Callas Forever (Original title)Callas por siempre (Alternative title)

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Dates: 2002 (Copyright), 19 November 2004 (Release)

Countries: Italy, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Romania

Director: Franco Zeffirelli

Synopsis: Set in 1970's Paris: a rock band promoter who convinces the opera diva Maria Callas to revive her career through the aid of modern technology and video. Callas, who has been living a solitary life, acquiesces and the two embark on a journey of hope, discovery, passion and pain.

Genre: Drama

Subject: Music

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©/Production Company/Presented by: Medusa Film, ©/Production Company: Cattleya Films, ©/Production Company: Film & General Productions, ©/Production Company: S.A. Galfin, ©/Production Company: Alquimia Cinema, MediaPro Pictures (Buftea), In association with: Eurimages Conseil de l'Europe, In association with: Tele+, France 2 Cinéma, [Production Company]: Vanguard Films, Business Affair Productions, [International sales]: Capitol Films, Executive Producer: Marco Chimenz, Executive Producer: Giovanni Stabilini, Produced by: Riccardo Tozzi, Giovannella Zannoni, Co-producer: Clive Parsons, Co-producer: Olivier Granier, Co-producer: Fabio Conversi, Co-producer: Francisco Ramos, Co-producer: Andreí Boncea, Line Producer: Pino Butti, Line Producer (French Unit): Farid Chaouche, Line Producer (Spanish Unit): Ricardo García Arrojo, Associate Producer: Pippo Pisciotto, [Unit Production Manager]: Valeria Licurgo, Unit Manager: Roberto Leone, Simona Batistelli, Unit Manager (French Unit): Jérôme Servant, Production Manager: Marco Greco, Production Manager: Gianluca Leurini, Production Manager (Romanian Unit): Ada Solomon, Production Co-ordinator: Giorgia Passarelli, Production Co-ordinator (French Unit): Danièlle Dumanoir, Production Co-ordinator (Romanian Unit): Iuliana Stefan, Financial Controller: Stefano Priori, Supervising Accountant: Firminio Pasquali, Giorgio Tregnaghi, Production Accountant (French Unit): Marie-Odile Bertot, Accountant (Spanish Unit): Maxine Parker, Mabel Garcia, Accountant (Romanian Unit): Cosmina Busuioc, Location Manager (French Unit): Stéphane Floch, Location Manager (Spanish Unit): Miguel Bustamante, Location Manager (Romanian Unit): Iulian Pana, Post-production Supervisor: Matteo De Laurentiis, Simona De Laurentiis, Assistant Director (1st): Serena Canevari, Assistant Director (2nd): Marco Gandini, Assistant Director (2nd): Gilles Cannatella, Carlo Paramidani, Assistant Director (French Unit 1st): Eric Bartonio, Assistant Director (Spanish Unit 1st): Manuel Cañizares, Assistant Director (Spanish Unit 2nd): Pedro Pablo Glez-Madiedo, Oscar Manero, Assistant Director (Romanian Unit): Cristian Ciurea, Script Supervisor: Angela Allen, Casting: Ilene Starger, Casting: Emma Style, Casting Co-ordinator (Romanian Unit): Carol Dermengiu, Screenplay: Martin Sherman, Screenplay: Franco Zeffirelli, Original Story by: Franco Zeffirelli, Director of Photography: Ennio Guarnieri, Camera Operator: Vincenzo Carpineta, Steadicam Operator: Stefano Paradiso, Stills Photographer: Fabian Cevallos, Visual Effects: Proxima, Editor: Sean Barton, Production Designer: Bruno Cesari, Art Director: Luigi Quintili, Art Director (Spanish Unit): Carlos Bodelon, Art Director (Romanian Unit): Maria Miu, 'Carmen' Sets by: Carlo Centolavigna, Set Dresser: Maurizia Narducci, Costume Designer: Anna Anni, Costume Designer: Alberto Spiazzi, Costume Designer: Alessandro Lai, Wardrobe Mistress (French Unit): Cloé Bartonio, Fanny Ardant is Dressed by: Chanel, Supervising Make-up Artist: Nilo Iacoponi, Chief Make-up Artist: Maurizio Nardi, Alfredo Marazzi, Make-up Artist: Giovanna Iacoponi, Make-up Artist (Spanish Unit): José Quetglas, Supervising Hairstylist: Aldo Signoretti, Chief Hairstylist: Giorgio Gregorini, Hairdresser: Stefano Ceccarelli, Massimiliano Durante, Titles: Penta Studio, Original Music: Alessio Vlad, Music Performed by: Amit - Orchestra of Rome, Music Arranged/Directed by: Antonio Sechi, Music Supervisor: Angelo Giovagnoli, Music Producer (RTI Music): Claudio Messina, Music Producer (EMI Music): Lula Sarchioni, Music Editor: Fabio Venturi, Giorgio Conti, Music Consultant: Eugene Kohn, La Corrala de la Danza Choreographer: El Camborio, Sound Mixer: Peter Lindsay, Boom Operator: Malcolm Rose, Re-recording Mixer: Francesco Cucinelli, Sound Editor: Giorgio Conti, ADR Editor: Nick Alexander, Phil Barnes, Foley: Anzellotti Sound, Dialogue Coach for Fanny Ardant: Kate Godfrey, Dlg Coach for Fanny Ardant (French Unit): Jeffrey Carey, Dialogue Coach: Vincent Riotta, Unit Publicist: Eugene Rizzo, Italian Publicity: Gianluca Pignatelli, International Publicity: Mariangela Ferrario Hall, DDA, Publicist (French Unit): Alexandra Schamis

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Fanny Ardant (Maria Callas), Jeremy Irons (Larry Kelly), Joan Plowright (Sarah Keller), Jay Rodan (Michael), Gabriel Garko (Marco, 'Don José'), Justino Diaz (Scarpia), Manuel de Blas (Esteban Gomez), Jean Dalric (Gerard), Anna Lelio (Bruna), Steven Billington (Brendan), Alessandro Bertolucci (Marcello), Olivier Galfione (Thierry), Roberto Sanchez (Escamillo), Achille Brugnini (Ferruccio), Eugene Kohn (Eugene), Maria Del Mar Rivas (Frasquita), Concha Lopez (Mercedes), Bryan W. Jardine, Bill Avery, Sorin Popa, Seietsu Onochi (businessman), Ann Mcelhinney, Tara Marie Anderson, Tomi Cristin, Razvan Popa, Barry Muligan, Florin Piersic Jr (journalist), La Corrala de la Danza (ballet español), Lucia Real, Angel Muñoz (La Corrala de la Danza principal dancer), Ángela Molina ([originally cast?])

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