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Johnny Stecchino poster
A
Excellent
MASTER SCORE 81.7 / 100
1991·Comedy / Crime / Romance·1h 42m

JOHNNY STECCHINO

“Sometimes a banana is just a banana!”

Good hearted but not very wordly-wise, Dante is happy driving the school bus for a group of mentally handicapped children, while feeling he is somehow missing out on life and love. So he is very excited when after nearly being knocked down by her car he meets Maria, who seems immediately enamoured of him. He is soon invited to her sumptuous Palermo villa, little suspecting that this is part of a plot. He bears an amazing likeness to Maria's stool-pigeon gangster husband and it would be convenient for them if the mobster, in the shape of Dante, was seen to be dead and buried.

Above the Line
Roberto Benigni·DirectorRoberto Benigni·ScreenplayVincenzo Cerami·ScreenplayGiuseppe Lanci·Director of PhotographyEvan Lurie·Original Music ComposerNino Baragli·Editor
Cast
Roberto Benigni·Dante Ceccarini / Johnny StecchinoNicoletta Braschi·MariaPaolo Bonacelli·D'AgataFranco Volpi·MinistroIvano Marescotti·Dr. RandazzoTuri Scalia·GiudiceLoredana Romito·GiannaAlessandro De Santis·LilloSal Borgese·IgnazioGaetano Campisi·Picciotto in auto
Full Crew
(8 credits)
Directing· 1
Roberto Benigni·Director
Writing· 2
Roberto Benigni·ScreenplayVincenzo Cerami·Screenplay
Camera· 1
Giuseppe Lanci·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Nino Baragli·Editor
Sound & Music· 1
Evan Lurie·Original Music Composer
Production· 2
Mario Cecchi Gori·ProducerVittorio Cecchi Gori·Producer
By the Numbers
81.7
OF 100
Master Score
7.2
OF 10
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Worldwide Gross
0
Oscar Wins
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THE VISUAL DECONSTRUCTION

A bespoke vision agent's reading of the design language behind Johnny Stecchino's key art.

Dominant Palette
3 colors
#FFFFFF
#F2D78C
#2B60B3
Mood
Humorous
Composition
Centered
Era
1990s
Visual Style
Mixed Media

“The movie poster features a drawing of a man's head and shoulders emerging from a peeled banana. The man has dark, wiry hair, large eyes, and a thin mustache. H”

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Key Elements
BananaSuitTieHands
Atmosphere
Bright
Color Mood
Mixed
Setting
Abstract
Design Score
7/10
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