Cinema Paradiso 3-DVD Set (Directors & Original Editions) (AU) ( Cinema Paradiso: The New Version )

Cinema Paradiso 3-DVD Set (Directors & Original Editions) (AU) (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Cinema Paradiso: The New Version
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:
170 min + 120 min + extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Anamorphic Widescreen
Box Set
Collectors Edition
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Short Film
Trailer(s)
Uncut

Movie filmed in 1989 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Giuseppe Tornatore

Written By:
Giuseppe Tornatore
Vanna Paoli

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.

A man receives news from his aging mother in a little town that someone he once knew has passed away. A beautiful story unfolds about the man's childhood friendship with an old man who was the projectionist at the local theater. Their bond was one that contained many highlights and tragedies, and shaped the way for a young boy to grow and move out of his rundown village to pursue a dream.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 26 October, 2009.