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  1. 4 days ago · In 8 ½ , Mastroianni plays Guido (but really, Fellini himself), a film director who holes up at a health resort in an attempt to escape the stresses of pre-production and creative block. He soon ...

  2. Sep 6, 2024 · As the star of Le notti bianche (1957; White Nights), he was noticed by the Italian director Federico Fellini who cast him in the leading role of the world-weary journalist in La dolce vita (1960; “The Sweet Life”), the award-winning film that established Mastroianni’s international reputation.

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  3. Sep 25, 2015 · In 1960, when the internationally renowned Fellini hired Mastroianni for the role of a jaded journalist floating through a debauched Rome in a film to be called “ La Dolce Vita ,” the director said he chose his old friend for his “terribly ordinary face.”

  4. Dec 20, 1996 · The actor gained a third Oscar nomination for the Soviet film “Dark Eyes,” which also earned him a best actor award at the Cannes Film Festival. Another Cannes award was presented to him for...

  5. Jul 9, 2020 · Though nominated multiple times for the Best Director Oscar, Fellini had never won a legit, competitive award. He was finally given an Honorary Oscar in 1993, just a few months before he died. Running Time: 135 minutes

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › 8½8½ - Wikipedia

    Released in the United States on 25 June 1963 by Joseph E. Levine, who had bought the rights sight unseen, the film was screened at the Festival Theatre in New York City in the presence of Fellini and Marcello Mastroianni. The acclaim was unanimous with the exception of reviews by Judith Crist, Pauline Kael, and John Simon.

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  8. 1. 8 ½ (Federico Fellini, 1963) Considered by many to be Fellini’s greatest film, 8 ½ is a movei about film making and directors. Marcello Mastroianni stars as Guido Anselmi, a famous Italian director who is struggling to make his next film, which is some sort of science fiction tale.