Cinecittà (Italian for Cinema City) is a large film studio in Rome that is the hub of Italian cinema. Gangs of New York is a 2002 Bildungsroman film set in the mid-19th century in the Five Points district of New York City. Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. A movie studio (aka film studio) is in the established sense of the term a company that distributes films. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 The history of Italian cinema began just a few months after the Lumière brothers had discovered the medium when Pope Leo XIII was filmed
History
The studios were founded in 1937 by Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini for propaganda purposes, under the slogan "Il cinema è l'arma più forte" (Cinema is the most powerful weapon). The term Italian Fascism denotes the totalitarian Fascismo political movement that ruled Italy from 1922 until 1943 under leader Benito Mussolini The studios were bombed by the Western Allies during World War II. The Western Allies were the democracies and their colonial peoples within the broader coalition of Allies during World War II. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini. United States cinema has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century Ben-Hur (or Benhur is a 1959 Movie directed by William Wyler, and is the third film version of Lew Wallace 's novel Ben-Hur Federico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI ( January 20 1920 &ndash October 31 1993) was an Italian Film
After a period of near-bankruptcy in the 1980s, Cinecittà was privatized by the Italian government. Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay their Creditors Creditors may file a bankruptcy petition against It hosted the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest, after the venue was changed from Sanremo due to security concerns. The Eurovision Song Contest 1991 was the 36th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on May 4, 1991 in Rome. Sanremo is a city with about 57000 inhabitants on the Mediterranean coast of western Liguria in north-western Italy.
On August 9, 2007, a fire destroyed about 32,000 square feet (3,000 m²) of the Cinecittà lot and surroundings. Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The historic part that houses the sets of classics such as Ben-Hur were not damaged.
Notable productions
As the home of Italian cinema, Cinecittà has seen the production of many classic films such as La dolce vita and Satyricon. Satyricon ( Fellini Satyricon) is a 1969 Italian film by Federico Fellini. Many consider it synonymous with Italian cinema in general.
Since the days of Ben Hur, the studios have welcomed international productions, recent examples include Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York and Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Gangs of New York is a 2002 Bildungsroman film set in the mid-19th century in the Five Points district of New York City. Wesley Wales Anderson (born May 1, 1969) is an American director, writer, Actor, and producer of features The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is Wes Anderson 's fourth feature length Film, released in the U
Cinecittà also hosts TV productions, such as Grande Fratello, the Italian version of Big Brother, where the Big Brother house is built on Cinecittà's premises. Big Brother Italy began in September 2000 and has gone on to become a cultural phenonomon in Italy
Additionally, the BBC/HBO series Rome was filmed here from 2004-2007, the show being widely acclaimed for its sets and designs. Rome is a BAFTA, Golden Globe and Emmy -nominated historical drama Television series co-created by John Milius BBC Wales reused some of these sets for an episode of the 2008 series of Doctor Who set in ancient Pompeii. BBC Wales ( BBC Cymru) is a division of the British Broadcasting Corporation for Wales. " The Fires of Pompeii " is the second episode of the fourth series of the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who This is a list of Doctor Who television serials and episodes. Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. Pompeii is a ruined and partially buried Roman town-city near modern Naples and Caserta in the Italian region of Campania, in
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