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The Weinstein Company
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This holiday season, be Italian.
Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. With only a week left before shooting begins, he desperately searches for answers and inspiration from his wife, his mistress, his muse, and his mother.
Wuchak
Dec 13, 2018 · via TMDB
***A famous director loses his inspiration and seeks aid from the various women in his life*** Released in 2009, “Nine” is a drama/musical about a famous Italian director in 1965 (Daniel Day-Lewis) who loses his inspiration, but its urgent he gets it back because his ninth movie is set to start shooting in ten days and he doesn’t even have a script. He turns to the several women in his life for succor: his wife (Marion Cotillard), his mistress (Penélope Cruz), his costume designer (Judi Dench), his star actress (Nicole Kidman), his mother (Sophia Loren), a fashion journalist (Kate Hudson) and a prostitute from his boyhood (Fergie). This is an adaptation of the 1982 Broadway musical, also dubbed “Nine,” which itself was based on Federico Fellini's semi-autobiographical 1963 film “8½.” It’s very similar to director Rob Marshall’s “Chicago” (2002), but with a different story, cast and location (Rome and points nearby). During the first half I wasn’t so sure about the story, but I eventually found myself absorbed into the life of the tormented director and his mid-life crisis. His unfaithfulness to his beautiful wife, Luisa (Cotillard), is off-putting of course, but maybe we should have mercy for a man who has scores of gorgeous women offering themselves to him practically every day. It helps that he WANTS to be free from his adulteries and be true to Luisa. Yet I have a hard time picturing Guido (Day-Lewis) seeking the amorous attentions of Carla (Cruz) above Luisa. Carla is decent, as far as all-around physical beauty goes, but Luisa has better curves. Both of the characters’ have imaginative dance sequences, but Luisa comes out on top even though her routine is less tantalizing. Day-Lewis is fascinating as the guilt-stricken director who hasn’t let his fame go to his head. When he asks a cleric for advice about God and his troubles, the vicar responds: “Imagination is God’s garden, don’t let the devil play in it.” I generally don’t favor musicals where the characters suddenly jump into song & dance while walking at the park or eating dinner. My wife & I sometimes poke fun of these kinds of musicals by mimicking them while doing mundane activities. For me, musicals only work, generally speaking, when the singing/dancing sequences are legitimate, like a performance at a nightclub or one's imagination, both of which were used in "Chicago." Of course it’s more challenging and takes more creativity to incorporate song & dance routines in this manner and keep the movie seamless & realistic. “Nine” does this. The film runs 1 hour, 58 minutes and was shot in Italy and England. GRADE: B
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Daniel Day-Lewis
Guido Contini
Marion Cotillard
Luisa Contini
Penélope Cruz
Carla
Nicole Kidman
Claudia
Judi Dench
Lilli
Sophia Loren
Mamma
Kate Hudson
Stephanie
Fergie
Saraghina
Ricky Tognazzi
Dante
Enzo Cilenti
Leopardi
Giuseppe Cederna
Fausto
Elio Germano
Pierpaolo
Andrea Di Stefano
Benito
Roberto Nobile
Jaconelli
Amy Bailey
Female Dancer
Claudia Mancinelli
Female Dancer
Remo Remotti
Cardinal
Michele Alhaique
Don Mario
Martina Stella
Donatella
Valerio Mastandrea
De Rossi
Sandro Dori
Studio Superintendent
Romina Carancini
Production Assistant/Female Dancer
Gianluca Frezzato
Production Assistant/Male Dancer
Roberta Mastromichele
Roberta/Female Dancer
Francesco De Vito
Radio Reporter
Francesca Fanti
Dinardo
Enzo Squillino Jr.
Reporter 1
Jake Canuso
Reporter 4
Vicky Lambert
Reporter/Female Dancer
Anna-Maria Everett
Nurse
Massimiliano Belsito
Priest on the Beach/Male Dancer
Mario Vernazza
Principal
Monica Scattini
Pensione Matron
Roberto Citran
Doctor Rondi
Georgina Leonidas
Matron's Daughter
Vincent Riotta
Luigi
Joey Pizzi
Film Crew/Male Dancer
Alessia Piovan
Alessia
Giacomo Valdameri
Actor
Anna Safroncik
Actress
Irina Aggrey
Female Dancer
Denise Faye
Female Dancer
Tara Nicole Hughes
Female Dancer
Katrina Vasilieva
Female Dancer
Glenn Ball
Male Dancer
Nicholas Cunningham
Male Dancer
James P. Rees
Male Dancer
Iris Cayatte
(uncredited)
Domenico Dolce
Extra (uncredited)
Stefano Gabbana
Extra (uncredited)
Aykut Hilmi
Reporter (uncredited)
Gino Picciano
Preist (uncredited)
Alexi Stavrou
Alesio/Auditioner (uncredited)
Nico Toffoli
Casino's Dancer (uncredited)
John Myhre
Production Design
George Richmond
Camera Operator
Dion Beebe
Director of Photography
George Richmond
Steadicam Operator
Colleen Atwood
Costume Design
John Nollet
Hairstylist
Luca Vannella
Hairstylist
Peter Swords King
Makeup & Hair
Ana Lozano
Makeup Artist
Christophe Danchaud
Makeup Artist
Denise Faye
Associate Choreographer
Joey Pizzi
Associate Choreographer
Tara Nicole Hughes
Associate Choreographer
John DeLuca
Choreographer
Rob Marshall
Choreographer
Andy Bradford
Stunt Coordinator
Stefano Maria Mioni
Stunt Coordinator
Steve Griffin
Stunt Coordinator
Slaviša Ivanović
Stunts
Rob Marshall
Director
John DeLuca
Second Unit Director
Claire Simpson
Editor
Wyatt Smith
Editor
John Higgins
Gaffer
Béatrice Kruger
Casting
Francine Maisler
Casting
Bob Weinstein
Executive Producer
Ryan Kavanaugh
Executive Producer
Tucker Tooley
Executive Producer
Harvey Weinstein
Producer
John DeLuca
Producer
Marc Platt
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Rob Marshall
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Nancy Nugent Title
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Andrea Guerra
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Harry Cohen
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David Parker
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Mike Prestwood Smith
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Wylie Stateman
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Arthur Kopit
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Anthony Minghella
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Michael Tolkin
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