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Dino De Laurentiis is a Actor, Scriptwriter, Producer and Presenter Italien born on 8 august 1919 at Torre Annunziata (Italie)

Dino De Laurentiis

Dino De Laurentiis
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Birth name Agostino De Laurentiis
Nationality Italie
Birth 8 august 1919 at Torre Annunziata (Italie)
Death 11 november 2010 (at 91 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Creator of Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica

Agostino "Dino" De Laurentiis (8 August 1919 – 10 November 2010) was an Italian film producer best known for producing science fiction, fantasy, and horror films.

Biography

Dino De Laurentiis est le fils de fabricants de pâtes, qu'il vendra lui-même dans la rue pendant son enfance.

Pensant devenir acteur, il s'inscrit au Centre de cinéma expérimental de Rome. Il gagne sa vie comme accessoiriste ou assistant-réalisateur, puis opte pour la direction de la photographie. Mais, alors qu'il a à peine 20 ans, il produit ses premiers films : L'Ultimo combattimento de Piero Ballerini (1940) et L'amore canta (1941) qui rencontrent le succès.

Depuis sa première production, il a financé près de 150 films. En 1946, sa compagnie Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica se consacre à la production.

De Laurentiis connait un premier succès international avec Riz amer de Giuseppe De Santis, important film néo-réaliste qui obtient une nomination aux Oscars et contribue à lancer les carrières de Silvana Mangano, Vittorio Gassman et Raf Vallone. Par la suite, souvent en association avec le producteur Carlo Ponti, De Laurentiis alterne films populaires et œuvres d'auteur comme Europe 51 de Roberto Rossellini. C'est sous l'égide du tandem Ponti-De Laurentiis qu'est produit le premier film en couleur italien, Totò a colori réalisé par Steno. De Laurentiis est également producteur de deux classiques de Federico Fellini : La strada et Les Nuits de Cabiria qui remportent tous deux l'Oscar du meilleur film étranger.

Vers la fin des années 1950, avec Ponti, il se lance dans une ambitieuse adaptation de Guerre et Paix de Léon Tolstoï dont King Vidor est le metteur-en-scène. Dans les années 1960, Dino De Laurentiis construit ses vastes studios surnommés « Dinocittà » où seront notamment tournés La Bible de John Huston et L'Étranger de Luchino Visconti. Mais ces studios fermeront dans les années 1970 à la suite d'une série d'échecs financiers. Durant cette période, il produit un ersatz de James Bond, Ramdam à Rio, un western spaghetti en 1966, Navajo Joe, un film sur la Seconde Guerre mondiale, La Bataille pour Anzio en 1968 et, la même année, deux adaptations de bandes dessinées à succès : Barbarella et Danger : Diabolik !

En 1972, il produit Cosa Nostra, film franco-italien sorti la même année que l'autre film mythique sur la mafia Le Parrain ; c'est aussi l'année où il s'installe aux États-Unis. Il remporte un grand succès critique avec des films comme Serpico en 1973 ou Ragtime en 1981, mais produit aussi des films très commerciaux avec plus ou moins de succès, un remake de King Kong en 1976, Conan le barbare ou Dune qui sera un échec commercial. Il produit également des films d'auteur comme Blue Velvet de David Lynch ou Les Trois jours du Condor de Sydney Pollack.

La période entre 1985 et la fin des années 1990 est probablement la plus difficile dans sa carrière alors que bon nombre des films qu'il produit (Kalidor, King Kong 2, Maximum Overdrive, Body (film)) s'avèrent des échecs critiques et financiers. Il renoue avec le succès avec Hannibal de Ridley Scott en 2001.

De Laurentiis a aussi produit la plupart des films où intervient le personnage d'Hannibal Lecter créé par le romancier Thomas Harris. En 1986, il produit le premier, Le Sixième Sens, sans toutefois en produire la suite, Le Silence des agneaux (1991). En revanche, il fut le producteur des opus suivants : Hannibal en 2001, Dragon Rouge en 2002 (remake du Sixième Sens), Les Origines du mal en 2007 (épisode expliquant comment Hannibal devint un tueur en série).

Dans ses choix, il privilégie les adaptations de livres à succès comme Barabbas en 1961, La Bible en 1966, Ragtime en 1981 ou Dune en 1984.

Le producteur italien meurt le 11 novembre 2010 à Los Angeles à l'âge de 91 ans.

