Cinema Paradiso

Cinema Paradiso

1988 film by Giuseppe Tornatore
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Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore

Genres - Drama | Sub-Genres - Melodrama, Coming-of-Age | Release Date - Jun 14, 2002 (USA - Limited Rerelease) | Run Time - 123 min. | Countries - France, Italy | MPAA Rating - PG

Synopsis by Sandra Brennan

Cinema Paradiso offers a nostalgic look at films and the effect they have on a young boy who grows up in and around the title village movie theater in this Italian comedy drama that is based on the life and times of screenwriter/director Giuseppe Tornatore. The story begins in the present as a Sicilian mother pines for her estranged son, Salvatore, who left many years ago and has since become a prominent Roman film director who has taken the advice of his mentor too literally. He finally returns to his home village to attend the funeral of the town's former film projectionist, Alfredo, and, in so doing, embarks upon a journey into his boyhood just after WWII when he became the man's official son. In the dark confines of the Cinema Paradiso, the boy and the other townsfolk try to escape from the grim realities of post-war Italy. The town censor is also there to insure nothing untoward appears onscreen, invariably demanding that all kissing scenes be edited out. One day, Salvatore saves Alfredo's life after a fire, and then becomes the new projectionist. A few years later, Salvatore falls in love with a beautiful girl who breaks his heart after he is inducted into the military. Thirty years later, Salvatore has come to say goodbye to his life-long friend, who has left him a little gift in a film can. In 2002, over a decade after the film's original release, Tornatore brought the original 170-minute director's cut to American screens for the first time.

http://www.allmovie.com/movie/cinema-paradiso-v9674

Expanded Remake... With details from Director and Crew

Cinema Paradiso: The New Version (2002)

Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore

Genres - Drama | Sub-Genres - Coming-of-Age | Run Time - 173 min. | Countries - France, Italy | MPAA Rating - R

http://www.allmovie.com/movie/cinema-paradiso-the-new-version-v266875

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Miramax Films (US)
Umbrella Entertainment
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  • 17 November 1988 (1988-11-17)
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155 minutes
173 minutes (director's cut)
124 minutes (international cut)
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Italy
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US$5 million
Box office
$12,397,210 (US only)

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Alfredo: Get out of here! Go back to Rome. You're young and the world is yours. I'm old. I don't want to hear you talk anymore. I want to hear others talking about you. Don't come back. Don't think about us. Don't look back. Don't write. Don't give in to nostalgia. Forget us all. If you do and you come back, don't come see me. I won't let you in my house. Understand?
Salvatore: Thank you. For everything you've done for me.
Alfredo: Whatever you end up doing, love it. The way you loved the projection booth when you were a little squirt.

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