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The Resource La vita è bella : Life is beautiful, Miramax Films ; Mario e Vittorio Cecchi Gori present ; a Melampo Cinematografica ; production ; screenplay by Vincenzo Cerami a Roberto Benigni ; produced by Elda Ferri a Gianluigi Braschi ; directed by Roberto Benigni

La vita è bella : Life is beautiful, Miramax Films ; Mario e Vittorio Cecchi Gori present ; a Melampo Cinematografica ; production ; screenplay by Vincenzo Cerami a Roberto Benigni ; produced by Elda Ferri a Gianluigi Braschi ; directed by Roberto Benigni

Work
Publication
Extent
1 videodisc (116 min.)
Note
  • Closed-captioned
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1997
  • Special features: making Life is beautiful featurette, Academy Award TV commercials, theatrical trailer
Instance
Label
La vita è bella : Life is beautiful
Title
La vita è bella
Title remainder
Life is beautiful
Statement of responsibility
Miramax Films ; Mario e Vittorio Cecchi Gori present ; a Melampo Cinematografica ; production ; screenplay by Vincenzo Cerami a Roberto Benigni ; produced by Elda Ferri a Gianluigi Braschi ; directed by Roberto Benigni
Title variation
Life is beautiful
Contributor
Actor
Composer
Film director
Film producer
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • ita
  • eng
  • eng
  • ita
  • ita
Summary
During World War II an Italian Jewish man uses his vivid imagination to convince his son they're playing a game at a concentration camp in order to keep his son's spirits up
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Awards note
Winner, 1998 Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role: Roberto Benigni; Best Foreign Language Film: Italy; Best Music, Original Dramatic Score: Nicola Piovani
Cataloging source
GO3
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Tonino Delli Colli ; editor, Simona Paggi ; music by Nicola Piovani
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Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG-13 (Holocaust related thematic elements)
Language note
In Italian or dubbed English with optional subtitles in English
PerformerNote
Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bustric, Marisa Paredes
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1940-2013,
  • 1960-
  • 1923-
  • 1946-
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  • Cerami, Vincenzo
  • Benigni, Roberto,
  • Ferri, Elda,
  • Braschi, Gianluigi,
  • Braschi, Nicoletta
  • Durano, Giustino
  • Bustric, Sergio,
  • Paredes, Marisa
  • Piovani, Nicola,
  • Miramax Films,
Runtime
116
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  • Jews
  • Internment camps
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Fathers and sons
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • Motion pictures, Italian
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
La vita è bella : Life is beautiful, Miramax Films ; Mario e Vittorio Cecchi Gori present ; a Melampo Cinematografica ; production ; screenplay by Vincenzo Cerami a Roberto Benigni ; produced by Elda Ferri a Gianluigi Braschi ; directed by Roberto Benigni
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Closed-captioned
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1997
  • Special features: making Life is beautiful featurette, Academy Award TV commercials, theatrical trailer
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
879622420
Dimensions
4 3/4 in
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (116 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
Bowdoin College: No Public Performance Rights purchased; home, library or classroom use only
Other control number
031398137726
Other physical details
DVD video, sound, color
Publisher number
30478
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)879622420
System details
DVD, Region 1, widescreen presentation in original theatrical aspect ratio 1.85:1; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound
Video recording format
DVD
Label
La vita è bella : Life is beautiful, Miramax Films ; Mario e Vittorio Cecchi Gori present ; a Melampo Cinematografica ; production ; screenplay by Vincenzo Cerami a Roberto Benigni ; produced by Elda Ferri a Gianluigi Braschi ; directed by Roberto Benigni
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Closed-captioned
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1997
  • Special features: making Life is beautiful featurette, Academy Award TV commercials, theatrical trailer
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
879622420
Dimensions
4 3/4 in
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (116 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
Bowdoin College: No Public Performance Rights purchased; home, library or classroom use only
Other control number
031398137726
Other physical details
DVD video, sound, color
Publisher number
30478
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)879622420
System details
DVD, Region 1, widescreen presentation in original theatrical aspect ratio 1.85:1; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound
Video recording format
DVD

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