Sacco & Vanzetti

Frank McGurk "Guilty or Innocent???" for writing a WRONG comment?

I quote with correction:

"recent ballistic tests on the weapons proved that the gun found on Nicola Sacco was NOT (NO-NEIN) the gun used to murder the payroll guards"!

Be careful guys... ...if you don't want roll injustice over and over again...

N.B. If also not so, remember that the real guilty man confessed his crime. But the court refuse to admit his confession, because he was already put to death for other crimes.

take care

Good film about the very biased prosecution and judgement of Italian anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti and the authoritarian political repression against "reds and radicals" in the United States, combined with xenophobia and state violent disrespect for human rights. Spoken in both English and Italian, the movie begins with raids against immigrants' houses in black and white scenes. Then, the movie turns to an elegant low-profile color palette. Most of the movie happens in the police department, jails, and in the court. Both Gian Maria Volonté and Riccardo Cucciolla do a very good job in the leading roles, portraying characters with similar ideas but quite different personalities. Cyril Cusack shines in the role of obnoxious general attorney Frederick Katzmann.

A good political film about the case of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. A historical and biographical film about two great people who until the end were sincere and honest with their ideology. They were condemned only for their ideas. This case has become a symbol of injustice in the court.

Only recently I was able to see again this movie. I remember seeing it a long time ago, I must have been 16 yrs old, and I was struck by it. After so long, now I'm thirty, the effect on me is still the same.

This movie is absolutely marvelous, both for construction, acting and story: it recalls the true story of 2 Italian anarchists (Sacco and Vanzetti) sentenced to death by the court in the USA in the thirties because accused to have murdered someone during a robbery. At the time the story had great impact in the people all over the world, because the evidence of their innocence was total, and in many countries there were demonstrations against such terrible injustice. Now it is only another (admitted) mistake by the US justice system... so sad nothing changed ever since... Great was also the soundtrack by Italian maestro Ennio Morricone, sung by Joan Beaz and Georges Moustaki. I doubt this movie passes in the US TV schedules (especially with nowadays local admin.), so, if you want to see a really good movie, rent it out!

In 1920, the anarchist Italian immigrants Niccola Sacco (Riccardo Cucciolla) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (Gian Maria Volonté) are sentenced to death, falsely accused of a robbery and murder. Indeed they are condemned due to their political beliefs, in one of the most shameful and hypocrite judgments of the human history. In 1971, the exhibition of "Sacco and Vanzetti" was forbidden in Brazil, and the first time I could watch it was when Brazil was leaving the military dictatorship regime in a movie theater specialized in art movies. I was very impressed with the story of one of the greatest injustice of a judiciary system, mostly because it happened in the "land of freedom". Gian Maria Volonté, as usual, and Riccardo Cucciolla offer one of the most touching and beautiful dramatic interpretations I have ever seen. This movie was recently released by the best (not in quantity of titles but in their quality) Brazilian distributors called Versatil. The DVD is completely restored, in widescreen and full of Extras, showing footages of this infamous trial. The musical score of Joan Baez and Ennio Morricone is another attraction. I expected to see this outstanding movie among the IMDb Top 250, but it seems that its worldwide distribution does not work well, and there are only 185 votes in 2005. My vote is ten.

Title (Brazil): "Sacco & Vanzetti"