Life Is Beautiful
by Roberto Benigni
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Actor: Claudio Alfonsi, Gil Baroni, Lidia Alfonsi, Massimo Bianchi, Sergio Bini BustricDirector: Roberto Benigni
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Italian (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 1.85:1
Running Time: 116 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-11-09
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Miramax
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Movie Review: Romance And Creativity
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie would easily fall into my top twenty favorite films. It has romance, comedy, and tragedy rolled up into one. It has subtitles, but it is well worth the watch.
Summary of Life Is Beautiful
An inspired motion picture masterpiece, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL was nominated for 7 Academy Awards(R) -- winning 3 Oscars, including one for Best Actor Robert Benigni. In this extraordinary tale, Guido (Benigni) -- a charming but bumbling waiter who's gifted with a colorful imagination and an irresistible sense of humor -- has won the heart of the woman he loves and created a beautiful life for his young family. But then, that life is threatened by World War II ... and Guido must rely on those very same strengths to save his beloved wife and son from an unthinkable fate! Honored with an overwhelming level of critical acclaim, this truly exceptional, utterly unique achievement will lift your spirits and capture your heart!Italy's rubber-faced funnyman Roberto Benigni accomplishes the impossible in his World War?II comedy Life Is Beautiful: he shapes a simultaneously hilarious and haunting comedy out of the tragedy of the Holocaust. An international sensation and the most successful foreign language film in U.S. history, the picture also earned director-cowriter-star Benigni Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Actor. He plays the Jewish country boy Guido, a madcap romantic in Mussolini's Italy who wins the heart of his sweetheart (Benigni's real-life sweetie, Nicoletta Braschi) and raises a darling son (the adorable Giorgio Cantarini) in the shadow of fascism. When the Nazis ship the men off to a concentration camp in the waning days of the war, Guido is determined to shelter his son from the evils around them and convinces him they're in an elaborate contest to win (of all things) a tank. Guido tirelessly maintains the ruse with comic ingenuity, even as the horrors escalate and the camp's population continues to dwindle--all the more impetus to keep his son safe, secure, and, most of all, hidden. Benigni walks a fine line mining comedy from tragedy and his efforts are pure fantasy--he accomplishes feats no man could realistically pull off--both of which have drawn fire from a few critics. Yet for all its wacky humor and inventive gags, Life Is Beautiful is a moving and poignant tale of one father's sacrifice to save not just his young son's life but his innocence in the face of one of the most evil acts ever perpetrated by the human race. --Sean Axmaker
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