Jump to content

Ginger and Fred

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Beyond My Ken (talk | contribs) at 03:37, 23 January 2016 (Reverted edits by Andyhoward1 (talk) to last version by Beyond My Ken). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

For the building in Prague, see Dancing House. You may also be looking for Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
Ginger and Fred
original movie poster
Directed byFederico Fellini
Screenplay byFederico Fellini
Tonino Guerra
Tullio Pinelli
Story byFederico Fellini
Tonino Guerra
Produced byAlberto Grimaldi
Heinz Bibo
Starring
CinematographyTonino Delli Colli
Ennio Guarnieri
Edited byRuggero Mastroianni
Music byNicola Piovani
Irving Berlin
Jerome Kern
Lorenz Hart
Production
company
Distributed byMGM Entertainment
Release dates
13 January 1986 (France:premiere)
March 28, 1986 (US)
Running time
125 minutes
CountriesItaly
France
West Germany
LanguagesItalian
English
Box office$837,623[1]

Ginger and Fred (Template:Lang-it) is a 1986 comedy/drama film directed by Federico Fellini and starring Marcello Mastroianni and Giulietta Masina.[2]

The title is a reference to the American dancing couple Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. The two leads portray Italian impersonators of Astaire and Rogers who reunite after thirty years of retirement for a vulgar and bizarre television extravaganza.

The movie is a complex and coherent indictment of the shallowness of commercial television, which, eager to squeeze commercials across every possible kind of program, deadens the viewers' ability to appreciate complex or thought-provoking themes.[citation needed]

The film was the subject of a trademark claim in the United States by Ginger Rogers, who claimed that the film violated her Lanham Act trademark rights, right of publicity, and was a "false light" defamation.[3] The Second Circuit rejected this claim, finding that "suppressing an artistically relevant though ambiguous[ly] title[d] film" on trademark grounds would "unduly restrict expression."[4]

Plot

Amelia and Pippo were once together famous as dancers. Thirty years after they've retired they team up one more time for a TV show. Although this reunion is overshadowed by Pippo's lack of stamina their performance is well-received and revives their popularity for another day.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=gingerandfred.htm
  2. ^ "NY Times: Ginger and Fred". NY Times.com. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
  3. ^ Rogers v. Grimaldi, 875 F.2d 994 (2d Cir. 1989).
  4. ^ Rogers v. Grimaldi, 875 F.2d 994, at 1001.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ginger and Fred.


Stub icon

This article about a 1980s comedy-drama film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ginger_and_Fred&oldid=701205065"