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Cosi

  • 19961996
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  • 1h 40m
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6.6/10
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Cosi (1996)
  • Comedy
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Lewis is a young Sydney amateur theater director at his first experience: he is offered a job with a Governmental program for the rehabilitation of mentally ill patients in a Sydney institut... Read allLewis is a young Sydney amateur theater director at his first experience: he is offered a job with a Governmental program for the rehabilitation of mentally ill patients in a Sydney institution for mentally ill. His project is overrun by one of the patients Roy who wants to put o... Read allLewis is a young Sydney amateur theater director at his first experience: he is offered a job with a Governmental program for the rehabilitation of mentally ill patients in a Sydney institution for mentally ill. His project is overrun by one of the patients Roy who wants to put on stage Cosi Fan Tutte (Mozart). None of the patients in the cast is able to sing and none... Read all
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  • Director
    • Mark Joffe
  • Writer
    • Louis Nowra(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Ben Mendelsohn
    • Barry Otto
    • Toni Collette
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  • Director
    • Mark Joffe
  • Writer
    • Louis Nowra(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Ben Mendelsohn
    • Barry Otto
    • Toni Collette
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    • 24User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations

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    Toni Collette stars as Julie
    Rachel Griffiths co-stars as Lucy
    Rachel Griffiths co-stars as Lucy
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    Toni Collette stars as Julie
    Roy & Lucy
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    Ben Mendelsohn
    Ben Mendelsohn
    • Lewisas Lewis
    Barry Otto
    Barry Otto
    • Royas Roy
    Toni Collette
    Toni Collette
    • Julieas Julie
    Rachel Griffiths
    Rachel Griffiths
    • Lucyas Lucy
    Aden Young
    Aden Young
    • Nickas Nick
    Colin Friels
    Colin Friels
    • Errolas Errol
    Jacki Weaver
    Jacki Weaver
    • Cherryas Cherry
    Pamela Rabe
    Pamela Rabe
    • Ruthas Ruth
    Paul Chubb
    Paul Chubb
    • Henryas Henry
    Colin Hay
    Colin Hay
    • Zacas Zac
    David Wenham
    David Wenham
    • Dougas Doug
    Tony Llewellyn-Jones
    Tony Llewellyn-Jones
    • Kirneras Kirner
    Kerry Walker
    Kerry Walker
    • Sandraas Sandra
    Robin Ramsay
    • Minister for Healthas Minister for Health
    Henry Maas
    • Bernard Goldmanas Bernard Goldman
    Jack Walsh
    • Air Wrestleras Air Wrestler
    • (as Raymond Walsh)
    Lawrence Woodward
    • Electricianas Electrician
    Brian Ellison
    • Riggeras Rigger
    • Director
      • Mark Joffe
    • Writer
      • Louis Nowra(screenplay) (play)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The cast originally included actor Bruno Lawrence, but during shooting he was taken to the hospital suffering from chest pains and was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. He died a few months later.
    • Quotes

      Roy: We're going to do "Cosi Fan Tutte", the opera.

      Doug: What, Little Richard wrote an opera? Tutti Fruiti the opera?

      Roy: It's an opera by Mozart, you low life.

    • Crazy credits
      Near the end of the credits a cast member with an accordion shows up and performs Richard Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" on it as an obvious slight to the Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart he was told to play in the movie. A squealing piglet accompanies him.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Alvin Purple: Interviews (2004)
    • Soundtracks
      Cosi Fan Tutte
      Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Performed by Wiener Symphoniker

      Conducted by Rudolf Moralt

      Courtesy of Phillips through Polygram Pty Limited

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    Brillant Performances underline Dreamy message.
    When it comes down to it, Così is a film about the right to dream and the tragedy of dreams being lost. The characters outside the institution, Lewis included, are a pragmatic lot. They have pragmatic views on life, pragmatic humor, and are cynically short of ideals. Nick, in particular, suggests that doing away with loyalty in a relationship is a valid concept, not because of any devotion to an ideal of 'free love' but simply because it does away with all the complications over infidelity.

    The actors, however, are far less restrained in their grips on reality, (however clichéd that may sound, trust me, these characters are not) and thus are allowed to dream. It isn't so much that they are delusional, (none really are) it's simply that they don't seem to have been indoctrinated with a grim view of reality. Roy doesn't just lie about his childhood to others, he allows himself to dream that he really did have a childhood that was remarkable and marvelous. More subtly, Henry is permitted to idolize his father in a way Nick never could. And sure enough, when the two's views on life collide, there are sparks, with Henry delivering most.

    Lewis, of course, must gradually progress from one to the other, but this is done in a way which is subtle and beautiful. His dream is the play itself, and he progresses from dreading his own misfortune in getting the job of making these nutcases perform a play successfully; to dreaming of making a perfect play with beautiful costumes and wonderful responses. What matters is that they dreamt of it and had the lack of sense to follow that dream.

    The film has a sterling wit and proceeds nicely, following the course of the patient's dreams and the friend's pragmatism and lack of dreams. (For a good contrast showing this message, check out the overdone, amazingly clichéd and unimaginative performance by Nick, and compare it to the dream laden performance of the patients.)

    In the end, the film is delightfully unrealistic in its applications. Plot devices do appear to be coming out of left field. But in a film about dreaming, surely that can be excused?
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 11, 1997 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Australia
    • Official site
      • Miramax
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Так чинять усі
    • Filming locations
      • Rozelle Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    • Production companies
      • Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC)
      • Meridian Films
      • Miramax
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $35,489
    • Gross worldwide
      • $35,489
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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