I'm for the Hippopotamus

I'm for the Hippopotamus (Italian: Io sto con gli ippopotami) is a 1979 Italian adventure comedy film directed by Italo Zingarelli and starring the film duo of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer.

I'm for the Hippopotamus
Italian theatrical release poster by Renato Casaro
Directed by	Italo Zingarelli
Written by	Barbara Alberti Amedeo Pagani Vincenzo Mannino Italo Zingarelli
Produced by	Vincent G. Cox Roberto Palaggi
Starring	Terence Hill Bud Spencer Joe Bugner
Cinematography	Aiace Parolin
Edited by	Claudio M. Cutry
Music by	Walter Rizzati
Release date	1979 (1979)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	Italy

The film focuses on the rivalry between two cousins, with one of them intentionally undermining the other's safari expeditions. The cousins eventually have to team up against a common foe.

Plot

Two cousins engage in a semi-friendly rivalry at the beginning of the film. Hill's character occasionally ruins the other's hunting safaris. It turns out that Spencer's character is none too honest, either, since he gives his tourists rifles loaded with blanks so they can't hurt each other or the animals. The two have to team up to stop a villain, with plenty of comedy, eating, and mild violence.

Cast

• Terence Hill as Slim
• Bud Spencer as Tom
• Joe Bugner as Ormond
• May Dlamini as Mama Leone
• Dawn Jürgens as Stella (Slim's lady-love)
• Malcolm Kirk as Ormond's bald henchman
• Ben Masinga as Jason
• Les Marcowitz as Trixie, Ormond's short henchman
• Johan Naude
• Nick Van Rensburg
• Hugh Rouse as Police Captain, arresting Slim and Tom
• Mike Schutte as Ormond's henchman (German version: Lumpi)
• Kosie Smith as Ormond's henchman with moustache (German version: Kopf, wie 'n Hauklotz)
• Joseph Szucs
• Sandy Nkomo as Senghor (Stella's father)

Soundtrack

As with many other Spencer & Hill films, its soundtrack and theme song "Grau Grau Grau" (both composed and performed by Walter Rizzati, with Spencer himself providing lead vocals on the song) became very popular in Italy at the time of the film's release, and are still popular among the duo's international fan base.

External links

• Io sto con gli ippopotami at IMDb
• I'm for the Hippopotamus at Rotten Tomatoes