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37th Venice International Film Festival
The 37th annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 28 August to 8 September, 1980. Italian screenwriter Suso Cecchi d'Amico was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion winners were: '' Atlantic City'' directed by Louis Malle and '' Gloria'' directed by John Cassavetes. Jury The following people comprised the 1980 jury: * Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Italian screenwriter - Jury President * Yûssif Châhine, Egyptian filmmaker * Michel Ciment, French film critic * Umberto Eco, Italian and philosopher * Gillo Pontecorvo, Italian filmmaker * Andrew Sarris, American film critic * George Stevens, Jr., American filmmaker and producer * Margarethe von Trotta, West-German filmmaker Official Sections Main Competition Officina veneziana *'' Les enfants du vent'' by Brahim Tsaki *'' Ajándék ez a nap'' by Péter Gothár *'' Opera prima'' by Fernando Trueba *'' Oxalá'' by António-Pedro Vasconcelos *'' Lásky mezi kapkami deste'' by Karel Kachyna * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The islands are in the shallow Venetian Lagoon, an enclosed bay lying between the mouths of the Po River, Po and the Piave River, Piave rivers (more exactly between the Brenta (river), Brenta and the Sile (river), Sile). In 2020, around 258,685 people resided in greater Venice or the ''Comune di Venezia'', of whom around 55,000 live in the historical island city of Venice (''centro storico'') and the rest on the mainland (''terraferma''). Together with the cities of Padua, Italy, Padua and Treviso, Italy, Treviso, Venice is included in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area (PATREVE), which is considered a statistical metropolitan area, with a total population of 2.6 million. The name is derived from the ancient Adri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margarethe Von Trotta
Margarethe von Trotta (; born 21 February 1942) is a German film director, screenwriter, and actress. She has been referred to as a "leading force" of the New German Cinema movement.Margarethe von Trotta at . Retrieved 14 May 2010. Von Trotta's extensive body of work has won awards internationally. "Birds Eye View: Filmmaker Focus: Margarethe Von Trotta." 2011 Film Festival: Celebrating Women Filmmakers. Birds Eye View. Web. 2 May 2012. She was married to and collaborated with director |
Melvin And Howard
''Melvin and Howard'' (stylized as ''Melvin (and Howard)'') is a 1980 American comedy-drama film directed by Jonathan Demme. The screenplay by Bo Goldman was inspired by real-life Utah service station owner Melvin Dummar, who was listed as the beneficiary of $156 million in a will allegedly handwritten by Howard Hughes that was discovered in the headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City. A novelization of Goldman's script later was written by George Gipe. The film starred Paul Le Mat, Jason Robards, and, in an Academy Award-winning performance, Mary Steenburgen. Plot In the opening scene, Howard Hughes loses control of his motorcycle and crashes in the Nevada desert. That night, he is discovered lying on the side of a stretch of U.S. Highway 95 when Melvin Dummar stops his pickup truck so he can relieve himself. The disheveled stranger, refusing to allow Melvin to take him to the hospital, asks him to instead drive him to Las Vegas, Nevada. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tewfik Saleh
Tewfik Saleh ( ar, توفيق صالح) was an Egyptian film director and writer. His name has also been written as Tawfik Saleh and Tewfiq Salah. Biography Saleh was born on 27 October 1926, in Alexandria. Although his father was against his interest in movies, he still considered movies to be his major interest. In 1949, he graduated from Victoria College of Alexandria. He died on 18 August 2013 in Cairo. Career His first film was ''Fools' Alley'' (1955), co-written by Naguib Mahfouz. Other movies include ''Struggle of the Heroes'' (''Sirâ’el abtâl'') (1962) and ''The Rebels'' (''el Moutamarridoun'') (1968) among others. Selected filmography * ''Struggle of the Heroes'' (1962) * ''Sayed al-Bolti'' (1969) * ''The Dupes'' (1973) * ''Al-ayyam al-tawila'' (1980) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saleh, Tewfik University of Paris alumni People from Alexandria Egyptian film directors 1926 births 2013 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-ayyam Al-tawila
''Al-ayyam al-tawila'' ( ar, الأيام الطويلة, al-ʾAyyām aṭ-Ṭawwīla, The Long Days) is a 1980 6-hour long biographical account of Saddam Hussein's attempted assassination of Abd al-Karim Qasim in 1959, although some sources also list a running time of 150 minutes. It was filmed in 1980 and allegedly edited by Terence Young, who also directed three James Bond films. The film starred Hussein's cousin Saddam Kamal as Saddam and was directed by Tewfik Saleh Tewfik Saleh ( ar, توفيق صالح) was an Egyptian film director and writer. His name has also been written as Tawfik Saleh and Tewfiq Salah. Biography Saleh was born on 27 October 1926, in Alexandria. Although his father was against his in .... External links * * (French subtitles, 125 minutes) * (no subtitles, 100-minute version) 1980 films 1980s biographical films 1980s Arabic-language films Biographical films about criminals Biographical films about presidents Biographical films about pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Preminger
