Synopsis
It was August 1967 when an all-star production - starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, directed by Joseph Losey, screenplay by Tennessee Williams, music by John Barry, playwright Nöel Coward among the actors - set up camp in a pristine corner of Sardinia, near the town of Alghero, to
begin filming “Boom!”. So why did a film with a huge budget for the time, distributed by Universal Pictures, and which had all the makings of an international success, turn out to be a historic box office flop?
The answer lies in a host of small and large little-known details that emerge from the intriguing return to that set, on the cliffs of Capo Caccia, as we pick up the pieces of a complex and surprising puzzle:
the recollections and anecdotes of the surviving protagonists, interwoven with the memories of the locals who were involved in the making of the film; the powerful charm of a wild and unique location, where a stunning villa overlooking the sea was built and then pulled down and which for three
months hosted the most acclaimed celebrity couple on the planet; the tale of a unique artistic encounter and the unruly, creative atmosphere of the 1960s.
title: L’estate di Joe, Liz e Richard
international title: A summer with Joe, Liz & Richard
director and screenwriter: Sergio Naitza
cast: John Waters, Michel Ciment, Patricia Losey, Gianni Bozzacchi, Joanna Shimkus, Valerio de Paolis, Gianni Bulgari, Giulia Naitza, Viram Jasani, Jacques Durussel, Pinuccio Baldino, Franco Bernardi, Salvatore Sotgiu, Tonino Loi, Giovanni Burruni, Giovanni Dongu, Gian Michele Oliva
cinematographer: Luca Melis
editing: Rossana Cingolani, Sergio Naitza
music: Romeo Scaccia
animation: Bruno D’Elia
sound: Piergiuseppe Fancellu, Roberto Cois
post production supervision and VFX: Davide Melis
general organizer: Daniela Volpe, Luca Melis
press off ice: Vuesse&C, Trieste
produced by: Luca Melis, Sergio Naitza
production company: Karel, with MiC-D.G.Cinema, Regione Autonoma della Sardegna, Fondazione di Sardegna, Fondazione Sardegna Film Commission, Fondazione Alghero, Società Umanitaria-Cineteca Sarda, Europa Cultura, Erich Jost (associated).
country: Italy
year: 2022
lenght: 86’
format: 2K scope, color
contacts:
Production: KAREL +39 070 487666 - info@karel.it - www.karel.it
Luca Melis +39 3485188082