The Great Beauty [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs] [Blu-ray/DVD]

The Great Beauty [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs] [Blu-ray/DVD]

Director: Paolo Sorrentino, Carlo Verdone Cast: Toni Servillo
Toni Servillo
, Carlo Verdone
Carlo Verdone
, Sabrina Ferilli
Sabrina Ferilli
Paolo Sorrentino
The Great Beauty [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs] [Blu-ray/DVD]

The Great Beauty [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs] [Blu-ray/DVD]

Director: Paolo Sorrentino, Carlo Verdone Cast: Toni Servillo
Toni Servillo
, Carlo Verdone
Carlo Verdone
, Sabrina Ferilli
Sabrina Ferilli
Paolo Sorrentino

Blu-ray (Color / Wide Screen)

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Overview

Italy's official submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, director Paolo Sorrentino's The Great Beauty tells the story of an aging Roman journalist who enjoys a life of hedonism and excess in the upper-echelons of the Italian capital's social circles, but whose 65th birthday prompts a sobering bout of self-reflection. When Jep Gambardella (Toni Servillo) came to Rome at the age of 26, he was quickly swept-up into the city's vibrant nightlife. Following the success of his first and only novel, rising journalist Gambardella became a literary icon. Years later, Gambardella enjoys a life of privilege and unbridled excess; he's the life of every party, and rarely a night goes by that he isn't holding court in one of the city's hottest clubs. Things couldn't get much better until, on the day he turns 65, Gambardella is reminded of a chapter from his past that gives him a striking new perspective on the magnificent city that he has come to call home. Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, and Carlo Buccirosso co-star.

Product Details

Release Date: 03/25/2014
UPC: 0715515113014
Original Release: 2013
Rating: NR
Source: Criterion Collection
Region Code: 1
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language: English
Time: 2:22:00
Sales rank: 11,034

Special Features

New 2K digital film transfer, approved by director Paolo Sorrentino, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD master audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray; New conversation between Sorrentino and Italian cultural critic Antonio Monda; New interview with actor Toni Servillo; New interview with screenwriter Umberto Contarello; Deleted scenes; Trailer; New English subtitle translation; One Blu-ray and two DVDs, with all content available in both formats; PLUS: a booklet featuring an essay by critic Phillip Lopate

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Toni Servillo Jep Gambardella
Carlo Verdone Romano
Sabrina Ferilli Ramona
Carlo Buccirosso Actor
Iaia Forte Actor
Pamela Villoresi Actor
Galatea Ranzi Actor
Massimo De Francovich Actor
Roberto Herlitzka Actor
Isabella Ferrari Actor
Anna Della Rosa Actor
Giovanna Vignola Actor
Giusi Merli Actor
Giorgio Pasotti Actor
Luciano Virgilio Actor
Massimo Popolizio Actor
Franco Graziosi Actor
Sonia Gessner Actor
Luca Marinelli Actor
Dario Cantarelli Actor
Ivan Franek Actor
Lillo Petrolo Actor
Anita Kravos Actor
Guisi Merli Actor
Vernon Dobtcheff Actor
Pasquale Petrolo Actor
Giorgia Ferrero Actor
Serena Grandi Actor
Lele Marchitelli Composer
Aldo Ralli Cardinale
Ludovico Caldarera Padre Basilicata
Francesca Golia Suora Botox
Silvia Munguia Ahè

Technical Credits
Paolo Sorrentino Director,Screenwriter
Nicola Giuliano Producer
Francesca Cima Producer
Umberto Contarello Screenwriter
Emanuele Cecere Sound/Sound Designer,Sound Effects
Luca Della Grotta Digital Effects
Viola Prestieri Executive Producer,Producer
Fabio Conversi Producer
Jérôme Seydoux Producer
Matteo Bendinelli Sound Effects
Alessandro Checcacci Sound Effects
Vivien Aslanian Producer
Carlotta Calori Producer
Guendalina Ponti Producer
Muriel Sauzay Producer
Carlo Verdone Director

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- The Great Beauty
1. Opening Logos
2. "Our Journey is Entirely Imaginary"
3. Four On the Floor, with Mariachi
4. "Happy Birthday, Jep! Happy Birthday, Rome!"
5. Early Morning Return
6. Performance Art
7. An Interview With the Artist
8. "I Find Romans Unbearable"
9. Returns
10. A Visit From Elisa's Husband
11. "Have You Seen My Daughter?"
12. Writing Projects
13. A Catalog of Lies and Fragility
14. A Strip Club
15. "Seven Hundred Euros"
16. Dinner With Ramona
17. Party With Knives
18. Carmelina's Work
19. The Princesses' Keys
20. Rules For a Funeral
21. The Funeral
22. "It Was Nice Not Making Love"
23. Romano's Decision
24. A Happy Couple
25. Party at Jep's
26. Photo Exhibition
27. Cardinal Bellucci
28. An Arrest, Then Lunch With Dadina
29. Audience With Sister Maria
30. Jep's Dinner For the Saint
31. The Saint Disappears
32. Flamingos
33. "There's Something I Want to Show You"
34. End Credits
1. Color Bars
Disc #2 -- The Great Beauty
1. Chapter 1 [37:34]
2. Chapter 2 [:22]
1. Chapter 1 [12:07]
2. Chapter 2 [:26]
1. Chapter 1 [11:17]
2. Chapter 2 [:26]
1. Chapter 1 [2:45]
1. Chapter 1 [2:14]
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