Editing Life Is Beautiful (section)

==Release==
In Italy, the film was released in 1997 by Cecchi Gori Distribuzione.<ref name="Rooney">{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/life-is-beautiful-1200452780/ |title=Review: 'Life Is Beautiful' |last=Rooney |first=David |date=3 January 1998 |access-date=12 September 2016 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305040046/http://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/life-is-beautiful-1200452780/ |archive-date=5 March 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> The film was screened in the [[1998 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival]] in May 1998, where it was a late addition to the selection of films.{{sfn|Piper|2003|p=11}} In the United States, it was released on 23 October 1998,<ref name="Okwu"/> by [[Miramax Films]].<ref name="Maslin">{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9905EFDF113DF930A15753C1A96E958260 |title=Giving a Human (and Humorous) Face to Rearing a Boy Under Fascism |last=Maslin |first=Janet |date=23 October 1998 |access-date=11 September 2016 |work=[[The New York Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129192029/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9905EFDF113DF930A15753C1A96E958260 |archive-date=29 November 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> In Germany, it was released on 12 November 1998. In Austria, it was released on 13 November 1998. In the United Kingdom, it was released on 12 February 1999.<ref name="Logan"/> After the Italian, English subtitled version became a hit in English speaking territories, Miramax Films reissued ''Life Is Beautiful'' in an English dubbed version, but it was less successful than the subtitled Italian version.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Benigni-s-Pinocchio-Out-With-Subtitles-8826037.php |title=Benigni's 'Pinocchio' Out With Subtitles |date=8 February 2003 |access-date=17 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121021917/https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Benigni-s-Pinocchio-Out-With-Subtitles-8826037.php |archive-date=21 November 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The film was aired on the Italian television station [[RAI]] on 22 October 2001 and was viewed by 16 million people. This made it the most watched Italian film on Italian television.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.repubblica.it/online/spettacoli/ascolti/ascolti/ascolti.html |title=Benigni, audience da record oltre 16 milioni di spettatori |date=23 October 2001 |access-date=11 September 2016 |work=[[La Repubblica]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304215750/http://www.repubblica.it/online/spettacoli/ascolti/ascolti/ascolti.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>