anything else in here entire life. One of my good childhood memories, thanks to Bud and Terence :)
Do you know the hatdstyle remix of it?
@@andir7374 No, do you have a link? :)
On the net, somewhere, you can download the scores
lalalalalalla lalalalalalla lalalalalalla lalla lalalalla
@@alessandrocoppola4642 booo blblb boooo blblb booo blblb SSSSI'!
Seeing a Hill-Spencer movie, is like meeting a good old friend after a long, long time.
You immediately feel comfortable, you laugh the whole time, one becomes sentimental, a warm feeling rises and when you have to say goodbye, you are sad but it's all ok. We will meet again some day.
of the twenty or so movies they made together i found only one that was boring
Exactly. My sentiments too.
Yes! I've watched their movies together with my dad all the time when I was a kid. My Dad is dead now, but the Hill-Spencer movies always bring back the good memories. They will always be very dear to my heart.
@@MrRaulstrnad which one?
@@petervansan1054 "Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure" isn't that great. Loved it as a kid though.
Another European comedy-legend, who never gets the popularity he deserves in America, was Louis de Funes, a French comedian.
The US should get to know him as well.
...and the greatest European villain - Fantomas...
Nein! -Doch! -Oh!
Louis De Funes is really famous in Czech Republic.
Mainly because he was dubbed over so well by our actor František Filipovský. In fact, Funes himself asked him to dub him in official movies when he started to lose his voice, but Filipovský could not speak convincing French, so he had to refuse.
@@BobbyWanKenobi yes filipovskys louis de funes is a masterpiece of the dubbing acting art
@@MrRaulstrnad The only guy who could dub a stare. In my opinion he was acting him, not dubbing :)
Fun fact: Bud Spencer's Hungarian dub was a lookalike of him and was in movies like him
Istvan Bujtor. What’s remarkable, they were of an identical height, 193cm.
@@VladimirPani I just looked him up and he did indeed look a lot like Bud.
In Germany, Bud was dubbed by Wolfgang Hess, a Swiss voice actor. And while he didn't have the resemblance that Bujtor had, he was also the voice of Obelix for all the Asterix and Obelix movies, which was very fitting.
I'm from Canada, French Canadian and we got tons of France and french translated movies here. We got all of their movies in french and they are quite popular here for that reason! They are also some of my personal childhood heroes. Me and my oldest friend used to watch those movies when we got together as kids, we sometimes still do it, 35 years later!
Maybe I was too young back then (45 now), but everybody in Quebec remember them, but not me. I discovered them in early 2000 because a weird guy working at the DVD rental was always watching their movies, so while talking to him I watched a little bit of Bud & Terrance. Tomorrow, I will start playing the physical version of their Nintnedo Switch game, I got it semi-cheap from a German guy. Young boys would gain a lot by watching their movies instead of the weak harry potter.
They are so popular in Germany that a swimming pool place got named after Bud Spencer. Their success in Germany is due to the unique synchronisation.
I think you have to explain 2 things with the swimming pool: first Bud Spencer (Carlo Pedersoli) was a several times italian champion in swimming as well as 2 times starting at the olympics in swimming (1952 and 1956). And then Bud sounds the same as the german word for bath or swimming pool. So it's a wordplay.
Edit, i should have watched for longer as he explained the swimming part.
He actually took part in a swim meet between Germany and Italy there. It's a bit more complex though as originally the city voted on the name of their tunnel - which of course "meme votes" (in this case for Bud Spencer) won. So as a compromise they named their pools after him.
They are so popular in Germany that the family moved Bud Spencer's museum from Naples to Berlin...
Yea, i recon its because Bud Spenser has a bronze olympic medal in breastswimming i think it is.
German company Supacraft even made polystone statues of Bud and Terence 1:6 and later busts 1:4. There is also great statue of Bud made by Italian Infinite Statue (1:6).
They were/are still huge - and when I say huge, I mean HUGE - in Hungary. A big part of it was the dubbing - they were always dubbed by the same duo. But in general, Bud Spencer and Terence Hill are like Hungarian national treasures, even though of course they're not Hungarian lol. EDIT: Totally forgot but there is a Bud Spencer statue in Budapest so if you're visiting, go check it out, it's easy to find!
Hungary is kind of crazy on statues of famous people, there is even a statue of Peter Falk as his Columbo character (with Dog) because the mayor of Budapest at the time thought Falk was related to a Hungarian writer with the same surname (Falk does have Hungarian Jewish ancestry, but I dunno about that relation). That's so cool about Magyar lands actually, lol.
@@vitorafmonteiro Well I'm Hungarian and well aware. You're not exactly right on the story of the Columbo statue but yeah lol. It's still not clear whether or not he was actually related to Miksa Falk (Hungarian journalist, politician) but who cares, it's a very nice statue and tourists love taking pictures with it.
