| Fellini Satyricon | |
|---|---|
 Italian theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Federico Fellini |
| Screenplay by | Federico Fellini Bernardino Zapponi Brunello Rondi Charles Wood[1] |
| Based on | Satyricon by Petronius |
| Produced by | Alberto Grimaldi |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Giuseppe Rotunno |
| Edited by | Ruggero Mastroianni |
| Music by | Nino Rota İlhan Mimaroğlu Tod Dockstader Andrew Rudin |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release dates |
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Running time | 129 minutes[2] |
| Country | Italy |
| Languages | Italian Latin |
| Budget | US$3 million[3] |
| Box office | $1.4 million (US/ Canada rentals)[4] $8 million (outside Italy)[3] |
Fellini Satyricon, or simply Satyricon, is a 1969 Italian film written and directed by Federico Fellini and loosely based on Petronius's work Satyricon, written during the reign of Emperor Nero and set in Imperial Rome. The film is divided into nine episodes, following Encolpius (Martin Potter) and his friend Ascyltus (Hiram Keller) as they try to win the heart of a young boy named Gitón within a surreal and dreamlike Roman landscape.
Fellini Satyricon was entered into the 30th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Pasinetti Award for Best Italian Film. It received acclaim from international critics, with particular praise toward Fellini's direction and Danilo Donati's vivid production design. The film earned Fellini his third Oscar nomination for Best Director, and the film was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
- ^ John Russell Taylor, The Second Wave: British Drama for the Seventies (London: Routledge Revivals, 1971), p. 71
- ^ "Fellini – Satyricon (X)". British Board of Film Classification. 14 April 1970. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
- ^ a b Tino Balio, United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry, University of Wisconsin Press, 1987, p. 287
- ^ "Big Rental Films of 1970", Variety, 6 January 1971, p. 11