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Current status - Released
Total runtime - 139 mins.
Release date - 14-02-1963
Release year - 1963
Genres - Drama, Fantasy
Overall ratings and scores for 8½:
Happiness Score - 8.22/10, World Popularity Score - 14.445/100, IMDB Score - 8.0, Metascore - 91, Internet Movie Database - 8.0/10, Rotten Tomatoes - 98%, Metacritic - 91/100, .
8½ movie has Total Global Votes - 1885, Total IMD Votes - 118,545
8½ Movie Introduction: Movie 8½, release year 1963 is written by Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli and directed by Federico Fellini. The leading star-cast in this movie are Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimée, Claudia Cardinale along with the other stars and crew members.
Trailers, Clips, Featurettes and Behind the Scenes
Federico Fellini - 8 1/2 (New Trailer) - In UK cinemas 1 May 2015 | BFI Release
8 and a Half Trailer HD
8 1/2 Trailer (1963) - The Criterion Collection
Marcello Mastroianni’s guide to being cool | BFI
Allan Arkush on 8 1/2
Movie overview and plot by Anagha Shashank
Movie in-short: A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.
Movie story-line: Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes about past women and dreams of his childhood.
Movie synopsis: Guido is a film director, trying to relax after his last big hit. He can't get a moment's peace, however, with the people who have worked with him in the past constantly looking for more work. He wrestles with his conscience, but is unable to come up with a new idea. While thinking, he starts to recall major happenings in his life, and all the women he has loved and left. An autobiographical film of Fellini, about the trials and tribulations of film making.
Highlights - 8½ (1963)
Total budget - $0.00
Total revenue - $0.00
Produced by - CinerizFrancinex
Produced in - ItalyFrance
Available languages - German (Deutsch), English (English), French (Français), Italian (Italiano),
Homepage URL -
Awards won / Nominations - Won 2 Oscars. 19 wins & 9 nominations total
Certificate(s) - IT : T NL : 9 NL : 9 RU : 12 GR : M AU : M/12 PT : 12 ES : 14 BR : 15 GB : U
Lead Actors, Writer(s), Director(s) of 8½ (1963)
Lead Actors - Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimée, Claudia Cardinale
Writer(s) - Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli
Director(s) - Federico Fellini
Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ) about 8½ (1963)
What is the release date of 8½ (1963)?
Release date of 8½ (1963) is 14-02-1963.
What is the total runtime of 8½ (1963) in minutes?
Total runtime of 8½ (1963) in minutes is 138 min.
What is the budget consumed to produce 8½ (1963) movie?
The budget consumed to produce 8½ (1963) movie is around $0.00.
How much revenue is expected from movie 8½ (1963)?
Expected revenue from movie movie 8½ (1963) is around $0.00.
What is the pupularity of 8½ (1963)?
Worldwide pupularity of 8½ (1963) movie is 14.445%.
What is the name of the production company of film 8½ (1963)?
Production company of film 8½ (1963) is/are Cineriz, Francinex, .
Which country the film 8½ (1963) is produced in?
Film production country for the film 8½ (1963) is Italy, France, .
Which language the film 8½ (1963) is produced in?
Film 8½ (1963) is produced in German (Deutsch), English (English), French (Français), Italian (Italiano), language(s).
Which Genre the film 8½ (1963) belongs to?
Movie 8½ (1963) is categorized under Drama genre(s).
Who are the lead actors of the film 8½ (1963)?
Lead actors of the film 8½ (1963) are Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimée, Claudia Cardinale.
Who is the writer of the film 8½ (1963)?
The writer(s) of the film 8½ (1963) is/are Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli.
Who is the director of the film 8½ (1963)?
The director(s) of the film 8½ (1963) is/are Federico Fellini.
Which awards, nominations and recognitions are won by 8½ (1963) movie?
Movie 8½ (1963) has Won 2 Oscars. 19 wins & 9 nominations total awards and nomination in it's profile.
What is the story of 8½ (1963) in-short?
Short plot of movie 8½ (1963): A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies..
What is the full story of 8½ (1963) movie?
Full plot of movie 8½ (1963): Guido is a film director, trying to relax after his last big hit. He can't get a moment's peace, however, with the people who have worked with him in the past constantly looking for more work. He wrestles with his conscience, but is unable to come up with a new idea. While thinking, he starts to recall major happenings in his life, and all the women he has loved and left. An autobiographical film of Fellini, about the trials and tribulations of film making..
Where to find full details of 8½ (1963) movie?
