Ezio Greggio
Bernardo Puccini
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If you say that someone has a screw loose, you mean that they behave in a strange way and seem slightly mentally ill. (Definition of have a screw loose from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
To be eccentric or peculiar. To think or act crazily. This term likens a malfunctioning machine or tool, in which a screw needs to be tightened, to a disordered human mind. It originated early in the nineteenth century. “A genius with a screw loose, as we used to say,” wrote Edward Fitzgerald in 1833 (Letters).
have a screw loose. To be or seem particularly silly, eccentric, crazy, or mentally unstable. (Also worded as "have a loose screw.") That guy on the corner must have a screw loose or something, because he's been standing out there yelling obscenities at passersby all morning.
Feb 19, 1999 · Screw Loose: Directed by Ezio Greggio. With Ezio Greggio, Mel Brooks, Julie Condra, Gianfranco Barra. The owner of an Italian natural food company has a heart attack and asks his son, Bernardo, to find the man who saved his life in World War II and bring him to his deathbed.
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- Comedy, Romance
- Ezio Greggio
- 1999-02-19
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Screw Loose, released as Svitati in Italy, is a 1999 Italian comedy film. It was directed by Ezio Greggio, and written by Rudy De Luca and Steve Haberman. The film stars Greggio along with Mel Brooks and Julie Condra. Filming locations included Monte Carlo and Milan.
If someone has a screw loose, they are crazy. He must have a screw loose, spending that sort of money on a holiday! She looked at me as if I had a screw loose. Note: The image is of a piece of machinery that needs to be adjusted or repaired.
