The Leopard (Criterion Collection) (3-DVD)
Luchino Visconti's enduring romantic adventure
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DVD Details
- Number of Discs: 3
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 3 hours, 6 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: June 8, 2004
- Originally Released: 1963
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Claudia Cardinale, Alain Delon & Burt Lancaster | |
Directed by | Luchino Visconti | |
Composition by | Nino Rota | |
Director of Photography: | Giuseppe Rotunno |
Major Awards:
Cannes 1963 -
Palme d'Or: Not Applicable
Entertainment Reviews:
[D]azzling....THE LEOPARD moves at a measured pace from one comprehensive and subtle sequence to another...
Los Angeles Times
Rating: 5/5 --
The film is one of the most sumptuous ever made in Europe.
London Evening Standard
To transpose a book into a movie means to destroy the form of the original in order to re-create the effect in another medium... Visconti has preserved the form without apparently suspecting it had any meaning.
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Esquire Magazine
Rating: 5/5 --
Two-plus hours of engrossing machinations and opulent scenery point the way to the pièce de résistance: a 45-minute gala scene that the Almighty himself would approve as a luxuriant prelude to the Rapture.
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Time Out
Rating: A+ --
[VIDEO ESSAY] Lancaster's every movement and facial expression transmits the text and subtext of his Italian character with a sense of regional authenticity that is beguiling.
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ColeSmithey.com
[Burt Lancaster's] confidence, his gravitas, and his understated cat-like grace as he walks through the world as if he owned it, creates a character of great authority and even greater melancholy.
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Stream on Demand
A magnificent film, munificently outfitted and splendidly acted by a large cast dominated by Burt Lancaster's standout stint in the title role.
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Variety
Product Description:
Italian director Luchino Visconti delivers one of his most ambitious works with this sprawling historical drama. Based on the acclaimed novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, THE LEOPARD is set in Sicily during the 1800s, as the aristocracy found itself being suffocated by a newly democratic fervor. Prince Don Fabrizio Salina (Burt Lancaster) tries to hold on to the past, but it appears that his glory days are waning. This is perfectly exemplified by his nephew Tancredi Falconeri (Alain Delon) and his gorgeous wife-to-be Angelica (Claudia Cardinale). As the revolt gathers steam and begins to affect a real change, the aging prince must come to terms with the new world that surrounds him. With THE LEOPARD, Visconti confirms his status as one of Europe's most masterful directors.
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