Valentino (1977) ( Ken Russell's Valentino )

Valentino (1977) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Ken Russell's Valentino
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

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

Running Time:
122 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1977 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Ken Russell

Written By:
Ken Russell
Mardik Martin

Actors:
Rudolf Nureyev ..... Rudolph Valentino
Leslie Caron ..... Alla Nazimova
Michelle Phillips ..... Natasha Rambova
Carol Kane ..... Starlet
Felicity Kendal ..... June Mathis
Seymour Cassel ..... George Ullman
Huntz Hall ..... Jesse Lasky
Alfred Marks ..... Richard Rowland
David de Keyser ..... Joseph Schenck
Linda Thorson ..... Billie Streeter
Leland Palmer ..... Marjorie Tain
Lindsay Kemp ..... Angus McBride
Peter Vaughan ..... Rory O'Neil
Anthony Dowell ..... Vaslav Nijinsky
Penelope Milford ..... Lorna Sinclair (as Penny Milford)

Synopsis:

Rudolph Valentino, born in Italy in 1895 as Alfonzo Raffaele Pierre Philibert Guglielmi, emigrated to the U.S. and became for a time the reigning male romantic lead of the silent-film era. He died in 1926, having led a short, troubled and tempestuous life which included several stints in prison. The crowds surrounding his coffin before and during his funeral were among the largest ever seen in the U.S. In this film, Ken Russell has used events from the famous actor's life as the basis for an extended meditation on the nature of stardom, and especially on what it means to be a sex idol. Beginning and ending with the funeral of Valentino (Rudolf Nureyev), the story chronicles his rise to Hollywood stardom from life as an Italian emigrant dishwasher and show-dancer. Often embroiled in controversies about his manliness (or perceived lack of ), in the film he dies as a result of internal injuries suffered in a boxing match he fought in to defend his honor.

New York, 1926. Rudolph Valentino's body lies in state, and visiting celebrities, interviewed by reporters, outline some of the events of his life.

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