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Age & Scarpelli (Italian:[ˈaːdʒeeskarˈpɛlli]) is thestage name used by the pair ofItalian screenwritersAgenore Incrocci (1914–2005) andFurio Scarpelli (1919–2010).[1] Together, they wrote the scripts for about a hundred movies,[citation needed] mainlysatiricalcomedies.
The duo started working together inTotò cerca casa of1949, and ended their collaboration in the 1980s. They worked for many famous Italiandirectors, likeSergio Leone (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly),[1]Mario Monicelli (including their major work,For Love and Gold),Dino Risi,Luigi Comencini,Pietro Germi andEttore Scola and they wrote the dialogues of manyTotò movies.[2]
In1985, they decided to part ways, and subsequently worked separately for movies such asBoom for Age andIl Postino: The Postman for Scarpelli. Age & Scarpelli are often considered the inventors ofcommedia all'italiana (Italian-style comedy).[3]
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