Il sorpasso
The ultimate Italian road comedy, Il sorpasso stars the unlikely pair of Vittorio Gassman and Jean-Louis Trintignant as, respectively, a waggish, freewheeling bachelor and the straitlaced law student he takes on a madcap trip from Rome to Tuscany. An unpredictable journey that careers from slapstick to tragedy, this film, directed by Dino Risi, is a wildly entertaining commentary on the pleasures and consequences of the good life. A holy grail of commedia all’italiana, Il sorpasso is so fresh and exciting that one can easily see why it has long been adored in Italy.
Special Features
- New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New introduction by filmmaker Alexander Payne
- New interviews with screenwriter Ettore Scola and film scholar Rémi Fournier Lanzoni
- Interview from 2004 with director Dino Risi, conducted by film critic Jean A. Gili
- Introduction by actor Jean-Louis Trintignant from a 1983 French television broadcast of the film
- A Beautiful Vacation, a 2006 documentary on Risi featuring interviews with the director and his collaborators and friends
- Excerpts from a 2012 documentary that returns to Castiglioncello, the location for the film’s beach scenes
- Speaking with Gassman, a 2005 documentary on the relationship between actor Vittorio Gassman and Risi, directed by Risi’s son Marco
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by critic Phillip Lopate, an essay by critic Antonio Monda (dual-format only), as well as excerpts from Risi’s writings, with an introduction by film critic Valerio Caprara (dual-format only)
New cover by Eric Skillman
Special Features
- New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New introduction by filmmaker Alexander Payne
- New interviews with screenwriter Ettore Scola and film scholar Rémi Fournier Lanzoni
- Interview from 2004 with director Dino Risi, conducted by film critic Jean A. Gili
- Introduction by actor Jean-Louis Trintignant from a 1983 French television broadcast of the film
- A Beautiful Vacation, a 2006 documentary on Risi featuring interviews with the director and his collaborators and friends
- Excerpts from a 2012 documentary that returns to Castiglioncello, the location for the film’s beach scenes
- Speaking with Gassman, a 2005 documentary on the relationship between actor Vittorio Gassman and Risi, directed by Risi’s son Marco
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by critic Phillip Lopate, an essay by critic Antonio Monda (dual-format only), as well as excerpts from Risi’s writings, with an introduction by film critic Valerio Caprara (dual-format only)
New cover by Eric Skillman
Cast
- Vittorio Gassman
- Bruno Cortona
- Jean-Louis Trintignant
- Roberto Mariani
- Catherine Spaak
- Lilli Cortona
- Claudio Gora
- Bibi
- Luciana Angiolillo
- Gianna
Credits
- Director
- Dino Risi
- Story and screenplay
- Dino Risi
- Story and screenplay
- Ettore Scola
- Story and screenplay
- Ruggero Maccari
- Dialogue
- Ettore Scola
- Dialogue
- Ruggero Maccari
- Produced by
- Mario Cecchi Gori
- Cinematography
- Alfio Contini
- Music
- Riz Ortolani
- Editing
- Maurizio Lucidi
- Production design
- Ugo Pericoli
- Costume design
- Ugo Pericoli
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A scene from Il sorpasso
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