The Last Man on Earth (2011 film)

The Last Man on Earth
The Last Man on Earth
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Gian Alfonso Pacinotti
Screenplay by	Gian Alfonso Pacinotti
Based on	Nessuno mi farà del male; 2010 novel; by Giacomo Monti
Produced by	Domenico Procacci
Cinematography	Vladan Radovic
Edited by	Clelio Benevento
Music by	Valerio Vigliar
Production; company	Fandango
Distributed by	Fandango
Release dates	8 September 2011 (Venice Film Festival); 9 September 2011;
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian
Budget	€ 2.3 million

The Last Man on Earth is a 2011 Italian science fiction drama featuring a film directed by Gian Alfonso Pacinotti. Its original Italian title is L'ultimo terrestre, which means "The last earthling." The story follows a man with relational problems while aliens visit Earth.^[1] The film premiered in competition at the 68th Venice International Film Festival.

Plot summary

Cast

Gabriele Spinelli as Luca Bertacci
Anna Bellato as Anna Luini
Luca Marinelli as Roberta
Teco Celio as Giuseppe Geri
Stefano Scherini as the American
Roberto Herlitzka as Luca's father
Paolo Mazzarelli as Walter Rasini
Sara Rosa Losilla as alien
Vincenzo Illiano as Gabriele Del Genovese
Ermanna Montanari as Carmen
Leonardo Taddei as Customer

Production

Fandango produced the film in collaboration with Rai Cinema and the Toscana Film Commission. The production involved a budget of 2.3 million euros. Filming took place in Tuscany for five weeks.^[2]

Release

To market the film, a viral video was released on the Internet where the real RAI newsreader Maria Cuffaro announces that extraterrestrials have arrived on Earth.^[3] The film premiered on 8 September 2011 in competition at the 68th Venice International Film Festival.^[1] Italian distribution is handled by Fandango, and the regular release is set for 9 September.^[4]

The film has been released on DVD and Blu-ray in Italy on 17 January 2012.

References

^ ^a ^b "Venezia 68: L'ultimo terrenstre - Gian Alfonso Pacinotti (Gipi)". labiennale.org. Venice Biennale. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
^ Scarpa, Vittoria (2011-05-25). "Ultimo ciak per L'ultimo terrestre, opera prima del fumettista Gipi". cineuropa.org (in Italian). Cineuropa. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
^ Hooper, John (2011-08-08). "Italian alien film tries to ape Orson Welles radio play in web marketing". The Guardian. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
^ "L'ultimo terrestre". MyMovies.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2011-08-26.

External links

Official website (in Italian)
The Last Man on Earth at IMDb
The Last Man on Earth at AllMovie
The Last Man on Earth at the TCM Movie Database

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[venice-1] "Venezia 68: L'ultimo terrenstre - Gian Alfonso Pacinotti (Gipi)". labiennale.org. Venice Biennale. Retrieved 2011-08-26.

[2] Scarpa, Vittoria (2011-05-25). "Ultimo ciak per L'ultimo terrestre, opera prima del fumettista Gipi". cineuropa.org (in Italian). Cineuropa. Retrieved 2011-08-26.

[3] Hooper, John (2011-08-08). "Italian alien film tries to ape Orson Welles radio play in web marketing". The Guardian. Retrieved 2011-08-26.

[4] "L'ultimo terrestre". MyMovies.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2011-08-26.

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