The Leopard - Criterion Collection
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Features
• Anamorphic
• Box set
• Closed-captioned
• Color
• DVD-Video
• Special Edition
• Subtitled
• Widescreen
• NTSC
In Theaters : 15 July, 1963
DVD Release : 08 June, 2004 |
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The Leopard - Criterion Collection Customer Reviews
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Great epic that also works as a moving family drama
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"Il Gattopardo" (1963) is a stunning 3+ hours film that is one of the best epics ever made by the only director who could've made it. The film is a rare example of epic that also works well as a moving family drama.
Prince Fabricio Salina (Burt Lancaster, magnificent in this performance which almost did not happen) is the great man full of energy and power who knows that his world of noble aristocrats is doomed to disappear in new Italy united as republic. He is a Leopard of the title, and these are his words, "The leopards and lions are being replaced by jackals and hyenas ... and they all think they're the salt of the earth." Lancaster is one of reasons I loved the film so much.
The film also features two of my favorite actors, young Alain Delon who played Salina's favorite nephew, Tancredi, and heavenly beautiful Claudia Cardinale as Angelica, Tancredi's beloved.
Each moment and each frame of the film are breathtaking, and the final act, an hour-long ballroom extravaganza, ranks among the grandest cinematic set pieces of all time.
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