Dino: The Life and Film of Dino De Laurentiis
by Dino De Laurentis, Tullio Kezich, Alessandra Levantesi
Category: Biography & Autobiography

In a career that has spanned six decades-and shows no sign of slowing down-Dino DeLaurentiis has walked the cutting edge of lmmaking. He has personied the powerful, visionary Hollywood producer for one reason: he invented the role. Dino celebrates this living legend and his passionate, exhilarating life in the pictures. The son of an Italian pasta maker, DeLaurentiis was drawn to the cinema at an early age. He was essential in creating a groundbreaking Italian lm industry. The unstoppable DeLaurentiis next sailed to the United States and went on to produce Serpico, Three Days of the Condor, Ragtime-and hundreds more. Based on extensive conversations with DeLaurentiis and lled with extraordinary photographs, this sweeping memoir takes us from Italy to Hollywood and back, exposing the inner workings of the silver screen and luminaries including Roberto Rossellini; Vittorio De Sica; Robert Altman; Ridley Scott; Martin Scorsese; Roman Polanski; and many more. A chronicle of high art, entrepreneurial savvy, and a particular zeal for life and risk, DeLaurentiis's tale is a must-have for every lm buff.