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GOOD MORNING, BABILONIA (Original title)GOOD MORNING BABYLON (Alternative title)BUONGIORNO BABILONIA (Alternative title)HOLLYWOOD/SUNSET (Alternative title)
Date: 17 September 1987 (Release)

Countries: Italy, France, USA

Director: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani

Synopsis: Period story of the early days of the American film industry and two Italians who looking to make their fortune go to Los Angeles and become involved in making sets for the film Intolerance being directed by D.W Griffith.

Genre:
Drama

Subjects:
Silent cinema, Griffith, D.W. (1875 -1948)
Releases
Date: 17 September 1987Country: ItalyRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 113 mins Length: 3129 MetresSubtitles: English

Credits (57)
Production Company: Filmtre, Production Company: MK2 Productions, Production Company: Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation, Production Company: RAI, Production Company: Films A2, Production Company: Cinecittà [1985], Executive Producer: Edward R. Pressman, Executive Producer: Marin Karmitz, Producer: Giuliani G. De Negri, Associate Producer: Lloyd Fonvielle, Associate Producer: Caldecot Chubb, Associate Producer: Milena Canonero, Associate Producer: Marina Gefter Cervi, Unit manager: Claudio Gaeta, Livia Leto, Production Manager: Tommaso Calevi, Production supervisor (France): Catherine Lapoujade, Production supervisor (US): John Engel, Post-production: Mario Milani, Assistant Director: Mimmola Girosi, Screenplay: Paolo Taviani, Screenplay: Tonino Guerra, Screenplay: Vittorio Taviani, Original idea: Lloyd Fonvielle, Director of Photography: Giuseppe Lanci, Camera Operator: Fabio Conversi, Glass shots: Franco Angeletti, Glass shots: Stefano Angeletti, Vincenzo Forletta, Editor: Roberto Perpignani, Art Director: Gianni Sbarra, Assistant set dresser: Gino Passanisi, Sculptures and models: Rafaello Giunta, Paolo Lazzari, Costumes: Lina Nerli Taviani, Wardrobe: Anna Nerli, Makeup head: Gianfranco Mecacci, Makeup assistant: Claudio Meniconi, Music: Nicola Piovani, Music Performed by: Orchestra Unione Musicisti di Roma, Music Recording: Sergio Marcotulli, Music Recording: Forum Studios (Rome), Choreography: Gino Landi, Sound Supervisor: Michael Billingsley, Sound Recording: Carlo Palmieri, ADR recording: Sandro Pallottini, Fono Roma, Sound Re-recording: Fausto Ancillai, Sound Editor: Sandro Peticca, Assistant sound editor: Giovanna Ritter, Special sound effects: Cine Audio Effects, Special sound effects: Alvaro Gramigna, Fernando Caso, dial. coach: Frank von Kuegelgen, Dialogue consultant/subtitles: Gene Luotto
Cast (38)
Vincent Spano (Nicola), Joaquim de Almeida (Andrea), Greta Scacchi (Edna), Désirée Becker (Mabel), Omero Antonutti (Bonnano), Charles Dance (D. W. Griffith), Bérangère Bonvoisin (Mrs. Griffith), David Brandon (Grass), Brian Freilino (Thompson), Margarita Lozano (The Venetian), Massimo Venturiello (Duccio), Andrea Prodan (Irish Cameraman), Dorotea Ausenda, Ugo Bencini, Daniel Bosch, Renzo Cantini, Marco Cavicchioli, Fiorenza D'alessandro, Lionello Pio Di Savoia, Maurizio Fardo, Domenico Fiore, Mirio Guidelli, John Francis Lane, Ubaldo Lo Presti, Luciano Macherelli, Sandro Mellegni, Elio Marconato, Michèle Melega, Mauro Monni, Lamberto Petrecca, Diego Ribon, Antonio Russo, Giuseppe Scarcella, Leontine Snel, Egidio Termine, Francesco Tola, Pinon Toska, Robert Case