Tony Manero (Original title)
Date: 2008 (Copyright)Countries: Chile, Brazil, NetherlandsDirected by: Pablo Larraín
Synopsis: Drama set in Santiago, Chile in 1978. Raul, an unstable man is his fifties, is obsessed with John Travolta's Tony Manero character in 'Saturday Night Fever'. Intent on winning a TV talent contest with his impression of Tony Manero, Raul resorts to brutal violence in an attempt to achieve his goal.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Obsessive behaviour, Talent shows, Dictatorships, 1978, Santiago de Chile
Releases
Date: 28 August 2008Country: ChileRelease type: unknownFormat: 16mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 98 mins Length: 2688 MetresSubtitles: Spanish
Date: October 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 93 mins 3 secs - Subtitles: SpanishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Title: Tony ManeroAuthor: TEODORO, José Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Positif n577 March 2009 Page: 54
Title: De A à Z notes sur les filmsAuthor: DARRAS, Matthieu Article type: ReviewLanguage: French
In: Cinéaste v34 n4 Autumn 2009 Pages: 46-48
Title: Film Reviews - Tony ManeroAuthor: NOCHIMSON, Martha P. Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Empire n239 May 2009 Page: 56
Title: In cinemas: Tony ManeroAuthor: JOLIN, Dan Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: El Amante Cine n204 May 2009 Page: 43
Title: Bafici 11 2009Author: SCHELL, Hernan Article type: ReviewLanguage: Spanish
Description: Reviews of films shown at Bafici 11 2009.
In: El Amante Cine n204 May 2009 Page: 43
Title: Bafici 11 2009Author: D'ESPOSITO, Leonardo M. Article type: ReviewLanguage: Spanish
Description: Reviews of films shown at Bafici 11 2009.
In: Sight and Sound v19 n5 May 2009 Pages: 46-47,80
Title: ReviewsAuthor: ROMNEY, Jonathan Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Lead review.
In: Sight and Sound v19 n5 May 2009 Page: 47
Title: Fear and oblivionAuthor: Larraín, PabloArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Pablo Larraín on 'Tony Manero'.
In: Empire n246 December 2009 Page: 171
Title: At home/DVD new: Tony ManeroArticle type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Cinema Scope n37 Winter 2009 Pages: 56-57
Title: Spotlight: Tony ManeroAuthor: QUINTÍN Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Variety 9 Jun 2008 Page: 33
Title: Film ReviewsAuthor: FELPERIN, Leslie Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v18 n7 July 2008 Pages: 23-24
Title: Cannes 2008: Canned heatAuthor: CORLESS, Keiron Article type: Festival ReportLanguage: English
Description: Report on the films screened as part of Directors' Fortnight at the 2008 Cannes film festival.
In: Kinetoscopio n84 Oct/Dec 2008 Page: 140,141
Title: Tiempos difícilesAuthor: BOTERO, Joaquín Article type: ReviewLanguage: Spanish
Description: Review of some of the films screened at the New York Film Festival 2008.
In: Screen International n1646 30 May 2008 Pages: 6-7
Title: Deals or no dealsAuthor: GUBBINS, Michael Article type: Festival ReportLanguage: English
Description: Reports on business fortunes at the 2008 Cannes Festival International du Film market. Includes profiles of the 'Breakout talents' and 'Breakout hits' that emerged during the festival.
In: London Film Festival Catalogue v52nd 2008 Page: 167
Title: [London Film Festival Catalogue - v52nd 2008: no known title]Article type: BiofilmographyLanguage: English
Description: Credits include production/UK distributor contact details. Director's commentary, biography and filmography.