Oh, I know the HUNGARIAN would not be surprised, but I like the idea we are blowing a lot of non-Hungarian heads away with this ("Statues? Of Bud Spencer?Columbo? Dog?! In Hungary?! What?!") lol. Which was the inaccurate part though?
It's interesting to read that the hungarian dubbing made them as famous there as in germany.
I didn't knew that.
But yeah they were a european phenomenon, they are a important part of the european cinema.
Their fame mostly came from the fact, that Bud Spencer movies was among the few western movies which was allowed in communist Hungarian cinemas, with no or very litle censoring.
That was a huge thing, most american movies reached the country in home dubbed (one guy/girl literally translated and voiceovered the movie as he/she watched it) black market vhs tapes.
The actor who dubbed Spencer also looked like him (István Bujtor) and made some movies which were basically hungarized versions of the Bud and Terrence ones.
The Slaps and Beans video game is also made in Hungary.
As an italian, it's really strange to see someone form the states talking about this duo, but I'm glad to see their work being appreciated even outside Europe. A fun fact about the dubs: as it was common in those days, even in their italian releases they were always dubbed by two other actors because their accents were a little bit too heavy for the standards. In his most recent work in television Terence Hill uses his real voice, and although it's quite a distinct voice, his accent makes for some peculiar and not always clear delivery
I think the first Hill film I saw was "Hot Stuff" or "Hot Shot" or something like that where he had super powers. As a kid I loved it and later as an adult discovered the Trinity series.
As an American I've known about these guys for years.
Bud spencer had a thick neapolitan accent and Terence Hill an Umbrian accent, whihc is very guttural. You are right.
every summer we have reruns of m in the Netherlands
@@jackieyo6128 Actually, neither of them has a really thick regional accent. Spencer's Neapolitan is not that thick, and Hill's isn't Umbrian at all. He actually has a very strange accent due to having spent all of his childhood in Germany and a huge part of his adult life in the US.
Anyway, regional accents are often emphasized and not hidden in Italian cinema. Especially the ones that are considered more comedic, like Roman or Neapolitan.
It was a bit different for genre movies, especially westerns, because they wanted to kinda trick the audience into believing these were American or movies or, at the very least, international productions. This also lead most actors and even directors to give themselves American-sounding names. For these reasons they ended up being voiced by the same voice actors that did dubs for imported American movies. Another reason for this is that actors in cheap genre films were chosen for their physical chops rather than for their acting capabilities. Some couldn't really act at all. Last but not least, live audio was much more expensive to do than studio and, often, when it was time to do the dub actors were already busy with another production.
Hill and Spencer's acting improved with time, and most of their 70s and 80s movies were actually shot in english to make them easier to translate and dub in international market, but now their italian accents lead them to still be dubbed into "proper" American English by different actors.
Fun fact about the dubbing process: they were also dubbed in the italian version of ALL their movies in an effort to "clean" their voices of their dialect inflections (a common practice in Italian cinema during those times), and the Italian public didn't hear their original voices on screen until the late part of their respective careers.
I was surprised to notice that in some of the English dubs they used Terence actual voice. Come to think of it, he has an American accent when he speaks in Italian, so it makes sense.
@@zanizone3617 His american accent came later on though, as he went to live for 20+ years in the US. I don't think he would have been that american sounding in the 70s, he probably had more german and venetian influences
@@luigibrioschi970 maybe you are right, but listening to the clips, in this video, where he speaks English undubbed (especially the bit with Bud before opening the casino door) to me he sounds exactly as he does now.
As an aside, isn't it great seeing all these people from all over the world celebrating them and sharing memories in the comments? They were truly amazing.
Bud Spencer had a thick neapolitan accent and Terence Hill had an Umbrian accent, even if it's quite an unknown accent by many italians, but i know it and i can assure you that , more than the american or german influence, it's the umbiran accent (as his origins) that makes it hard to understand his delivery, because it's a very guttural accent.
"So you want to make a buddy action movie or a slapstick comedy?"
" Yes."
add a western or a cop movie to that mix
"Let's go with the slaps. Leave the stick."
''Both. But with beans''
The Asterix and Obelix of movies...nuff said. My childhood action movies.
i ALWAYS thought that. i wonder if anyone ever approached them with that idea.
That doesn't say anything to USAmericans, they really don't know who Asterix and Obelix are.
@@maythesciencebewithyou Ils sont fous ces américains...
@@maythesciencebewithyou you're right lol
@Get_Smart
I can't unsee this now. It's just PERFECT!
Too bad they never thought on making a live action Asterix movie with them back then.
Bud Spencer, or more like his character Bambino, has a statue in Budapest, it is super epic. I think it is not very common for movie stars to have a statue in random cities.
they are legends here
Budapest is in my list to visit now!
Colombo also has a statue in Budapest
I grew up in New Zealand in the 70’s and 80’s and these two were the first actions heroes. From imitating them in the playground to wait for their next movie to come out. Absolute legends
Same here man. Go around the play ground dropping the bud Spencer. Crack .
