Italian Spiderman

Italian Spiderman
The Italian Spiderman
Genre	Spoof Comedy Action
Created by	Alrugo Entertainment
Directed by	Alrugo Entertainment
Starring	"Franco Franchetti" (David Ashby) "Leombruno Tosca"
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	Italian English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Producer(s)	Alrugo Entertainment
Release
Original network	YouTube
First shown in	22 May 2008
Original release	8 November 2007

Italian Spiderman is an Australian film parody of Italian action–adventure films of the 1960s and 1970s, first released on YouTube in 2007. The parody purports to be a "lost Italian film" by Alrugo Entertainment, an Australian film-making collective formed by Dario Russo, Tait Wilson, David Ashby, Will Spartalis and Boris Repasky.

Ostensibly an Italian take on the comic book superhero Spider-Man, the film is a reference to foreign movies that misappropriate popular American superheroes such as the Turkish film "3 Dev Adam", and licensed series such as the Japanese TV series "Spider-Man", both of which alter the character of Spider-Man for foreign audiences. Other notable entries include the Indian version of Superman (1987),The Three Fantastic Supermen (1967) and La Mujer Murcielago (The Batwoman) (1968). It also resembles the movie Bathman dal pianeta Eros (1982).

A trailer was released, followed by a full-length feature made up of ten mini-episodes.

In the middle of a party, an asteroid from a distant galaxy falls to Earth and is taken by professor Bernardi (Carmine Russo) for research. He discovers the asteroid has a substance that can create duplicates from any living being and decides that Italian Spiderman (Franco Franchetti), a fat, rude, chain-smoking, and powerful superhero, is the only man capable of holding custody of the valuable asteroid.

As soon as Professor Bernardi gives Italian Spiderman the asteroid, he is attacked by the terrible Captain Maximum (Leombruno Tosca) who is interested in using the asteroid for his own evil plans. Foiled in his attempt to steal the asteroid from Bernardi, he transforms the Professor into a snake. Captain Maximum later intercepts the Italian Spiderman and takes the asteroid, although he gives Italian Spiderman a chance to win it by beating Maximum in a surf contest. When Captain Maximum notices the obviously superior surfing skills of Italian Spiderman, Maximum attempts to win by cheating. His efforts fail, however, as Italian Spiderman summons the help of penguins (which hurl themselves at Captain Maximum and his henchwomen) and wins. When Italian Spiderman returns home, he is again attacked by Captain Maximum's henchmen, where a tranquiliser dart causes the hero to collapse.