| Edition |
Two-disc deluxe edizione. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (295 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; Region 1; Dolby Digital mono., Dolby Digital 5.1 surround ; widescreen presentation preserving the 1.66:1 aspect ratio of the original theatrical exhibition, enhanced for widescreen televisions. |
| Cast |
Antonella Attili, Enzo Cannavale, Isa Danieli, Leo Gullotta, Marco Leonardi, Pupella Maggio, Agnese Nano, Leopoldo Trieste, Salvatore Cascio, Tano Cimarosa, Nicola Di Pinto, Roberta Lena, Nino Terzo, Jacques Perrin, Philippe Noiret. |
| Credits |
Music, Ennio Morricone, tema d'amore, Andrea Morricone ; fotografia, Blasco Giurato ; montaggio, Mario Morra ; scenografia [art/production designer], Andreal Crisanti ; costumi, Beatrice Bordone. |
| Note |
Originally produced as an Italian/French motion picture in 1989. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Rated R for some sexuality (director's cut). |
| Summary |
Little Salvatore, known to all as Toto, is fascinated by the movies and befriended by projectionist Alfredo. Toto becomes Alfredo's apprentice, which nurtures his love for cinema. The Cinema Paradiso is the center of village life, despite the depredations of Father Adelfio, who censors all of the films, indicating where to cut--at every kissing scene--by ringing a small bell. After a fire blinds Alfredo, Toto becomes the projectionist. As Toto grows older, his gaze switches from the flickering images on the screen to pretty classmate, but they are separated when Toto is drafted into the military. Thirty years later Salvatore, now a successful filmmaker in Rome, learns that Alfredo has died. His return to the small Sicilian village of his childhood unleashes a flood of memory, of a love as fleeting as those forbidden, excised kisses. |
| Contents |
Disc one: U.S. theatrical feature Phoning Salvatore -- Mother's message -- Toto and the movie theatre -- Can I keep them? -- School days -- Paradiso -- Fifty lire -- Alfredo and Toto -- Projector booth -- Exam -- Teaching Toto -- Times of war -- Abracadabra -- Inferno in paradise -- Cinema returns -- Passing time -- Salvatore's footage -- For the princess -- Shuttling prints -- Padre Salvatore -- Ninety-nine nights -- Love -- Elena's letter -- Military service -- Cursed land -- Whatever you do, love it -- Home again -- Funeral -- Alfredo's gift -- Ghosts of paradise -- Footage of love -- Let go, Toto -- End of paradise -- Deal is done -- End credits (122 min.); Special features: Commentary featuring director Giuseppe Tornatore with Italian film expert Millicent Marcus [audio feature]; Exploring a timeless classic: a documentary [featurette] (15 min.); Little Italy love story: 'Cinema paradiso' style [featurette] (5 min.); The Food Network's Easy Entertaining with Michael Chiarello: Cucino paradiso (21 min.); Theatrical trailer (2 min.); Director's cut trailer (2 min.). |
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Disc two: The director's cut Phoning Salvatore -- Mother's message -- Toto and the movie theatre -- Can I keep them? -- School days -- Paradiso -- Fifty lire -- Alfredo and Toto -- Projector booth -- Exam -- Teaching Toto -- Times of war -- Abracadabra -- Inferno in paradise -- Cinema returns -- Shuttling prints -- Passing time -- Salvatore's footage -- For the princess -- Padre Salvatore -- Ninety-nine nights -- Love -- Elena's letter -- Did she come? -- Military service -- Cursed land -- Whatever you do, love it -- Home again -- Funeral -- Ghosts of paradise -- Footage of love -- Let go, Toto -- Calling Elena -- Place to meet -- Only the past -- End of paradise -- Deal is done -- End credits (173 min.). |
| Awards |
Winner, 1989 David di Donatello Awards--David, Migliore Musicista (Best Music)-Ennio Morricone; Cannes Film Festival--Grand Prize of the Jury; European Film Awards: Best Actor-Philippe Noiret, Special Prize of the Jury-Giuseppe Tornatore; 1990 Golden Globe-Best Foreign Language Film; Academy Awards--Best Foreign Language Film; 1991 BAFTA Film Awards: Best Actor-Philippe Noiret, Best Actor in a Supporting Role-Salvatore Cascio, Best Film not in the English Language-Franco Cristaldi and Giuseppe Tornatore, Best Original Film Score-Ennio Morricone and Andrea Morricone, Best Screenplay, Original- Giuseppe Tornatore. |
| Language |
Theatrical feature in Italian or French, with optional subtitles in English or Spanish; director's cut in Italian, with optional subtitles in English or Spanish. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Motion picture theaters -- Drama.
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Children and adults -- Drama.
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Teenagers and adults -- Drama.
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Friendship -- Drama.
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Young men -- Drama.
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Reminiscing -- Drama.
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Male friendship -- Drama.
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Interpersonal relations -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Motion picture producers and directors -- Drama.
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Italy -- Drama.
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Sicily (Italy) -- Drama.
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Sicily (Italy) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Melodramas (Motion pictures)
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Motion pictures, Italian.
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Motion pictures, French.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Cristaldi, Franco. Producer.
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Tornatore, Giuseppe, 1956- Author. Screenwriter. Director.
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Attili, Antonella. Actor.
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Cannavale, Enzo, 1928-2011. Actor.
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Danieli, Isa. Actor.
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Gullotta, Leo, 1946- Actor.
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Leonardi, Marco, 1971- Actor.
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Maggio, Pupella. Actor.
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Nano, Agnese. Actor.
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Trieste, Leopoldo, 1917-2003. Actor.
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Cascio, Salvatore. Actor.
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Perrin, Jacques, 1941-2022. Actor.
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Noiret, Philippe. Actor.
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Morricone, Ennio. Composer.
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Weinstein Company.
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Miramax Films.
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Cristaldifilm (Firm)
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Films Ariane.
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Radiotelevisione italiana.
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TF1 Films Production.
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Weinstein Company Home Entertainment (Firm)
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Genius Products, LLC.
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| Note |
Title on disc label and container: Cinema paradiso |
| ISBN |
1594443661 |
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9781594443664 |
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159444403X |
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9781594444036 |
| Standard No. |
796019797016 |
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796019797597 |
| Music No. |
79701 The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment |
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79701WRP1 The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment |
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