Pizza Connection (film)

Pizza Connection
Film poster under the title The Sicilian Connection
Directed by	Damiano Damiani
Produced by	Mario Cecchi Gori Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Written by	Damiano Damiani Ernesto Gastaldi Franco Marotta
Starring	Michele Placido
Music by	Carlo Savina
Cinematography	Sebastiano Celeste
Edited by	Enzo Meniconi
Release dates	February 1985
Running time	116 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Pizza Connection is a 1985 Italian crime film directed by Damiano Damiani. It was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival where it won an Honourable Mention.^[1] A version of the film dubbed for the USA was titled The Sicilian Connection,^[2] a name already held by another film from 1972.

Cast

• Michele Placido as Mario Aloia
• Mark Chase as Michele Aloia
• Ida Di Benedetto
• Nick Delon
• Luigi Maria Burruano
• Piergiorgio Capone
• Pierluigi Capone
• Simona Cavallari as Cecilia Smedile
• Massimo De Francovich
• Maria Denaro
• Domenico Gennaro
• Massimo Liti
• Leondina Marchese
• Leonardo Marino

Awards

• Nastro d'Argento: Silver Ribbon award for best actor (Michele Placido)
• David di Donatello: David award for best music (Carlo Savina)
• Berlin Film Festival: Honourable Mention

References

1. "Berlinale: 1985 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
2. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089813/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_dt_dt#akas

External links

• Pizza Connection at the Internet Movie Database