General Note: |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1973. Special features: Optional audio feature commentary from film studies professors Peter Brunette and Frank Burke ; deleted scene ; original trailer ; documentary "Fellini's homecoming" on Fellini's relationship to his home town ; interview with Magali Noël ; Fellini's drawings ; collection of stills and radio ads ; Gideon Bachmann audio interviews with Federico Fellini and with friends and family of Federico Fellini ; restoration demonstration ; booklet with essay by Sam Rohdie, and Fellini's 1967 essay "My Rimini".
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Formatted Contents Note: |
Disc One : The film: Amarcord -- Disc Two: special features.
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Creation/Production Credits Note: |
Musiche di Nino Rota ; scenografia e costumi, Danilo Donati ; direttore della fotografia, Giuseppe Rotunno ; montaggio di Ruggero Mastroianni.
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Participant or Performer Note: |
Pupella Maggio, Armando Brancia, Magali Noel, Ciccio Ingrassia, Nando Orfei, Luigi Rossi, Bruno Zanin, Gianfilippo Carcano.
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Summary, etc.: |
"In his carnivalesque portrait of provincial Italy during the Fascist period, Federico Fellini satirizes his youth and turns daily life into a circus of social rituals, adolescent desires, male fantasies, and political subterfuge, all set to Nino Rota's classic, nostalgia-tinged score."--Container.
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Target Audience Note: |
MPAA rating: R.
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System Details Note: |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation, enhanced for widescreen TVs; Dolby digital mono.
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Language Note: |
In Italian or dubbed English with optional English subtitles
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Awards Note: |
Academy Awards, 1975: Best Foreign Language Film. National Board of Review, USA, 1974: Best Foreign Language Film. New York Film Critics Circle Awards, 1974: Best Film; Best Director.
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