| Edition |
Widescreen. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Miramax award-winning collection |
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Miramax award-winning collection.
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| System Details |
DVD-video; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital stereo; widescreen presentation in original theatrical aspect ratio 1.85:1; dual layer. |
| Cast |
Roberto Benigni (Guido), Nicoletta Braschi (Dora), Giustino Durano (Zio), Sergio Bustric (Ferruccio), Lydia Alfonsi (Guiccairdini), Giorgio Cantarini (Giosué), Horst Buchholz (Dottor Lessing), Marisa Paredes (Madre di Dora). |
| Credits |
Fotografia [director of photography], Tonino Delli Colli ; montaggio [editor], Simona Paggi ; musica di Nicola Piovani ; scenografia costumi arredamento, Danilo Donati. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1997. |
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Features: making of featurette, Academy Award TV commercials. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13. |
| Contents |
Program start -- "Good morning, princess!" -- "We're in the city!" -- Great escape -- New waiter -- "Schopenhauer willpower" -- "When I suddenly appear" -- "A light meal" -- "The superior race" -- "Turn around" -- Stealing the princess -- Signs from heaven -- Jewish horse -- Wedding announcement -- Two become three -- Grandma -- Birthday party -- "Where are we going?" -- First prize -- Learning the rules -- First day -- Showers -- Doctor -- "Buttons & soap" -- "For life" -- "The journey that had to be" -- End credits. |
| Awards |
Winner, 1998 Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role: Roberto Benigni; Best Foreign Language Film: Italy; Best Music, Original Dramatic Score: Nicola Piovani; Winner, 1998 Cannes Film Festival Grand Prize of the Jury: Roberto Benigni; Winner, 1998 David di Donatello Awards [Italian Film Academy] for Migliore Scenografo (Best Production Design) and Migliore Costumista (Best Costume Design): Danilo Donati; Migliore Direttore della Fotografia (Best Cinematography): Tonino Delli Colli; Migliore Produttore (Best Producer): Elda Ferri, Gianluigi Braschi; Migliore Sceneggiatura (Best Screenplay): Roberto Benigni, Vincenzo Cerami; Miglior Film (Best Film); Migliore Attore Protagonista (Best Actor) and Migliore Regista (Best Director): Roberto Benigni. |
| Summary |
During World War II an Italian Jewish man uses his vivid imagination to convince his son they're playing a game at a concentration camp in order to keep his son's spirits up. |
| Note |
Special features: Theatrical trailer (2 min.); Making life beautiful [featurette] (24 min.); TV spots (6 min.); Film recommendations [text feature]. |
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Series title on some packaging: Miramax award-winning collection. |
| Local Note |
STJODVD |
| Language |
In Italian or dubbed English with optional subtitles in English; closed-captioned. |
| Subject |
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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World War, 1939-1945.
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| Chronological Term |
1939 - 1945
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| Subject |
Jews -- Italy -- Drama.
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Concentration camps -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy -- Drama.
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Fathers and sons -- Drama.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Drama.
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Love -- Drama.
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Motion pictures, Italian.
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Concentration camps.
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Fathers and sons.
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Italy.
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| Genre/Form |
Comedy films.
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Historical films.
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Feature films.
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Romantic comedy films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Benigni, Roberto. Director. Screenwriter. Actor.
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Ferri, Elda. Producer.
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Braschi, Gianluigi. Producer.
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Cerami, Vincenzo, 1940-2013. Screenwriter.
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Braschi, Nicoletta, 1960- Actor.
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Durano, Giustino, 1923- Actor.
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Bustric, Sergio. Actor.
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Alfonsi, Lydia. Actor.
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Cantarini, Giorgio. Actor.
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Paredes, Marisa, 1946- Actor.
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Buchholz, Horst, 1933-2003. Actor.
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Piovani, Nicola. Composer.
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Miramax Films.
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Cecchi Gori Group (Firm)
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Melampo cinematografica.
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Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm)
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Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Vita è bella |
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Vita è bella (Motion picture : 1997)
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| Standard No. |
031398137726 |
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00031398137726 gtin-14 |
| Music No. |
30478 Lionsgate |
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