I grew up in South Africa and the movies were super popular there. I'm living in NZ now. Good to know they had an impact here too!
In Italy, the level of admiration by those who were teenagers back in the day is over the roof. I mean, we're are literally talking legends here.
They are *HUGE* in Europe.
Having grown up with their movies, the thought that somenone never heard of them before is almost incomprehensible.
Great video.
Max Headroom! That's another character I haven't seen him in a long time.
@@davymark4376 Needs to be rebooted. (Quite literally. XD)
Would be the perfect time, with all that digital madness going on.
it's like weird al yankovic in America, everyone there knows him , in europe only the nerds do ;)
Man, reading the comments alone makes me teary.
I have 2 paintings hanging on my wall. One with Bud alone, other is black and white while they are standing in the bar.
Greetings from Finland
I'm Chilean and I grew up with these two, so many great memories
As an algerian bud and Terence define my childhood , they where so famous in my country Algeria even now .
Their movies gather the families especially in Thursday movie night.
By the way in the movie "Django unchained" Quentin Tarantino used a song from Terence movie "they call me Trinity'.
Same in Tunisia.
they are popular almost everywhere except the us strange isnt it
@@MrRaulstrnad I think in the US it wouldn't go well having the same stuntcrew in every scene and everymovie. You might say, but that's just like they do it in the Honkong Cinema. Yet, Asian faces aren't as easily recognized by a predomantly non asian audiance.
@@TremereTT We don't care if the baddies are the same, if the stuntsmen are the same it does take away an iota of the fun from their films, so we love them!
I popped in the cinema when I heard the Trinity theme in Django.
As a young Swedish guy these movies was the funniest we could watch in the early 80’s. The entire street was imitating Buds head slaps on etch outer…..until our parents said that it was enough 😂
I guess you're a bit older, like myself. I remember them being quite popular in the VHS rental scene in the 80s, never dubbed to Swedish though, just English.
They are icons in Germany Italy and Eastern Europe! Here in Hungary we love them!
Here in Jordan in the 90s and 80s , their films were always shown, especially on Fridays, simply two legends
here in italy, as in germany, they are GODS... try to watch each movie, you'll never regret that... they did also some movies alone, most of them ultra funny even if they are not together, like "Banana Joe" solo for Bud, or "Poliziotto Superpiù" for Terence (a sort of million dollar man/x man mesh up ultra funny and cool... just imagine Terence with superpowers almost unlimited as cop in Miami... Yeah... THAT amazingness)
Don`t forget...Nobody
@@Rschaltegger oooh true! Here is called "il mio nome è Nessuno"
They are really big Hungary too.
I loved the "Plattfuß" series from Bud.
I only know the German Name.
Basically Bud was a Police Detective from Neapel, ending up in Hong Kong and Africa.
@@kaitan4160 oooh yup here is called PIEDONE (bigfoot) and it is great! the trilogy is also the only movies (well, the second and third actually, the first one not) where Bud/ Carlo talks in Naples accent and slang of south Italy in Napoli, where he was born
I remember watching an interview with Terrance Hill were he was remembering that in the 70s Hollywood studios were after him to play in American movies. But the scripts they wanted him for were all you’re typical 70s American cinema gritty ‘’real world’’ depressing stories. So he turn them down, even if it would have been very lucrative for him to become the blue-eyed Hollywood dramatic leading man. It was more important to him to keep making entertainment that would amuse children and bring joy to people.
He really did the right thing by saying no to these movies.
Read the same thing, great guy!
Even my children love those movies.
It's debatable. In the relatively few serious roles he did, he was really, really good.
@@trailersfromhell2539 their first movie together was drama and pretty good one not sure what its called but i guess god forgives but i dont
Sweet memories from my childhood in Kuwait
I grew up watching these two in Germany!!! Some great movies there!!!
Some facts here and there:
- In Italy they are still huge, there is a big chance you can see one of their movies on national television on Saturday night.
- They are dubbed also in Italian, as the thick Neapolitan accent of Pedersoli / Spencer and the thin voice of Girotti / Hill don't suit their characters very well. By the way in one instance Hill is dubbed by himself in this video (@ 10:30)
- Hill made a big TV series called Don Matteo which ran for 20 seasons (more or less). He is not dubbed there (but he has a thin voice, so it sounds like a priest... :) )
- There are two reasons for which the fights are so amazing: they are done by more or less the same team of very skilled stunt artists and the sound...have you listened to the slaps? They sound like an atom bomb :D
- In school we saw another movie featuring Girotti called il Gattopardo (dir. Luchino Visconti), a masterpiece of a movie...so there is no brawl in the dance scene :)
Thanks so much for the video, I'm following you from the first ones, and I'm so happy you covered one (of better, two) of my favorite actors. Keep up the good work!
The sounds and stunt crew are indeed fantastic and iconic.
