The Icicle Thief (1989)
• February 16th, 1989 • 1h 30min
Comedy
Overview
Director Maurizio Nichetti is invited on TV to introduce a screening of his neo-realist classic 'The Icicle Thief'. He is horrified to discover that his black-and-white tale of life in poverty is constantly interrupted by garish color commercials, and even more horrified when a power cut in the studio causes film and commercials to mix up – a glamorous model finds herself in the arms of an unemployed pauper, while his wife finds herself in consumers' heaven. Nichetti has to break into the film to try to sort everything out.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Too Afraid of Life or Splat
Released on: 1988-01-05
Drama, Comedy
A superstitious middle-aged woman falls in love with a taxi driver, while trying to learn the identi...
Good News
Released on: 2025-09-05
Thriller, Comedy, History
When hijackers seize a Japanese flight and demand to fly to Pyongyang, a mysterious mastermind hatch...
The Phoney
Released on:
Comedy
Rupert, the son of world-renowned artist Luther Milo, longs to create art of his own but is shackled...
Stay Alive in '75
Released on: 1975-01-01
Music, Comedy, Family
Ebenezer Jones is visited by the Ghost of Hospitality Past in the night, who confronts him about his...
Gospel of Ted
Released on: 2022-08-25
Comedy, Adventure, Mystery
Ferrari Thunderbird Taylor is getting ready to leave South Carolina behind forever and start a new l...
The Heifer
Released on: 1985-03-06
Comedy, War
During the Spanish Civil War a platoon of mismatched Republican soldiers cross the front-line to ste...
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
Released on: 1979-04-04
Comedy
In this satire, a police detectiveis investigating the disappearance and kidnapping of the host of a...
Faith, Hope and Charity
Released on: 1974-02-14
Drama, Comedy
Three episodes. Faith: a woman is attacked. Hope: a fakir is crucified. Charity: a woman faces burea...
Poor Tax
Released on: 2023-02-26
Comedy
Nothing brings a loving family together like a friendly board game over the holidays. This is not th...
Triumph Presents: Let's Make a Poop Live
Released on: 2024-05-20
Comedy, Documentary
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog hosts his game show "Let's Make a Poop" live from the Castro Theatre at...
Who's the Caboose?
Released on: 1997-04-10
Comedy, Romance, Drama
A documentary team gets a grant to do a film on a rare fatal disease that is attacking homeless peop...
Jonathan Pie: Fake News
Released on: 2022-02-20
Comedy
News reporter Jonathan Pie has been CANCELLED for an off-colour, on-air remark. Filmed in September ...
Tracey Ullman Takes on New York
Released on: 1993-10-09
Comedy
Tracey Ullman and her wacky cast of characters take a bite out of the Big Apple.
The Legend of Koizumi
Released on: 2010-02-06
Animation, Comedy
Global political figures such as The Pope, Kim Jong Il, George W. Bush and recent Japanese Prime Min...
Cinemagic
Released on: 2017-03-31
Comedy, Documentary
Aspiring directors Lev Zaretski (a sadist) and Ruslan Romanov (an anime MC) will show you how to pro...
Indian in a Box
Released on: 2025-07-29
Horror, Comedy
An Indian immigrant awakens inside a confined metal box, with the walls slowly closing in... unless ...
Namas Dei: The Tucker J. James Story
Released on: 2025-09-25
Comedy
A clueless wannabe movie star moves to LA and goes viral for all the wrong reasons, only to evolve i...
Chet Larson
Released on: 2021-08-18
Comedy, Documentary, Drama
A mockumentary following the rise, fall and continued tribulations of former internet personality Ch...
Everyone Off to Jail
Released on: 1993-12-22
Comedy
A prison in Valencia hosts an event recognizing political prisoners jailed during Franco’s reign. Th...