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Fellini Satyricon [videorecording] / Satyricon. Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; United Artists ; Produzioni Europee Associate (PEA) ; produced by Alberto Grimaldi ; story and screenplay by Federico Fellini and Bernardino Zapponi ; directed by Federico Fellini. - Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment Inc., c2001. - 1 videodisc (129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. - World films . - World films (MGM Home Entertainment Inc.). .

Based loosely on the Satyricon by Petronius Arbiter. Includes original theatrical trailer. Videodisc release of the 1969 motion picture.

Director of photography, Giuseppe Rotunno ; sets and costumes, Danilo Donati ; music, Nino Rota. Director of photography, Giuseppe Rotunno ; sets and costumes, Danilo Donati ; music, Nino Rota.

Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, Max Born, Salvo Randone, Magali Noël, Alain Cuny, Lucia Bose, Tanya Lopert, Gordon Mitchell, Capucine.

Fellini recreates the bawdy and lecherous days of Nero's reign in ancient Rome and its lack of concern with human dignity and obsession with perverse sex. The film is also an allegorical satire of the self-indulgence of modern society.

MPAA rating: R.


DVD, NTSC Region 1 ; Dolby digital mono ; 2.35:1 aspect ratio, widescreen..


Closed-captioned.
Italian and English language soundtracks with optional subtitles in English, French and Spanish.

ISBN: 0792849388

Standard No.: 027616860408

Publisher. No.: 1001740 MGM Home Entertainment Inc.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Paraphilias--Rome--Drama.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Rome--Drama.
Rome--History--Nero, 54-68--Drama.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Foreign films--Italy.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

LC Class. No.: PN1997 / .F323 2001

Dewey Class. No.: 791.43/72