Salvatore Giuliano

Salvatore Giuliano (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Linear PCM )
Italian ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
123 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Black & White
Booklet
Blu-Ray & DVD Combo

Movie filmed in 1962 and produced in:
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Francesco Rosi

Written By:
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Enzo Provenzale

Actors:
Salvo Randone ..... President of Viterbo Assize Court
Frank Wolff ..... Gaspare Pisciotta

Synopsis:

In 1950, 28-year-old outlaw Salvatore Giuliano is found gunned down in a Sicilian courtyard. Little is as it seems. The film moves back and forth between the late 1940s, when Giuliano and other reprobates were recruited by separatist politicians to do their fighting, and the days leading up to and following Giuliano's death. After Sicily's self-rule is declared, will the outlaws be pardoned as promised? And why does Giuliano order his gang to fire on a peaceful May Day rally? Police, Carabinieri, and Mafia have their uses for him. There's a trial after his death: will the truth come out or does the code of silence help protect those in power?

5 July 1950. Salvatore Giuliano, Italy s most wanted criminal, is found shot dead in a dusty courtyard. Who killed him, and why? And who was he? The film that made Francesco Rosi s international reputation, this Citizen Kane-style investigative portrait was originally called Sicily 1943-60, as Rosi sought not so much to depict Giuliano himself as the society from which he sprang, in which the police, the carabinieri and the Mafia all have strong vested interests. Filming in the exact locations and utilising court reports as primary source material, Rosi mainly cast local Sicilians, some of whom knew Giuliano personally. The only professional actors were Frank Wolff (Once Upon a Time in the West) and Salvo Randone (L Assassino). Stunningly shot by Gianni di Venanzo (Fellini s 8½), the film was immediately hailed as a masterpiece, with Sight & Sound calling it one of the most courageous things the Italian cinema has ever attempted . More recently, Martin Scorsese cited it as one of his twelve favourite films, and his Film Foundation sponsored this sparkling new 4K restoration by the Cineteca di Bologna.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 18 April, 2015.