You can find the full details of movie 8½ (1963) at https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056801
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List of full Starcast and crew members of 8½ (1963)
Full Starcast:
Name: Marcello Mastroianni
Character: Guido Anselmi
Name: Claudia Cardinale
Character: Claudia
Name: Anouk Aimée
Character: Luisa Anselmi
Name: Sandra Milo
Character: Carla
Name: Rossella Falk
Character: Rossella
Name: Barbara Steele
Character: Gloria Morin
Name: Madeleine Lebeau
Character: Madeleine, the French Actress
Name: Caterina Boratto
Character: Mysterious Lady
Name: Eddra Gale
Character: La Saraghina
Name: Guido Alberti
Character: Pace, the Producer
Name: Mario Conocchia
Character: Conocchia, the Production Manager
Name: Bruno Agostini
Character: Bruno, the Second Production Secretary
Name: Cesarino Miceli Picardi
Character: Cesarino, the Production Supervisor
Name: Jean Rougeul
Character: Carini, the Film Critic
Name: Mario Pisu
Character: Mario Mezzabotta
Name: Yvonne Casadei
Character: Jacqueline Bonbon
Name: Ian Dallas
Character: Maurice, Maya's Assistant
Name: Mino Doro
Character: Claudia's Agent
Name: Nadia Sanders
Character: Nadine, the Hostess
Name: Georgia Simmons
Character: Guido's Grandmother
Name: Edy Vessel
Character: The Model
Name: Tito Masini
Character: The Cardinal
Name: Annie Gorassini
Character: Producer's Friend
Name: Rossella Como
Character: Luisa's Friend
Name: Mark Herron
Character: Luisa's Suitor
Name: Marisa Colomber
Character: Guido's Aunt
Name: Neil Robinson
Character: The French Actress's Agent
Name: Elisabetta Catalano
Character: Matilde, Luisa's Sister
Name: Eugene Walter
Character: The American Journalist
Name: Hazel Rogers
Character: La negretta
Name: Gilda Dahlberg
Character: American Journalist's Wife
Name: Mario Tarchetti
Character: Claudia's Press Office
Name: Mary Indovino
Character: Maya, the Clairvoyant
Name: Frazier Rippy
Character: The Lay Secretary
Name: Francesco Rigamonti
Character: Luisa's Friend
Name: Giulio Paradisi
Character: A Friend
Name: Marco Gemini
Character: Guido as a Child
Name: Giuditta Rissone
Character: Guido's Mother
Name: Annibale Ninchi
Character: Guido's Father
Name: Dina De Santis
Character: Dina (uncredited)
Name: Eva Gioia
Character: Eva (uncredited)
Name: Maria Tedeschi
Character: School Director (uncredited)
Name: Antonio Acqua
Character: A Man in a Car (uncredited)
Name: Giulio Calì
Character: A Man in the Mud (uncredited)
Name: Franco Caracciolo
Character: Young Priest (uncredited)
Name: Olimpia Cavalli
Character: Olimpia (uncredited)
Name: Sonia Gessner
Character: (uncredited)
Name: Mathilda Calnan
Character: Luisa's Friend (uncredited)
Crew Members:
Name: Nino Rota
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Original Music Composer
Name: Federico Fellini
Department: Writing
Job/Role: Screenplay
Name: Federico Fellini
Department: Directing
Job/Role: Director
Name: Federico Fellini
Department: Writing
Job/Role: Story
Name: Tullio Pinelli
Department: Writing
Job/Role: Screenplay
Name: Ennio Flaiano
Department: Writing
Job/Role: Screenplay
Name: Ennio Flaiano
Department: Writing
Job/Role: Story
Name: Alessandro von Norman
Department: Production
Job/Role: Production Manager
Name: Brunello Rondi
Department: Writing
Job/Role: Screenplay
Name: Angelo Rizzoli
Department: Production
Job/Role: Producer
Name: Gianni Di Venanzo
Department: Camera
Job/Role: Director of Photography
Name: Piero Gherardi
Department: Art
Job/Role: Production Design
Name: Piero Gherardi
Department: Costume & Make-Up
Job/Role: Costume Design
Name: Otello Fava
Department: Costume & Make-Up
Job/Role: Makeup Department Head
Name: Guidarino Guidi
Department: Directing
Job/Role: First Assistant Director
Name: Pasqualino De Santis
Department: Camera
Job/Role: Camera Operator
Name: Orietta Nasalli-Rocca
Department: Costume & Make-Up
Job/Role: Assistant Costume Designer
Name: Clemente Fracassi
Department: Production
Job/Role: Line Producer
Name: Francesco Aluigi
Department: Directing
Job/Role: Second Assistant Director
Name: Giulio Paradisi
Department: Directing
Job/Role: Second Assistant Director
Name: Luciano Ricceri
Department: Art
Job/Role: Assistant Production Design
Name: Angelo Iacono
Department: Production
Job/Role: Production Secretary
Name: Nello Meniconi
Department: Production
Job/Role: Production Manager
Name: Alberto Bartolomei
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Sound
Name: Vito Anzalone
Department: Art
Job/Role: Set Decoration
Name: Renata Magnanti
Department: Costume & Make-Up
Job/Role: Hair Designer
Name: Mario Basili
Department: Production
