I miss the guy too gurang. It was a pleasant treat when I caught May Lamok sa Loob ng Kulambo yesterday. The lightning quick repartee was still as funny. Zialcita was well-known for his Janice de Belen movies then but I think he is the master of the sex-comedy. Too bad he had to ruin his career with drugs.
Sabi ni Noel Vera plagiarist daw si Zialcita. I hope he'd explain it though.
Paging Mr. Vera.
Since Noel Vera has not yet responded to this post, let me share what I read about the plagiarism issue with Zialcita.
In 1979, Danny Zialcita's
Ikaw at ang Gabi won URIAN awards for Best Picture and Best Director. It was later found out that the movie was a blatant copy of a TV movie called Torn Between Two Lovers from Hollywood. Some sequences were copied shot by shot. Another Zialcita movie
Si Malakas, Si Maganda at si Mahinhin was also a direct copy of an American film called A Different Story. Most critics do agree that Zialcita's versions were much improved compared to the originals. Danny Zialcita is best remembered for his 'malulutong' na dialogues in his movies and for turning Dindo Fernando into gay in Mahinhin series and Nora Aunor a lesbian in
T-Bird at Ako. Other Zialcita movies are
Langis at Tubig with Vilma Santos and Dindo Fernando,
Tinimbang ang Langit with Christopher de Leon and Kuh Ledesma,
Kabiyak with Pinky de Leon,
Nagalit ang Buwan sa Haba ng Gabi with Laurice Guillen and
Dear Heart with Sharon Cuneta and Gabby Concepcion.