A big man with a big heart: this is probably the best description for Bud Spencer, born Carlo Pedersoli.
Do we have to explain who Bud Spencer is? In Hungary probably not, so in Italy. We are Italian geocachers and we are proud to be the owners of this multi, dedicated to Bud Spencer. Bud a Pest means in italian: Bud in Pest. Yes, because Hungary is the first country to mount a statue in honour of Bud Spencer.
With action-packed plots, lowbrow humor, and flying fists, the films of Italian movie-star duo Bud Spencer and Terence Hill gained global fame in the ‘70s and ‘80s – yet here in Hungary they are especially revered to this day, as their lighthearted flicks are still frequently broadcast on local TV, and their oeuvre inspires fervent fans to honor them in art and song.
What is it about these unserious celebrities that begets so much celebration here?
When burly and bearded Bud Spencer passed away in June 2016 at the ripe old age of 86, his fans mourned around the world – gone was a true renaissance man of our modern age, who parlayed his success as a professional swimmer and water-polo player into a lucrative acting career (not to mention his stints as an inventor, pilot, lyricist, politician, and cookbook author). Though he first appeared in film as early as 1950, he only earned global renown beginning in the late ‘60s after teaming up with Terence Hill (born Mario Girotti) – a dashing blue-eyed leading man who had worked in the movie business since the age of 12, and went on to become one of Italy’s highest-paid thespians – to create a series of over 20 films set in exotic locations around the planet.
Between 1967 and 1994, Bud Spencer and Terence Hill built up a heavily humorous filmography in genres ranging from Westerns to crime capers to travel adventures, with their stories usually unfolding with a similar formula – the two contrasting characters are united under bizarre circumstances and usually don’t like each other at first, but then they join forces on some sort of quest that ordinarily involves solving a mystery and frequent fisticuffs.
Although the duo usually faces daunting odds and multiple attackers, between Spencer’s brawn and Hill’s guile they stave off all assailants. All the while, the two fearlessly defend the helpless and enjoy the local scene while satisfying their voracious appetites (for women in Hill’s case, and for food – particularly bean dishes – in Spencer’s case) in locations ranging from Miami to Rio to a remote Pacific island and far beyond.
These movies were definitely made for the masses, and were dubbed in numerous languages before being shipped off to theaters around the world – including Hungary, where popular entertainment was thoroughly censored by the country’s Soviet-dominated government during Spencer and Hill’s heyday until the regime change in 1989. However, the Kremlin-backed authorities apparently saw no danger in letting Magyars enjoy these diverting films, and so Bud Spencer and Terence Hill became some of the most popular stars of their era here, despite (or perhaps because of) their plebeian appeal; for the millions of Hungarians who were restricted from traveling internationally during that time, the exotic scenery of the movies’ worldwide settings provided a rare perspective of life in faraway places outside of communist-controlled society.
Even after Hungary gained its independence, the films of Bud Spencer and Terence Hill remained (and still remain) popular, now enhanced with a strong dose of nostalgia – most Magyar families have at least a couple of their movies in their DVD collection, and if you flip channels on Hungarian television at any given time, there’s a fair chance that one of their flicks will be playing on some network or another. What’s more, the Italian duo remains so beloved that soon after Spencer’s passing, a solemn graffiti portrait of him was painted on a wall in Budapest’s Óbuda district, and currently there is an only-somewhat-insincere proposal to create a Bud Spencer Park here.
Source: https://welovebudapest.com/en/
About the cache: this is a very short multi.
The final is here:
N 47° 29.ABC
E 019° 04.DEF
At first stage you will find the statue of Bud Spencer: focus on the back of the pedestal.
How many C do you count? that's A
How many N+R do you count? that's B
How many S do you count? that's C
How many T+1 do you count? that's D
How many D+1 do you count? that's E
How many G do you count? that's F
If you like to check and have the spoiler, use geocheck.
Happy geocaching!
We are grateful to kitkat0123 for care and maintenance of the cache!!!
