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The Sicilian

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Salvatore Giuliano (Christopher Lambert) steals money from the wealthy and gives the funds to the downtrodden in his native Sicily. As word of Salvatore's work spreads and he becomes beloved by the Italian working class, his head begins to swell. But Salvatore makes a potentially lethal mistake when he crosses his benefactor, the powerful Mafia boss Don Masino Croce (Joss Ackland). Seeking revenge, Don Masino pulls in Salvatore's cousin, Pisciotta (John Turturro), to take out the bandit.

Critics Reviews

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Variety Staff Variety 07/22/2008
The Sicilian represents a botched telling of the life of postwar outlaw leader Salvatore Giuliano. Go to Full Review Geoff Andrew Time Out 06/24/2006
The dialogue is ponderously poetic, stilted and over-emphatic, characters are convenient cyphers, and both cutting and photography tend towards the bombastic. Folly, then, but gloriously inept and overblown. Go to Full Review Vincent Canby New York Times 05/20/2003
1.5/5
The film is a mess, though hardly on the panoramic scale of Heaven's Gate. Go to Full Review Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com 10/08/2020
1.5/5
Cimino's euphuistic portrait of misplaced romanticism is barely durable. Go to Full Review Octavi Marti El Pais (Spain) 06/17/2020
Not since Midnight Express had a film premiered where a certain Anglo-Saxon arrogance was so evident. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Richard Freedman Newhouse News Service 11/15/2019
1/4
A wallow in bloodshed, cliches and grandiose effects coming from no discernible causes. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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Jeff D 10/28/2024 Set in the 'old country' Sicily. Extremely dry mood film. Most of the actors aren't Italian and don't pass for Italian. I just didn't feel this one. I watched the first half and listened to the second half while scrolling my phone for something more interesting. See more andy c 09/26/2023 Very underrated film. Another Michael Cimino classic. The movie is like almost like a neo realistic painting, and Sicily is the perfect canvas, from a Mario Puzo (Godfather) story See more Steve D 09/02/2023 Not really my taste but well done. See more 05/21/2022 Not bad but several miscast roles including the male and female leads scupper the overall tone See more delysid d 12/17/2021 i want to like this but i will try again later See more 08/26/2021 Considering that they have everything prepared in book that was awesome and they still managed to make an american hollywood, based on love ,brotherhood and bad big mafia guy stuff film it makes it one of the worst adaptation I have ever seen, bad dialogs, bad scenario and they just skip from scene to the scene to show what was "best" in the book but they loose it all and change the most important things and make them shallow and cheap. Crap! See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Michael Cimino

Director

Christopher Lambert

Salvatore Giuliano

Terence Stamp

Prince Borsa

Joss Ackland

Don Masino Croce

John Turturro

Pisciotta

Richard Bauer

Hector Adonis

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Movie Info

Synopsis Salvatore Giuliano (Christopher Lambert) steals money from the wealthy and gives the funds to the downtrodden in his native Sicily. As word of Salvatore's work spreads and he becomes beloved by the Italian working class, his head begins to swell. But Salvatore makes a potentially lethal mistake when he crosses his benefactor, the powerful Mafia boss Don Masino Croce (Joss Ackland). Seeking revenge, Don Masino pulls in Salvatore's cousin, Pisciotta (John Turturro), to take out the bandit.
Director
Michael Cimino
Producer
Michael Cimino
Rating
R
Genre
Biography
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
May 2, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA)
$4.4M
Runtime
1h 55m
Sound Mix
Surround