Set in 1944 Italy, the story of four black American soldiers who get trapped in a Tuscan village during WWII.Set in 1944 Italy, the story of four black American soldiers who get trapped in a Tuscan village during WWII.Set in 1944 Italy, the story of four black American soldiers who get trapped in a Tuscan village during WWII.
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- James McBride(screenplay)
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- James McBride(screenplay)
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- Awards
- 1 win & 10 nominations
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Lidia Biondi
- Natalinaas Natalina
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- James McBride(screenplay) (novel)
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Storyline
Christmas, 1983. A New York postal clerk, a Buffalo Soldier in Italy in World War II, shoots a stranger. In his apartment, police find a valuable Italian marble head, missing since the war. Flashbacks tell the story of four Black soldiers who cross Tuscany's Serchio River, dodging German and friendly fire. With a shell-shocked boy in tow, they reach the village of Colognora. Orders via radio tell them to capture a German soldier for questioning about a counteroffensive. In the village, a beautiful woman, partisans that include a traitor and a local legend, the boy, and the story of a recent massacre connect to the postal worker's anguish forty years later. And the miracle? —<jhailey@hotmail.com>
- Taglines
- World War II Has Its Heroes And Its Miracles.
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- Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for strong war violence, language and some sexual content/nudity
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Did you know
- TriviaSamuel L. Jackson turn down the offer to play as Corporal Hector Negron to work on Lakeview Terrace (2008).
- GoofsWhen the professor examines the marble head he recognizes it as the "Primavera" from Santa Trinità in Florence. He assumes it is by Bartolomeo Ammannati, but the bridge is by Ammannati; the sculpture is by Pietro Francavilla.
- Quotes
Livingston: Safety is the greatest risk of all, because safety leaves no room for miracles and miracles are the only sure thing in life.
- ConnectionsFeatures The Longest Day (1962)
- SoundtracksFaccetta Nera
Written by Gustavo Cacini (as Cascini) / Giuseppe Micheli (as Micheli) / Vincenzo Raimondi / Arnaldo Stazzonelli (as Stazzonelli)
Edizioni Bixio C.E.M.S.A.
Top review
Almost excellent.
I don't know why everyone here keeps telling that this movie is bad, because it's definitely rather good. Only thing to take out of plot was mas execution of civilians which I couldn't take and just pressed "skip the scene". From the very beginning, where troops advancing to enemy lines got under artillery and machine-gun fire dialogs are interesting and realistic, let alone so called hook from first minutes where black postman kills his customer for no apparent reason. It cost $45M to produce and true that commercially it has become a screw up but not everything revolves around money. I say it has no major faults in plot, definitely no more than any other picture does. And that story with Italian girl - Renata was her name, all is fair in love and war. Definitely worth seeing. Comparison to Save Private Ryan is not applicable.
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- Sep 7, 2009
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- Also known as
- Untitled Spike Lee WWII Project
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Box office
- Budget
- $45,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $7,919,117
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,477,996
- Sep 28, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $9,333,654
- Runtime2 hours 40 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1

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