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Rating: 5.5/10 by 584 users

Nine (2009)

Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. With only a week left before shooting begins, he desperately searches for answers and inspiration from his wife, his mistress, his muse, and his mother.

Directing:
  • Rob Marshall
  • Heidi Gower
  • Charlie Waller
  • Edoardo Petti
  • Nick Starr
  • George Walker
  • Vicki Allen
  • John DeLuca
  • Tamana Bleasdale
  • Luca Padrini
  • Filippo Fassetta
  • Martin Harrison
  • Chris Stoaling
Writing:
  • Michael Tolkin
  • Mario Fratti
  • Maury Yeston
  • Arthur Kopit
  • Maury Yeston
  • Anthony Minghella
Stars:
Release Date: Thu, Dec 03, 2009

Rating: 5.5/10 by 584 users

Alternative Title:
Nine - Die Frauen meines Lebens - DE
ナイン - JP
華麗年代 - TW
Nine - US

Country:
Italy
United States of America
Language:
English
Français
Italiano
Runtime: 01 hour 58 minutes
Budget: $80,000,000
Revenue: $53,825,515

Plot Keyword: memory, sidewalk cafe, room key, driving a car, coastline, stairway, search for meaning, sequins, singing photograph, costume designer, duringcreditsstinger, 1960s, film director
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Daniel Day-Lewis
Guido Contini
Marion Cotillard
Luisa Contini
Fergie
Saraghina
Amy Bailey
Female Dancer
Sandro Dori
Studio Superintendent
Romina Carancini
Production Assistant/Female Dancer
Alessandro Denipotti
Production Assistant
Alessandro Fiore
Production Assistant
Erica Gohdes
Production Assistant
Gianluca Frezzato
Production Assistant/Male Dancer
Paola Zaccari
Production Assistant/Female Dancer
Roberta Mastromichele
Roberta/Female Dancer
Francesco De Vito
Radio Reporter
Jake Canuso
Reporter 4
Jennifer Iacono
Reporter/Female Dancer
Vicky Lambert
Reporter/Female Dancer
Lavinia Savignoni
Reporter/Female Dancer
Damiano Bisozzi
Bellman/Male Dancer
Mark Bousie
'Folies' Pianist
Pietro Lais
Boy on the Beach
Samuele Minotti
Boy on the Beach
Pietro Revelli
Boy on the Beach
Massimiliano Belsito
Priest on the Beach/Male Dancer
Roberto Sbraccia
Priest on the Beach
Marco Liotti
Male Band Singer
Monica Scattini
Pensione Matron
Roberto Citran
Doctor Rondi
Georgina Leonidas
Matron's Daughter
Shannon Belcastro
Film Crew/Male Dancer
Joey Pizzi
Film Crew/Male Dancer
Kerry Warn
Film Crew
Eleonora Scopelliti
Screen Test Actress 1/Female Dancer
Ilaria Cavola
Screen Test Actress 2/Female Dancer
Giovanni Luca Izzo
Man with Luisa
Irina Aggrey
Female Dancer
Lauren Brooke
Female Dancer
Denise Faye
Female Dancer
Tamara Fernando
Female Dancer
Gemma Lawrence
Female Dancer
Jennifer Leung
Female Dancer
Holly Mayes
Female Dancer
Claire Rogers
Female Dancer
Glenn Ball
Male Dancer
Leon Else
Male Dancer
Antonio Fiore
Male Dancer
Ste Hopps
Male Dancer
James P. Rees
Male Dancer
Emiliano Caroselli
Terrace Restaurant Band
Costantino Ladisa
Terrace Restaurant Band
Alberto Lombardi
Terrace Restaurant Band
Menotti Minervini
Terrace Restaurant Band
Alessio Scialo
Terrace Restaurant Band
Layla Amir
Italian Lady (uncredited)
Alex Argenti
Head of Art Department (uncredited)
Iris Cayatte
(uncredited)
Ch'Lu
Italian Tutor (uncredited)
James Currie
Journalist (uncredited)
Filippo Delaunay
Photographer (uncredited)
Domenico Dolce
Extra (uncredited)
Stefano Gabbana
Extra (uncredited)
Aykut Hilmi
Reporter (uncredited)
Kostas Katsikis
Journalist/Photographer (uncredited)
Gino Picciano
Preist (uncredited)
John Simmit
Alberto Preston (uncredited)
Jesse James Sims
Italian Businessman in Bar (uncredited)
Alexi Stavrou
Alesio/Auditioner (uncredited)
Lorraine Stewart
The Widow (uncredited)
Nico Toffoli
Casino's Dancer (uncredited)

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***A famous director loses his inspiration and seeks aid from the various women in his life*** Released in 2009, “Nine” is a drama/musical about a famous Italian director in 1965 (Daniel Day-Lewis) who loses his inspiration, but its urgent he gets it back because his ninth movie is set to start shooting in ten days and he doesn’t even have a script. He turns to the several women in his life for succor: his wife (Marion Cotillard), his mistress (Penélope Cruz), his costume designer (Judi Dench), his star actress (Nicole Kidman), his mother (Sophia Loren), a fashion journalist (Kate Hudson) and a prostitute from his boyhood (Fergie). This is an adaptation of the 1982 Broadway musical, also dubbed “Nine,” which itself was based on Federico Fellini's semi-autobiographical 1963 film “8½.” It’s very similar to director Rob Marshall’s “Chicago” (2002), but with a different story, cast and location (Rome and points nearby). During the first half I wasn’t so sure about the story, but I eventually found myself absorbed into the life of the tormented director and his mid-life crisis. His unfaithfulness to his beautiful wife, Luisa (Cotillard), is off-putting of course, but maybe we should have mercy for a man who has scores of gorgeous women offering themselves to him practically every day. It helps that he WANTS to be free from his adulteries and be true to Luisa. Yet I have a hard time picturing Guido (Day-Lewis) seeking the amorous attentions of Carla (Cruz) above Luisa. Carla is decent, as far as all-around physical beauty goes, but Luisa has better curves. Both of the characters’ have imaginative dance sequences, but Luisa comes out on top even though her routine is less tantalizing. Day-Lewis is fascinating as the guilt-stricken director who hasn’t let his fame go to his head. When he asks a cleric for advice about God and his troubles, the vicar responds: “Imagination is God’s garden, don’t let the devil play in it.” I generally don’t favor musicals where the characters suddenly jump into song & dance while walking at the park or eating dinner. My wife & I sometimes poke fun of these kinds of musicals by mimicking them while doing mundane activities. For me, musicals only work, generally speaking, when the singing/dancing sequences are legitimate, like a performance at a nightclub or one's imagination, both of which were used in "Chicago." Of course it’s more challenging and takes more creativity to incorporate song & dance routines in this manner and keep the movie seamless & realistic. “Nine” does this. The film runs 1 hour, 58 minutes and was shot in Italy and England. GRADE: B


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