L'uomo delle stelle (1995)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Giuseppe Tornatore

Writers:

Fabio Rinaudo (writer)
Giuseppe Tornatore (screenplay)
(more)

Release Date:

8 March 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

In the golden age of cinema, everyone dreams of becoming a star. One man promises to make all their dreams come true...

Plot:

"Dottore" Joe Moretti travels round Sicily doing screen tests for the big Roman studios. He's a conman and takes money or favours for his efforts...

Plot Keywords:

Sicily | Cinema | Carabinieri | Italy | Female Nudity

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 9 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Sergio Castellitto	...	Joe Morelli (Giuseppe Romolo)
Tiziana Lodato	...	Beata
Franco Scaldati	...	Brigadiere Mastropaolo
Leopoldo Trieste	...	Mute
Clelia Rondinella	...	Anna's mother
Tano Cimarosa	...	Grandpa Bordonaro
Nicola Di Pinto	...	Communal Functionary
Costantino Carrozza	...	The Collector
Jane Alexander	...	Princess
Tony Sperandeo	...	1st Baldalamenti
Leo Gullotta	...	Vito
Luigi Maria Burruano	...	Flirtatious Client
Carmelo Di Mazzarelli	...	Old Man in Wheelchair
Antonella Attili	...	Nurse
Domenico Dolce	...	Peasant on Bus
Stefano Gabana	...	Photographer
Maria Rosa Parrelo	...	Santina
Rita Lia	...	Pinuccia
Alessandro Guarrera	...	Clapboard Kid
Spiro Scimone	...	1st Nasca Brother
Francesco Sframeli	...	2nd Nasca Brother
Tony Palazzo	...	Pio Li Fusi
Mimmo Gennaro	...	1st Mafioso
Emilio Scimone	...	2nd Mafioso
Massimo Pupella	...	Bordonaro Jr.
Giorgio Guerrieri	...	Cinema Cashier
Salvatore Billa	...	Prince
Filippo Tarantino	...	2nd Badalamenti
Onofrio Ducato	...	Mafia Boss Realzisa
Paolo Noto	...	Zu'Leonardo
Turi Killer	...	Boy with Garabaldino
Pino Calabrese	...	1st Carabiniere
Antonio Miceli	...	Cosima Millelire
Aurora Quattrocchi	...	Prostitute (as Rori Quatrocchi)
Elia Nicosia	...	Barber
Simona Merito	...	Anna
Giuseppe Zarbo	...	1st Friend
Sandro Piro	...	2nd Friend
Vincenzo Fiorenza	...	3rd Friend
Filippo Spitale	...	1st Man in Club
Pino Pellegrino	...	2nd Man in Club
Rosario Lanzafame	...	3rd Man in Club
Pippo Provvidenti	...	Don Lucio
Giorgio Libassi	...	Innkeeper
Pasquale Palumbo	...	Mayor
Angelo Colajemma	...	Vitti Na Crozza
Antonello Puglisi	...	Man Quoting Mussolini
Daniele Ferretti	...	Village Idiot
Filippo Alesi	...	Young Farm Laborer
Emilio Adrisani	...	Peasant by the River
Francesco Guzzo	...	Tavern Boy
Giuseppe Funari	...	Armless Man
Bruno Torrisi	...	Carwash Man
Umberto Terranove	...	Band Master
Rosolino Cottone	...	Partisan
Giovanni Alamia	...	1st Warehouse Man
Corrado Solari	...	2nd Warehouse Man
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Omero Capanna	...	Hitman (uncredited)
Marzio Honorato	...	Architect Panebianco (uncredited)
Vincent Navarra	...	D'Azzò the Shepherd (The Star Man) (uncredited)

Directed by
Giuseppe Tornatore

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Fabio Rinaudo		writer
Giuseppe Tornatore		screenplay
Giuseppe Tornatore		story

Produced by
Vittorio Cecchi Gori	....	producer
Mario Cotone	....	executive producer
Rita Rusic	....	producer (as Rita Cecchi Gori)

Original Music by
Ennio Morricone

Cinematography by
Dante Spinotti

Film Editing by
Massimo Quaglia

Casting by
Marco Guidone

Production Design by
Francesco Bronzi

Costume Design by
Beatrice Bordone

Makeup Department
Elisabetta De Leonardis	....	hair stylist
Giancarlo De Leonardis	....	hair designer department head
Nilo Jacoponi	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Tullio Lullo	....	production manager
Pietro Sassaroli	....	production supervisor
Attilio Viti	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Francesco Ascione	....	assistant director
Marco Guidone	....	assistant director
Umberto Riccioni Cateni	....	assistant director (as Umberto Riccioni)

Art Department
Luciano Magagnini	....	props
Antonino Nastasi	....	construction manager
Claudio Stefani	....	props

Sound Department
Tonino Anastasi	....	sound mixer
Fernando Caso	....	sound effects editor
Alberto Doni	....	sound mixer
Alvaro Gramigna	....	foley artist
Paolo Lanzani	....	sound editor
Massimo Loffredi	....	sound
Roberto Olivieri	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Franco Ragusa	....	special effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Sandro Bolli	....	key grip
Mauro Diamanti	....	grip
Stefano Falivene	....	focus puller
Giovanni Gebbia	....	Steadicam operator
Patrizio Marra	....	grip
Marcello Negretti	....	grip
Emanuele Salvatore	....	additional grip
Spartaco Sardini	....	electrician
Carlo Vinciguerra	....	gaffer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Luigi Bonanno	....	costume assistant
Raffaella Fantasia	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Mario D'Ambrosio	....	assistant editor
Pamela Quaglia	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Marco Albertini	....	assistant production secretary
Emilia Costa	....	location manager
Patrizia Pierucci	....	payroll clerk
Olivia Sleiter	....	production secretary
Francesca Spinotti	....	assistant production secretary

Production Companies

• Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica
• Sciarlò
• Tiger Cin Ca.

Distributors

• AFMD (France)
• C-sales Arthouse Video (1997) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Gativideo (Argentina) (video)
• Laurenfilm (Spain)
• Miramax Films (1996) (USA) (subtitled)
• Miramax Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Paris Vídeo (199?) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (UK)

Other Companies

• Cine Audio Effects  sound effects and foley design

Also Known As:

Starmaker
The Star Maker
The Star Man

MPAA:

Rated R for some strong sexuality, language and a brutal beating.

Runtime:

113 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:13 | Spain:T | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Matera, Basilicata, Italy

Company:

Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica

Quotes:

Joe Morelli: We are here to offer you a fantastic future!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Zomergasten: (#10.3)" (1997)

The Island of Dr. Morelli

In Guiseppe Tornatore's 'The Starmaker', Dr. Morelli travels around post-war Sicily offering to turn people into movie stars. He is, of course, a con-man, but in giving the people a space to vent their dreams, he actually performs a kind of public service. It's a nice idea, and there are some charming details in the film, but as a whole, this movie is somewhat contrived and it runs of the risk of representing the Sicilian peasantry as little more than idiots. Some of the same themes (the death of traditional but impoverished societies, the desire of their inhabitants to escape to a new life, the semi-racist superiority of money-making outsiders) are dealt with more obliquely, but also more cleverly and in a broader context, by Guilo Amelio's breathtaking 'Lamerica', another Italian film made at about the same time, which I would heartily recommend.