Man, now I want to see a deepfake version of the dance scene in the Gattopardo where Terrence Hill just starts slapping everyone around 😂
@@zanizone3617 Visconti needs more slaps in his films
@@kostajovanovic3711 There were quite some slaps in Ludwig.
They were so popular in IRAN for their unique style and slapstick scenes...
there is something universal in their appeal i think the appeal is for boys transitioning into teenagehood boys then want to live action filled lives and basically fight for justice but without any legal restrains basically they want the physically ability to make a fist and bash in the local school bully-alas that ability is actually lacking in most boys and most boys never overcome their fear of getting physically hurt so the great compensation is seeing bud and terry actually overcoming their fear and bashing in the bad guys on screen
@@MrRaulstrnad Guys of every age love them. It's their chemistry and sincere friendship that's so appealing. Then you have the light hearted humor and action scenes that resemble the work of the most famous and beloved action star in the world : Jackie Chan.
@@MrRaulstrnad The appeal also came from them being normal average guys who didn't take themselves too important.
Not even their heroic actions were inspired by a want to do good but more by self-interest that happened to have a good effect. Also, I don't know about other dubs, but in the German dub, there was a lot of sophisticated and very creative foul language XD, which especially as a kid, was cool to hear.
@@wjzav1971 interesting iheard about the unique german dubbing-thats not really present in other languages
Being Italian, I essentially grew up watching these movies constantly put on TV during afternoons and evenings and laughing my ass off. They are a key element of my childhood.
They were HUGE in former Yugoslavia, personal heroes of mine and a lot of my friends. Also as somene noticed in commentaries, they were known as Bud Spencer and Terence Hill, really sounds strange the other way around.
Fun Fact: The Enemys are almost always the same actors in every movie.
Ricardo Pizutti (I think I misspelled his name here) always played the main henchman who got his face smacked the worst. He was also in charge of the fight choreography.
I was lucky to meet him in person a few years back at a Spencer-Hill festival
It would be too dangerous to train new stuntmen for every movie, so they just used the same stunt crew for the henchmen roles.
never change a running system! LOL
@@wjzav1971 yeah, he's gold! Met him as well, 2019 :D
@@wjzav1971 it's Pizzuti, "those with the beak" or "who strike with words" in Sicilian
I genuinely cried when I heard of Bud's passing. I think not even Robin Williams made me quite as sad...
Me too. I cried like a baby when Bud passed.
I was sad too, but I take comfort in that from what I hear, he had a very long, happy and fulfilling life and died in peace having the love of his family and all of his fans.
I noticed them years ago. My youngest son grown remembered them. "Crime Busters" a classic. So I binged and watched as many of their movies as I could. One could never get enough of Bud Spencer and Terence Hill. Bud reminded me of Pluto of Popeye. I really enjoyed these films.
Curiously enough, there were a couple of fake Bud & Terence films and later on, Paul Smith, the Bud Spencer lookalike, played Bluto in the Popeye film.
What a duo! This pair is responsible for many of the best memories of my childhood, literally dying of laughter in each of their films. In Mexico, and I imagine almost all of Latin America, we saw them first in English with subtitles and then with dubbing, with the same result, laughter. They were a unique combination of action and comedy.
I'm brazillian and I always was amazed at how americans never heard of then. They're huge in Brazil til the mid 2000, and still have a great following here
Americans don't watch stuff from other countries. They rather do their own terrible remakes of them and pretend like it's their original idea.
Holy smokes. You are covering Terrance Hill and Bud Spencer. They were epic.
In Latin America their movies where hits, they were hugely popular.
I watched some movies with them on Amazon after i watched this. A month later a package arrived I opened it and it was the blu ray set
You good sir, are a man of culture.
I don't think you can find anyone in Europe who doesn't know them. Having been in Latin America a few times and seeing the comments here, I would bet it's pretty much the same over there as well.
Bud Spencer & Terrence Hill are world reknown stars of 70s cheesy movies that everybody loves.
They were also extremely popular in New Zealand, (and to a lesser extent Australia). As a kid growing up in the 80s I never even realised they were not American.
I watched this whilst eating beans in my dune buggy. Lurvely.
if you happen to have a buddy named Anulu you got your bases covered !
I challenge you to beer and sausages.
Red! Must be red!
These guys were big stars here in Kenya too when I was growing up. I watched all the Trinity movies, sequels like 'Trinity is Still My Name' and so on. Great childhood memories!
Bud Spencer and Terence Hill movies were the childhood favourites of my dad and he made sure that I grew up watching them too. And I'm glad he did, these movies are so good and fun to watch and this duo is very loved here in Hungary.
They were big in Argentina, and most of Latinoamérica. Nothing like a slap afternoon with these two.
Also, their knockoff duo was pretty popular in Spain and Italy.
RIP Bud Spencer, Grazie per tutta la gioia buon signore.
bud lived in argentina for some time
Yeah, now that you talk about them... there were two physically almost similar actors that tried to copy them in the 70ies... forgot their names.
