''S is for Stanley – 30 Years Behind the Wheel for Stanley Kubrick'' ( it, S Is for Stanley – Trent'anni dietro al volante per Stanley Kubrick) is a 2015 Italian
documentary film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...
co-written and directed by
Alex Infascelli
Alex Infascelli (born 9 November 1967) is an Italian director, screenwriter and producer.
Life and career
Born in Rome, the son of the producer Roberto and the nephew of the producer Carlo, Infascelli started his career as an assistant directo ...
. It depicts the relationship between celebrated director
Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick (; July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and photographer. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, his films, almost all of which are adaptations of nove ...
and his personal chauffeur and assistant, Emilio D'Alessandro. It was produced by Kinethica and Lock And Valentine.
It is based on D'Alessandro's autobiography ''Stanley Kubrick and Me''.
The film won the 2016
David di Donatello Award
The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's ''David'', a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the ''Accademia del Cinema Italiano'' (The Academy of Italian Cinema). There are 26 award cat ...
for Best Documentary.
It was also nominated at the 2016
European Film Awards
The European Film Awards (or European Film Academy Awards) have been presented annually since 1988 by the European Film Academy to recognize excellence in European cinematic achievements. The awards are given in 19 categories, of which the most ...
for best documentary film.
The film also won the Master of Art film Festival in the Best Documentary in Theatre and Cinema section.
''S is for Stanley'' has been distributed theatrically in Italy on 30 May 2016 and had its theatrical premiere in the United States in New York at the IFC Centre on 27 January 2017, as part of a Stanley Kubrick series.
It was released for home media on Netflix in North America (US and Canada) on 15 June 2017.
See also
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Personal life of Stanley Kubrick
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List of Italian films of 2015
This is a list of Italian films first released in 2015 (see 2015 in film).
See also
*2015 in Italy
* 2015 in Italian television
External linksItalian films of 2015at the Internet Movie Database
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References
External links
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2015 films
2015 documentary films
Italian documentary films
Documentary films about film directors and producers
Works about Stanley Kubrick
Films directed by Alex Infascelli
2010s Italian films
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