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{{short description|1957 film directed by George Cukor}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = Wild is the Wind | image = Poster of the movie Wild Is the Wind.jpg | caption = | director = [[George Cukor]] | producer = [[Hal B. Wallis]] | writer = [[Arnold Schulman]]<br>[[Vittorio Nino Novarese]] | based_on = {{Based on|''[[La Lupa (story)|La Lupa]]''<br>1880 short story|[[Giovanni Verga]]}} | narrator = | starring = [[Anna Magnani]]<br>[[Anthony Quinn]] | music = [[Dimitri Tiomkin]] | cinematography = [[Charles Lang]] | editing = [[Warren Low]] | distributor = [[Paramount Pictures]] | released = {{Film date|1957|12|11}} | runtime = 114 minutes | country = United States | language = English | gross = $1.5 million<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/variety213-1959-01/page/n46/mode/1up?q=%22top+grossers%22|magazine=Variety|title=Top Grossers of 1958|date=7 January 1959|page=48}} Please note figures are for US and Canada only and are domestic rentals accruing to distributors as opposed to theatre gross</ref> | budget = }} '''''Wild is the Wind''''' is a 1957 American [[drama film]] directed by [[George Cukor]] and starring [[Anna Magnani]], [[Anthony Quinn]], and [[Anthony Franciosa]]. It tells the story of an American rancher who, after his wife dies, goes to Italy to marry her sister, but finds that she falls in love with his young ranch hand. The screenplay was adapted by [[Arnold Schulman]] from the 1947 Italian film ''[[Fury (1947 film)|Fury]]'', which was in turn loosely based on [[Giovanni Verga]]'s [[novella]] ''[[La Lupa (story)|La Lupa]]''. The title song, "[[Wild Is the Wind (song)|Wild Is the Wind]]", was performed by [[Johnny Mathis]]. The Italian title was 'Selvaggio Γ¨ il vento', literal translation of the original English. ==Plot== Gino (Anthony Quinn) is a sheepherder in [[Nevada]] who travels to Italy to marry Gioia (Anna Magnani), the sister of his wife, who died a number of years previously. He brings her back to his ranch, but struggles with the memory of his dead wife, even calling Gioia by his last wife's name. With Gino feeling disappointed with her, Gioia feels neglected and resentful that she is constantly being compared with her late sister and found wanting. She turns outside of her marriage to fulfill her needs and has an affair with Bene (Anthony Franciosa), a ranch hand whom Gino raised from boyhood and considers as almost a son. Only then does Gino realize how much he needs Gioia; he pleads with her to stay at the ranch instead of returning to Italy. ==Cast== * [[Anna Magnani]] as Gioia * [[Anthony Quinn]] as Gino * [[Anthony Franciosa]] as Bene * [[Joseph Calleia]] as Alberto * [[Dolores Hart]] as Angela/Angie * Lili Valenty as Teresa * [[James Flavin]] as Wool Buyer * Dick Ryan as Priest * Iphigenie Castiglioni as Party Guest * Joseph Vitale as Party Guest * [[Ruth Lee]] as Party Guest * [[Frances Morris (actor)|Frances Morris]] as Party Guest ==Release== The film was the official American entry at the [[8th Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref name=Berlin>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=2 July 1958|page=2|title=Political Tensions, No U.S. Stars Mark Opening Of Berlin Film Fest|last=Myers|first=Harold|url=https://archive.org/stream/variety211-1958-07#page/n2/mode/1up|access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref> ==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! Award ! Category ! Nominee(s) ! Result |- | rowspan="3"| [[30th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]<ref name="Oscars1958">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1958 |title=The 30th Academy Awards (1958) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-08-21|work=oscars.org}}</ref> | [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] | [[Anthony Quinn]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] | [[Anna Magnani]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Song]] | "[[Wild Is the Wind (song)|Wild Is the Wind]]" <br> Music by [[Dimitri Tiomkin]]; <br> Lyrics by [[Ned Washington]] | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="2"| [[8th Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin International Film Festival]]<ref name="berlinale 1958">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1958/03_preistr_ger_1958/03_Preistraeger_1958.html |title=Berlinale 1958: Prize Winners |access-date=2010-01-05 |work=berlinale.de}}</ref> | [[Golden Bear]] | [[George Cukor]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Silver Bear for Best Actress|Best Actress]] | rowspan="3"| Anna Magnani | {{won}} |- | [[12th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1959/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1959 |website=[[BAFTA]] |year=1994 |access-date=16 September 2016 |ref={{harvid|BAFTA|1959}}}}</ref> | [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Foreign Actress]] | {{nom}} |- | [[David di Donatello|David di Donatello Awards]] | [[David di Donatello for Best Actress|Best Actress]] | {{won}} |- | rowspan="2"| [[15th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/wild-wind |title=Wild Is the Wind β Golden Globes |website=[[HFPA]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |ref={{harvid|HFPA|1958}}}}</ref> | colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture β Drama|Best Motion Picture β Drama]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture β Drama|Best Actress in a Motion Picture β Drama]] | Anna Magnani | {{nom}} |- | [[Laurel Awards]] | Top Male Dramatic Performance | Anthony Quinn | {{draw|4th Place}} |} ==See also== * [[List of American films of 1957]] * [[The Misfits (1961 film)|''The Misfits'' (1961 film)]], for a comparison of exactly the same theme and scene of lassoing wild Reno horses from a truck, three years later. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb title | id=0051193 | title=Wild is the Wind}} * [https://www.allmovie.com/movie/wild-is-the-wind-am144178 ''Wild Is the Wind'' at AllMovie] * {{tcmdb title|id=95863}} * {{AFI film|53461}} {{George Cukor}} [[Category:1957 films]] [[Category:1957 drama films]] [[Category:American drama films]] [[Category:American remakes of Italian films]] [[Category:American black-and-white films]] [[Category:Films scored by Dimitri Tiomkin]] [[Category:Films based on Italian novels]] [[Category:Films directed by George Cukor]] [[Category:Films produced by Hal B. Wallis]] [[Category:Paramount Pictures films]] [[Category:1950s English-language films]] [[Category:1950s American films]] [[Category:English-language drama films]] [[Category:Films based on works by Giovanni Verga]] {{1950s-US-drama-film-stub}}
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