Giuliano Gemma too in at least one film took the place of Terence... they were wannabe goons in the prohibition time in the USA... anche gli angeli mangiano fagioli, international name unknown to me.
@@2st486 and terence lived in venezuela for some time
@@Pdor_figlio_di_Kmer Oh yeah, I watched that... Ufff...
@@das81 Didn't you like it?
They are still so popular in Germany (and Europe), that fans created an annual Spencer-Hill-festival which is held in the summer in a western themed park for an entire weekend with co-stars from all of their films, look-a-like and "eating beans"-contests, concerts any much more. And this summer also a Spencer-Hill-museum will open up in Berlin.
Yeah i heard that too. And FINALLY we get an actual USEFUL museum about true culture :)
It should be a beer and sausage contest
@@daviderossi39 only gods would survive that
@@SaschaAM They ARE gods.
WoW! I wish I could be there! But it is coronavirus time, now.
I watched this as a kid in the 80’s. My dad loved them and In Chinese, called them slim man and big man in Chinese.
I'm a 57yrs old Australian and still remember these movies with these guys from when I was a young boy. They were popular here also.
I really am shocked that Americans don't know them. They were huge in so many places, even in my home country of South Africa. So much so in fact that Bud Spencer even made a movie that takes place in South Africa called "Flatfoot in Africa".
I only really remember (as a kid) Terence Hill in “My Name is Nobody”, it was shown quite a bit on Cable TV (70’s and 80’s), and mostly because Henry Fonda was his Co-star. Never forget his piercing blue eyes (Hill’s not Fonda’s 😀).
He also got some play thru some of the Trinity movies on American cable. But that is pretty much it.
Had no idea who Bud Spencer is/was, but do recognize the face actor from I believe one or two Trinity films I saw years ago.
And I’m something of a film buff 😀 (for an American).
Hats Off has done another great job in introducing me to something I should look into/appreciate.
Although they were not widely known here in the US, their films did play in some markets. When I was a kid in Saint Paul, Minnesota I remember seeing some of their films in the theater. That was in 1972-74. I do remember seeing a movie called "Flatfoot," with Bud Spencer only. Kids really loved their movies.
Yep. I'd never heard of them in the UK. But when we moved to South Africa in '83 they were never off the screens. LOVED their movies.
@@pward3338 oh brother, watch their movies chronological (maybe 1 in a month) and look what happend to your heart. Soon you will find your own favorites and a kind of family in our community too ;-)
a (german) grown child
Flatfoot was more like a serial (made of mini-movies) they also did one in Egypt, basically they went to a different country in each episode, McCloud style.
Bud was an investigator and his sidekicks were an old policemen from Naples and a black kid (also from Naples).
Terence Hill was one of the stars in the best Western ever made ( imo ) My name is nobody !
+1
Yes, great movie. Alway worth to watch. I still remember that line on the Gravestone of Henry Fonda's character: "Here lies Jack Beauregard. Nobody was faster on the draw."
It's a pretty smart western. It's basically classic western hero meets spaghetti western hero and the soundtrack is of course by Ennio Morricone.
It shouldn't come as a surprise that it is a video about Bud and Terrence and their magic that makes the whole world come together and chime in on how much they love them. No matter any other differences, we all agree on this one.
I think, I have to dig the movies out again. The little one is 12 now and it's time to introduce him to the goodness.
THESE 2 ARE THE BEST AT WHAT THEY DO-I WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH THEIR MOVIES AGAIN AND AGAIN UNTIL THE DAY THAT I GO TO THE GRAVE!!1
I remember watching them as a child. My father and uncle loved them and watched the movies laughing with tears in the eyes. And yeah, I am born and bred in the Northern Europe.
I'm from the US and absolutely ADORE the Trinity films. I feel like people might see them and dismiss them without actually watching the films because they look dated. However, their comedy is not dated. They really are the greatest comedy duo besides Laurel and Hardy. Truly timeless. If anyone knows where I can get their films in the US, please let me know!
yes it is suprising how UNdated spencer and hill can be aside from the seventies and eighties fashions-especially in the spanish dune buggy movie their comedy still is funny as when it first came out
I grew up soth the Trinity movies and they are some of the best western comedies ever made
Amazon Prime, actually, has most of their movies. Surprising, but true.
@@etme1000 Holy smokes! That's awesome!
@@TheDeconstructivist Both Trinity movies are on Tubi for free, as well as My Name is Nobody which is GREAT.
Kind of weird, I'm from the UK and I'd never even heard of them. Yet I see from the comments section that they seem to be icons practically everywhere else. Thanks for bringing them to my attention, reckon I should check them out.
I recognise the names, but yes they seem to have had little exposure here.
watch "they call me trinity" right now XD
Checkout Terrrence hill “ my name is nobody “ best comedy western ever made imho
Don't expect too much as a grown up, most of the fun was in the fight choreography and the cookie-cutter nature of their films. They always deliver though. Plus they are very likable actors (well, depending on the voice actors too).
