What is Mario Monicelli?
[[Image:MarioMonicelli.jpg|thumb|200px|Mario Monicelli ]] '''Mario Monicelli''' (May 15, 1915 in [[Rome]], [[Italy]] — 29 November 2010, Rome, Italy)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/8171433/Mario-Monicelli.html |title=Mario Monicelli - Telegraph |work=telegraph.co.uk |accessdate=1 December 2010 |archive-date=4 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204130329/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/8171433/Mario-Monicelli.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> was an [[Italians|Italian]] [[movie]] [[movie director|director]] famous for his comedy movies of the 1940—1960s.<ref name=yahoo>{{Cite web |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101129/ap_en_mo/eu_italy_obit_monicelli |title=Oscar-nominated director Mario Monicelli dies - Yahoo! News |work=news.yahoo.com |accessdate=1 December 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He was twice nominated for an [[Oscar]] award. One of his movies, ''The Great War'' (1959), won a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.<ref name=yahoo/> In 1991 the [[Venice]] Film Festival gave him a lifetime achievement award.<ref name=yahoo/> Suffering from [[terminal illness|terminal]] [[prostate cancer]], Monicelli jumped to his death from a fifth floor hospital window in Rome.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/409741-monicellis-dramatic-last-scene |title=Monicelli's dramatic last scene {{!}} Presseurop – English |work=presseurop.eu |accessdate=1 December 2010 |archive-date=2 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202064256/http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/409741-monicellis-dramatic-last-scene |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was 95 years old. ==Movies== * ''The Boys of Paul Street'' (1935) * ''Big Deal on Madonna Street'' (1958) * ''The Great War'' (1959) * ''I Compagni'' (1963) * ''Casonova 70'' (1965) ==References== {{reflis