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Uniform Title

Uccellacci e uccellini.

Title

The hawks and the sparrows / written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini ; produced by Alfredo Bini.

ISBN

9798886070385

Publication

[United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2023]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1966.

Wide screen (1.85:1)

Pasolini 101 set includes a book (95 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm) containing "Why cinema?" by Pier Paolo Pasolini; "The elegiac heart: Pier Paolo Pasolini, filmmaker" by James Quandt; and The films with notes by James Quandt.

Special features: New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; "Totò at the circus," deleted scenes with Totò and dialogue Pasolini had planned to record for the scene; Ninetto the messenger, a documentary by Jean-André Fieschi that aired in 1997, in which Ninetto Davoli discusses his collaborations with Pier Paolo Pasolini; trailer.

Cinematography, Tonino Delli Colli, Mario Bernardo ; editing, Nino Baragli ; music, Ennio Morricone.

Italian dialogue; English subtitles.

Summary

Comic fable about a man and his son's journey through life and the magical crow that offers them advice. The film traces the duo from the year 1200, where they are monks under the guidance of St. Francis of Assisi, through modern times, where they come face to face with communism.

Variant and related titles

English title: Hawks And The Sparrows

Ninetto the messenger.

Format

Images / Video & Film

Language

Italian

Added to Catalog

September 25, 2023

Series

Criterion collection.

Pasolini 101 (Criterion collection) ; 005.