Job/Role: Unit Manager
Name: Mario Faraoni
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Sound
Name: Leo Catozzo
Department: Editing
Job/Role: Editor
Name: Mirella Gamacchio
Department: Directing
Job/Role: Script Supervisor
Name: Adriana Olasio
Department: Editing
Job/Role: Assistant Editor
Name: Albino Morandin
Department: Production
Job/Role: Production Secretary
Reviews Section
Widely touted as one of the all-time great works of cinema, Federico Fellini’s 8½ is an elusive film about even more elusive things. It’s a meaningfully chaotic picture about trying to distil meaning from chaos and it’s a creative success about creative failure. It chronicles the resonant moments in one man’s life and admits that it can’t quite clarify why they matter. Doing justice to its early working title of The Beautiful Confusion, 8½ is a daring high wire act and an outstanding technical achievement that channels its story of artistic crisis into something sweepingly, uniquely profound. Working again under Fellini’s direction after his winning performance in La Dolce Vita, Marcello Mastroianni plays Guido, a creatively blocked director feeling constantly distracted from the development of his latest semi-autobiographical work. Between avoiding his mistress (Sandra Milo) and disappointing his wife (Anouk Aimée), Guido spends time reflecting on his past, searching for answers and escaping into fantasies. The narrative seamlessly weaves in and out of Guido’s dreams and memories, to the point that it becomes impossible to distinguish real from imagined. The actress named Claudia, tellingly played by the legendary Claudia Cardinale, seems especially intangible, generally appearing only fleetingly in Guido’s visions playing the woman in his film that Guido intends to be a symbol of purity, innocence and redemption. The story, in a sense, is a mess but a brilliantly orchestrated mess that skilfully highlights the mysteries and confusions of life and the human psyche. Characters suddenly enter the narrative then leave before you’ve even noticed they’re gone because the film is confined within the periphery of Guido’s life. What these supporting players actually do isn’t as important as the impressions that they make. They’re all just additions to the fabric of the filmmaker’s mind. This perception of the world is completely in tune with the engrossingly complex lead’s own self-involved view, seeing everyone he crosses paths with as a supporting player in his existence, rather than a fully-rounded individual with a long, complicated life of their own. Guido lacks awareness of the emotional impact of his actions and underestimates his own transparency, not realising when people detect his deceptions and cowardly evasions. His wife, Luisa, in particular seems more observant of Guido’s fraudulent nature than even Guido. It’s made abundantly clear from the film’s choice of protagonist and its title (8½ being Fellini’s count of the number of films he’d made so far) that this film was meant to be viewed at least in part as a very personal work from the director. But if the weary half-heartedness of Guido’s filmmaking is meant to reflect Fellini’s own exhaustion, it’s evident that the director had got his groove back by the time shooting began. Every shot seems perfectly placed and every cut is perfectly timed for the film to fold out with effortless cohesion, like one extended monologue. Fellini hardly wastes a square inch of a single frame, saturating (but not over-saturating) his backgrounds with rhythmic movement and entrancing production design. His thoughtfully precise camera creates inexhaustible space, extending rooms by their mirrors and constructing distinct layers to the crowded environments he observes. This may well be the best directed film of Fellini’s celebrated career. 8½ remains one of those rare feats of cinema that have proved highly influential (acclaimed descendants from recent years include Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York and Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty) and yet still wholly unique. Even Fellini himself never made another work that so gracefully blended irony with sincerity, surreality with relatability and ambiguity with insightfulness, but once was enough. This richly intricate film is built to be endlessly re-seen, enjoyed and puzzled over. The final paradox of 8½ is that it refutes itself. Apparently when a great director doesn’t know what kind of film he wants to make, he makes a masterpiece. Written by David Pountain Watch '8½' at FilmDoo.com now (UK & Ireland Only)
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