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Yeti: The Giant of the 20th Century
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Directed by Frank Kramer
Producer Mario Di Nardo
Written by
Music by Sante Maria Romitelli
Special
effects by 		Ermanno Biamonte
Production company Stefano Film
Distributor Stefano FilmIT, Miramax FilmsUS
Rating Not Rated
Running time 113 minutesIT
(1 hour, 53 minutes)
105 minutesUS
(1 hour, 45 minutes)
Aspect ratio 1.85:1
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“
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF KING KONG AND GODZILLA COMES...YETI GIANT OF THE 20TH CENTURY
„ 

— American Blu-ray tagline

Yeti: The Giant of the 20th Century (Yeti – Il gigante del 20º secolo) is an Italian giant monster fantasy adventure film directed by Gianfranco Parolini (under the pseudonym Frank Kramer) and written by Marcello Coscia, Parolini, and Mario Di Nardo from a story by Di Nardo and Parolini, with special effects by Ermanno Biamonte. Produced and distributed by Stefano Film, it stars Antonella Interlenghi, Matteo Zoffoli, Tony Kendall, and Mimmo Crao. The film was released to Italian theaters on December 23, 1977, with Miramax bringing it to U.S. theaters on March 19, 1980.

Plot

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Professor Wassermann, a scientist from Italy, finds a 1-million-year-old Yeti frozen in an iceberg in Newfoundland after a tsunami. A canadian industrialist, Morgan Hunnicut, plans on reviving the Yeti for the sole purpose of entertainment and personal gain. He then reaches out to his paleontologist friend Harry Wesserman to free the Yeti from his icy prison. After breaking free, the Yeti immediately started scaring the nearby crowds. Although, it immediately formed a bond with Wasserman and Morgan's nephews, Jane and Herbie, both orphaned at a really young age, the latter not speaking anymore because of the trauma and can only find comfort in his border collie Indio.

Hunnicut abuses the Yeti to advertise his many companies, until, his rivals, alongside Cliff, one of Hunnicut's workers, decide to kill both the giant and Wasserman, which somehow "protects" him. Then, the Yeti decides to unleash his fury, going on a rampage. In the ending, Jane convinces the Toronto police to not kill the giant, convincing them that the Yeti is a harmless creature.

Staff

Main article: Yeti: The Giant of the 20th Century/Credits.

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

  • Directed by   Frank Kramer
  • Written by   Marcello Coscia, Gianfranco Parolini, Mario Di Nardo
  • Based on a story by   Mario Di Nardo, Gianfranco Parolini
  • Presented by   Nicolò Pomilia, Wolfranco Coccia
  • Executive producer   Mario Di Nardo
  • Music by   Sante Maria Romitelli
  • Cinematography by   Sandro Mancori
  • Edited by   Manlio Camastro
  • Production design by   Claudio De Santis
  • First assistant director   Luciano Calosso
  • Director of optical effects   Ermanno Biamonte

Cast

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

  • Antonella Interlenghi   as   Jane
  • Jim Sullivan (Real name Matteo Zoffoli)   as   Herbie
  • Tony Kendall   as   Cliff Chandler
  • Edoardo Faieta   as   Morgan Hunnicut
  • John Stacy   as   Henry Wassermann
  • Al Canti (Real name Aldo Canti)   as   The Killer
  • Donald O'Brien   as   Sergeant Stricker
  • Mimmo Crao   as   Yeti
  • Francesco D'Adda   as   Secretary-Gard
  • Claudio Zucchet   as   Barto
  • Stefano Cedrati   as   Television operator
  • Loris Bazzocchi   as   Al, a henchman

Appearances

Monsters

Production

After RKO and Universal Pictures' battle over the rights to King Kong, Dino De Laurentiis, who was the producer of the 1976 King Kong remake, would next produce another giant monster film which would be filmed in the Himalayas; the production was given the title of Yeti and the script was written by David Z. Goodman, who based it on a story by Italian story writer Giorgio Moser. Allegedly, months into the making of the film, Moser had discussed the De Laurentiis picture with Parolini, later claiming that the director stole the idea from him.[1] Although it was promised that the movie would've been filmed in the Himalayas, most scenes were filmed in Cinecittà, a movie studio in Rome.

Gallery

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Soundtrack

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Alternate titles

  • Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century (U.S. home video title)
  • Snowman Yeti (雪男イエティ Yuki Otoko Ieti: Japan; Kar adam Yeti: Turkey)
  • Snowman (Lumimies: Finland)
  • Yeti - The 20th Century Monster (Yeti - O Monstro do Século 20: Brazil)
  • Yeti - The Giant from Another World (Yéti - Le géant d'un autre monde: France)
  • Yeti, the Giant of the Glacier (Yeti, o gigas ton pagetonon: Greece)
  • Yeti - The Snowman is Coming (Yeti - Der Schneemensch kommt: Austria; Yeti - Der Schneemensch kommt: West Germany)
  • Yeti: The Abominable Snowman (Yeti: El abominable hombre de las nieves: Spain)
  • Ice-Man - Giant of the 20th Century (Ice-Man - Gigant des 20. Jahrhunderts: West Germany)
  • Yeti (예티 Yeti: South Korea)

Theatrical releases

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U.S. release

U.S. Yeti: The Giant of the 20th Century poster

Yeti: The Giant of the 20th Century was released theatrically twice in the United States, first on March 19, 1980 and then again on April 23, 1999. It was also released to U.S. television on May 19, 1984.

Video releases

Feature Film DVD (2014)[2][3][4]

  • Discs: 1[5]
  • Audio: English[5]
  • Aspect ratio: 1.33:1[5]
  • Notes: Released on May 2, 2014[3]

Dark Force Entertainment Blu-ray (2020)[6]

  • Region: A[6]
  • Discs: 1[6]
  • Audio: English, Italian
  • Subtitles: English[6]
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85:1[6]
  • Notes: Released in the United States on March 21, 2020[6] and in Japan on August 25, 2020.[7]

Videos

German trailer

Trivia

References

This is a list of references for Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. ↑ "Cool Ass Cinema: Yeti: The Giant of the 20th Century (1977) review". Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Yeti: The 20th Century Giant: Mimi Craig, Anton Interleigh, Jimmy Sullivan, Anthony Kendall: Movies & TV". Amazon.com. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "YETI THE 20TH CENTURY GIANT DVD". Fishpond.co. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "FEATURE FILM - YETI: THE 20TH CENTURY GIANT (DVD) – Atlantis Music". Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Buy YETI: 20TH CENTURY GIANT DVD, Blu-ray Online at Best Prices in India". Amazon.in. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 "Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century Blu-ray Release Date March 21, 2020". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  7. ↑ "Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century [Blu-ray]: Eddie Faye, Phoenix Grant, John Stacey, Mimmo Crau, Mimmo Crao, Antonella Interlenghi, John Stacy, Edoardo Faieta, Jim Sullivan, Tony Kendall, Gianfranco Parolini, Gianfranco Parolini: DVD". Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  8. ↑ "江戸に現れたキングコング". Wikipedia. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

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