Macaroni (film)

Macaroni
Film poster
Directed byEttore Scola
Written byRuggero Maccari
Furio Scarpelli
Ettore Scola
Produced byFranco Committeri
Aurelio De Laurentiis
Luigi De Laurentiis
StarringMarcello Mastroianni
Jack Lemmon
CinematographyClaudio Ragona
Edited byCarla Simoncelli
Music byArmando Trovajoli
Production
companies
Filmauro
Massfilm
Distributed byFilmauro
Release date
  • 24 October 1985 (1985-10-24)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Macaroni (Italian: Maccheroni) is a 1985 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Ettore Scola.[1] The film, starring Marcello Mastroianni and Jack Lemmon, was selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 58th Academy Awards, ahead of Federico Fellini's Ginger and Fred,[2] but was not accepted as a nominee.[3]

  1. ^ "NY Times: Macaroni". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2012. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
  2. ^ "'Macaroni' Italy's Pick For Oscar; Stirs Controversy". Variety. 6 November 1985. p. 5.
  3. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences