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Titolo: Film su Shostakovic - help

Ricordo di avere un visto un bellissimo film su Shostakovic qualche anno fa
ma non me ne ricordo più il titolo. Si trattava di un vero e proprio
lungometraggio sulla vita del celebre compositore e in generale sul rapporto
tra arte e potere.
Qualcuno si ricorda il titolo ????
Grazie
Marco Daverio

forse Testimony film su Shostakovich di Tony Palmer con Ben Kingsley?
gigi

 gigi
Molto probabile.
Caius Marcius, un frequentatore di rec.music.classical, tempo fa (nel
1998, ma ricordo benissimo quando lo ho letto per la prima volta) ha
spedito su rmc e alt.fan.shostakovich una sceneggiatura per un film su
Shostakovich.  Il suo post originale lo si può trovare a
http://groups.google.de/groups?selm=6dov70%246gc%40dfw-ixnews5.ix.netcom.com
buon divertimento
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                     LENINGRAD SYMPHONY
The movie begins in June '41 - DSCH (Arnold Schwarzenegger)  is
teaching musical theory to his composition class at the Leningrad
Conservatoire, when news is received that the USSR has been
invaded by the Nazis.  DSCH dismisses his class, taps on the shrapnel
in his brain,  and immediately composes the Symphony No. 7.  His two
most faithful students, handsome, dashing Slava (Brad Pitt) and
bumbling nerdish Volkov (Jim Carrey), remain at DSCH's side, and
meticulously microfilm each page as quickly as DSCH (alternating
cigarette/glass of vodka in his free hand) pens it.
Toscanini (Danny DeVito) phones DSCH, and pleads to have the privilege
of conducting the world premiere, which DSCH immediately grants.  He
arranges to have the score flown to NYC.  Toscanini casually remarks
that in order to perform the Symphony at his next concert, he will
cancel the scheduled performance of the Ballet Suite from The Golden
Tractor by DSCH's arch-rival Tikhon Khrennikov (John Malkovich).
Khrennikov overhears the conversation, is consumed by jealousy, and
vows vengeance.  DSCH gives Slava and Volkov the microfilm ("It's my
only copy") and instructs them to take it to the Leningrad Airport
CUT TO: Nazi HQ, Berlin.  Hitler (Anthony Hopkins) has learned from
Soviet double-agents about the 7th Symphony, and flies into a towering
rage.  He shrieks to his terrified aides "Fools! This Symphony is the
only thing that can prevent the inaugeration of the Thousand-Year
Reich!  If it is performed, it will unite and galvanize the Allies
against us!  Shostakovich and the Leningrad Symphony must be destroyed
at all costs!"  The head double-agent (Ed Harris) clicks his heels, and
strides forth to execute the Fuhrer's will.
CUT TO: DSCH returns home, and finds his wife Nina (Cindy
Crawford) has just returned from a shopping trip to Victoria's Secret,
and models her breathtakingly sexy garb.  Their passionate interrlude
is interrupted by a panicked phone-call from Volkov, who tells DSCH
that the Nazis have laid siege to Leningrad, bombed the airport, and
closed off all air-traffic.  Suddenly, machine-gun fire bursts through
every window.  DSCH, pulling out both his magnum .44s, returns the
fire, blasts his way out of his house, while Nina pulls up in their
Ferrari, and the two make their getaway.  In a wild car-chase, with
plenty of crashes, and gunfire, they give their pursuers the slip.
DSCH & Nina (still in her Victoria's Secret garb) meet with Slava &
Volkov at the airport, and realize that there is no way out of the
city.  How will the world hear the Seventh? DSCH makes a bold decision
- "The four of us will fly the score to NYC, and deliver it to
Toscanini in person".  Nina and Slava think this is a wonderful idea,
but Volkov (comically) panics. "Every plane in Leningrad has been
destroyed! How can we fly to America?"  Enter, mysteriously,
Khrennikov, who "generously" offers them the use of his private Lear
Jet to fly to the US.  They thank him profusely, board the plane (which
was hidden in an area the Nazis failed to bomb), and take off.  We then
see Khrennikov,  holding vital sections of the plane's engine in his
hands, gleefully contemplating the imminent demise of his rival. On his
cellular phone, he confirms his reservation for a first-row seat at
Toscanini's next concert.
Meanwhile, Slava (who just received his pilot's license) is now flying
our intrepid crew over enemy airspace.  However, thanks to Nina's
computer expertise, Nazi radar is unable to detect their plane.
Khrennikov's plane is equipped with a Steinway, and DSCH plays excerpts
from his Op. 87 Preludes & Fugues for Nina. Suddenly, the plane
lurches, and they begin to lose altitude.  Slava cries that the
controls aren't responding, and they're going down.  However, DSCH
reveals that the shrapnel in his brain also has given him the gift of
effortlessly performing complex mechanical repairs.  In order to do
this, he must climb out on the plane's wing.  He also needs someone to
help him, and since Slava has to pilot, and Nina has to stay with the
computer, Volkov must climb out with him.
The repairs are successfully effected, but just as they are about to
re-enter the plane, Volkov drops the microfilm.  As it plummets to the
earth, DSCH instinctively dives after it.  He catches it and pulls the
ripcord on his parachute.   Slava is able to maneuver so that the plane
catches up to the chute, and Nina and Volkov pull him back in. However,
the evasive maneuvers caused them to show up on Nazi radar, and in no
time, the entire Luftwaffe is on their tail.  Nina inserts a computer
virus into the Luftwaffe software, which causes every plane to explode
simultaneously.
The head Nazi double-agent is aware that he now has no chance of
stopping DSCH over European air-space, and contacts his reactionary
American colleagues (members of militia groups, Young Republicans, and
assorted yuppies).  Since they all think everything in the Soviet Union
is Evil and Sinister, they vow to prevent DSCH from reaching Avery
Fisher Hall.
Meanwhile, time grows short for Toscanini.  The concert is but six
hours away and no sign from DSCH.  Khrennikov suavely walks in, informs
the great conductor that DSCH made a foolish attempt to fly to the US
on his own, and was doubtlessly made a martyr by the Nazis.  Overcome
with grief, Toscanini agrees that he has no alternative but to present
Khrennikov's The Golden Tractor as originally planned.
Meanwhile, DSCH & Co. approach American airspace but suddenly are out
of fuel.  They make a forced landing in a remote area in Long Island.
A group of racially diverse incredibly cute children witness their
landing.  After some comic byplay, one of the little girls (who plays
viola in her elementary school symphony) recognizes DSCH because her
orchestra recently performed the Symphony No. 1.  The children know the
way to Avery Fisher Hall, and offer to serve as guides - the concert is
now three hours away.
Meanwhile: right-wing militia groups are patrolling the borders of
Manhattan; the head Nazi has provided everyone with pictures of DSCH,
Nina, Volkov & Slava - orders: get the microfilm, then shoot to kill.
CUT TO: A big garbage truck lumbers across the Brooklyn Bridge.  In
additional to the our four protagonists, the truck is filled with cute
kids (the truck belongs to the viola-player's father).  Volkov is
driving, and a little boy is giving directions, but Volkov keeps
confiding left and right.  Militia groups suddenly spot the truck and
open fire, give chase, etc.  Another great car-chase, multiple crashes,
Volkov always turning the wrong way.
Finally, our protagonists are trapped in a blind alley. The jig is up!
The Nazis and Yuppies approach them insolently.  The head Nazi demands
the microfilm, frisks DSCH for it, doesn't find it - frisks the other
adults likewise - turns with an evil grin toward the viola-player,
frisks her, find the microfilm.  He sets it ablaze, and smirks "Now
the Reich is safe for another 992 years".  Suddenly, all the children
pull out identical canisters of microfilm.  The Nazis and Republicans
are so shocked they drop their weapons, giving one of the kids an
opportunity to put the garbage truck in reverse, and tear out, with all
the good guys clambering on board.  In their haste to pursue DSCH, all
the Nazi badguys collide with the Republican badguys, and a massive
explosion ensuers.  DSCH pulls out the real microfilm, which was hidden
in a secret compartment of his brain-shrapnel.
Toscanini is about to begin the concert.  He announces to the concert
audience the apparent death of DSCH, and says the piece of DSCH's dear
friend Khrennikov will be played in his memory. Khrennikov smirks to
himself.  As Toscanini raises his baton, suddenly the door are flung
open - in walk DSCH, Nina, etc, with all the kids - each is carrying a
complete orchestral score of the Symphony No. 7, and they start
distributing them to the players.  DSCH strides to the podium, hands
the score to Toscanini "In memory of the greatest man of our very
complicated times, I have the honor of presenting to you my Symphony
No. 7 in C, Op. 60."  Khrennikov flies into a rage, comes to the stage,
reveals his attempt to kill DSCH, and then pulls a gun on him. "Not Op.
60 - I think we'll make it Opus Posthumous!" cackles the mad
composer.  But the bullet is deflected harmlessly, thanks to the
shrapnel, and DSCH kills Khrennikov with his trusty side pistol.  "A
Soviet Artist's response to just criticism" quips DSCH.
All the excitement was too much for an elderly viola-player who passes
out.  "Is there a viola-player in the house?" cries Toscanini.  The
little girl steps forward, and takes her seat.  The symphony begins.
Broadcast simultaneously throughout the world on allied radio, CNN, and
RealAudio, it so inspires the Allies that the Americans land on
Normandy and liberate Paris, Soviet soldiers free their country, enter
Berlin, Hitler retreats to his bunker and commits suicide - all this
just as symphony thunders towards its powerful coda.  V-E day
immediately breaks out, and DSCH is acclaimed by the jubilant crowds.
Churchill, Stalin & FDR (who leaps out of his wheelchair) rush forward
to bestow the highest honors of each nation upon the composer. Nina
embraces DSCH, Slava argues with Toscanini over the dynamic markings of
bars 27-35 in the second movement, the kids are all agreeing that the
first movement had a good beat, and Volkov is furiously writing
everything down, and begging DSCH to sign off on each page.  As DSCH
leaves Avery Fisher Hall, he is besieged by well-wishers, all of whom
are clutching copies of TIME (the famous issue with DSCH in
firefighters' gear) , and begging for his autograph. When DSCH sees
that it's his face on the cover, he turns to the camera, and says "Eat
your heart out, Spice Girls!" Freeze Frame - End credits
	- CMC
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:-)
-- 
_/_/  Roberto Maria Avanzi Mocenigo  <><
/_/  Institut fuer Experimentelle Mathematik / Uni Essen
_/ "Bruno Heinz Jaja, unlike Strawinsky, has never been
/  guilty of composing harmony in all his life!"

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