(ANSA) - NAPLES, MAR 21 - Hollywood and the myth of Ennio Morricone: it will be dedicated to the Maestro, who passed away last July 6, the 16th Los Angeles, Italy - Film, Fashion and ArtFestival "(April 18-24).
The special event (as part of the section 'The ItalianMasters by Intesa Sanpaolo' which also includes the "LA, Italia Legend Award" to Sophia Loren) will involve many friends of the Roman composer, winner of the Oscar 2016. Primitra all Quincy Jones (who used to call Morricone "little brother"), Clint Eastwood (to whom he was linked by the experiences in Sergio Leone's films), Quentin Tarantino who wanted him in his 'The Hateful Eight' and gave him the Star on the Walkof Fame together with Pascal Vicedomini, promoter of the initiative .
And then the historical friends and colleagues Tony Renis, Marina Cicogna, Franco Nero, Giuseppe Tornatore, Andrea and Raffaella Leone, together with famous "fans" such as the flutist Andrea Griminelli (who will play some Morricone classics), Andrea Bocelli, AmiiStuart and also to the Americans Kevin Costner (protagonist of "The Untouchables" by Brian De Palma) and Eli Roth.
With them many other personalities of Italian culture and entertainment and USA alongside the Morricone family: his wife Maria and their children Andrea and Giovanni.
Musical performances, messages, stories about the Maestro's life will accompany the special screening of some films with Morricone's soundtrack, now part of the history of the cinema.
"Ennio Morricone is an authentic myth everywhere in the world.
He is the legend of legends - says Tony Renis, honorary president of LA, Italy, for whom Morricone shortly before his death wrote a letter to the Academy pleading for the attribution of the Governors Award (the Lifetime Achievement Oscar, the same as Lina Wertmuller had in 2019). Ennio Morricone has won many awards, including the Grammy Award or the Lifetime Achievement Oscar in 2007, which Clint Eastwood gave him.
5 Oscar nominations including, twenty years ago, the one for Tornatore's "Malena" soundtrack, I was working to complete a documentary on his friend Ennio. (ANSA).
