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Il gattopardo (1963)
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Overview
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Release Date:
15 July 1963 (USA)
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Tagline:
Luchino Visconti's Enduring Romantic Adventure
Plot:
The Prince of Salina, a noble aristocrat of impeccable integrity, tries to preserve his family and class amid the tumultuous social upheavals of 1860's Sicily. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 7 wins
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1 nomination
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NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Italian costume exhibition boasts Oscar-winning outfits
(From BoxWish. 4 September 2009, 6:36 AM, PDT)
Summer Preview: Repertory Calendar for the Coasts
(From IFC. 5 May 2009, 1:32 PM, PDT)
(From BoxWish. 4 September 2009, 6:36 AM, PDT)
Summer Preview: Repertory Calendar for the Coasts
(From IFC. 5 May 2009, 1:32 PM, PDT)
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heartbreaking, gorgeous
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Burt Lancaster | ... | Prince Don Fabrizio Salina | |
| Claudia Cardinale | ... | Angelica Sedara / Bertiana | |
| Alain Delon | ... | Tancredi Falconeri | |
| Paolo Stoppa | ... | Don Calogero Sedara | |
| Rina Morelli | ... | Princess Maria Stella Salina | |
| Romolo Valli | ... | Father Pirrone | |
| Terence Hill | ... | Count Cavriaghi (as Mario Girotti) | |
| Pierre Clémenti | ... | Francesco Paolo | |
| Lucilla Morlacchi | ... | Concetta | |
| Giuliano Gemma | ... | Garibaldi's General | |
| Ida Galli | ... | Carolina | |
| Ottavia Piccolo | ... | Caterina | |
| Carlo Valenzano | ... | Paolo | |
| Brook Fuller | ... | Little Prince | |
| Anna Maria Bottini | ... | Mademoiselle Dombreuil, the Governess |
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Runtime:
187 min | Spain:151 min (cut version) | UK:161 min (cut version) | USA:165 min (cut version) | France:195 min (Cannes Film Festival) | 205 min (premiere version) | West Germany:161 min (cut version)
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Germany:12 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Australia:M (TV rating) |
West Germany:12 (f) |
Norway:12 (re-rating) (1985) |
Norway:16 (original rating) |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:PG |
Finland:K-12 |
Netherlands:12 |
Sweden:11 |
UK:PG (video rating) |
UK:U (original rating) |
USA:PG (certificate #20553) |
Hong Kong:IIB
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Trivia:
'Darryl Zanuck', whose studio put up financing for the film, did not want Lancaster to wear a mustache.
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Goofs:
Miscellaneous: During one of the long shots of the journey to Donnafugata, a blur crosses the screen near the center, apparently caused by a fly crawling over the lens.
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Quotes:
Prince Don Fabrizio Salina:
We were the leopards, the lions, those who take our place will be jackals and sheep, and the whole lot of us - leopards, lions, jackals and sheep - will continue to think ourselves the salt of the earth.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Astérix aux jeux olympiques (2008)
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Soundtrack:
I Sogni del Principe / Giovani Eroi / Partenza di Tancredi / Amore e Ambizione / Quasi In Porto
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To summarize, this film was released, dubbed and butchered, in the US in 1963/64, never released on video but occasionally seen in bootleg version. The British Film Institute did a restored print of the original Italian version in 2003. I saw it in a theater in London last summer and found it fabulous, not least for seeing it in the wide screen setting. It's now out on DVD on three disks: the restored print with Italian dialogue (Burt Lancaster dubbed into Italian -- it sounds wacky, but it works big time); a disk with the butchered English release version of forty years ago (valuable to see what they did, and also to hear Lancaster's own English); and a disk with supplementary materials including very interesting interviews with a wide variety of participants in the movie. Of the multi-hour blockbusters of the period, I'd put it behind Lawrence of Arabia, but very close to Doctor Zhivago and well ahead of Ryan's Daughter.
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