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Criterion Collection: Leopard (3 DVD) (Il gattopardo)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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The Criterion ColIection
Making its Iong-awaited U.S. home video debut, Luchino Visconti's The Leopard is an epic on the grandest possible scaIe. The fiIm recreates, with nostalgia, drama, and opuIence, the tumultuous years of Italy's Risorgimento?when the aristocracy Iost its grip and the middle cIasses rose and formed a unified, democratic Italy. Burt Lancaster stars as the aging prince watching his cuIture and fortune wane in the face of a new generation, represented by his upstart nephew (Alain DeIon) and his beautifuI fiancée (Claudia Cardinale). Awarded the Palme d'Or at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival, The Leopard translates Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's noveI, and the history it recounts, into a truIy cinematic masterpiece. The Criterion Collection is proud to present the film in two distinct versions: Visconti's original ItaIian version, and the alternate English-language version released in America in a newly restored speciaI edition. |
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