They Call Me Jeeg (2016)
February 25, 2016Release Date
They Call Me Jeeg (2016)
February 25, 2016Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Claudio Santamaria
Enzo Ceccotti
Luca Marinelli
Zingaro
Ilenia Pastorelli
Alessia
Stefano Ambrogi
Sergio
Maurizio Tesei
Biondo
Daniele Trombetti
Tazzina
Francesco Formichetti
Sperma
Joel Sy
Claudietto
Salvatore Esposito
Vincenzo
Gianluca Di Gennaro
Antonio
Antonia Truppo
Nunzia
Juana Jimenez
Marcellone
Giampaolo Crescenzio
Pinocchio
Tommaso Di Carlo
Efeso
Jennifer Distaso
Bambina in Auto
Roberto Libertini
Cruciani
Leandro Carano
Di Lello
Daniela De Vita
Poliziotta
Tamken Abdulaziz
Corriere #1
Hassen Jamal
Corriere #2
Luigi Mazzullo
Agente di Polizia
Marta Pinna
Mamma Bambina in Auto
Matteo Bianchi
Steward stadio
Matteo Barbaliscia
Ragazzo scooter
Elisa Benigni
Soubrette talk show
Nicola Guaglianone
Psicologo / Screenplay / Story
Raffaele Crisai
Bagarino
Stefano Agresti
Ultrà stadio
Adriano Giannini
Cronista (voice)
Giorgio Savino
Polizotto in Borghese #1 (uncredited)
Anna Maria Zamperla
Anziana a casa di Nunzia (uncredited)
Mirko Zamperla
Scagnozzo di Nunzia (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 25, 2016
Original NameLo chiamavano Jeeg Robot
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 52m
Budget$1,900,000
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They Call Me Jeeg (Italian: Lo chiamavano Jeeg Robot, transl. "They called him Jeeg Robot"; Japanese: 皆はこう呼んだ、「鋼鉄ジーグ」, romanized: Mina wa kō yonda, "Kōtetsu Jīgu", transl. "Everybody called [him] Steel Jeeg") is a 2015 Italian superhero film directed by Gabriele Mainetti and starring Claudio Santamaria in the lead role. The plot concerns a lonely misanthropic crook named Enzo, who gets superhuman strength after being affected by radioactive waste in the Tiber waters.
The film is a tribute to the anime and manga series Steel Jeeg (Jeeg robot d'acciaio in Italy, where it is very popular) by Gō Nagai, from which takes up some thematics; the title is an in-joke based on the Alessia character who believes that the hero of the anime, Hiroshi Shiba, exists in the real world, and she mistakes Enzo for him. The title is also a reference to the spaghetti western film They Call Me Trinity (Lo chiamavano Trinità).
It received largely positive critical reviews and was nominated for several film industry awards, including seventeen David di Donatello, winning eight. The film was also one of seven films on a shortlist to be selected as the Italian entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards, but the film Fuocoammare was chosen instead.
After a successful run in Italian theaters in 2016, the movie got a limited release in the U.S. starting 17 March 2017 by Uncork'd Entertainment.