original title:
Ennio
directed by:
cast:
Ennio Morricone, Dario Argento, Bernardo Bertolucci, Giuseppe Tornatore, Bruce Springsteen, Lina Wertmüller, Marco Bellocchio, Joan Baez, Liliana Cavani, Giuliano Montaldo, Vittorio Taviani, Nicola Piovani, Roberto Faenza, Silvano Agosti, Franco Piersanti, Franco Migliacci, Miranda Martino
screenplay:
cinematography:
editing:
producer:
production:
Piano B Produzioni, Potemkino, Gaga, Terras, supported by Ministero della Cultura, with the support of Eurimages, Bulgari
distribution:
Lucky Red [Italy], Zeta Films [Argentina], Rocket Releasing [Armenia], Hi Gloss Entertainment [Australia], Plaion [Austria], Rocket Releasing [Azerbaijan], Rocket Releasing [Belarus], Periscoop [Belgium], KCS - Karantanija cinemas [Bosnia and Herzegovina], Risi Film [Brazil], Beta Film [Bulgaria], Zeta Films [Chile], DDDream International [China], KCS - Karantanija cinemas [Croatia], Pannonia Entertainment [Czech Republic], NonStop [Denmark], Front Row Filmed Entertainment [Egypt], NonStop [Estonia], NonStop [Finland], Le Pacte [France], Rocket Releasing [Georgia], Plaion [Germany], Edko Films [Hong Kong], Pannonia Entertainment [Hungary], NonStop [Iceland], Front Row Filmed Entertainment [Iran], Front Row Filmed Entertainment [Iraq], Shoval Film [Israel], Gaga Corporation [Japan], Rocket Releasing [Kazakhstan], Front Row Filmed Entertainment [Kuwait], Rocket Releasing [Kyrgyzstan], NonStop [Latvia], Front Row Filmed Entertainment [Lebanon], NonStop [Lithuania], KCS - Karantanija cinemas [Montenegro], Periscoop [Netherlands], Hi Gloss Entertainment [New Zealand], KCS - Karantanija cinemas [North Macedonia], NonStop [Norway], Zeta Films [Paraguay], Best Film [Poland], Risi Film [Portugal], Pannonia Entertainment [Romania], Rocket Releasing [Russia], Front Row Filmed Entertainment [Saudi Arabia], KCS - Karantanija cinemas [Serbia], Shaw [Singapore], Pannonia Entertainment [Slovakia], KCS - Karantanija cinemas [Slovenia], JinJin Pictures [South Korea], Karma Films [Spain], NonStop [Sweden], Plaion [Switzerland], Swallow Wings Films [Taiwan], Rocket Releasing [Tajikistan], Filmarti [Turkey], Rocket Releasing [Turkmenistan], Rocket Releasing [Ukraine], Front Row Filmed Entertainment [United Arab Emirates], Dogwoof [United Kingdom], Music Box Films [United States], Zeta Films [Uruguay]
country:
Italy/Belgium/Japan
year:
2021
film run:
150'
format:
colour
release date:
17/02/2022
festivals & awards:
The documentary marks the 13th collaboration between Morricone and his long-time friend Tornatore, for whom he has scored most of his films, including Cinema Paradiso.
In addition to interviews with filmmakers and musicians, including Wong, Bernardo Bertolucci, Quentin Tarantino, Clint Eastwood and Bruce Springsteen, the film features fragments of Morricone’s private life, recordings from his concert tours, clips of films he has scored and never-before-seen archival footage.
In addition to Tornotore’s works, Morricone scored all of Sergio Leone’s films since A Fistful Of Dollars, Gillo Pontecorvo’s The Battle Of Algiers, Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1900, Roland Joffè’s The Mission, Terrence Malick’s Days Of Heaven and Brian de Palma’s The Untouchables. He has also sold more than 70 million records worldwide.
In 2016, Morricone received his first Academy Award for his score to Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight (2015). He is also the recipient of a further Academy Honorary Oscar, along with three Grammy Awards, three Golden Globes, six BAFTAs, ten David di Donatello awards, two European Film Awards and other prizes.
DIRECTOR’S NOTES:
I intend for this documentary to display Ennio Morricone’s story for audiences worldwide that love his music, and at the same time, through the use of clips from the films he scored, this extraordinary existential and artistic parable of one of the most cherished musicians of the 20th century will enthrall all viewers.
(Source: Screendaily.com)