8 1/2

8 1/2

1963

During a visit to a spa near Rome, exhausted hit director Guido Anselmi (Marcello Mastroianni) retreats into his own fantasies as he searches for inspiration to make his next film. Guido's anxiety mounts as his producers, his wife (Anouk Aimee) and his mistress (Sandra Milo) all pressure him to start making the movie. Director Federico Fellini's semi autobiographical rumination on film making won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

A picture that goes beyond what men think about - because no man ever thought about it in quite this way!

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93
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Film Detail

Genre
Drama
Length
2 hrs. 18 mins.
US Theatrical Release
June 25, 1963
US Box Office
$50,690 (#7079 of 7435)
Global Office
No Data Available
Rating
NR
Not Rated

Collection Detail

Edition
Single Disc Criterion Collection # 140 & Digital
Resolution | Digital Platform
iTunes
Aspect Ratio
WS 1.85:1
Audio
Italian: PCM Mono
Studio
Criterion
Released
January 12, 2010
Acquired Date
May 7, 2015
Times Seen
0 Times
Last Watched
Haven't seen it yet.

Actors

Marcello Mastroianni
Marcello Mastroianni
Claudia Cardinale
Claudia Cardinale
Anouk Aimée
Anouk Aimée
Sandra Milo
Sandra Milo
Rossella Falk
Rossella Falk
Barbara Steele
Barbara Steele
Madeleine Lebeau
Madeleine Lebeau
Caterina Boratto
Caterina Boratto
Eddra Gale
Eddra Gale
Guido Alberti
Guido Alberti
Mario Conocchia
Mario Conocchia
Bruno Agostini
Bruno Agostini

Directors

Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini

Producers

Angelo Rizzoli
Angelo Rizzoli

Writers

Ennio Flaiano
Ennio Flaiano
Tullio Pinelli
Tullio Pinelli
Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini
Brunello Rondi
Brunello Rondi

Awards & Accolades

  • 1963 Oscar : Best Foreign Language Film
  • 1963 Oscar : Costume Design
  • 2008 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #152
  • 2009 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #151
  • 2010 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #187
  • 2011 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #194
  • 2012 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #193
  • 2013 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #197
  • 2018 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #249

Special Features

Commentaries
  • actress Tanya Zaicon and interviews with Fellini friend and documentarian Gideon Bachmann and NYU film professor Antonio Monda
Documentaries
  • Fellini: A Director's notebook
  • Nino Rota: Between Cinema and Concert
Featurettes
  • The Last Sequence
Other
  • Lina Wertmuller
  • Sandra Milo
  • Vittorio Storaro
  • Audio Commentary
  • Featurettes

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User Reviews

Ratings

JB Users
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RT Fresh
97%
Tomatometer
61 votes
RT Fresh Certified
92%
Popcornmeter
25,000 votes
METASCORE
93
23 votes
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
127,935 votes

Additional Info

  1. IMDb
  2. Kids-in-Mind
  3. Common Sense Media