The Leopard (re-release)

Name: The Leopard (re-release)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Released: August 13, 2004
Duration: 187 min
Rating: 100
Cast: Alain Delon, Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale

2004

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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: August 13, 2004 | PG

Starring: Alain Delon, Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale

Summary: Set in Sicily in 1860, Luchino Visconti's spectacular 1963 adaptation of Giuseppe di Lampedusa's international bestseller is one of the cinema's greatest evocations of the past, achingly depicting the passing of an ancient order. (Film Forum)

Director: Luchino Visconti

Genre(s): Drama, History, Romance, War

Rating: PG

Runtime: 187 min

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David Sterritt

Smart and sumptuous. Read full review

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Desson Thomson

Watching this masterwork allows you to return to the filmmaking sensibility of the 1960s, when epics looked like epics. Read full review

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Dave Kehr

The film's superb first two hours, which weave social and historical themes into rich personal drama, turn out to be only a prelude to the magnificent final hour--an extended ballroom sequence that leaves history behind to become one of the most moving meditations on individual mortality in the history of the cinema. (Review of 1983 Release) Read full review

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Michael Wilmington

Sumptuous and beautiful, suffused with a serene melancholy and deeply ambivalent love for a long-vanished past, Luchino Visconti's 1963 The Leopard is one of the greatest of all historical costume epics. Read full review

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Scott Tobias

Virtually every Super Technirama frame of Luchino Visconti's 1963 masterpiece The Leopard could be described as "painterly" in its ornate details and exquisitely balanced color compositions. (Review of DVD Release) Read full review

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Roger Ebert

The Leopard was written by the only man who could have written it, directed by the only man who could have directed it, and stars the only man who could have played its title character. Read full review

Bosley Crowther

For the most part, Nino Rota's music provides a rich melodic surrounding for the pictorial magnificence, and a heretofore unknown Verdi waltz that is played at the ball at the finish appropriately supplements this remarkably vivid, panoramic, and eventually morbid show. (Review of Original Release) Read full review

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Lumax

Jul 21, 2012

The Leopard, or better "Il Gattopardo", is a monument in movie history. First of all because of the suburb setting (great and wide landscape of Sicily, the rich costumes, the palaces), the great acting, and beautiful actors like Claudia Cardinale and Alain Delon. It has a very intelligentThe Leopard, or better "Il Gattopardo", is a monument in movie history. First of all because of the suburb setting (great and wide landscape of Sicily, the rich costumes, the palaces), the great acting, and beautiful actors like Claudia Cardinale and Alain Delon. It has a very intelligent storyline and although not a fast movie it has never a dull moment. Thank you Luchino Visconti for this great masterpiece!… Expand

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OldFrt

Sep 1, 2013

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Superb direction.
Painfully accurate for the era and the people.
Hey, when is the last time you saw a film set in Pre-Garibaldi Italy and went to a gala ball, and had a chance to view a room full of chamberpots?… Expand

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ryancarroll88

Aug 27, 2010

"The Leopard" is the epic war drama that "Gone With The Wind" wished it could be. Plus Burt Lancaster is a bamf and Claudia Cardinale is a hottie. What more can you ask for?

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EpicLadySponge

Apr 29, 2016

You see, people, not only the Leopard is a success, but also a collector's edition for everyone who wants to collect so much movies. This must be in your collection otherwise, there's something wrong with you.

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lasttimeisaw

Mar 5, 2012

Visconti's Palme dâ

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Tyranian

Apr 11, 2019

Pretty darn good Italian film with good acting, writing and visuals, though its very long.

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Shahnameh

Dec 23, 2011

The film is a visual masterpiece, really good mis on scene and cinematography , and even good actors. But it is too long and slowly that you just get tired. IÂ´m used to like Italian movies and I have seen much better Italian movies than this.

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