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Ennio

  • 2021
  • 2h 30m
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
6.8K
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Ennio Morricone in Ennio (2021)
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A documentary on the legendary film composer Ennio Morricone.A documentary on the legendary film composer Ennio Morricone.A documentary on the legendary film composer Ennio Morricone.

  • Director
    • Giuseppe Tornatore
  • Writer
    • Giuseppe Tornatore
  • Stars
    • Ennio Morricone
    • Gino Paoli
    • Quincy Jones
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.2/10
    6.8K
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    • Director
      • Giuseppe Tornatore
    • Writer
      • Giuseppe Tornatore
    • Stars
      • Ennio Morricone
      • Gino Paoli
      • Quincy Jones
    • 40User reviews
    • 82Critic reviews
    • 75Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 10 wins & 7 nominations total

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    Ennio Morricone
    Ennio Morricone
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    Gino Paoli
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    Quincy Jones
    Quincy Jones
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    Miranda Martino
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    Alessandro De Rosa
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    Gianni Morandi
    Gianni Morandi
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    Nicola Piovani
    Nicola Piovani
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    Pat Metheny
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    Giuliano Montaldo
    Giuliano Montaldo
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    Bruce Springsteen
    Bruce Springsteen
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    Bernardo Bertolucci
    Bernardo Bertolucci
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    Silvano Agosti
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    Roland Joffé
    Roland Joffé
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    Dario Argento
    Dario Argento
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    Clint Eastwood
    Clint Eastwood
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    Lina Wertmüller
    Lina Wertmüller
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    Caterina Caselli
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    Walter Branchi
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    • Director
      • Giuseppe Tornatore
    • Writer
      • Giuseppe Tornatore
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    10tf-59920

    Nothing like this

    Sometimes 2.5 hours is just not enough. Its a story over 60 years with a great artist that formed so much. Its the 60's Its the 70's and Its dedication to life to music and when He finally get his well derserved Oscar you will understand.
    9Dello_

    The Maestro

    First of all I love Ennio's works and maybe I can have a little bias regarding this movie but it was fantastic, a very well made documentary about one of the most influential figures in the music world over the last 70 years. It was well crafted by director Giuseppe Tornatore, who had worked several times with Ennio and there are a lot of guests talking about what Ennio means to them. Clearly it's a documentary and not everybody likes it as a genre but if you are into cinema and scores this is a must watch. Great job!
    10lorelorenza

    A must see!

    Moving, exiting, fulfilling. I ended up in tears. Go see this movie. It's a work of art, the worthy tribute for the great artist and humble man. Grazie, Giuseppe Tornatore, we owe you.
    10RainbowVic

    Maestro!

    A beautiful tribute, this by Tornatore, to an authentic genius whose value will be understood and metabolized more and more over the years, and not only with regard to film music. On the other hand Morricone was not only the author of some of the most famous soundtracks of the second half of the twentieth century, but also of numerous musical pieces brought to success in the 60s and 70s, as well as symphonies and pieces of contemporary music. (the first, true love of his musical career). Tornatore, who had the privilege of working with him and interviewed him here shortly before he left us, thus manages to show a portrait that for an enthusiast represents a sort of immersion in the history of cinema itself, and becomes gradually more intense. In investigating, thanks also to interviews with directors, actors and producers that Morricone met in his long career, the maniacal perfection of an author born trumpeter in the foretaste, who grew up later at the school of Goffredo Petrassi and literally exploded in the 60s. A career as a true workaholic of the note, but without affecting the production of a long series of masterpieces that have rightfully entered musical history. Two and a half hours of pure enjoyment that every film lover should indulge in.
    10Jeremy_Urquhart

    Have never given a music documentary a 10/10 until now

    There's a part late in the 2.5-hour Ennio: The Maestro where a clip of Quentin Tarantino calling Morricone the great composer of all time (y'know, over Mozart, Beethoven, etc) is played, which other interviewees criticise as hyperbolic. They say maybe 200 years has to pass before Morricone's music is held to that same standard.

    I'm going to similarly risk being hyperbolic by saying that this might be the best music documentary I've ever seen. I've seen a lot of great ones, tons of decent ones, and even a number of really awful ones. But director Giussepe Tornatore's love letter to his favourite composer (and Italy's most famous composer) is astoundingly good.

    My expectations were high. I love Ennio Morricone's music. I knew Tornatore being the director would make it extra personal and moving. I was excited to hear it was 156 minutes long. And the list of interviewees here is to die for- Clint Eastwood, Quentin Tarantino, Bruce Springsteen, Wong Kar-Wai, Hans Zimmer, John Williams, just to name a few of the most famous ones. And so many more, some of whom give insight into surprising facts about Morricone's youth.

    I learnt a lot about the first few decades of Morricone's life, as my knowledge of him only really starts with the Sergio Leone westerns. There's some amazing facts that I can't believe I didn't know about before, like how Morricone almost composed music for Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange.

    This film covers all the films you'd want it to, plays so much beautiful Morricone music it's almost emotionally overwhelming, and the Maestro himself as the main interviewee is consistently engaging, insightful, and emotive.

    Could've even been longer. He composed hundreds and hundreds of film scores, so I could've happily watched 10 hours of this. It's also extremely moving, especially near the end, but not because it spends a long time on his passing- in fact, it doesn't even mention it. The film argues that Morricone's music is immortal and transcends generations, and that's a powerful and emotional enough takeaway on its own.

    (Sidenote- the bit where they broke down how all the different themes from The Mission intersected whilst playing clips from the movie is one of the best sequences from any film I've seen in months; maybe all year).

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    • Trivia
      Although the film had its world premiere in the 2021 Venice Festival, the passing of Ennio Morricone in 2020 - aged 91 - is purposely not acknowledged.
    • Quotes

      Bruce Springsteen: I was young, in the movie theater and I saw The Good, The Bad and the Ugly. That was when you knew there was something else going on that you hadn't heard before.

    • Connections
      Features Fabiola (1949)

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    • Release date
      • February 17, 2022 (Italy)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • Belgium
      • Netherlands
      • Japan
    • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Languages
      • Italian
      • English
      • French
      • Portuguese
      • Chinese
    • Also known as
      • The Glance of Music
    • Filming locations
      • Rome, Lazio, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Piano b Produzioni
      • Potemkino
      • Fu Works
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $80,431
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $7,591
      • Feb 11, 2024
    • Gross worldwide
      • $4,333,771
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 30 minutes
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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