I wouldn’t call Pavarotti a rock star, but I guess he was in a figurative sense.
I do love me the movie mentioned here, Yes, Georgio. Get this, it was directed by a same guy who directed some of the greatest movies of all time: Patton, Papillon, Planet of the Apes, The Best Man, The Good Years …
And then came the 1980s, and ol’ Franklin Schaffner seems to have forgotten everything he knew in the 60s and 70s. He has four IMDb credits in the 80s and they are his four lowest-rated films. The bottom dweller, by a very wide margin, is Yes, Georgio. That may not be the worst movie ever made, but it could be the worst ever made by a guy who once directed Oscar’s Best Picture, and perhaps the worst ever directed by a guy who was President of the Directors’ Guild of America.
Ah yes, “Yes, Giorgio”, as in Pavarotti’s character, Giorgio Fini. Hard to say what the worst film ever is, but I’ll nominate this unforgettable line from that film for worst dialogue ever. Not just unintentionally funny, which is the good part, but gross too, when you stop to think about it. Here’s IMDB’s rendition:
Giorgio Fini : Pamela, you are a thirsty plant. Fini can water you.
Pamela Taylor : I don’t want to be watered on by Fini.