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Ginger and Fred (Italian: Ginger e Fred) is a 1986 comedy-drama film written and directed by Federico Fellini and starring Marcello Mastroianni and Giulietta Masina.
The title is a reference to the American dancing couple Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. The two leads portray Italian impersonators of Astaire and Rogers who reunite after thirty years of retirement for a vulgar and bizarre television extravaganza.
The film was the subject of a trademark claim in the United States by Ginger Rogers, who claimed in Rogers v. Grimaldi that the film violated her Lanham Act trademark rights, right of publicity, and was a "false light" defamation. The Second Circuit rejected this claim, finding that "suppressing an artistically relevant though ambiguous[ly] title[d] film" on trademark grounds would "unduly restrict expression."




Plot


Amelia and Pippo were once together famous as dancers, imitating Ginger Rogers' and Fred Astaire's dance routines. Thirty years after they've retired, they team up one more time for a live TV show. Although this reunion is overshadowed by Pippo's lack of stamina, their performance is well-received and revives their popularity for another day.




Cast


Giulietta Masina as Amelia Bonetti (Ginger)
Marcello Mastroianni as Pippo Botticella (Fred)
Franco Fabrizi as Show host
Friedrich von Ledebur as Admiral Aulenti
Augusto Poderosi as transvestite
Martin Maria Blau as assistant director
Jacques Henri Lartigue as Brother Gerolamo
Totò Mignone as Totò
Ezio Marano as the intellectual
Antoine Saint-John as bandaged man
Friedrich von Thun as kidnapped tycoon
Antonino Iuorio as TV inspector
Barbara Scoppa as journalist
Elisabetta Flumeri as journalist
Salvatore Billa as Clark Gable
Caterina Vertova




Release


The film opened the 36th Berlin Film Festival on 14 February 1986.




Reception






= Critical response

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Ginger and Fred has an approval rating of 77% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 13 reviews, and an average rating of 7/10.




= Awards and nominations

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Ginger and Fred was nominated for best foreign film awards in 1986 by the U.S. National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, as well as the 1987 Golden Globes and BAFTA. Masina received a David di Donatello for Best Actress award for her role (1986).




See also


Rogers v. Grimaldi




References






External links



Ginger and Fred at IMDb
Ginger and Fred at AllMovie
Ginger and Fred at Rotten Tomatoes
Ginger and Fred at the TCM Movie Database

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