Best films

Hannibal (2001)
(Producer)
Red Dragon (2002)
(Producer)
U-571 (2000)
(Producer)
King Kong (1976)
(Producer)
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
(Producer)
Breakdown (1997)
(Producer)

Usually with

Carlo Ponti
Carlo Ponti
(41 films)
Alberto Sordi
Alberto Sordi
(24 films)
Silvana Mangano
Silvana Mangano
(23 films)
Steno
Steno
(16 films)
Piero Gherardi
Piero Gherardi
(17 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Dino De Laurentiis (192 films)

Display filmography as list

Actor

The Three Faces, 1h55
Directed by Mauro Bolognini, Franco Indovina, Michelangelo Antonioni
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Alberto Sordi, Dino De Laurentiis, Richard Harris, José Luis de Vilallonga, Nando Angelini, Goffredo Alessandrini
Roles Self (segment "Il provino")
Rating60% 3.048023.048023.048023.048023.04802
Réalisation : Michelangelo Antonioni. Scénario : Tullio Pinelli.
Department Store
Directed by Mario Camerini
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Vittorio De Sica, Assia Noris, Enrico Glori, Luisella Beghi, Virgilio Riento, Andrea Checchi
Roles Un fattorino
Rating66% 3.30813.30813.30813.30813.3081
Lorsque certains vols surviennent dans un grand magasin, les frais retombent sur l'une des commandes. Le chauffeur de l'entreprise, amoureux de la femme, enquête seul et découvre que le responsable est, au contraire, le chef du personnel. Délicieuse comédie de malentendus avec le couple Noris-De Sica.

Scriptwriter

Manhunter
Manhunter (1986)
, 2h4
Directed by Michael Mann, Thomas Harris
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Serial killer films, Tiré d'une œuvre de Thomas Harris
Actors William Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan Allen, Brian Cox, Dennis Farina, Stephen Lang
Rating71% 3.5983453.5983453.5983453.5983453.598345
Will Graham (William Petersen) is a former FBI criminal profiler who has retired because of a mental breakdown after being attacked by a cannibalistic serial killer, Dr. Hannibal Lecktor (Brian Cox) whom he captured. Graham is approached at his Florida home by his former FBI superior Jack Crawford (Dennis Farina), who is seeking help with a new serial killer case. Promising his wife (Kim Greist) that he will do nothing more than examine evidence and not risk physical harm, Graham agrees to visit the most recent crime scene in Atlanta, where he tries to enter the mindset of the killer, now dubbed the "Tooth Fairy" by the police for the bite-marks left on his victims.
Flash Gordon, 1h48
Directed by Mike Hodges, Brian W. Cook
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Dans l'espace, Sur une planète fictive, Superhero films, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Chaim Topol, Timothy Dalton, Max von Sydow, Ornella Muti
Rating64% 3.247713.247713.247713.247713.24771
Emperor Ming the Merciless declares that he will first play with and then destroy the Earth using natural disasters. On Earth, New York Jets football star "Flash" Gordon boards a small plane, where he meets travel journalist Dale Arden. Mid-flight, the cockpit is hit by a meteorite and the pilots are lost. Flash takes control and manages to crash land into a greenhouse owned by Dr. Hans Zarkov. Zarkov, who believes the disasters are being caused because an unknown source is pushing the Moon towards Earth, has secretly constructed a spacecraft which he plans to use to investigate. Zarkov's assistant refuses to go, so he lures Flash and Dale aboard. The rocket launches, taking them to the planet Mongo, where they are captured by Ming's troops.

