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GIFFONI EXPERIENCE 2010 - 18.31 July

Sections & Films

MARMADUKE

Category: Edition 2010

Synopsis

Marmaduke, the world’s most lovable Great Dane, leaps from comic strip fame (appearing in 600 newspapers in over 20 countries) to big screen stardom. In this family comedy event, the super-sized, ultra-awkward lap dog is living the good life with the Winslow family, including dad Phil, Phil’s wife Debbie, their three children, and feline pal Carlos. But when Phil uproots the clan from Kansas to California, Marmaduke finds his life turned upside-down. He must navigate the volatile Mutts vs. Pedigrees turf wars, woo the purebred of his dreams, and overcome a fall from grace from his new four-legged friends and his family.

 

Sinossi

Marmaduke, noto in Italia come Sansone, l’alano più simpatico del mondo, balza dai fumetti (pubblicati da 600 giornali in oltre 20 Paesi) al grande schermo. In questa commedia per famiglie, il gigantesco e goffissimo cane fa la bella vita insieme alla famiglia Winslow, composta da papà Phil, da sua moglie Debbie, dai loro tre figli, e dal gatto Carlos. Quando Phil sradica la sua tribù dal Kansas e la porta a vivere in California, la vita di Sansone cambia radicalmente, e tutto va sottosopra. Sansone dovrà affrontare gli accesi scontri tra cani di razza e cani meticci, corteggiare la cagnetta dei suoi sogni, e tentare in tutti i modi di tenersi stretto l’affetto dei suoi nuovi amici a quattro zampe e della sua famiglia.

 

Original Title MARMADUKE
Italian Title SANSONE
Category Out of competition
Section Premiere
Tipology Feature Film
Duration 87'
Production Year 2010
Nationality USA
Directed by Tom Dey
Screenplay Tim Rasmussen, Vince Di Meglio
Script Brad Anderson, Phil Leeming (comics)
Director of photography Greg Gardiner
Editor Don Zimmerman
Production Design Sandy Cochrane
Costume Design Karen L. Matthews
Music Christopher Lennertz
Main cast Lee Pace (Phil Winslow)
William H. Macy (Don Twombly)
Judy Greer (Debbie Winslow)
Caroline Sunshine (Barbara Winslow)
Finley Jacobsen (Brian Winslow)
Mandy Haines (Sarah Winslow)
Produced by John Davis, Tom Dey

marmaduke regTom Dey
Born 1965 in Hanover, New Hampshire. He studied Philosophy, Religion and Film at Brown University. He graduated in 1987 and continued his pursuit of film at the Centre des Etudes Critiques in Paris. In 1993 he received his M.F.A. from the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, and a year later signed with Ridley Scott Associates to begin his career as a commercial director. In 1998 he made the transition to feature filmmaking with SHANGHAI NOON (2000). Then he directed SHOWTIME (2001) and FAILURE TO LAUNCH (2005).

 

Tom Dey
Nato nel 1965 a Hanover, nel New Hampshire. Studia Filosofia, Religione e Cinema alla Brown University. Si laurea nel 1987 e continua a studiare Cinema al Centre des Études Critiques di Parigi. Nel 1993 si diploma all’American Film Institute di Los Angeles. Un anno dopo firma un contratto con la Ridley Scott Associates, e inizia la sua carriera da regista girando spot pubblicitari. Nel 1998 passa alla regia di lungometraggi per il grande schermo, con PALLOTTOLE CINESI (2000). In seguito dirige SHOWTIME (2001) e A CASA CON I SUOI (2005).

 

Production
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Davis Entertainment
Intrigue
Regency Enterprises

 

World sales
20th Century Fox

 

Italian distribution
Festival contact
20th Century Fox Italia
Largo Amilcare Ponchielli, 6, 00198, Roma - Italy
phone +39 06 844301
fax +39 06 85300971
www.20thfox.it