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Sacco and Vanzetti

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Movie Info

Genre(s): Documentary

Written by:

Directed by: Peter Miller

Release Date:
Theatrical: March 30, 2007

Running Time: 80 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring Tony Shalhoub, John Turturro, Henry Fonda, Arlo Guthrie, David Kaiser, Nunzio Pernicone, Studs Terkel, Mary Anne Trasciatti, and Howard Zinn

This documentary tells the story of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two Italian immigrant anarchists who were accused of a murder in 1920, and executed in Boston in 1927 after a notoriously prejudiced trial. It is the first major documentary film about this landmark story. (Willow Pond Films)

What The Critics Said

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100

Film Threat Phil Hall

If the state government in Massachusetts refuses to acknowledge its execution of innocent men, then at least this compelling and powerful production can serve as a graceful elegy to the doomed men who were murdered by their adopted homeland.

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100

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

It's cleansing to see the facts laid out with intimacy and rigor, and the film earns the comparison it makes to the squelching of due process for some of today's terror suspects.

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90

Variety Ronnie Scheib

Does a superb job of condensing an overwhelming mass of documentation, archival imagery and artistic representation into a concise yet passionate history lesson whose relevance could not be timelier.

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75

New York Post V.A. Musetto

The effect is informative and moving, even if the film has an attack of the gooeys at the end.

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75

Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington

One of the movie's most moving elements is the duo's famous prison correspondence, as eloquently read by Tony Shalhoub as Sacco and John Turturro as Vanzetti. But Miller's obvious passion and dedication shine throughout.

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70

Chicago Reader J.R. Jones

Concise and thoughtful.

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70

The New Republic Stanley Kauffmann

A story that is still healthfully discomfiting to remember.

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70

Los Angeles Times Kevin Crust

Regardless of your opinion about Sacco and Vanzetti, the documentary should prove thoughtful and thought-provoking.

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70

The New York Times Matt Zoller Seitz

The movie's meat-and-potatoes style seems less a failure of imagination than a means of putting in the foreground its intriguing subject matter.

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70

Village Voice J. Hoberman

Stirring documentary.

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63

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

Miller's film shows how quickly Americans facing perceived foreign threats are willing to ignore basic liberties. Sound familiar?

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60

Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir

A bit pedantic, but thorough and interesting throughout, a must for history buffs.

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50

LA Weekly Ella Taylor

Now there is inconclusive but reasonable doubt, based on a letter that turned up in 2005 from Upton Sinclair, who had heard their disgruntled first lawyer say they were guilty. You'd think this nugget might show up in a new documentary about the case, but Peter Miller, known for his 2001 film about that other beloved song of the left, "The Internationale," has recast the story into a tale of prejudice against Italian immigrants and the violation of civil rights.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes

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