Product Details

• Actors: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Nicole Magny, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini
• Directors: Ettore Scola
• Producers: Carlo Ponti
• Format: NTSC, Color, Subtitled
• Subtitles: English
• Rated: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Axon Video
• Run Time: 110 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000LQE6UI
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #274,634 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

National Board of Review - Best Foreign Film / Academy Award Nominee - Best Foreign Film.... Ettore Scola's A Special Day is the story of a touching and brief encounter between two unlikely people; the "special day" is May 8, 1939, the day of a huge rally celebrating Hitler's visit to Rome. On this day, an intimate drama unfolds between Antonietta (Sophia Loren) and Gabriele (Marcello Mastroianni), a former radio announcer. An accidental meeting brings them together for almost two hours of comic and touching confidences, arguments and self-searching.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Special Day, December 11, 2007

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Z. Arevshatian (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Special Day (DVD)

DO NOT waste money on this item. This is a transfer made directly from a videotape. The quality is very poor. The image is soft and its colors bleed. Contrary to the item's description for the DVD as having subtitles, the DVD has an English voice over dubbed on top of the Italian soundtrack which makes it extremely annoying to listen to. The DVD is not subtitled.

33 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Is this legit?, September 12, 2007

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Jeffrey Rosen "film buff" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Special Day (DVD)

Horrible bootleg version of wonderful film. Why do these people continue to release sub par video. Avoid Televista or Jef Video or Newstar

27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Deception, October 21, 2007

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Erhan Kayaalp (Istanbul, Turkey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Special Day (DVD)

The recording quality is so low that it seems as if it was transferred from an ordinary VHS and dubbed in English. Even the original soundtrack is not avaliable! It's an awful edition, which only leaves me feeling that I have I thrown away my money.