Dardano Sacchetti

Dardano Sacchetti (born 1944) is an Italian screenwriter who often worked with Italian directors Lamberto Bava and Lucio Fulci.

Screenwriting

Sacchetti was born in 1944,[1] in Italy. His first screen credit was for Dario Argento's film The Cat o' Nine Tails.[1] He predominantly worked with Lucio Fulci and Lamberto Bava.[1]

He has worked with several television film projects with Lamberto Bava in the later half of the 1980s.[1] Sacchetti stated that for his screenplays, he would only learn who the director would be a week before the film went into production.[2]

Producers such as De Angelis would come to him and ask him to write two to five lines for a film in various genres such as adventure films, westerns and pornography.[2] Following this posters would be made for the films. When Foreign production had found interest in his write-ups, he would state that De Angelis would phone him and tell him which of the stories he had potential to sell and to write the scripts immediately.[2]

He has worked with several television film projects with Lamberto Bava in the later half of the 1980s.[1] As of 2017, Sacchetti was still writing for film and television.[1]

Partial filmography

Note: The films listed as N/A are not necessarily chronological.
Title Year Credited as Notes Ref(s)
Screenwriter Screen story author Other
The Cat o' Nine Tails 1971 Yes [3]
A Bay of Blood Yes [4][5]
Emergency Squad 1974 Yes Yes [6]
Manhunt in the City 1975 Yes Yes [7]
Mark of the Cop Yes Yes [7]
Mark Shoots First Yes Yes [8]
Rome Armed to the Teeth 1976 Yes [9]
Cross Shot Yes [10]
Free Hand for a Tough Cop Yes Yes [11]|[12]
Mark Strikes Again Yes [13]
The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist 1977 Yes [14]
Destruction Force Yes [15]
Stunt Squad Yes Yes [16]
A Man Called Magnum Yes Yes [17]
Sette note in nero Yes Yes [18]
Shock Yes [19]
Zombi 2 1979 Yes Uncredited [20][21]
City of the Living Dead 1980 Yes Yes [22][23]
The Beyond 1981 Yes Yes [24][25]
The House by the Cemetery Yes [26][27]
The New York Ripper 1982 Yes [28][29]
Manhattan Baby Yes Yes [30][31]
The Scorpion with Two Tails Yes [32][33]
Amityville II: The Possession Yes Uncredited [34]
1990: The Bronx Warriors Yes Yes [35][36]
Ironmaster 1983 Yes [37]
A Blade in the Dark Yes Yes [38][39]
The Atlantis Interceptors Yes Yes [40][41]
Warriors of the Year 2072 1984 Yes Yes [42][43]
Demons 1985 Yes Yes [44][45]
Cut and Run Yes Yes [46][47]
Demons 2 1986 Yes Yes [48][49]
Body Count 1986 Yes [50][51][52]
Specters 1987 Yes Sacchetti claims he did not work on this script. [53]
Delta Force Commando 1987 Yes Yes [54][55][56]
The Church 1989 Yes Uncredited. [57][58]
The Teddy Bear 1994 Yes [59][60]
L'importante è non farsi notare — Yes [61]
Scusi lei è normale? — Yes Yes [62]
Cannibal Apocalypse — Yes [63]
La cameriera seduce i villeggianti — Yes [64]
The Last Hunter — Yes [65]
Pierino il fichissimo — Yes Yes [66]
Blue Island — Yes Yes [67]
Pierino la peste alla riscossa — Yes Yes [68]
Thunder Warrior — Yes Yes [69]
Exterminators of the Year 3000 — Yes Yes [70]
Monster Shark — Yes [71]
Impatto mortale — Yes Yes [72]
Man Hunt — Yes [73]
Midnight Killer — Yes Yes [74]
Evil Senses — Yes [75]
Superfantagenio — Yes [76]
Thunder Warrior II — Yes Yes [77]
Colpo di Stato — Yes Yes [78]
Karate Warrior — Yes Yes [79]
I predatori della pietra magica — Yes Yes [80]
Ratman — Yes Yes [81]
Il ragazzo dal kimono d'oro 2 — Yes Yes [82]
Afganistan - The Last War Bus — Yes Yes [83]
Bye Bye Vietnam — Yes Yes [84]
I ragazzi del 42° plotone — Yes Yes [85]
Money — Yes Yes [86]
Angel with a Gun — Yes Yes [87]
Il ragazzo dal kimono d'oro 3 — Yes Yes [88]
Italia '90 - Notti magiche — Yes Yes [89]
Alibi perfetto — Yes Yes [90]
Alex l'ariete — Yes Yes [91]
Bastardi — Yes [92]
Blood of the Losers — Yes Yes [93]
Tulpa — Yes [94]
Roma nuda... come tutto ebbe inizio — Yes Yes [95]
La madre — Yes Yes [96]

