Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988)

Director:

Giuseppe Tornatore

Writers:

Giuseppe Tornatore (story)
Giuseppe Tornatore (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

23 February 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

A celebration of youth, friendship, and the everlasting magic of the movies.

Plot:

A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.

Plot Keywords:

Projectionist | Village | Theater | Young Boy | Cinema

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 19 wins & 12 nominations

Cast

Antonella Attili	...	Maria Di Vita - Younger
Enzo Cannavale	...	Spaccafico
Isa Danieli	...	Anna
Leo Gullotta	...	Usher
Marco Leonardi	...	Salvatore 'Toto' Di Vita - Teenager
Pupella Maggio	...	Maria Di Vita - Older
Agnese Nano	...	Elena Mendola
Leopoldo Trieste	...	Father Adelfio
Salvatore Cascio	...	Salvatore 'Toto' Di Vita - Child
Tano Cimarosa	...	Blacksmith
Nicola Di Pinto	...	Village Idiot
Roberta Lena	...	Lia
Nino Terzo	...	Peppino's Father
Jacques Perrin	...	Salvatore 'Toto' Di Vita - Adult
Philippe Noiret	...	Alfredo
Brigitte Fossey	...	Elena Mendola - Adult, Director's cut only
Nellina Laganà
Turi Giuffrida
Mariella Lo Giudice
Giorgio Libassi
Beatrice Palme
Ignazio Pappalardo
Angela Leontini
Mimmo Mignemi
Margherita Mignemi
Giuseppe Pellegrino
Turi Killer
Angelo Tosto
Concetta Borpagano
Franco Catalano
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle	...	Boxer (uncredited) (archive footage)

Directed by
Giuseppe Tornatore

Writing credits
Giuseppe Tornatore		(story)
Giuseppe Tornatore		screenplay and
Vanna Paoli		collaborating writer

Produced by
Gabriella Carosio	....	delegate producer: RAI
Franco Cristaldi	....	producer
Giovanna Romagnoli	....	producer

Original Music by
Ennio Morricone

Cinematography by
Blasco Giurato

Film Editing by
Mario Morra

Production Design by
Andrea Crisanti

Costume Design by
Beatrice Bordone

Makeup Department
Laura Borselli	....	assistant makeup artist (as Laura Borzelli)
Paolo Borselli	....	hair stylist (as Paolo Borzelli)
Maurizio Trani	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Mino Barbera	....	general manager
Romualdo Buzzanca	....	production manager (as Aldo Buzzanca)
Eleonora Comencini	....	production manager
Aureliano Luppi	....	production supervisor
Salvo Luppo	....	production supervisor
Vittorio Noia	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Giuseppe Giglietti	....	assistant director
Pietra Tornatore	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Fabio Bonzi	....	assistant production designer
Benito Leonardi	....	construction foreman
Marco Maggi	....	constructor
Alberto Michettoni	....	first property master
Cinzia Milani	....	assistant art director
Marcello Molfo	....	second property master
Raffaele Pantaleo	....	construction foreman
Porfirio Perrone	....	constructor
Oreste Quercioli	....	set painter
Marina Zalapi	....	assistant production designer

Sound Department
Luciano Anzellotti	....	foley artist
Annia Bargagli	....	dubbing assistant
Alberto Doni	....	sound mixer
Franco Finetti	....	sound engineer
Massimo Loffredi	....	sound recordist
Stefano Nissolino	....	sound dubbing
Giulio Viggiani	....	boom operator
Dan Edelstein	....	supervising sound editor: special edition re-release (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Danilo Bollettini	....	special effects technician
Giovanni Corridori	....	special effects coordinator (as Corridori)

Stunts
Angelo Ragusa	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Luca Biamonte	....	still photographer
Nazzareno Brescini	....	chief electrician (as Neno Brescini)
Claudio Diamanti	....	grip
Giuseppe Di Biase	....	camera operator
Fabio Lanciotti	....	assistant camera
Carlo Passari	....	first assistant camera
Giuseppe Petrignani	....	key grip
Giuseppe Sciarra	....	electrician
Giuseppe Sgarra	....	electrician
Elio Tolles	....	electrician
Doriano Torriero	....	grip

Animation Department
Massimiliano Cerchi	....	animator (as Alvaro Passeri)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jacopo Bellini	....	assistant seamstress
Luigi Bonanno	....	costume assistant
Amedeo Monti	....	seamstress

Editorial Department
Ida Cruciani	....	assistant editor
Giancarlo Mammetti	....	color technician
Luca Montanari	....	assistant editor
Stefano Quaglia	....	assistant editor