Living in the east of Holland as kids we'd be jumping up and down for joy when one of their movies would be on German TV. Meanwhile my cousins in the west of our small country had no clue who they were.
Here in Germany, Bud and Terence are absolute legends. I always watched their films when they were on TV. Always fun. Always entertaining.
As an italian, I can just say that they are national HEROES.
Curiosity: my best friend was friend of the late Peter Martell, the actor who broke his leg and let the part to Terence Hill.
Being born in 1980, as many of my age, they are to me like older friends ...
My childhood is full of their movies on the italian TVs ! every evening with their movies, was like a party.
It's funny how Bud Spencer being older and bigger than Steven Seagal, did more action and could move more nimbly.
I think Spencer was not as fat as he looked. Him wearing tight jackets often made him look "bigger" than he actually was (which is ironic because Seagal started wearing wide leather jackets to hide how fat he really was) and most of it had to be muscles considering how he was able to move around.
@@wjzav1971 I mean, I think you are right. But I just had to take the oportunity to shit on Seagal hahaha
@@wjzav1971 yes, while Bud had his fair share of body fat, ultimately he was mostly a really strong and muscular guy, being a former Olympian swimmer.
He was also a lovely guy that did not abuse women, so yeah way better then Seagal.
@@amandarose4469 You are completely right.
In no particular order:
-Thank you for this video. Bud&Terence are national treasures and they deserve it.
-The "comedic take on John Wick" is the best summary of "Watch out, we're mad" I have ever heard.
-One of the traits of these movies were also the great soundtracks by Oliver Onions and the originality of the scripts and the locations. They were thought from the start like world-movies. Considering the limited budget they had, this shows the great health of italian cinema of those years, when even somewhat less sofisticated movies had great talented technicians behind the scenes and producers had great business sense. Sad to compare those years to the current condition of the same industry (italian cinema).
-I grew up with these movies and I am now a grown man, but if I see Bud giving one of his slaps or top down punches, I laugh like an idiot. You're right, they are truly satisfactory.
I watched them so many times as a kid with my father that it's part of my childhood. It's a lot of emotion to remember them and even more to see comments from so many countries from South America to Singapore, from Germany to Algeria. A journalist once asked Terrence Hill why they had stopped their movies and one of the reasons was that "people no longer like violence without blood and guns that always miss". I wish it weren't so but countless mothers and fathers die in Disney movies and even in a Narnia movie there's a queen eaten alive by a lion...
I agree with everything you say, but moms and dads have been dying in Disney movies since Walt Disney's times.
I am an American and know their work mostly because their movies were translated to Spanish and local Spanish TV channels will play them... a lot! My Grandfather loves them. So as a kid my Grandfather and I will seat down and watch their movie marathons.
My late Dad fav action heroes in the 70s and 80s here in Singapore.
really? Singapore? Incredible!
Another interesting thing: Hill has been the first choice to play Rambo. He accepted at first, but then turned down the role. Since he lived in Dresden as little kid during WWII, when the city was bombed to pieces, he didn't want to play such a violent character. Great guy =)
also the script of first blood was pretty awful and when Sly saw the first screening tried to buy and destroy it. they had to cut the movie from 3 hours to 90 min removing most of the Rambo dialog and then the movie became what it is now so not accepting the role could have been driven mostly from the quality of the script
@@lucabazzanella7780 hill playing rambo just wow of course, the original rambo character is a totally different character, more a victim than a psychopath mercenary, from the sequels
Wasn’t Steve McQueen also considered for the role? But Steve sadly passed away
@@lassesuurmunne8340 They considered a lot of actors for the role. I believe they offerd it to Eastwood too.
@@MrRaulstrnad From what I hear, in the original script of First Blood, Rambo was far more of a cold blooded killing machine then a victim of PTSD.
I remember these guys. In the early 80's here in New Zealand they were huge.
I may got tired of MCU, but from my younger age I've never grew tired of Bud/Terrence movies, ever. They are classics you can watch anytime. I even can't even tell how many times I've seen their movies.
The "My Name Is Nobody" is one of the best movies I've ever watched!
It's actually not just a great comedy, but also one of the best Spaghetti Westerns, I've ever seen. No wonder, having Sergio Leone as an author and co-director.
They are legends in germany. They both have their own swim centers and showed up frequently to give autographs and do silly things over here.
I grew up watching these movies in Mexico, they are super entertaining. The dub in spanish makes them even funnier. The voice actors did a great job.
I remember how Bud Spencer saved a New Year's Eve and brought my family together. Back then, the whole day had been a disaster - horrible weather, everyone arguing with one another, nothing working the way it should. We couldn't even decide what to watch on TV. Then "Buddy Goes West" / Occhio alla penna appeared on the screen, and our strop disappeared, just like the rain clouds outside. In the end, the whole family was cheering and laughing, having a good time together, and the day ended on a good note.
