La Scorta [1993] (DVD)
Ricky Tognazzi
Synopsis
Sicily, 1992: When a high-profile judge and his bodyguard are brutally murdered, four reluctant young cops are assigned as La Scorta Italian for the escorts to protect the replacement prosecutor from Mafia assassins. But in a country where high level corruption and sudden violence are a way of life, the squad quickly find themselves outnumbered, outgunned and desperately out of time. Even if they can survive the daily threat of car bombs and ambushes, will personal conflicts and backroom betrayals blow apart the nations most unlikely team of heroes?Claudio Amendola (in his breakout performance) and Enrico Lo Verso star in this white-knuckle thriller from writer/director Ricky Tognazzi featuring a pounding score by Ennio Morricone and based on a true story of uncommon courage.
Bonus features include:
- Audio Commentary with Director Ricky Tognazzi and Producer Claudio Bonivento,
- Judging La Scota - Interviews with Director Ricky Tognazzi, Actor Claudio Amandola, Co-Writer Graziano Diana, Co-Writer Simona Izzo, Producer Claudio Bonivento and Cinematographer Alessio Gelsini,
- U.S. Trailer,
- Italian Trailer
Product Details
- Format: Color, Widescreen
- Language: Italian
- Subtitles: English
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85.1
- Number of Discs: 1
- Rating: Not Rated
- Label: Blue Underground
- Release Date: 02/28/2006
- Run Time: 95 minutes
- Catalogue #: 1092
- Region: All Regions