In: Positif n569/570 Jul/Aug 2008 Page: 108
Title: Cannes: notes sur les filmsAuthor: GILI, Jean A. Article type: ReviewLanguage: French
Date: 2008 (Copyright)Countries: Chile, Brazil, NetherlandsDirected by: Pablo Larraín
Synopsis: Drama set in Santiago, Chile in 1978. Raul, an unstable man is his fifties, is obsessed with John Travolta's Tony Manero character in 'Saturday Night Fever'. Intent on winning a TV talent contest with his impression of Tony Manero, Raul resorts to brutal violence in an attempt to achieve his goal.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Obsessive behaviour, Talent shows, Dictatorships, 1978, Santiago de Chile
Releases
Date: 28 August 2008Country: ChileRelease type: unknownFormat: 16mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 98 mins Length: 2688 MetresSubtitles: Spanish
Date: October 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 93 mins 3 secs - Subtitles: SpanishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
(73)
©: Fabula, Production Company: Fabula, With the support of: Cine en Construcción, With the support of: Corfo, Hubert Bals Fund, In co-production with: Prodigital, In co-production with: Universidad Uniacc, Television Nacional de Chile, World Sales: Paris Funny Balloons, Executive Producer: Mariane Hartard, Executive Producer: Juan Ignacio Correa, Produced by: Juan de Dios Larraín, Co-producer Latina Estudio (Brasil): Cao Quintas, Octavio Escobar, Associate Producer: Tomás Dittborn, Production Supervisor: Ruth Orellana, Finance Administrator: Andrea Carrasco, Location Manager: Hugo Ulloa, Post-production: Alejandro Atenas, Assistant Director: Oscar Godoy, Assistant Director (2nd): María José Droguett, Assistant Director (3rd): Francesca Francini, Script Supervisor: Karina Andrea Elgueda, Casting: Paula Leoncini, Screenplay: Pablo Larraín, Screenplay: Mateo Iribarren, Screenplay: Alfredo Castro, Screenplay Consultant: Eliseo Altunaga, Director of Photography: Sergio Armstrong González, Camera Operator: Pablo Larraín, Camera Operator: Sergio Armstrong, B Camera Operator: Pablo Martínez, Assistant Camera: Cristián Petit-Laurent, Gaffer: Víctor Rojas, Supervising Electrician: Bárbara Deutelmoser, Video Operator: Carlos Díaz, Stills Photographer: Tomás Dittborn, Graphics: Vicenta Marín, Editor: Andrea Chignoli, Post-production: Cinecolor Chile, 1st Assistant Editor: Cristóbal Azócar, 2nd Assistant Editor: Víctor Fuentes, 2nd Assistant Editor: Paula González, Mauricio López, Art Director: Polín Garbisú, Assistant Art Director: Felipe Carmona, Assistant Art Director: Cristián Fuenzalida, Set Designer: José Zambón, Set Designer (TVN): Alex Lizana, Properties: Andrés Chacón, Costume Designer: Muriel Parra, Wardrobe: Claudia Muñoz, Make-up: Margarita Marchi, Hairstylist: Paola Morales, Laboratory: Cinecolor (Argentina), Choreographer: Francisca Sazié, Sound Design: Miguel Hormazábal, Sound Recordist: Ernesto Trujillo, Post-production Sound: Plató, Sound Mixer: Miguel Hormazábal, Sound Editor: Miguel Hormazábal, Sound Editor: Marcelo Corvetto, Sound Effects: Berta Jiménez, Foley: Marcelo Corvetto, Foley: Roberto Zúñiga, Creative Consultant: Rodrigo Bazaes, Dolby Consultant: Mario Faucher, Script Co-ordinator: Juan Radrigán, Solange Soria, Animal Trainer: Roberto Orellana, Making Of: Sebastián Rodríguez, Bladimir Salazar
Cast