Thank you Bud Spencer for that. And thank you Terrence Hill for making my dad always as grumpy as Bud when my mom swooned over Terrence's blue eyes. ^^
They are absolute legends in Germany, in parts because of the iconic synchronisation done by Wolfgang Hess for Bud, and Thomas Danneberg for Terence.
For context, both of the voice actors are absolute legends. Hess also voiced Gimli and Obelix (at least in two films) and Danneberg is the German voice of Schwarzenegger (yeah, he's dubbed in Germany), Stallone, Travolta, Dan Aykroyd, John Cleese and many more.
"Why can't the world come together as one!??"
This is a great example.
Taste.
Well, in that sense globalization of media is a force for good. If people from all over the world consume the same entertainment, isn't that a step in the right direction? Peace and understanding, through big American blockbuster fandom.
Im Europe nobody needs Marvel and DC, we got Terence and Bud.
I'm now 53 and when we first got a video player, in the early 80s, in The UK , our local video shop used to rent loads of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer films-Awesome and truly laugh out loud funny
I became fans of them completely backwards lol. I love beat em ups and saw the Slaps and Beans game on the switch, picked it up and loved the music, comedy and despite it playing a little more loose than a normal beat em up, I loved the fighting styles that they both used.
I ended up researching and became a fan of their movies and have been working my way through all of them ever since! It’s so awesome to see you covering them them on this channel!
They’re huge here in Australia too - I’ve probably watched Watch Out We’re Mad 100 times over the years, they’re absolute legends.
They used to show them on SBS all of the time!! Great movies!
there is something universal in their appeal i think the appeal is for boys transitioning into teenagehood boys then want to live action filled lives and basically fight for justice but without any legal restrains basically they want the physically ability to make a fist and bash in the local school bully-alas that ability is actually lacking in most boys and most boys never overcome their fear of getting physically hurt so the great compensation is seeing bud and terry actually overcoming their fear and bashing in the bad guys on screen
Back when I was a kid in the eighties everybody loved them.
I remember high school playing them at the end of semester. NSW high school
Well I’m sold on these two. Their take on violence and comedy over shock is far more honorable than I’ve seen anywhere else in recent memory
Aaahhhh! The heroes of my childhood in the late 70's and early 80's. Loved them so much. I wathed them a lot with my grandpa and my uncle. We always laughed so hard. Sadly They’re both gone now. Brings back a lot of memories...
They are/were very popular in germany, too, all the movies are basically on german TV at least once a year. (they even were special kind of chips with their likenesses on them. Bud was baked beans flavored and terrence chips were spicy chicken flavored)
Yeah, There's a video of Terence Hill being interviewed in german TV.
They are on TV here in Germany regularly every month
Bud and Terence have their own Pizza at the moment in germany and Bud has his own Whisky. In 2021, unbelievable. :)
Yes, it is true they were not widely known in the USA; but, I can remember seeing some of their movies at the theater when I was a kid in Saint Paul, Minnesota. That was in 1972-73.
I think there's a Spencer/Hill pizza being sold at the moment.
These two were such a big part of "Wog" culture in Australia for us first generation born of migrant kids, in our case Greeks. It was the types of movies, European enough to keep our parents laughing and entertained as they got the cultural references and us kids it was great to laugh with our parents and share in the fun together. Some of us have tried to share these films with our own kids, but they are not as impressed as we were and it just shows that these films were very special at a special time in the lives of that bridging of the gap of "old country" and "first born" who lived in a new land. P.S My dad looked exactly like Bud Spencer when Bud (very rarely) was clean shaven, its almost scary as they both had the same build.
As a fellow just plain white dude Aussie I loved going to the movies to see these films and couldn't wait for the next one to come to our local theatre, the funny thing is I couldn't tell you any of the names of any of the films except the Trinity ones, it was just the two names of the actors which was the draw, they never disappointed.
I kind of find it odd the they didn't take off in the US I thought they were famous everywhere.
@@forgivemenot1 They were also extremely popular in New Zealand.
Why has never anyone made an Asterix and Obelix Movie with these guys?
Oh my god this would have been incredible!
Fun fact: The German dub for Bud Spencer was done by the Swiss voice actor Wolfgang Hess, who also dubbed Obelix in all the animated Asterix movies until his death in 2016 (exactly two months before Carlo's death).
It was indeed a perfect match and I will always remember his voice as the personification of both characters.
@@Quallenkrauler Small correction: Hess only dubbed Obelix in two films in the 80s ("Sieg über Cäsar" and "Asterix bei den Briten")
I'm American but have lived in Europe for a long time. I had know idea who these guys were when we moved there, and people were dumbfounded that Hill and Spencer were unknowns in the US.
When my dad told me these guys were Italian, I didn't believe him. I was convinced they were American.
But then, in the same period I was wondering why some movies were called Spaghetti Western, as no-one ever ate spaghetti in them.
@@TheEvertw :-)
It's odd, that in some English speaking countries (the UK as well) they weren't all that well-known.
