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Overview
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Writers (WGA):
Alexander Stille (book)
Peter Pruce (teleplay)
Release Date:
16 October 1999 (USA) more
Tagline:
They have a name for government officials who defy the mafia...excellent cadavers.
Plot:
Fact based story about the political battle that was waged against the Mafia in Sicily during the late 1980's and early 1990's... more | add synopsis
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A docudrama with the emphasis on "docu" more (5 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Chazz Palminteri | ... | Giovanni Falcone |
 | F. Murray Abraham | ... | Tommaso Buscetta |
 | Anna Galiena | ... | Francesca Falcone |
| Andy Luotto | ... | Paolo Borsellino |
| Lina Sastri | ... | Agnese Borsellino |
| Arnoldo Foà | ... | Judge Antonino Caponnetto |
| Ivo Garrani | ... | Judge Gaetano Costa |
| Gianmarco Tognazzi | ... | Ninì Cassara |
| Pierfrancesco Favino | ... | Mario |
| Mattia Sbragia | ... | Judge Quinzi |
| Francesco Benigno | ... | Pino Greco |
| Mario Erpichini | ... | Judge Rocco Chinnici |
| Victor Cavallo | ... | Totò Riina |
| Giuseppe Cederna | ... | Judge Giuseppe Ayala |
| Stefano Benassi | ... | Inspector |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Falcone (Australia) (Europe: English title) (video title)
Cadaveri eccellenti (Italy) (working title)
I giudici - vittime eccellenti (Italy)
Nella terra degli infedeli (Italy) (working title)
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Rated R for violence.
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86 min
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Iceland:16 | Canada:14+ (Ontario) | Netherlands:12 | Australia:M | Netherlands:16 (VHS/DVD rating) | USA:R
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The woman who catches the bouquet at Giovanni Falcone and Francesca Morvillo's wedding is Simona Izzo, director Ricky Tognazzi's wife. more
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Featured in In un altro paese (2005) more
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"Excellent Cadavers" is an HBO docudrama which tells the story of Italian hero Giovanni Falcone; a Sicilian judge who dared to take on the Mafia in its homeland and did more to rid Sicily of its age old scourge than any other man since Mussolini. As with most docudramas, this film leapfrogs through time hitting the historical high-points while trying to maintain continuity and build a dramatic tale. The result is a better history lesson than dramatic biography and a film which will play best for those with a specific interest in the Sicilian Mafia of the late 20 century. (B-)