 8 1/2 1963  N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Federico Fellini
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimee, Sandra Milo, Madeleine LeBeau, Claudia Cardinale, Rossella Falk, Barbara Steele, Mario Pisu, Neil Robinson, Mino Doro, Caterina Boratto, Guido Alberti
In this excellent film, Director Guido Anselmi (Marcello Mastroianni) struggles with a psychological block in his creative abilities that occurs as he is trying to make a movie. This film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
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And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen 2002  PG-13, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Claude Lelouch
Cast: Jeremy Irons, Patricia Kaas, Thierry Lhermitte, Alessandra Martines, Claudia Cardinale, Jean-Marie Bigard, Ticky Holgado, Yvan Attal, Amidou, Sylvie Loeillet, Constantin Alexandrov, Stephane Ferrara
Fate brings together Morocco jazz singer Jane Lester (Patricia Kaas) and a British jewel thief, Valentin Valentin (Jeremy Irons). Both suffer from blackouts and memory lapses, and they join forces in an effort to cure their neurological failings.
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Austerlitz 1960  N/R, 180 min.
Genre: Action
aka: The Battle of Austerlitz
Director: Abel Gance
Cast: Pierre Mondy, Martine Carol, Leslie Caron, Vittorio De Sica, Jean Marais, Jack Palance, Orson Welles, Ettore Manni, Claudia Cardinale, Elvire Popesco, Michel Simon, Georges Marchal, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Rossano Brazzi
At the beginning of this film, the private life of Napoleon Bonaparte (Pierre Mondy) unfolds–showing his family life with wife Josephine (Martine Carol)–before the story moves on to the battlefields of the Napoleonic War and Napoleon proclaiming himself Emperor of France.
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Big Deal 1958  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: Big Deal on Madonna Street
Director: Mario Monicelli
Cast: Vittorio Gassman, Renato Salvatori, Memmo Carotenuto, Rosanna Rory, Carla Gravina, Claudia Cardinale, Marcello Mastroianni, Carlo Pisacane, Tiberio Murgia, Gina Rovere, Renato Terra
This film makes use of the neorealistic style and provides good satire of the "bank heist" genre. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, the plot involves amateur crooks who try to rob a pawnshop. A 1987 sequel, "Big Deal After 20 Years," picks up the story 20 years later.
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Cartouche 1962  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Adventure
aka: Swords of Blood
Director: Philippe de Broca
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claudia Cardinale, Jess Hahn, Marcel Dalio, Jean Rochefort, Odile Versois, Philippe Lemaire, Noel Roquevert, Jacques Charon, Lucien Raimbourg
This Robin Hood-like swashbuckler follows a French bandit, Cartouche (Jean-Paul Belmondo), who steals from the rich and gives to the poor. He meets and falls in love with gypsy Venus (Claudia Cardinale) who eventually sacrifices her life to save him. He then has a grand old time avenging her death.
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Conversation Piece 1974 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Luchino Visconti
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Silvana Mangano, Helmut Berger, Claudia Marsoni, Claudia Cardinale, Stefano Patrizi, Elvira Cortese, Romolo Valli, Dominique Sanda, Guy Trejan
A down-and-out professor (Burt Lancaster) finds a renewed interest in life when a couple with a teenage daughter moves into the upstairs apartment. There is also an Italian-language version.
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Don't Make Waves 1967 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Cast: Tony Curtis, Claudia Cardinale, Robert Webber, Joanna Barnes, Sharon Tate, David Draper, Mort Sahl, Edgar Bergen, Dub Taylor, Douglas Henderson
Southern California sun and surf contribute to the downfall of a married man who finds himself in the middle of an affair.
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Enrico IV 1984 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Henry IV
Director: Marco Bellocchio
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Leopoldo Trieste, Paolo Bonacelli, Gianfelice Imparato, Claudio Spadaro, Giuseppe Cederna, Giacomo Bertozzi, Fabrizio Macciantelli, Luciano Bartoli
This adaptation of Luigi Pirandello's popular play stars Marcello Mastroianni as Enrico IV, a wealthy man who, after falling from a horse many years earlier, believes he is 11th-century Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV. He has a grand time playing the role in his castle, but family and friends gather to bring him back to reality. As they play his games, they begin to wonder whether or not he might really be the Emperor.
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Escape to Athena 1979  PG, 101 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Cast: Roger Moore, Telly Savalas, David Niven, Claudia Cardinale, Richard Roundtree, Stefanie Powers, Sonny Bono, Elliott Gould, William Holden, Anthony Valentine, Siegfried Rouch, Michael Sheard, Richard Wren, Philip Locke, Steve Ubels
Allied POWs get help from a Nazi (Roger Moore) and a Greek resistance leader (Telly Savalas) in a daring attempt to escape from their prison and to locate a hidden treasure on Mount Athena. But, problems arise concerning the fact that a secret German rocket installation is also located on the mountain.
