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Mar 6, 2024 · From Sally Field to Marlon Brando, Irving Berlin to Roberto Benigni, these speeches left an indelible impression. ... “First of all, I was winning my second Oscar,” she told New York Magazine ...
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Mar 7, 2024 · Director and actor Roberto Benigni jumps on the back of some chairs in excitement after winning the Oscar for best foreign language film for "Life is Beautiful" at the Oscars in 1999.
Jun 28, 2021 · Comedy. Venice's International Film Festival is awarding Roberto Benigni this year’s Golden Lion for lifetime achievement. Announcing the award, the festival called Benigni a model of transgressive filmmaking. In fact, for decades, the Life Is Beautiful star has symbolized how onetime radicals turn into purveyors of conformist schmaltz.
Oct 26, 2018 · Oscar-winning actor Roberto Benigni is returning to the big screen to play the role of Geppetto in Matteo Garrone ‘s new film, Pinocchio. This marks his first acting role since 2012’s To Rome ...
Nov 16, 2011 · Legendary Italian actor, director and comedian Roberto Benigni talks about learning English from Jim Jarmusch and Tom Waits. Benigni is probably best known o...
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Mar 23, 1999 · Roberto Benigni becomes Italy's most important movie figure by winning three Oscars for his film Life Is Beautiful; awards are also taken as a boost for Italian cinema, which has been in an ...
Sophia Loren also won an Oscar for best actress, for the Italian film "Two Women" in 1961. On Sunday night, when Ms. Loren presented Benigni with his Oscar for best foreign film, she joyously shouted, "Roberto!" when she opened the envelope. In Italy, it was almost as if Italy had won a World Cup soccer match or a war.
