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03/31/07
Sacco & Vanzetti (2007)
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Reviews Counted:25
Fresh:22
Rotten:3
Average Rating:7.1/10
Runtime: 82 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Peter Miller directs this documentary about two Italian immigrant anarchists who were accused of murder in 1920 and executed seven years later. As Tony Shalhoub and John Turturro read the men's... [More]
Starring: Tony Shalhoub, John Turturro, Studs Terkel, Arlo Guthrie
Director: Peter Miller
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Reviews for Sacco & Vanzetti
A bit pedantic, but thorough and interesting throughout, a must for history buffs.
03/22/07
Top CriticBut even those who might feel that the movie presents a one-sided view of the evidence would have to admit that the trial was a travesty.
04/05/07
A long-held cause celebre for leftists the world over, the story of immigrant activists Sacco & Vanzetti is told in Peter Miller's rote documentary as a reference point for the way immigrants are still mistreated in America.
04/26/09
The documentary is a very dry accumulation of information, but the case of Sacco and Vanzetti haunts us to this day when immigrants continue to be scapegoated by our nation's politicos.
03/19/07
With cases of such importance, it's always a good idea to be reminded every now and then as to how things can go wrong, and justice means that just because a person is guilty of SOMETHING, doesn't mean that it's okay for the State frame them for something
03/31/07
Only 81 minutes long, Sacco and Vanzetti is packed with information.
03/29/07
Top CriticMiller's film shows how quickly Americans facing perceived foreign threats are willing to ignore basic liberties. Sound familiar?
03/30/07
Top Critic[Director Peter Miller] shrewdly exposes the monolithic, class-driven legal machinery that sent a pair of innocent, hard-working immigrants to the chair.
03/29/07
Top CriticAn informative expose' for those naïve enough not to know that the criminal justice system has always been stacked in favor of the rich, the white, and the well-connected.
03/28/07
Watching the film, it's hard not to feel a cold chill of recognition, particularly when Miller's interviewees discuss immigration, patriotism and war, and civil liberties versus homeland security in a time of national crisis.
03/30/07
The measured tone, though understatedly indignant regarding the miscarriage of justice, will likely draw viewers into the conversation.
03/25/07
...Miller uses the eighty year old case as a warning relevant to post 9/11 hatred and racial profiling today.
01/14/07
Probing documentary on martyred leftists, with lessons for today.
08/21/06
The meat-and-potatoes style of Sacco and Vanzetti seems less a failure of imagination than a means of putting in the foreground its intriguing subject matter.
04/02/07
Nicola Sacco, Bartolomeo Vanzetti, and the incredible firestorm of outrage generated by their criminal trials have been largely neglected in recent years, but Peter Miller's absolutely engrossing documentary Sacco and Vanzetti brings it all back.
05/17/07
Top CriticAn excellent, disturbing documentary.
03/29/07
Even those of us familiar with the case will find fresh insights into a crime and punishment that is, still, wrought with controversy.
01/11/07
[Pic] 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.
03/30/07
Surprisingly, this is the first nonfiction film to tackle the subject and Miller manages to find the parallels to contemporary times without being too pedantic or heavy-handed.
07/14/07
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