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Alfredo Castro (Raúl Peralta Pafedes O.), Amparo Noguera (Cony), Héctor Morales (Goyo), Elsa Poblete (Wilma), Paola Lattus (Pauli), Nicolás Mosso (Tomás as a child), Enrique Maluenda (TV host), Antonia Zegers (TV producer), Marcelo Alonso (Romanian), Marcial Tagle (glazier), Rodrigo Pérez (CNI agent 1), Francisco González (CNI agent 2), Diego Medina (TV producer), Luís Uribe (Tony 5 (winner)), Sergio Monje (Tony 1), Maite Fernández (old María), Greta Nilsson (cashier), Cristian Ordóñez (TV guard), Jaime Silva (projectionist), Freddy Huerta (man with bag), Mirta Traslaviña (Tony 5's wife), Sebastián Pinto (Tony 2), Juan Pino (Tony 3), Luís Salazar (Tony 4), Jerónimo Armstrong (Tomás' friend), Ruth Orellana (woman with purse), Patricio Fuentes, Carlos Hernández, Ismael Buzada, Hugo Ulloa (TV studio crew), Vanessa Borgo (Argentine model), Evaristo Sáez, Víctor González (Chuck Norris double), Mariachis Luna de México (mariachis), Don Héctor (butcher), Juan Cristóbal Meza, Jorge Jofré, Jorge Arce, Felipe Salfeld (musician), Toque y Fama (extras)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(16)
In: Film Comment v45 n4 Jul/Aug 2009 Page: 66Title: Tony ManeroAuthor: TEODORO, José Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Positif n577 March 2009 Page: 54
Title: De A à Z notes sur les filmsAuthor: DARRAS, Matthieu Article type: ReviewLanguage: French
In: Cinéaste v34 n4 Autumn 2009 Pages: 46-48
Title: Film Reviews - Tony ManeroAuthor: NOCHIMSON, Martha P. Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Empire n239 May 2009 Page: 56
Title: In cinemas: Tony ManeroAuthor: JOLIN, Dan Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: El Amante Cine n204 May 2009 Page: 43
Title: Bafici 11 2009Author: SCHELL, Hernan Article type: ReviewLanguage: Spanish
Description: Reviews of films shown at Bafici 11 2009.
In: El Amante Cine n204 May 2009 Page: 43
Title: Bafici 11 2009Author: D'ESPOSITO, Leonardo M. Article type: ReviewLanguage: Spanish
Description: Reviews of films shown at Bafici 11 2009.
In: Sight and Sound v19 n5 May 2009 Pages: 46-47,80
Title: ReviewsAuthor: ROMNEY, Jonathan Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Lead review.
In: Sight and Sound v19 n5 May 2009 Page: 47
Title: Fear and oblivionAuthor: Larraín, PabloArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Pablo Larraín on 'Tony Manero'.
In: Empire n246 December 2009 Page: 171
Title: At home/DVD new: Tony ManeroArticle type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Cinema Scope n37 Winter 2009 Pages: 56-57
Title: Spotlight: Tony ManeroAuthor: QUINTÍN Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Variety 9 Jun 2008 Page: 33
Title: Film ReviewsAuthor: FELPERIN, Leslie Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v18 n7 July 2008 Pages: 23-24
Title: Cannes 2008: Canned heatAuthor: CORLESS, Keiron Article type: Festival ReportLanguage: English
Description: Report on the films screened as part of Directors' Fortnight at the 2008 Cannes film festival.
In: Kinetoscopio n84 Oct/Dec 2008 Page: 140,141
Title: Tiempos difícilesAuthor: BOTERO, Joaquín Article type: ReviewLanguage: Spanish
Description: Review of some of the films screened at the New York Film Festival 2008.
In: Screen International n1646 30 May 2008 Pages: 6-7
Title: Deals or no dealsAuthor: GUBBINS, Michael Article type: Festival ReportLanguage: English
Description: Reports on business fortunes at the 2008 Cannes Festival International du Film market. Includes profiles of the 'Breakout talents' and 'Breakout hits' that emerged during the festival.
In: London Film Festival Catalogue v52nd 2008 Page: 167
Title: [London Film Festival Catalogue - v52nd 2008: no known title]Article type: BiofilmographyLanguage: English
Description: Credits include production/UK distributor contact details. Director's commentary, biography and filmography.
In: Positif n569/570 Jul/Aug 2008 Page: 108
Title: Cannes: notes sur les filmsAuthor: GILI, Jean A. Article type: ReviewLanguage: French