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Fitzcarraldo 1982 PG, 158 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, Jose Lewgoy, Miguel Angel Fuentes, Paul Hittscher, Grande Othelo, Huerequeque Enrique Bohorquez, Peter Berling, David Espinosa, Milton Nascimento, Ruy Polanah, Salvador Godinez
Set along the Amazon during the turn of the 20th century, this is German director Werner Herzog's innovative film about Fitzcarraldo (Klaus Kinski) who wants to open a rubber plant that will provide funding for the opera to be brought to his remote area in the jungle.
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Girl with a Suitcase 1960 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Valerio Zurlini
Cast: Claudia Cardinale, Jacques Perrin, Luciana Angiolillo, Corrado Pani, Gian Maria Volonte, Riccardo Garrone, Renato Baldini, Romolo Valli, Elsa Albani, Ciccio Barbi, Nadia Bianchi, Edda Soligo
After nightclub singer Aida (Claudia Cardinale) is jilted by Marcello (Corrado Pani), she begins a new romance with his 16-years-younger brother, Lorenzo (Jacques Perrin). Love blooms–for awhile until Aida falls for a musician and leaves Lorenzo out in the cold.
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Jesus of Nazareth 1977  TV, 376 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Cast: Robert Powell, Anne Bancroft, James Mason, Rod Steiger, Ernest Borgnine, Claudia Cardinale, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence, James Earl Jones, Anthony Quinn
With a cast of the great and near great, good film depicts the life of Jesus and was made for TV.
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The Leopard 1963 N/R, 205 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Luchino Visconti
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Alain Delon, Paolo Stoppa, Rina Morelli, Romolo Valli, Serge Reggiani, Pierre Clementi, Terence Hill, Lucilla Morlacchi, Giuliano Gemma, Ida Galli, Ottavia Piccolo
Based on the novel by Giuseppe di Lampedusa, this is the story of Sicilian aristocrat Prince Don Fabrizio Salino (Burt Lancaster) and how he handles the changes in life brought on by the Garibaldi Revolution in the 1860s. Knowing that the class system is changing and that the aristocratic society is doomed, Salino reluctantly arranges the marriage of his nephew Tancredi (Alain Delon) and Angelica (Claudia Cardinale), the beautiful daughter of a rich merchant who has been appointed the town's mayor Don Calogero Sedara (Paolo Stoppa). The highlight of this film, performed on a beautiful set, is the 40-minute scene at the grand ball.
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Lost Command 1966 N/R, 129 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Romance
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Alain Delon, George Segal, Michele Morgan, Maurice Ronet, Claudia Cardinale, Gregoire Aslan, Jean Servais, Burt Kwouk, Jacques Marin, Maurice Sarfati, Jean-Claude Bercq, Gordon Heath, George Rigaud
Set during World War II, this is the story of French paratroopers and their exploits in French-Algerian guerilla warfare. Their leader, Lt. Col. Pierre Raspeguy (Anthony Quinn), has worked his way up through the ranks and now molds his recruits into a fighting unit. But, there are deserters–including his assistant Esclavier (Alain Delon) who is frustrated with the war and Lt. Ben Mahidi (George Segal) who joins the rebels. Along the way, Raspeguy becomes romantically involved with Countess De Clairefons (Michele Morgan) who promises to marry him if he attains the rank of General. Romance and violence are part of this war story.
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My Best Fiend: Klaus Kinski 1999 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, Eva Mattes, Beat Presser, Andres Vicente
This documentary revolves around the professional and personal relationship between the German actor, Klaus Kinski, and the great director, Werner Herzog. Clips–both on stage and off–are shown during work on a number of their movies, including "Aquirre, the Wrath of God," "My Best Friend," and "Fitzcarraldo."
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 Once Upon a Time in the West 1968 PG, 165 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Drama
Director: Sergio Leone
Cast: Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Jason Robards, Woody Strode, Jack Elam, Keenan Wynn, Lionel Stander, Paolo Stoppa, Frank Wolff, Gabriele Ferzetti, Frank Brana, Benito Stefanelli, Aldo Sambrell
This movie is a classic, telling the story of the railroad's effect on the American West and how great wealth could be attained by owning land around it. The owner of a railroad, Morton (Gabriele Ferzetti), hires Frank (Henry Fonda) to kill any landowners around the railroad line who threaten the railroad's completion. Frank does what he was hired to do and murders landowner Brett McBain (Frank Wolff). Now Brett's widow (Claudia Cardinale) arrives on the scene to ensure that the family's land remains in her name. She is also out for revenge and hires two killers of her own choice, Harmonica and Cheyenne (Charles Bronson and Jason Robards), to kill Frank. And the quest to get even begins.
