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Ginger and Fred

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In Italy, dancers Pippo and Amelia -- once famous for their impersonations of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers -- reunite to perform one last ballroom routine on the TV show "We Are Proud to Present." Now both show biz has-beens, Pippo and Amelia are billed alongside a veritable circus sideshow of dwarfs and celebrities. Soon the aging dancers take to the stage and transform the vulgar spectacle into a magical re-imagining of 1930s Hollywood.
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Gilbert Adair Sight & Sound Aug 1, 2015
The scenes in and around the television studio, as the two forlorn old troupers come to terms with the punkish fauna of the 1980s, are -- for this director -- strangely verveless and unfocused. Go to Full Review
Vincent Canby New York Times May 20, 2003
5/5
When, as happens on several occasions, Amelia and Pippo become an integral part of the impressionistic film that surrounds them, instead of just being witnesses to it, Ginger and Fred ranks with the best work Mr. Fellini has ever done. Go to Full Review
Dave Kehr Chicago Reader Jan 1, 2000
The film isn't a particularly pleasurable experience (the satire of television is broad and wayward, and the attempts to wring pathos from Ginger and Fred's geriatric infirmities fall far short of the mark), but it does have a cranky, old-man's integrity. Go to Full Review
Jack Morris Washington Blade May 23, 2022
Fellini’s target is clearly the vacuousness of TV (there is even. a humiliating game show), yet while he mocks its banality and slickness, his mode of entertaining seems virtually the same; he only magnifies its idiocy. This isn’t really fair. Go to Full Review
Octavi Marti El Pais (Spain) Mar 11, 2020
Ginger e Fred is simultaneously an entertaining movie and a spectacle that produces an infinite sadness because of its pessimism and disillusionment. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Sep 19, 2008
B
It's one of Fellini's more accessible and warmer films. Go to Full Review
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s r @ScottR Sep 4, 2018 Didn't do much for me, lots of symbolism, but like a dead horse. See more
Apr 1, 2014 one of my favourite fellini pics See more
Mar 7, 2014 A terrific performance by Masina and Mastroianni and a beautiful story by Fellini. See more
Emilio T @MilloTPue Jan 4, 2014 Fellini is very good when he looks at the small characters, lost in society. But he is quite boring when talks about the mediocrity of fame and spectacle. Maybe because of that, only Giuletta Masina, and the couple she does with Mastroianni, gets saved in this movie. The original idea is good, but the execution... See more
Dec 7, 2012 Hilarious satire of Italian television. See more
Nov 16, 2012 You're going to crey... don't forget, Fellini is a man, and he's Catholic. See more
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Federico Fellini

Director

Giulietta Masina

Amelia Bonetti (Ginger)

Marcello Mastroianni

Pippo Botticella (Fred)

Franco Fabrizi

Show host

Friedrich von Ledebur

Admiral Aulenti

Martin Blau

Assistant director

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Ginger and Fred

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Synopsis In Italy, dancers Pippo and Amelia -- once famous for their impersonations of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers -- reunite to perform one last ballroom routine on the TV show "We Are Proud to Present." Now both show biz has-beens, Pippo and Amelia are billed alongside a veritable circus sideshow of dwarfs and celebrities. Soon the aging dancers take to the stage and transform the vulgar spectacle into a magical re-imagining of 1930s Hollywood.
Director
Federico Fellini
Producer
Alberto Grimaldi, Heinz Bibo
Screenwriter
Federico Fellini, Tonino Guerra, Tullio Pinelli
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co
Produzioni Europee Associate, France 3 Cinéma, Stella Film, Les Films Ariane
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
Italian
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 28, 1986, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 9, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA)
$577.5K
Runtime
2h 6m
Sound Mix
Mono
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