Music Department
John M. Davis	....	music editor (director's cut)
Enrico DeMelis	....	general music coordinator (as Enrico De Melis)
Andrea Morricone	....	composer: love theme
Franco Tamponi	....	musician: violin

Other crew
Nestore Baratella	....	administrator
Cesare Barbetti	....	dubbing director
Cesare Barbetti	....	voice dubbing: Jacques Perrin
Luigi Biamonte	....	press agent
Riccardo Caneva	....	coordinator
Lillo Capoano	....	continuity director
Claudia Catani	....	voice dubbing: Agnese Nano
Vittorio Di Prima	....	voice dubbing: Philippe Noiret
Vittoria Febbi	....	voice dubbing: Brigitte Fossey
Peter Fernandez	....	voice director (US version)
Elizabetta Gizzi	....	administrator (as Elisabetta Gizzi)
Francesco Liberati	....	production secretary
Fabrizio Manfredi	....	voice dubbing: Marco Leonardi
Bruno Morganti	....	production secretary
Vanna Paoli	....	researcher: film clips
Carla Pettini	....	coordination secretary
Alba Maria Ruggeri	....	cashier
Luciano Vittori	....	print production

Production Companies

• Cristaldifilm
• Les Films Ariane (co-production)
• Radiotelevisione Italiana (associate production)
• TF1 Films Production (associate production)
• Forum Picture (collaboration)

Distributors

• Herald Ace (1989) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Nippon Herald Films (1989) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Miramax Films (1990) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Transmundo Films (1990) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• HBO Video (1990) (USA) (VHS)
• Transmundo Home Video (THV) (1990) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Miramax Films (2002) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release) (director's cut)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2002) (Australia) (DVD)
• Alliance Atlantis Home Video (2003) (Canada) (DVD)
• Miramax Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Aquarius TV (2004) (Greece) (DVD)
• Aquarius TV (2004) (Greece) (TV)
• Asmik Ace Entertainment (2005) (Japan) (theatrical) (restored version)
• Dolmen Home Video (2007) (Italy) (DVD) (director's cut)
• Weinstein Company, The (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Emerald (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Concorde Filmverleih (1989) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Sandrew Film & Teater (1990) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar (Brazil) (VHS)
• Home Box Office Home Video (HBO) (19??) (USA) (DVD)
• Homescreen (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Spentzos Films (Greece) (VHS)
• Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (2003) (Sweden) (DVD) (director's cut)
• Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (2004) (Sweden) (DVD) (International version)
• Versátil Home Vídeo (Brazil) (DVD)
• Vestron Video (1990) (West Germany) (VHS)

Other Companies

• DRG Records  soundtrack published by
• Penta Studio  titles
• Solare Location & Casting  casting

Also Known As:

Cinema Paradiso (Australia) (France) (UK) (USA)
Cinéma Paradiso (France)
Cinema Paradiso: The New Version (USA) (director's cut)

MPAA:

Rated R for some sexuality. (director's cut)

Runtime:

155 min | Italy:170 min (extended version) | 124 min (International version)

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian | English | Portuguese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:15 (director's cut) | Spain:T | South Korea:All (original rating) | West Germany:12 (f) | Italy:T | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Norway:10 | Peru:PT | Singapore:M18 (director's cut) | Singapore:PG | Sweden:11 | UK:15 (director's cut) | UK:PG | USA:PG (original rating) | USA:R (director's cut) (2002)

Filming Locations:

Bagheria, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Company:

Cristaldifilm

Trivia:

When Salvatore returns to his home and looks at the room his mother prepared for him, there's a picture on the wall from the movie Lo sceicco bianco (1952), a Federico Fellini movie starring Leopoldo Trieste, who plays Father Adelfio in this movie.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Toto is young, the films that Alfredo gave him catch fire. They burn and ruin the only picture that his mother had of his father. When Toto is a grown up, this "burnt" picture is hanged on the wall totally unharmed.

Quotes:

[to Elena]
Alfredo: Out of the fire of love come ashes. Even the greatest love eventually fizzles out.

Movie Connections:

Features His Girl Friday (1940)

A breath of fresh air blowing away the cobwebs of Hollywood "blah" films.

I have seen this film at least a dozen times and each time I am carried away to a small village in Italy, where the dreams of a small boy come true and we can join his spellbinding journey. The Italian language (it is subtitled) adds to the film's beauty and music, the characters are so real you can almost smell them. I am absorbed into "Paradiso" each time I watch it, so that when it is over, I am shocked into the realisation that I haven't actually been anywhere except right there, in my theatre seat. I am not a huge "art house" film fan or indeed enjoy subtitled films (it is hard on the old eyes!) but "Paradiso" is a gem and is worth seeing again and again.