La vita è bella. : Life is beautiful

Resource Information

The work La vita è bella. : Life is beautiful represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Ipswich Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

La vita è bella. : Life is beautiful

Title remainder

Life is beautiful

Statement of responsibility

Miramax Films ; Cecchi Gori Group ; Mario e Vittorio Cecchi Gori presentano ; una produzione Melampo Cinematografica ; Roberto Benigni presenta ; soggetto e sceneggiatura di Vincenzo Cerami e Roberto Benigni ; prodotto da Elda Ferri e Gianluigi Braschi ; regia di Roberto Benigni

Title variation

Life is beautiful

Creator

• Vita è bella (Motion picture : 1997)

Contributor

• Ferri, Elda.
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Cecchi Gori Group (Firm)
• Melampo cinematografica
• Miramax Films
• Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Alfonsi, Lydia.
• Benigni, Roberto.
• Braschi, Gianluigi.
• Braschi, Nicoletta, 1960-
• Buchholz, Horst, 1933-2003.
• Bustric, Sergio.
• Cantarini, Giorgio.
• Cerami, Vincenzo, 1940-2013
• Durano, Giustino, 1923-
• Paredes, Marisa, 1946-
• Piovani, Nicola.

Actor

• Durano, Giustino, 1923-
• Paredes, Marisa, 1946-
• Bustric, Sergio.
• Cantarini, Giorgio.
• Buchholz, Horst, 1933-2003.
• Braschi, Nicoletta, 1960-
• Benigni, Roberto.
• Alfonsi, Lydia.

Composer

• Piovani, Nicola.

Director

• Benigni, Roberto.

Producer

• Ferri, Elda.
• Braschi, Gianluigi.

Screenwriter

• Cerami, Vincenzo, 1940-2013
• Benigni, Roberto.

Subject

• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy -- Drama
• Comedy films
• Concentration camps -- Drama
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Historical films
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Drama
• Love -- Drama
• Motion pictures, Italian
• Romantic comedy films

Genre

• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Drama
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Historical films
• Motion pictures, Italian
• Romantic comedy films
• Comedy films

Language

• ita
• eng
• eng
• ita
• ita

Summary

A charming but bumbling waiter who's gifted with a colorful imagination and an irresistible sense of humor has won the heart of the woman he loves and has created a beautiful life for his young family. Then that life is threatened by World War II

Member of

• Miramax award-winning collection
• Miramax collector's series

Awards note

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.

Cataloging source

WCM

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Fotografia [director of photography], Tonino Delli Colli ; montaggio [editor], Simona Paggi ; musica di Nicola Piovani ; scenografia costumi arredamento, Danilo Donati

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13

Language note

In Italian or dubbed English with optional subtitles in English; closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.V58 1999

PerformerNote

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)

Runtime

116

Series statement

• Miramax collector's series
• Miramax award-winning collection

Target audience

general

Technique

live action