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The leopard
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- Summary
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After the reunification of Italy, an aging Sicilian prince sees his influence slipping away with the growth of national movements and his nephew's attempts to take power.
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- Creator
- a Titanus production released by Twentieth Century Fox ; produced by Goffredo Lombardo ; directed by Luchino Visconti ; screenplay, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Enrico Medioli, Massimo Franciosa, Luchino Visconti
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Languages
- Italian, English
- Contributors
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- Lombardo, Goffredo
- Visconti, Luchino, 1906-1976
- Cecchi d'Amico, Suso
- Medioli, Enrico
- Festa Campanile, Pasquale
- Franciosa, Massimo, 1924-
- Lancaster, Burt, 1913-1994
- Cardinale, Claudia, 1939-
- Tomasi di Lampedusa, Giuseppe, 1896-1957
- Titanus (Firm)
- Criterion Collection (Firm)
- Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
- Publication
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- [United States] : Criterion Collection, [2004]
- ©2004
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 3 videodiscs (185 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide
- ISBNs
- 9781604654288, 1604654287
- OCLC
- ocn818413393
- Credits
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- Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Alain Delon, Paolo Stoppa, Rina Morelli, Romolo Valli, Mario Girotti (Terence Hill), Pierre Clementi, Lucilla Morlacchi
- Director of photography, Giuseppe Rotunno ; production design, Mario Garbuglia ; film editor, Mario Serandrei ; music, Nino Rota
- Based on the novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1963. Contains both the original Italian version and the shortened English-language version that was theatrically released in the United States.
- Special features: Optional audio commentary by film scholar Peter Cowie; new English subtitles; "A dying breed : the making of The leopard," a 60 min. documentary featuring interviews with actress Claudia Cardinale, screenwriter Suso Cecchi D'Amico, director of photography Giuseppe Totunno, filmmaker Sydney Pollack, and many others; video interview with producer Goffredo Lombardo; video interview with scholar Millicent Marcus on the history behind The Leopard; original theatrical trailers and newsreels; stills gallery of rare behind-the-scenes production photos; new transfer of the 161-minute American release, with English-language dialogue (including Burt Lancaster's actual voice); an essay by author and film historian Michael Wood.
- DVD; original Super Technirama aspect ratio of 2.21:1.
- Main feature in Italian with optional English subtitles, closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- Disc 1. The leopard -- disc 2. The supplements -- disc 3. The American version