Bye Bye Baby (film)
| Bye Bye Baby | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Enrico Oldoini |
| Screenplay by | Liliane Betti Paolo Costella Enrico Oldoini |
| Produced by | Pio Andretti Adriano De Micheli |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Giuseppe Ruzzolini |
| Edited by | Raimondo Crociani |
| Music by | Manuel De Sica |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | United International Pictures[1] |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Bye Bye Baby is a 1988 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Enrico Oldoini. The film starred Brigitte Nielsen and Carol Alt. It is one of the few films to feature five-pin billiards on-screen in any detail.[2]
Plot summary
[edit]A couple from Milan, Sandra and Paolo, engage in a series of extramarital affairs, reconciliations, escapades, and eventual divorce, beginning during a vacation to Mauritius. Sandra becomes involved with a handsome doctor, Marcello, while Paolo falls for Lisa, a professional billiards player.
Cast
[edit]- Carol Alt as Sandra
- Luca Barbareschi as Paolo
- Brigitte Nielsen as Lisa, a professional five-pin billiards player
- Jason Connery as Marcello, a medical doctor
Reception
[edit]Brigitte Nielsen was nominated for a Golden Raspberry ("Razzie") for Worst Actress at the 10th Golden Raspberry Awards, where she ended up losing to Heather Locklear for The Return of Swamp Thing.[3]
Los Angeles Times panned the film as thematically repetitive, "daringly banal", and a failure as a sex farce because so little of it is actually comedic.[4] Billiards film review site 8 Ball on the Silver Screen also criticized the film for its unbelievable billiards scenes that indicated no training of Nielsen for the role.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Bye bye baby (1988)". Archivio del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
- ^ a b Moss, Jason (5 July 2017). "Bye Bye Baby". 8 Ball on the Silver Screen. Archived from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ "Razzie is the ultimate dishonor for bad acting". The Republic. Columbus, Indiana. 14 February 1990. p. 33. Retrieved 15 November 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Quoted in Moss (2017).
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