the star maker
genres: [Drama]
studios: [Miramax Home Entertainment]
year: 1996
updated: 2013 Jan 05
dvd release: 2003 Feb
rating: 3.5
id's: [imdb]
synopsis
This critically acclaimed motion picture from the creator of the Academy Award®-winning** favorite, Cinema Paradiso, was heralded as a masterpiece by critics from coast to coast. Joe Morelli is the "star maker" - a con man who travels from one small town to the next, claiming to be a talent scout for a top movie studio. And wherever Joe goes, people turn out in droves for a chance at being seen and becoming the world's next big-screen sensation! A lively and entertaining story about the magic of movies and the extraordinay dreams of everyday people, THE STAR MAKER earned a 1995 Academy Award® nomination as Best Foreign Language Film!
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Sergio Castellitto | Joe Morelli (Giuseppe Romolo) |
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Tiziana Lodato | Beata |
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Franco Scaldati | Brigadiere Mastropaolo |
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Leopoldo Trieste | Mute |
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Clelia Rondinella | Anna's mother |
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Tano Cimarosa | Grandpa Bordonaro |
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Nicola Di Pinto | Communal Functionary |
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Costantino Carrozza | The Collector |
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Jane Alexander | Princess |
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Tony Sperandeo | 1st Baldalamenti |
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Leo Gullotta | Vito |
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Luigi Maria Burruano | Flirtatious Client |
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Carmelo Di Mazzarelli | Old Man in Wheelchair |
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Antonella Attili | Nurse |
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Domenico Dolce | Peasant on Bus |
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Stefano Gabana | Photographer |
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Maria Rosa Parrelo | Santina |
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Rita Lia | Pinuccia |
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Alessandro Guarrera | Clapboard Kid |
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Spiro Scimone | 1st Nasca Brother |
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Francesco Sframeli | 2nd Nasca Brother |
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Tony Palazzo | Pio Li Fusi |
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Mimmo Gennaro | 1st Mafioso |
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Emilio Scimone | 2nd Mafioso |
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Massimo Pupella | Bordonaro Jr. |
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Giorgio Guerrieri | Cinema Cashier |
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Salvatore Billa | Prince |
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Filippo Tarantino | 2nd Badalamenti |
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Onofrio Ducato | Mafia Boss Realzisa |
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Paolo Noto | Zu'Leonardo |
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Turi Killer | Boy with Garabaldino |
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Pino Calabrese | 1st Carabiniere |
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Antonio Miceli | Cosima Millelire |
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Aurora Quattrocchi | Prostitute (as Rori Quatrocchi) |
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Elia Nicosia | Barber |
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Simona Merito | Anna |
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Giuseppe Zarbo | 1st Friend |
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Sandro Piro | 2nd Friend |
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Vincenzo Fiorenza | 3rd Friend |
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Filippo Spitale | 1st Man in Club |
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Pino Pellegrino | 2nd Man in Club |
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Rosario Lanzafame | 3rd Man in Club |
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Pippo Provvidenti | Don Lucio |
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Giorgio Libassi | Innkeeper |
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Pasquale Palumbo | Mayor |
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Angelo Colajemma | Vitti Na Crozza |
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Antonello Puglisi | Man Quoting Mussolini |
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Daniele Ferretti | Village Idiot |
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Filippo Alesi | Young Farm Laborer |
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Emilio Adrisani | Peasant by the River |
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Francesco Guzzo | Tavern Boy |
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Giuseppe Funari | Armless Man |
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Bruno Torrisi | Carwash Man |
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Umberto Terranove | Band Master |
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Rosolino Cottone | Partisan |
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Giovanni Alamia | 1st Warehouse Man |
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Corrado Solari | 2nd Warehouse Man |
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Omero Capanna | Hitman (uncredited) |
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Marzio Honorato | Architect Panebianco (uncredited) |
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Vincent Navarra | D'Azzò the Shepherd (The Star Man) (uncredited) |
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Giuseppe Tornatore | Director |