Synopsis
The story of a young boy's lifelong love affair with the movies. Set in an Italian village, Salvatore finds himself enchanted by the flickering images at the Cinema Paradiso, yearning for the secret of the cinema's magic. When the projectionist, Alfredo, agrees to reveal the mysteries of movie making, a deep friendship is born. The day comes for Salvatore to leave the village and pursue his dream of making movies of his own. Thirty years later he receives a message that beckons him back home to a secret and beautiful discovery that awaits him.
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Movie Details
| Portugal Releases: |
January 16th, 1990 (Wide), released as Cinema Paraíso |
| Video Release: |
October 4th, 2011 by Arrow Video |
| MPAA Rating: |
R for some sexuality. |
| Running Time: |
155 minutes |
| Keywords: |
Non-Chronological, Foreign Language, Coming of Age, Religious, Cross-Class Romance, Funeral Reunions, Romance, Censorship, Coming-of-Age Drama |
| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Historical Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: |
Miramax Films |
| Production Countries: |
France, Italy |
| Languages: |
Italian |
October 5th, 2011
It's a maddening week on the home market. There were more than a dozen featured reviews this week, and what seems like an equal number that are late. (And that's not mentioning the more than a dozen Blu-rays and DVDs that arrived late last week that I still haven't gotten to. At least I don't have to worry about not having enough to do for the next few weeks.) There were a number of contenders for Pick of the Week, including The Walking Dead: Season One on DVD or Blu-ray. But in the end I choose The Lion King Blu-ray Combo Pack.
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October 3rd, 2011
This week, Lionsgate is releasing two Miramax films on Blu-ray: Cinema Paradiso and Life is Beautiful. Both were lauded by critics at the time of their releases, but how well have they stood up all of these years later? Also, do they shine on Blu-ray?
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Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Screens | Per Screen | Total Gross | Week |
|---|
| 2018/04/06 |
15 |
$10,730 |
|
9 |
$1,192 |
$10,730 |
1,473 |
| 2018/04/13 |
18 |
$5,683 |
-47% |
8 |
$710 |
$21,417 |
1,474 |
| 2018/04/20 |
20 |
$4,640 |
-18% |
5 |
$928 |
$29,974 |
1,475 |
| 2018/04/27 |
23 |
$4,057 |
-13% |
5 |
$811 |
$36,859 |
1,476 |
| 2018/05/04 |
- |
$1,305 |
-68% |
3 |
$435 |
$39,854 |
1,477 |
| 2018/05/11 |
- |
$513 |
-61% |
2 |
$257 |
$40,949 |
1,478 |
| 2022/11/25 |
- |
$265 |
|
1 |
$265 |
$39,163 |
1,715 |
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