Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St
312.846.2600
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The Leopard
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Saturday July 12, 2008 (3:30pm)
Thursday July 17, 2008 (6:30pm)
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$9
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Neo-realist filmmaker Luchino Visconti adapted Italian author Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's The Leopard with an elegant, epic eye. While Claudia Cardinale and Alain Delon lend their gorgeous faces, Burt Lancaster's Prince Don Fabrizio is the film's focus. Documenting the rise of the Sicilian bourgeoisie and the final throes of its aristocracy, The Leopard is best known for its ravishing, hour-long ballroom denouement. Director Visconti's grace is seen in both the period detail and the amped-up color of this unqualified masterpiece.
