The Palermo Connection

The Palermo Connection

Directed by	Francesco Rosi
Written by	Francesco Rosi Gore Vidal Tonino Guerra
Based on	Oublier Palerme by Edmonde Charle-Roux
Produced by	Mario Cecchi Gori Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Starring	Jim Belushi Mimi Rogers Joss Ackland Vittorio Gassman Philippe Noiret
Cinematography	Pasqualino De Santis
Edited by	Ruggero Mastroianni
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Production companies	Cecchi Gori Group Reteitalia Gaumont
Distributed by	Penta Film (Italy) Gaumont (France)
Release date	1990 (1990)
Running time	100 minutes
Countries	Italy France
Languages	English Italian
Box office	$197,000 (Italy)^[1]

Dimenticare Palermo (Forgetting Palermo) is a 1990 Italian political thriller film starring Jim Belushi, directed by Francesco Rosi and co-written by Gore Vidal.^[2] The film was released under the title The Palermo Connection in North America. The script is based on the Prix Goncourt winning novel Oublier Palerme (1966) by French author Edmonde Charles-Roux.

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Plot

Carmine Bonavia is candidate for mayor of New York City on the issue of drug legalization. During the campaign he gets married and travels to his ancestral home of Sicily, for the honeymoon. In the hotel in Palermo he meets a Sicilian prince who has been confined there for years because he crossed the mafia. He discovers the beauties of the Italian island but is also framed by men of power, for a crime he did not commit. He discovers that those men will stop at nothing to prevent the legalization of drugs, which threatens their business, and is forced to decide between joining them or going to prison.

Cast

James Belushi: Carmine Bonavia
Mimi Rogers: Carrie
Joss Ackland: the boss
Vittorio Gassman: the 'Prince'
Philippe Noiret: Gianni Mucci
Carolina Rosi: the Italian journalist
Beatrice Ring: the German student
Marco Leonardi: the florist
Marino Masé
Sal Borgese

References

^ Bisogni, Daniela (3 September 1990). "Italo b.o. piccolo". Variety. p. 51.
^ BAM/PFA

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Films directed by Francesco Rosi

La sfida (1958)
The Magliari (1959)
Salvatore Giuliano (1962)
Hands over the City (1963)
The Moment of Truth (1965)
More Than a Miracle (1967)
Many Wars Ago (1970)
The Mattei Affair (1972)
Lucky Luciano (1973)
Illustrious Corpses (1976)
Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
Three Brothers (1981)
Carmen (1984)
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1987)
The Palermo Connection (1990)
The Truce (1997)

v t e Gore Vidal
Plays	Visit to a Small Planet (1957) The Best Man (1960) Weekend (1968) An Evening with Richard Nixon (1972)
Novels	Williwaw (1946) The City and the Pillar (1948) Dark Green, Bright Red (1950) Messiah (1954) Julian (1964) Washington, D.C. (1967) Myra Breckinridge (1968) Two Sisters (1970) Burr (1973) Myron (1974) 1876 (1976) Kalki (1978) Creation (1981) Duluth (1983) Lincoln (1984) Empire (1987) Hollywood (1990) Live from Golgotha: The Gospel According to Gore Vidal (1992) The Smithsonian Institution (1998) The Golden Age (2000)
Screenplays	The Catered Affair (1956) I Accuse! (1958) The Left Handed Gun (1958) The Scapegoat (1959) Ben Hur (1959) (uncredited) Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) The Best Man (1964) Is Paris Burning? (1966) Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1970) Caligula (1979) Dress Gray (1986) The Sicilian (1987) (uncredited) Billy the Kid (1989) The Palermo Connection (1989)
Teleplays	The Telltale Clue Danger Climax! Suspense The Best of Broadway Goodyear Television Playhouse Studio One NBC Matinee Theater General Electric Theater NBC Sunday Showcase Ford Startime
People	Eugene Luther Vidal (father) Nina Auchincloss Straight (half-sister) Burr Steers (nephew) Hugh Auchincloss Steers (nephew)

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