Producer

Hannibal Rising, 1h57
Directed by Pietro Scalia, Peter Webber
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about families, Politique, Serial killer films, Political films, Tiré d'une œuvre de Thomas Harris
Actors Gaspard Ulliel, Gong Li, Rhys Ifans, Richard Leaf, Dominic West, Kevin McKidd
Roles Producer
Rating61% 3.051313.051313.051313.051313.05131
In 1941, an eight-year-old Hannibal Lecter lives in Lecter Castle in Lithuania. Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union turns the Baltic region into part of the bloodiest front line of World War II. Lecter, his younger sister Mischa, and their parents travel to the family's hunting lodge in the woods to elude the advancing German troops. After three years, the Nazis are finally driven out of the countries soon to be occupied by the Soviet Union. During their retreat, however, they destroy a Soviet tank that had stopped at the Lecter family's lodge looking for water. The explosion kills everyone but Lecter and Mischa. They survive in the cottage until six former Lithuanian militiamen, led by a Nazi collaborator named Vladis Grutas, storm and loot it. Finding no other food in the bitterly cold Baltic winter, the men look menacingly at Lecter and Mischa.
The Last Legion, 1h42
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about magic and magicians, Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Colin Firth, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Ben Kingsley, Edgar Givry, Aishwarya Rai, Peter Mullan
Roles Producer
Rating54% 2.7021752.7021752.7021752.7021752.702175
The film is narrated by Ambrosinus, native to Britain, who knows of a legend concerning the sword of Julius Caesar, which was hidden away from evil men. It begins shortly before the coronation of Romulus Augustulus as Emperor in 475.
Virgin Territory, 1h33
Directed by David Leland
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about viral outbreaks
Actors Hayden Christensen, Mischa Barton, Tim Roth, Ryan Cartwright, Christopher Egan, Rosalind Halstead
Roles Producer
Rating47% 2.351512.351512.351512.351512.35151
The film is set in Tuscany during the Black Death. As in the Decameron, ten young Florentines take refuge from the plague. But instead of telling stories, they have lusty adventures, bawdy exchanges, romance and swordplay. There are randy nuns, Saracen pirates, and a sexy cow.
Red Dragon
Red Dragon (2002)
, 2h4
Directed by Brett Ratner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Serial killer films, Tiré d'une œuvre de Thomas Harris
Actors Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes, Harvey Keitel, Emily Watson, Mary-Louise Parker
Roles Producer
Rating71% 3.5987253.5987253.5987253.5987253.598725
In Baltimore, Maryland psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter attends a symphonic orchestra performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream. The flute player repeatedly misses out on his part, profoundly irritating Lecter. Later, Lecter hosts a dinner party in his townhouse for the orchestra's board of directors at which the disappearance of a musician, a flute player, is brought up during conversation.
Hannibal
Hannibal (2001)
, 2h5
Directed by Ridley Scott
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Horror, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry, Tiré d'une œuvre de Thomas Harris
Actors Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman, Ray Liotta, Frankie Faison, Giancarlo Giannini
Roles Producer
Rating67% 3.3997653.3997653.3997653.3997653.399765
Ten years after tracking down serial killer Jame Gumb, FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling (Moore) is unjustly blamed for a bungled drug raid. Starling and her connection to Hannibal Lecter (Hopkins) come to the attention of Lecter's only surviving victim, Mason Verger (Gary Oldman), a wealthy child molester whom Lecter left paralyzed and horribly disfigured during a therapy session.
U-571
U-571 (2000)
, 1h56
Directed by Jonathan Mostow
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes La fin du monde, Seafaring films, Transport films, La bataille de l'Atlantique, Underwater action films, Submarine films, Political films, Disaster films, Films about seafaring accidents or incidents
Actors Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Thomas Kretschmann, Jon Bon Jovi, David Keith
Roles Producer
Rating65% 3.2992953.2992953.2992953.2992953.299295
German U-boat U-571 is immobilized by a British destroyer. The US Navy submarine S-33 has been modified to resemble a German U-boat to steal the Enigma coding device and sink the U-571.
But Forever in My Mind, 1h28
Directed by Gabriele Muccino
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Silvio Muccino, Anna Galiena, Giulia Steigerwalt, Luca De Filippo, Antonello Grimaldi, Valeria D'Obici
Roles Producer
Rating62% 3.1333653.1333653.1333653.1333653.133365
The movie is a tale about a young boy aroused by the sexual awakenings and the political views of the Italian youth. It's set around a group of friends. Silvio (the main character), Ponzi (his best friend) and a group of boys and girls that go to the same school. The school everybody goes to is threatened of being privatized. So the students are gathered to decide whether to occupy the school or take a different action. The most radical kids end up setting the tone of the oncoming manifestation and so the school is going to be occupied. In the night the friends gather, girls in one place and boys on the other. They smoke and share experiences. Martino tells the boys that he's had sex with his girlfriend, and that he can last about ten minutes. On the other hand, as the girls chat, his girlfriend tells her friends that it was all very fast.
Breakdown
Breakdown (1997)
, 1h35
Directed by Jonathan Mostow
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Transport films, Trucker films, Serial killer films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Kurt Russell, J. T. Walsh, Kathleen Denise Quinlan, M. C. Gainey, Rex Linn, Jack Noseworthy
Roles Producer
Rating69% 3.4988453.4988453.4988453.4988453.498845
While driving cross-country from Boston to San Diego in their new Jeep Grand Cherokee, Jeff Taylor and his wife Amy narrowly miss colliding with a beat-up Ford F-150 that darts in front of them from a connecting road on a deserted highway. Later, while stopped at a gas station, the truck's driver, Earl, exchanges hostile words with Jeff before the couple resume their journey. Shortly afterwards, their Jeep breaks down in the middle of the desert. Leaving Jeff with the car, Amy accepts a ride from a passing big rig trucker named Red Barr driving a Peterbilt 385, to get to a nearby diner and call for help. Jeff eventually discovers that the Jeep's battery connections have been suspiciously tampered with, and, after reconnecting them, drives to the diner, only to discover that no one has seen his wife. When he catches up to Barr on the road and forces him to stop, the trucker claims he has never seen Jeff or his wife before. Jeff hails a passing sheriff, named Boyd, but a brief search of Barr's truck yields no sign of Amy, and he is let go.
Bound
Bound (1996)
, 1h48
Directed by Lana et Lilly Wachowski
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Erotic thriller films, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Gina Gershon, Jennifer Tilly, Joe Pantoliano, John P. Ryan, Christopher Meloni, John P. Ryan
Roles Executive Producer
Rating72% 3.6490953.6490953.6490953.6490953.649095
Corky (Gina Gershon), an ex-con who has just finished a five-year jail sentence, arrives at an apartment building to start work as a painter and plumber. On her way up to the apartment, she encounters the couple who live next-door, Violet (Jennifer Tilly) and Caesar (Joe Pantoliano). After Caesar has gone out, Violet flirts with Corky and asks her to help retrieve an earring that has fallen down her sink. After Corky extracts the earring, Violet admits she lost it on purpose in order to get closer to Corky, and starts to seduce her. They are interrupted by the arrival of Caesar and Corky goes back to work. When she leaves for the day, Violet follows her to her truck. They go to Corky's apartment and have sex. The next morning, Violet tells Corky that Caesar is a money launderer for the Mafia and they have been together for five years.