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.
DUAL-FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD SPECIAL EDITION 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, as well as excerpts from Risi’s writings, with an introduction by film critic Valerio Caprara
New cover by Eric Skillman
DUAL-FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD SPECIAL EDITION 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, as well as excerpts from Risi’s writings, with an introduction by film critic Valerio Caprara
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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