@@LarryFleetwood8675 The USA is pretty isolationist in matter of films, and the UK are pretty USA-oriented in the matter of non-UK-made films. They're tied by a memetic movie umbilical cord, that they like to admit it or not.
@@Pdor_figlio_di_Kmer That's true enough, another interesting thing I've noticed is fashions in clothing; America then being somewhat isolated culturally stuck by old fashions a lot longer than Europe or the UK, by the early '70s things would still look quite late '60s-like in the States.
As an Italian in his 40s I grew up with them. They were my childhood heroes.
As an Italian, I can only thank you for this tribute to Terence & Bud ... Well done!
After their success as a couple, they made several films and / or television products as single protagonists ... Again, they followed the usual slapstick comedy with exotic or American settings ...
For Bud Spencer I can suggest these titles: "Lo chiamavano Bulldozer", "Bomber", "Piedone" film series and "Banana Joe".
For Terence Hill: "My Name is Nobody" (western with Henry Fonda and music by Ennio Morricone), "Mister Miliardo" (American production), "Poliziotto Superpiù".
Obviously there are others and also a lot of television material ...
Most of the soundtracks of their films were made by the Italian duo "Oliver Onions": here in Italy they have become classics ...
Fun fact: Even in Italy, both Bud and Terence have been dubbed for many years ...
In Hungary they are an absolute heroes. Everyone knows and love them. I grew up watching them!
Their game, Slaps and Beans, is 80% off right now for Nintendo Switch.
bruh
Is it a good game?
@@samspencer582 a good co-op beat em up, but you kinda need to have a freind to play with you. cause it's harder when you playing it alone (which is a problem for most of the co-op beat em up game :)
A really fun game, by the way, with a fantastic soundtrack.
@@samspencer582 Yes, it is a fantastic game, if you're a fan, you need to play it.
Pure legends.
We watched their movies here in Southern Denmark on German TV, as they always showed their movies over and over.
Actually that's how we kids learned German, before being taught in school. Those movies, and a lot of westerns.
Must have also enjoyed those great one-liners in the German dub ;-)
Here in Italy they're basically Gods, I grew up with their movies and every scene in every movie there's a little detail that comes up rewatch after rewatch and they make you laugh with joy even if the first films are more than 50 years old, I was unable to cope with Bud's death for months and I'm tearing up even right now
That slapping sound is legendary, love their spaghetty western movies.
It's somehow strange to see a video that introduces both of them, regarding how INSANELY popular they're still in Germany. If there is a holiday in Germany there will be a film of them broadcasted somewhere. In Germany the dubbing by a man named Rainer Brandt was the key for their success. One of his secrets was, if the face of the actor wasn't visible some sort of funny joke would be told by that person.
And as I know, Terence Hill tried at least one time to become a star in the USA with a film titled MR. BILLION. But it bombed. Bud Spencer on the other hand never had such ambitions.
Augentaucher, Sitzriese, Gewürzprüfer - still endlessly quotable.
Terence Hill also appeared opposite Gene Hackman in the foreign legion adventure epic March or Die. It's a great movie and Hill shines in a rare dramatic role.
Since this video is full of Germans claiming how popular they where I'd like to add the same goes for all European countries... Im fairly sure I remember the Tarrence Hill Lucky Luke movie got a theatrical release in Norway
There's a good Trailers From Hell video with Mr. Billion's director where he laments where the production went wrong (no Bud).
isn`t Karfreitag KOstern, and the movies are played all day long on Kabel 1?
It is not a team up with Bud Spencer, but watch Terrance Hill with Henry Fonda in "My Name is Nobody" and see how Hill's comedic gunslinger carries the movie.
With Ennio Morricone soundtrack
@@Beregorn88 Sergio Leone had his fingers in it, too. And it shows. It is a little gem. Love it.
@@Dr.Gillingstein It's actually my favourite Terrance Hill-movie. :)
There's even a version of that slapstick scene shown in this video in it with Terence Hill slapping a guy around as he's repeatedly drawing his gun and putting it back in his holster.
Fond of memories of my youth, going to the videoclub on saturday, to rent a Bud and Terence movie and watchit with the dad on the evening. Here in France, they are stars too.
I’m from Mexico and these are heroes from my generation, unfortunately, for this generation these guys are unknown :(
...not to mention the band Oliver Onions who did a lot of music for the BS & TH movies
Come with me for fun in my buggy! (ta-tata-taaah!
🎶 YOR’S WORLD! HE’s the man! HE’s the man! 🎶
@@gabrieleriva651 if you whistle that tune while walking around in italy, the chances of strangers joining you are very high XD
Yes, the brothers Maurizio and Guido De Angelis they scored many movies and TV series including Sandokan and Orzowei. Their Crime Busters theme for Hill/Spencer is a classic, love that movie saw it twice in theaters back then.
Dang, now I'll have "Bulldozer" stuck in my mind for half the day. Thanks for that.