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Gomorrah [videorecording (DVD)] / a film by Matteo Garrone.

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E1 Entertainment, c2009.

Camorra -- Drama.

Organized crime -- Social aspects -- Italy -- Drama.

Criterion collection ; 493.

Video Difference legacy collection.

Video Difference legacy collection (Dalhousie)

9781604652239 (2009 Criterion 2-Disc Director-Approved Special ed.)

Alternate title:

Gomorra [videorecording (DVD)]

Martin Scorsese presents Gomorrah [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)] /

1 (or) 2 videodisc(s) (130 min.) : Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.

A copy of this DVD was generously donated to Dalhousie University by DHX Media Ltd. as part of a shared Video Difference Collection between Dalhousie University and Halifax Public Libraries. PLEASE NOTE: As this DVD belongs to Dalhousie, it may be recalled for use in courses and therefore made temporarily unavailable for users of Halifax Public Libraries.

Based on the novel "Gomorra" by Roberto Saviano.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.

At head of title: Martin Scorsese presents.

"Based on the best-selling exposé by Robert Saviano about the Naples Mafia"--Container.

Special features (Criterion Collection 2-Disc Director-Approved Special ed.): Disc 1: New high-definition transfer, supervised and approved by director Matteo Garrone and director of photography Marco Onorato ; theatrical trailer ; new and improved English subtitle translation ; Disc 2: Five stories, a 60-minute documentary on the making of Gomorrah ; new video interviews with Garrone and actor Toni Servillo ; interview with writer Roberto Saviano ; short video piece featuring Servillo and actors Gianfelice Imparato and Salvatore Cantalupo ; deleted scenes.

Bilingual packaging (English/French).

Includes the original Italian (5.1 and 2.0) with an optional (dubbed) French (5.1 and 2.0) language track and optional English or French subtitles.

Criterion collection editions are in Italian with optional English subtitles only.

Domenico Procacci presenta une produzione Fandango in collaborazione con RAI Cinema ; un film di Matteo Garrone ; produced by Domenico Procacci ; story by Roberto Savaiano ; screenplay by Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni Di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso and Roberto Saviano ; directed by Matteo Garrone.

Toni Servillo, Gianfelice Imparato, Maria Nazionale, Salvatore Cantalupo, Gigio Morra, Salvatore Abruzzese, Marco Macor, Ciro Petrone and Carmine Paternoster.

"Power, money and blood: these are the “values” that the residents of the province of Naples and Caserta confront every day. They have practically no choice, and are forced to obey the rules of the “System,” the Camorra. Five stories are woven together in this violent scenario, set in a cruel and ostensibly invented world, but one that is deeply rooted in reality."--Container.

Grand Prix, Cannes Film Festival.

5 European Film Awards: Best Picture, Best Diretor, Best Actor (Tony Servillo), Best Screenwriter, Best Cinematography, 2009.

7 David di Donatello Awards: Best Director, Best Editing, Best Film, Best Music (Original Song - for song "Herculaneum"), Best Producer, Best Screenplay and Best Sound.

Gangster films.

Saviano, Roberto, 1979- Gomorra.

Garrone, Matteo, 1968-

Scorsese, Martin.

Servillo, Toni.

Imparato, Gianfelice.

Nazionale, Maria, 1969-

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