Miracle at St. Anna
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| Directed by | Spike Lee |
| Produced by | Roberto Cicutto Spike Lee Luigi Musini |
| Written by | James McBride |
| Starring | Derek Luke Michael Ealy Laz Alonso Omar Benson Miller Luigi Lo Cascio James Gandolfini John Leguizamo Joseph Gordon Levitt |
| Music by | Terence Blanchard |
| Cinematography | Matthew Libatique |
| Editing by | Barry Alexander Brown |
| Distributed by | Touchstone Pictures |
| Release date(s) | September 26, 2008 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English, Italian, German |
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Miracle at St. Anna is a film to be released in late September 2008[1] set in World War II directed by Spike Lee and written by James McBride. The film is set in fall 1944 in Tuscany and in contemporary New York City and Rome.
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[edit] Plot
The film follows four African-American Buffalo Soldiers of the 92nd Infantry Division who get trapped near a small Tuscan village on the Gothic Line during the Italian Campaign of World War II.
The film deals with the Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacre perpetrated by the Waffen-SS in retaliation to Italian partisan activity. There is also a reference to a sculpted head from Ponte Santa Trinita in Florence that acts as a plot device.
[edit] Production
The film is based on a novel by James McBride and is scripted by the author.
Principal photography started in Tuscany on October, 15, 2007. The exterior scenes were filmed close to Barga (on the Serchio river), and in the villages of Colognora and Sant'Anna di Stazzema. The production was then moved to Cinecittà and Piazza del Popolo in Rome. Scenes were also shot in New York City and Nassau, Bahamas. Principal photography wrapped in January 2008.
The first trailer of the movie was released in June 2008.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Miracle at St. Anna Official Website
- Miracle at St. Anna at the Internet Movie Database
- Miracle of Sant'Anna: Rewriting history?, The Independent, 9 November 2007
- Spike Lee gets ready to do battle with Miracle at St Anna, The Telegraph, 02/05/2008
- Spike Lee drama spotlights blacks' forgotten WWII role, The Age, May 25, 2008
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