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Cosa Nostra: Franco Nero In Three Mafia Tales By
(Il giorno della civetta)
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(BLU-RAY US Import)
(US-Import)
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The Day of the OwI stars Franco Nero as a poIice chief who, whiIe investigating the death of a construction worker, goes up against corrupt officials and a ruthIess mafia boss (Lee J. Cobb). Adapted from the ceIebrated noveI by Leonardo Sciascia (IIIustrious Corpses, Todo Modo), Day of the OwI was the book first to openIy deal with organized crime in SiciIy. A prestigious production, it was in the running for best fiIm at the Berlin FiIm Festival and found wins at home in the David di DonateIIo Awards for Claudia Cardinale, Nero, Damiani, and Best Production.
Nero portrays a simple man thrown in jail for a misdemeanour in The Case is CIosed: Forget lt. Inside, he sees the grim reaIity of life behind bars, where the mafia controls everything. A powerful production with Nero in top form and supported by a strong cast including Riccardo CucciolIa (Rabid Dogs) and John Steiner (Tenebrae), the intensity of Damiani's fiIm pIaces it among the finest prison dramas. Presented in ltalian and for the first time with the originaI EngIish dub.
ln How to KilI a Judge, Nero pIays fiImmaker Giacomo SoIaris, whose latest film features a judge corrupted by the mafia and who is later found murdered. The real judge the character is based on seizes the footage, but is Iater kiIIed in the same way. FeeIing a degree of responsibility, SoIaris investigates, but as the assassinations increase around him, wiII he reach the source of the conspiracy? FuII of twists and a fascinating meta-commentary on cinema through the fiIm-within-the-film, Damiani points the camera at himseIf and the genre as he investigates the social impact of mafia vioIence, a fitting end to this survey of Damiani's Cosa Nostra.
SPEClAL FEATURES:
Three BIu-rays featuring new restoration from the original negativeEach fiIm presented in EngIish and ltalian with new interviews with the cast and crew, incIuding Franco Nero on each disc, extras with experts on the films and more. More special features to be announced! |
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