CINEMA PARADISO1988
Cinema Paradiso
Movie Rating
MOVIE RATING
Average Rating: 5.0 (out of 5) (118 votes cast)
Source of Film
SOURCE OF FILM
Cinema Paradiso
screenplay by Giuseppe Tornatore (b. 1956).
Tornatore began his career as a photographer before writing and directing documentaries in 1981. His first feature film, The Professor (1986), which he both wrote and directed, garnered him an Italian Film Academy Award nomination for Best New Director.
His second effort, Cinema Paradiso (1988), was set and filmed in his hometown of Bagheria, Sicily, Italy and won the Academy Award for Foreign Language Film.
Film Run-time and Synopsis
RUNTIME & SYNOPSIS
1 hour, 56 minutes
A small boy grows up running the theater camera in a Sicilian village. He becomes a famous director and returns to his home after a 30 year absence to attend the funeral of an old mentor.
MPAA Rating
MPAA RATING
Rated R
Film Awards
FILM AWARDS
Box Office Ranking
BOX OFFICE RANKING
- 1990 Domestic Box Office Rank: #89
Theatrical Revenues
GROSS
- (Adjusted Gross in $millions)
- Domestic Theatrical Release: $22.6
Original Film Distributor
DISTRIBUTOR
Location Filming
LOCATIONS
- Bagheria, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
- Castelbuono, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
- Palazzo Adriano, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
- Rome, Italy
Cinema Paradiso
screenplay by Giuseppe Tornatore (b. 1956).
Tornatore began his career as a photographer before writing and directing documentaries in 1981. His first feature film, The Professor (1986), which he both wrote and directed, garnered him an Italian Film Academy Award nomination for Best New Director.
His second effort, Cinema Paradiso (1988), was set and filmed in his hometown of Bagheria, Sicily, Italy and won the Academy Award for Foreign Language Film.
Film Run-time and Synopsis
RUNTIME & SYNOPSIS
A small boy grows up running the theater camera in a Sicilian village. He becomes a famous director and returns to his home after a 30 year absence to attend the funeral of an old mentor.
MPAA Rating
MPAA RATING
Rated R
Film Awards
FILM AWARDS
Box Office Ranking
BOX OFFICE RANKING
- 1990 Domestic Box Office Rank: #89
Theatrical Revenues
GROSS
- (Adjusted Gross in $millions)
- Domestic Theatrical Release: $22.6
Original Film Distributor
DISTRIBUTOR
Location Filming
LOCATIONS
- Bagheria, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
- Castelbuono, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
- Palazzo Adriano, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
- Rome, Italy
Film Run-time and Synopsis
RUNTIME & SYNOPSIS
A small boy grows up running the theater camera in a Sicilian village. He becomes a famous director and returns to his home after a 30 year absence to attend the funeral of an old mentor.
MPAA Rating
MPAA RATING
Rated R
Film Awards
FILM AWARDS
Box Office Ranking
BOX OFFICE RANKING
- 1990 Domestic Box Office Rank: #89
Theatrical Revenues
GROSS
- (Adjusted Gross in $millions)
- Domestic Theatrical Release: $22.6
Original Film Distributor
DISTRIBUTOR
Location Filming
LOCATIONS
- Bagheria, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
- Castelbuono, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
- Palazzo Adriano, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
- Rome, Italy