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 The Pink Panther 1963  N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner, Capucine, Claudia Cardinale, Brenda De Banzie, Colin Gordon, Fran Jeffries, John Le Mesurier, Martin Miller, James Lanphier, Guy Thomajan, Michael Trubshawe, Riccardo Billi, Meri Welles
Sophisticated jewel thief Sir Charles Lytton (David Niven), a.k.a. the Phantom, is plotting to steal the Pink Panther diamond from Princess Dala (Claudia Cardinale), and French Inspector Jacques Cousteau (Peter Sellers) is on his trail. Clouseau is also trying to catch Lytton's accomplice who, unbeknownst to Clouseau, is his own wife Simone (Capucine). For years, Simone has warned her lover Lytton when Clouseau is about to catch him. Now another thief appears on the scene; he is Lytton's nephew George (Robert Wagner), and he has his own plans to steal the Pink Panther diamond. Clouseau may be inept, but the odds are in his favor that he will be successful in retrieving the Pink Panther diamond. 1 User Review
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 The Professionals 1966 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Action / Western
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, Jack Palance, Woody Strode, Ralph Bellamy, Claudia Cardinale, Joe De Santis, Vaughn Taylor, Rafael Bertrand, Jorge Martinez de Hoyos, Marie Gomez, Jose Chavez, Carlos Romero
Mercenaries led by Bill Dolworth and Henry "Rico" Fardan (Burt Lancaster and Lee Marvin) are hired by Texas millionaire Joe Grant (Ralph Bellamy) to rescue his wife (Claudia Cardinale) from the clutches of a Mexican revolutionary (Jack Palance). Lots of good action. Richard Brooks received an Oscar nomination for his direction.
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Rocco and His Brothers 1960 N/R, 175 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Luchino Visconti
Cast: Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, Katina Paxinou, Roger Hanin, Paolo Stoppa, Suzy Delair, Claudia Cardinale, Spiros Focas, Max Cartier, Alessandra Panaro, Corrado Pani, Claudia Mori, Adriana Asti
Hoping for a better life, widow Rosaria (Katina Paxinou) moves with her son Rocco (Alain Delon ) and his three brothers to Milano where the family joins a fifth son, Vincenzo (Spiros Focas). When a feud erupts between two of the brothers, each meets a tragic end.
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The Salamander 1981  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Zinner
Cast: Franco Nero, Anthony Quinn, Martin Balsam, Sybil Danning, Christopher Lee, Cleavon Little, Claudia Cardinale, Eli Wallach, Paul L. Smith, John Steiner
This political-action film is about a colonel (Franco Nero) who tries to stop a fascist coup d'etat in Italy.
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Son of the Pink Panther 1993 PG, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Blake Edwards' Son of the Pink Panther
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Roberto Benigni, Herbert Lom, Claudia Cardinale, Debrah Farentino, Burt Kwouk, Robert Davi, Graham Stark, Jennifer Edwards, Anton Rodgers, Shabana Azmi, Mark Schneider, Mike Starr, Kenny Spalding, Oliver Cotton, Aharon Ipale
Inspector Clouseau fathered an illegitimate son just as bungling as himself. In this story the son, Jacques (Roberto Benigni), gets in the way of an investigation being led by his father's old nemesis, Commissioner Dreyfus (Herbert Lom).
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| 1. 8 1/2 (1963)
2. And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen (2002)
3. Austerlitz (1960)
aka: The Battle of Austerlitz
4. Big Deal (1958)
aka: Big Deal on Madonna Street
5. Burden of Dreams (1982)
6. Cartouche (1962)
aka: Swords of Blood
7. Circus World (1964)
8. Conversation Piece (1974)
9. Don't Make Waves (1967)
10. Enrico IV (1984)
aka: Henry IV
11. Escape to Athena (1979)
12. Fitzcarraldo (1982)
13. Girl with a Suitcase (1960)
14. Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
15. The Legend of Frenchie King (1971)
aka: Petroleum Girls
aka: Frenchie King
16. The Leopard (1963)
17. Lost Command (1966)
18. My Best Fiend: Klaus Kinski (1999)
19. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
20. The Pink Panther (1963)
21. The Professionals (1966)
22. The Red Tent (1971)
23. Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
24. The Salamander (1981)
25. Son of the Pink Panther (1993)
aka: Blake Edwards' Son of the Pink Panther
26. Time of Indifference (1964)
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