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Hutchings 2017, p. 281.
  2. ^ a b c Shipka 2011, p. 26.
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  5. ^ Curti 2017, p. 53.
  6. ^ Curti 2013, p. 110.
  7. ^ a b Curti 2013, p. 126.
  8. ^ Curti 2013, p. 143.
  9. ^ Curti 2013, p. 162.
  10. ^ Curti 2013, p. 171.
  11. ^ Curti 2013, p. 174.
  12. ^ Curti 2013, p. 175.
  13. ^ Curti 2013, p. 183.
  14. ^ Curti 2013, p. 211.
  15. ^ Curti 2013, p. 215.
  16. ^ Curti 2013, p. 232.
  17. ^ Curti 2013, p. 226.
  18. ^ Curti 2017, p. 172.
  19. ^ Curti 2017, p. 177.
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  30. ^ Firsching, Robert. "Manhattan Baby". AllMovie. Archived from the original on August 30, 2013. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
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  34. ^ Curti 2019, p. 93.
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  37. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 203.
  38. ^ Firsching, Robert. "A Blade in the Dark". AllMovie. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  39. ^ "La casa con la scala nel buio (1983)" (in Italian). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  40. ^ "I predatori di Atlantide (1983)". Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in Italian). Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  41. ^ Curti 2019, p. 103.
  42. ^ Brennan, Sandra. "Warriors of the Year 2072". AllMovie. Archived from the original on August 30, 2013. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
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  44. ^ Binion, Cavett. "Demons". Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
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  46. ^ "Inferno in diretta (1985)". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in Italian). Retrieved September 23, 2018.
  47. ^ Brennan, Sandra. "Cut and Run (1985) - Ruggero Deodato | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie. Archived from the original on June 29, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
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  50. ^ "Body Count". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
  51. ^ Firsching, Robert. "Camping del Terrore (1986)". AllMovie. Archived from the original on April 27, 2013. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
  52. ^ "Camping del terrore (1987)". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in Italian). Retrieved September 23, 2018.
  53. ^ Curti 2019, p. 146.
  54. ^ "Delta Force Commando" (in Italian). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  55. ^ "New Releases". Detroit Free Press. November 26, 1987. p. 3D – via Newspapers.com.
  56. ^ "New Releases". Chicago Tribune. November 6, 1987. p. CN – via Newspapers.com.
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  58. ^ Curti 2019, p. 172.
  59. ^ "L'orso di peluche (1993)" (in Italian). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  60. ^ "L'Ours en peluche (1993) Jacques Deray" (in French). Bifi.fr. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
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  62. ^ "Scusi, lei è normale? (1979)" (in Italian). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  63. ^ "Apocalypse domani (1980)" (in Italian). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  64. ^ "La cameriera seduce i villeggianti" (in Italian). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  65. ^ "L'ultimo cacciatore (1980)" (in Italian). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  66. ^ "Pierino il fichissimo" (in Italian). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  67. ^ "Due gocce d'acqua salata" (in Italian). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  68. ^ "Pierino la peste alla riscossa (1982)" (in Italian). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  69. ^ "Thunder (1983)" (in Italian). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  70. ^ "Sterminator (1983)" (in Italian). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  71. ^ "Shark - Rosso nell'oceano (1984)" (in Italian). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
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  74. ^ "Morirai a mezzanotte" (in Italian). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  75. ^ "Sensi (1986)" (in Italian). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
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  84. ^ "Bye Bye Vietnam (1989)" (in Italian). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  85. ^ "I ragazzi del 42° plotone (1989)" (in Italian). Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
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