Blu-ray Review Sacco & Vanzetti – Blu-ray Review (1 Viewer)

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Before turning to the director’s chair in his native Italy, Giuliano Montaldo got his first big break in the movie business when Carlo Lizzani chose him for a leading role in the WWII movie Attention! Bandits! (1951). After a few more acting appearances and serving time as an assistant director on a few films for Lizzani and Gillo Pontecorvo, Montaldo first attracted international attention with films like The Reckless (1965), Grand Slam (1967) and Machine Gun McCain (1969). At the start of the 1970’s, he turned his attention to making a film of the notorious case of Sacco & Vanzetti. Kino has licensed the movie for its home video debut on both DVD and Blu-ray in America.



Sacco & Vanzetti (1971)



Released: 16 Mar 1971
Rated: GP
Runtime: 125 min




Director: Giuliano Montaldo
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama...

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[Jack P]

Those who see anything regarding this trial would be advised to know that in 2006, papers of Upton Sinclair revealed that Fred Moore confessed to him that his clients were guilty.

Sacco and Vanzetti: Guilty After All?

Anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were a cause celebre of the 1920s, convicted of murder and executed after a trial many felt was a farce. Author Upton Sinclair wrote extensively about the case. Newly discovered letters reveal his suspicions that the men were guilty. Debbie Elliott...

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