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Tales of Ordinary Madness (it: Storie di ordinaria follia) (fr: Contes de la folie ordinaire) is a 1981 film by Italian director Marco Ferreri. It was shot in English in the USA, featuring Ben Gazzara and Ornella Muti in the leading roles. The film's title and subject matter are based on the works and the person of US poet Charles Bukowski, including the short story The Most Beautiful Woman in Town (published by City Lights Publishing in the 1972 collection Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness).
The film's protagonist, Charles Serking, is based on Bukowski's autobiographical character Henry Chinaski. At the time, the director Taylor Hackford owned the rights to the Chinaski name, having acquired them when he optioned Bukowski's 1971 novel Post Office.
Original Release
09/11/1981
US Release
10/10/1981
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ben Gazzara | Charles Serking |
Ornella Muti | Cass |
Susan Tyrrell | Vera |
Tanya Lopert | Vicky |
Roy Brocksmith | Barman |
Katya Berger | Girl on Beach (as Katia Berger) |
Hope Cameron | |
Patrick Hughes | Pimp |
Wendy Welles | Runaway |
Stratton Leopold | Publisher |
Directors
Writers
Marco Ferreri, Sergio Amidei, Charles Bukowski, Anthony Foutz
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ben Gazzara | Charles Serking |
Ornella Muti | Cass |
Susan Tyrrell | Vera |
Tanya Lopert | Vicky |
Roy Brocksmith | Barman |
Katya Berger | Girl on Beach (as Katia Berger) |
Hope Cameron | |
Patrick Hughes | Pimp |
Wendy Welles | Runaway |
Stratton Leopold | Publisher |
Anthony Pitillo | |
Jay Julien | |
Peter Jarvis | |
Jean-Paul Boucher | |
Cristina Forti | |
Elizabeth Long | |
Carlo Monni | (scenes deleted) |
Tobin Bell | Bar Patron |
Lewis E. Ciannelli | Policeman |
Ted Rusoff | Priest |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jacqueline Ferreri | Producer |
Sergio Galiano | Producer |