Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America (2022)
To mark the recent thirtieth anniversary of Sergio Leone’s death, this documentary sets out to pay tribute to one of the great legends of world cinema. The singular artistic vision of Sergio Leone has transcended national borders, creating the Spaghetti Western genre and transforming the international cinematic panorama forever with his innovative stylistic and narrative solutions, which have now become part of the language of the movies. The film, which is enriched with precious archive footage from the Cineteca di Bologna, including rare audio recordings and film clips shot behind the scenes, sees for the first time the direct participation of the Leone family and has interviews both with Leone’s longtime collaborators and with icons of Hollywood who have been profoundly influenced by his work.
Director: Francesco Zippel
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Quentin Tarantino as Self |
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Frank Miller as Self |
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Giuseppe Tornatore as Self |
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Damien Chazelle as Self |
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Clint Eastwood as Self |
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Steven Spielberg as Self |
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Martin Scorsese as Self |
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Jennifer Connelly as Self |
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Robert De Niro as Self |
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Darren Aronofsky as Self |
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Ennio Morricone as Self |
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Jacques Audiard as Self |
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Dario Argento as Self |
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Christopher Frayling as Self |
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Giuliano Montaldo as Self |
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Tsui Hark as Self |
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Carlo Verdone as Self |
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Arnon Milchan as Self |
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Raffaella Leone as Self |
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Francesca Leone as Self |
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Andrea Leone as Self |
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Gian Luca Farinelli as Self |
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Sergio Leone as Self |
| Directing | Francesco Zippel | Director |
| Editing | Michele Castelli | Editor |
| Writing | Francesco Zippel | Writer |
| Camera | Carlo Alberto Orecchia | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Marco Tomaselli | Director of Photography |