Ennio

2022 2h 36m IT

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A portrait of Ennio Morricone, the most popular and prolific film composer of the 20th century, the one most loved by the international public, a two-time Oscar winner and the author of over five hundred unforgettable scores.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Ennio Morricone
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Silvano Agosti
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Alessandro Alessandroni
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Fausto Ancillai
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Dario Argento
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Joan Baez
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Sergio Bassetti
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Bruno Battisti D'Amario
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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
Writers: Giuseppe Tornatore, Giuseppe Tornatore
Languages: Italian
Countries: Belgium, China, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 156 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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ERA

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Released 4 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 6 countries: Belgium, China, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, shot by Fabio Zamarion. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Massimo Quaglia shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Ennio Morricone and Silvano Agosti and Alessandro Alessandroni carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt3031654 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Giuseppe Tornatore directs. Fabio Zamarion behind the camera. Massimo Quaglia cuts. Produced in Belgium, China, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands. Dialogue in Italian.

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1Clocks in at 156 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Released 4 years ago.
3International production across 6 countries: Belgium, China, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands.
4Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, shot by Fabio Zamarion. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Massimo Quaglia shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Ennio Morricone and Silvano Agosti and Alessandro Alessandroni carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt3031654 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Fabio Zamarion
Editing: Massimo Quaglia
Runtime: 156 min · 2h 36m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $4,332,386
Original language: IT
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Ennio (2022)

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CinemaSerf2022-05-02
★ 7/10
This is a must see for fans of great cinema music. Perhaps alongside John Williams and John Barry, the eponymous maestro has scored in an unique and innovative way, a great many films since the 1960s and this film tracks how he rose from a classical music training to an (eventual) Oscar winner. It does suffer from the perennial problem of films like this, we see (and hear) too little of his marvellous works - especially my own favourite "Ecstasy of Gold" - but the narrative offers a quickly paced series of contributions from those well known, and those less so. It is astonishing just how many films he did provide the music for, some of it truly memorable and some of it truly dreadful - but here we see a man who never shied away from pushing the boundaries. His creative use of vocals, even of a typewriter to create his sounds demonstrates well his almost boundless imagination. Though at times a little dry, this documentary lays that skill and passion engagingly before us. Bertolucci, Eastwood and Joffé all contribute in a fashion that avoids the adulatory, and makes this an enjoyable chronology not just of Morricone himself, but of world cinema too.

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