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Directed by | Federico Fellini |
Written by | Story and Screenplay: Federico Fellini Bernardino Zapponi |
Produced by | Elio Scardamaglia |
Starring | Federico Fellini |
Edited by | Ruggero Mastroianni |
Music by | Nino Rota |
Release date | December 25, 1970 |
Running time | 92 min. |
Language | Italian |
I clowns (also known as The Clowns) is a 1970 film by Federico Fellini about the human fascination with clowns and circuses.[1]
The film was made for the Italian TV station RAI with an agreement that it would be released simultaneously as a cinema feature.[2] RAI and co-producer Leone Film compromised on its release, with RAI broadcasting it on Christmas Day, 1970, and Leone Film releasing it theatrically in Italy the following day, December 26, 1970.[3]
It is a docufiction: part reality, part fantasy. The Clowns was incorrectly referred as the first mockumentary in film history.[4] In fact, A Hard Day's Night (1964) appears to be the first one. Nonetheless, being documentary and fiction in one, The Clowns distinguishes itself by being a mockumentary with unique characteristics.