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Cinema Paradiso (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Cannes Film Festival
Ceasar Awards
David Donatello Awards
European Film Awards
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
120 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Uncut

Movie filmed in 1988 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Giuseppe Tornatore

Written By:
Vanna Paoli (collaborating writer)
Giuseppe Tornatore (screenplay)

Actors:
Antonella Attili ..... Maria (Young)
Enzo Cannavale ..... Spaccafico
Isa Danieli ..... Anna
Leo Gullotta ..... Usher
Marco Leonardi ..... Salvatore (Adolescent)
Pupella Maggio ..... Maria (Old)
Agnese Nano ..... Elena (Adolescent)
Leopoldo Trieste ..... Father Adelfio
Salvatore Cascio ..... Salvatore (Child)
Tano Cimarosa ..... Blacksmith
Nicola Di Pinto ..... Village Idiot
Roberta Lena ..... Lia
Nino Terzo ..... Peppino's Father
Jacques Perrin ..... Salvatore (Adult)
Philippe Noiret ..... Alfredo

Synopsis:

Cinema Paradiso offers a nostalgic look at films and the affect they have on a young boy who grows up in and around the title village movie theater in this Italian comedy drama that is based on the life and times of screenwriter/director Giuseppe Tornatore. The story begins in the present as a Sicilian mother pines for her estranged son, who left many years ago and has since become a prominent Roman film director who has taken the advice of his mentor too literally. He finally returns to his home village to attend the funeral of the town's former film projectionist and, in so doing, embarks upon a journey into his boyhood just after WW II when he became the unofficial son of the town projectionist. In the dark confines of the Cinema Paradiso, the boy and the other townsfolk try to escape from the grim realities of post-war Italy. The town censor is also there to insure nothing untoward appears onscreen, invariably demanding that all kissing scenes be edited out. One day, Salvatore saves the projectionist's life after a fire, and then befriends the new projectionist. A few years later, Salvatore falls in love with a beautiful girl who breaks his heart after he is inducted into the military. Thirty years later, Salvatore has come to say good-bye to his life-long friend, who has left him a little gift in a film can. In 2002, over a decade after the film's original release, Tornatore brought the original 170-minute director's cut to American screens for the first time.

The story of a lifelong love affair with the movies, Cinema Paradiso tells of a young boy in a small Italian village, where the only past time is a visit to the movies at the Cinema Paradiso.
Enchanted by the flickering images, Salvatore yearns for the secret of the cinema's magic, and is overjoyed when Alfredo, the projectionist, agrees to reveal the mysteries of movie making to him.
As their friendship grows, so does Salvatore. Growing older he learns from them both how to court his first love. He also dreams of making his own films one day.
When the day comes for Salvatore to leave the village, Alfredo makes him promise to never look back, just to keep moving forward.
Salvatore does just this for 30 years. Until one day, a message arrives that beckons him back home...

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 18 January, 2007.

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