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- Although essentially uncinematic, the 1975 historical biographical drama film Galileo works on its own terms as filmed theatre, and is compelling, even at this considerable length of 145 minutes. The austere, grim story is intriguing enough, packed with beautifully written speeches, not to require too many demands on the audience.
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The film begins in 1609, when Galileo is an ill paid mathematics professor in Padua, but has the freedom to continue his scientific inquiries under the protection of the Venetian republic. It presents his sensational, if ingenuous, introduction of a new scientific toy from Holland, the telescope.
May 27, 1976 · Galileo: Directed by Joseph Losey. With Topol, Edward Fox, Colin Blakely, Georgia Brown. This biopic is about Galileo Galilei, the seventeenth century Italian who laid the foundations of modern science. Galileo made himself one of the world's first telescopes and discovered the moons of Jupiter.
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- Biography, Drama
- Joseph Losey
- 1976-05-27
Revolutionary Italian scientist Galileo Galilei (Topol) makes a series of observations of the Venetian night sky that he believes confirm the veracity of the Copernican model of the universe -- a...
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- Joseph Losey
- PG
- Topol
Galileo is a 1975 biographical film about the 16th- and 17th-century scientist Galileo Galilei, whose astronomical observations with the newly invented telescope led to a profound conflict with the Roman Catholic Church. The film is an adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's 1943 play of the same name.
This biopic is about Galileo Galilei, the seventeenth century Italian who laid the foundations of modern science. Galileo made himself one of the world's first telescopes and discovered the...
If one doesn't know of Galileo or know a lot about him, this film has enough to make them intrigued more. 'Galileo' is made with an appealing visual style, with grander sets than the usual ones for the American Film Theatre films and the photography is expansive enough without being overblown.
Directed by Joseph Losey. Challenged by a new student, tutor and theorist Galileo co-opts emerging telescope technology and discovers irrefutable proof of the heretical notion that the earth is not the center of the universe.