Otto Ludwig Preminger ( , ; 5 December 1905 – 23 April 1986) was an Austrian-American theatre and film director, film producer, and actor. He directed more than 35 feature films in a five-decade career after leaving the theatre. He first gained attention for film noir mysteries such as '' Laura'' (1944) and ''Fallen Angel'' (1945), while in the 1950s and 1960s, he directed high-profile adaptations of popular novels and stage works. Several of these later films pushed the boundaries of censorship by dealing with themes which were then taboo in Hollywood, such as drug addiction (''The Man with the Golden Arm'', 1955), rape (''Anatomy of a Murder'', 1959) and homosexuality (''Advise & Consent'', 1962). He was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. He also had several acting roles. Early life Preminger was born in 1905 in Wischnitz, Bukovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire (present-day Vyzhnytsia, Ukraine), into a Jewish family. His parents were Josefa (née Fraenke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Human Factor (1979 Film)
''The Human Factor'' is a 1979 British neo noir film starring Nicol Williamson, Robert Morley, and Richard Attenborough, and directed and produced by Otto Preminger. It is based on the 1978 novel '' The Human Factor'' by Graham Greene, with the screenplay written by Tom Stoppard. It examines British espionage, and the difficulty of ferreting out a mole in one's intelligence service ranks. This was Preminger's last film. Plot Maurice Castle (Nicol Williamson) is a well-bred, mid-level bureaucrat in MI6 whose life seems unremarkable, apart from the fact that he has an African wife, Sarah ( Iman), and son, Sam (Gary Forbes). The company regime, represented by éminence grise Dr. Percival (Robert Morley) and agency higher-up Sir John Hargreaves (Richard Vernon), advise newly appointed security chief Daintry (Richard Attenborough) that analysis of intel from a double-agent they have planted in Moscow indicates there is a leak in Castle's department. The info being shared with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Brest
Martin Brest (born August 8, 1951) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Education Brest was born in the Bronx, New York, and graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1969, from New York University's School of the Arts in 1973 and from the AFI Conservatory with an M.F.A. degree in 1977. Career His major studio debut was ''Going in Style'' (1979), which starred George Burns, Art Carney, and Lee Strasberg. Brest was then hired to direct ''WarGames'' (1983), which starred Matthew Broderick, but he was fired during production and replaced with John Badham. Brest then directed ''Beverly Hills Cop'' (1984), starring Eddie Murphy. The film grossed over $300 million worldwide and received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical, as well as an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. Brest was involved in the development stages of ''Rain Man'' (1988), casting Tom Cruise in the role opposite Dustin Hoffman, befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Going In Style
''Going in Style'' is a 1979 American heist comedy film written and directed by Martin Brest and starring George Burns, Art Carney, Lee Strasberg (in his final film role) and Charles Hallahan. It was Brest's first commercial feature film. Plot Joe (George Burns), Al (Art Carney), and Willie (Lee Strasberg) are three senior citizens who share a small apartment in Queens, New York City. Their days are spent on a park bench, and Joe is desperate to break the monotony. One day Joe suggests that they go on a "stick-up". They have no experience as criminals, but after some reluctance the two others agree. Al surreptitiously borrows three pistols from the gun collection of his nephew, Pete (Charles Hallahan), who lives with his wife and children a few miles away. The trio, disguised with novelty glasses, pulls off the heist, netting $35,000. The excitement is too much for Willie, who soon suffers a fatal heart attack. Joe and Al give $25,000 to Pete and his family, claiming it is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi Comencini
Luigi Comencini (; 8 June 1916 – 6 April 2007) ''The Guardian'' was an Italian . Together with , Ettore Scola and , he was considered among the masters of the '''' genre. His daughters |
Voltati Eugenio
''Voltati Eugenio'' (internationally released as ''Eugenio'' and ''Turn Around Eugenio'') is a 1980 Italian comedy drama film by Luigi Comencini. It entered the 37th Venice International Film Festival. The film won the David di Donatello for best score. Plot Eugenio is brought up by his grandparents because his father and his mother split up soon after his birth. The story of his parents is told by flashbacks. Cast *Dalila Di Lazzaro: Fernanda *Saverio Marconi: Giancarlo *Francesco Bonelli : Eugenio *Carole André: Milena *Bernard Blier: Grandpa Eugenio *Dina Sassoli: Grandma Anna *Gisella Sofio: Grandma Edvige *José Luis de Villalonga José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...: Tristano * Memè Perlini: Giancarlo's friend References External links * 1980 films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theo Angelopoulos
Theodoros "Theo" Angelopoulos (; ; 27 April 1935 – 24 January 2012) was a Greek filmmaker, screenwriter and film producer. He dominated the Greek art film industry from 1975 on, and Angelopoulos was one of the most influential and widely respected filmmakers in the world. He started making films in 1967. In the 1970s he made a series of political films about modern Greece. Angelopoulos' films, described by Martin Scorsese as that of "a masterful filmmaker", are characterized by the slightest movement, slightest change in distance, long takes, and complex, carefully composed scenes. His cinematic method is often described as "sweeping" and "hypnotic." In 1998 his film ''Eternity and a Day'' went on to win the Palme d'Or at the 51st edition of the Cannes Film Festival, and his films have been shown at many of the world's esteemed film festivals. Biography Theodoros Angelopoulos was born in Athens on 27 April 1935. During the Greek Civil War, his father was taken hostage and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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