Italian cinema legend De Laurentiis dies

[The Straight Story]

Italian cinema legend De Laurentiis dies

(AFP) – 1 hour ago

ROME — Dino De Laurentiis, producer of some of Italy's best-known films including works by Federico Fellini and Roberto Rossellini, has died in Los Angeles aged 91, Italian media reported on Thursday.

The Oscar-winner also produced several famous films in the United States, including "Serpico" with Al Pacino in 1973, "Three Days of the Condor" with Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway in 1975 and Ridley Scott's "Hannibal" in 2001.

"Cinema has lost one of its greats," said Walter Veltroni, an Italian lawmaker and former mayor of Rome who founded the Rome Film Festival.

"The name of Dino De Laurentiis is tied to the history of cinema," he said.

De Laurentiis was born on August 8, 1919 in Torre Annunziata near Naples and moved to the United States in the late 1960s. His parents were pasta makers.

He started out in film aged 20 and became one of the leading producers of Italy's post-war cinema boom and the neo-realist genre.

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[AsahinaKimi]

1. He also made Schwartzenegger famous in

Conan the Barbarian

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1XmZ9_ckdw&feature=related

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2. Good Night Sweet Prince.

Your movies were milestones through my life.

Well done, sir.

[monmouth]

3. Giada's grandfather. He offered her the opportunity to go into the

business but she did not want it.

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4. "When Jaws die, nobody cry. When my Kong die, everybody cry."