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anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti
Bartolomeo Vanzetti [1888-1927]
Nicola Sacco [1891-1927]
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"I have suffered for things that I am guilty of. I am suffering because I am a radical and indeed I am a radical; I have suffered because I was an Italian, and indeed I am an Italian; I have suffered more for my family and for my beloved than for myself; but I am so convinced to be right that if you could execute me two times, and if I could be reborn two other times, I would live again to do what I have done already."
— statement by Bartolomeo Vanzetti, 9 April 1927
"If it had not been for this thing, I might have lived out my life talking at street corners to scorning men. I might have died, unmarked, unknown, a failure. Now we are not a failure. This is our career and our triumph. Never in our full life can we hope to do such work for tolerance, justice, for man's understanding of man, as now we do by accident. Our words - our lives - our pains - nothing! The taking of our lives - lives of a good shoemaker and a poor fish peddler - all! That last moment belong to us - that agony is our triumph."
— statement read by Bartolomeo Vanzetti at his execution, 23 August 1927
"Sacco and Vanzetti [were] treated unjustly and any disgrace should be forever removed from their names."
— Gov. Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts, 23 August 1977
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Sacco and Vanzetti entry at Wikipedia
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Works About Sacco and Vanzetti
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 | "Boston: A Documentary Novel {of the Sacco-Vanzetti Case}" [Haldeman-Julius Publns 1928] by Upton Sinclair [1878-1968] A Boston brahmin who is the widow of the ex-governor becomes involved in the social and political turmoil created by the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti. Bentley Publrs 9x6 pb [12/78] out of print/used Bentley Publrs 9x6 hardcover [12/78] for $49.95 Bentley Publrs 9¼x6½ hardcover [12/78] out of print/used |
 | "Jailbird: A Novel" [1979] by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. [1922-2007] Vonnegut opines on labor movements and on the Sacco & Vanzetti case in chapters 18 & 19; the main plot (with Vonnegut's usual asides) is about Walter F. Starbuck, the least-important member of the WaterGate Conspiracy, who goes to prison and is released and then is sent to prison a second time. Kindle Edition from Rosetta Books [8/2011] for $7.99 Kindle Edition from Dial Press [7/2010] for $11.99 Dell mass pb [1/99] out of print/many used Dial Press 8x5¼ pb [1/99] for $12.99 Doubleday 8¼x5½ hardcover [8/79] out of print/100+ used book entry at Wikipedia |
 | "Sacco and Vanzetti: The Men, The Murders & The Judgment of Mankind" [2007] by Bruce Watson Kindle Edition from Penguin Publng [8/2007 edition] for $12.99 Penguin Books 8½x5½ pb [11/2008] for $13.98 Viking 8¾x6 hardcover [8/2007] for $22.95 |
"Facing The Chair: Story of The Americanization of Two Foreignborn Workmen" [1927] by John Dos Passos
http://www.amazon.com/Postmortem-Evidence-Case-Sacco-Vanzetti/dp/087023479X/
http://www.amazon.com/Sacco-Vanzetti-Robert-H-Montgomery/dp/088279003X/
http://www.amazon.com/Passion-Sacco-Vanzetti-England-ebook/dp/B006GKVYF8/
http://www.amazon.com/Twentieth-Century-Cause-C%C3%A8l%C3%A9bre-Vanzetti-1920-1927/dp/0275977838/
http://www.amazon.com/Sacco-Vanzetti-Remembers-Robert-Allison/dp/1889833762/
http://www.amazon.com/Sacco-Vanzetti-Must-Mark-Binelli/dp/B005GNMLBW/
Movies & Television About Sacco & Vanzetti
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'Nicola Sacco' character credits [1927-2006] at Internet Movie Database
'Bartolomeo Vanzetti' character credits [1927-2006] at Internet Movie Database
"Sacco und Vanzetti" silent feature [Austria Oct 1927]
Directed by Alfréd Deésy (Alfred Kämpf); starring Louis V. Arco (Lutz Altschul) & Hans Peppler; the film was banned
in much of Europe • VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available •
credits at IMDb
"The Sacco-Vanzetti Story" two-parter on "Breck Sunday Showcase" [NBC-TV June 1960]
Directed by Sidney Lumet; written by Reginald Rose; starring Martin Balsam as Sacco & Steven Hill as Vanzetti;
also starring Dana Elcar, E.G. Marshall, Carroll O'Connor
Part 1: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121018/
Part 2: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0713104/
"Sacco und Vanzetti" (1963) (TV) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1949234/
"Der Fall Sacco und Vanzetti" (1963) (TV) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0446327/
"The Good Shoe Maker and The Poor Fish Peddler" [BBC-TV April 1965]
broadcast as 75-minute episode of "The Wednesday Play"(1965)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0492458/ & http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0745160/
"De Zaak Sacco en Vanzetti" (1966) (TV) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0964601/
"L'Affaire Sacco et Vanzetti" (1967) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0248663/
 | "Sacco e Vanzetti" [Italy March 1971, USA Oct 1971] 120-minute dramatic feature film co-written & directed by Giuliano Montaldo; original music by Ennio Morricone; starring Gian Maria Volonté, Riccardo Cucciolla, Cyril Cusack, Rosanna Fratello, Geoffrey Keen, Milo O'Shea Region 1 DVD/Blu-ray not available V.C.I./F.F.I. color VHS [7/2001] out of prodn/used see below for the many variant movie soundtrack albums full credits at IMDb |
"Sacco e Vanzetti" [R.A.I. Italy March 1977]
3-hour Italian TV mini-series directed by Giacomo Colli; written by Reginald Rose; starring Achille Millo
& Franco Graziosi • VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available •
full credits at IMDb
 | "Landmark American Trials: Sacco and Vanzetti" [1999] 45-minute docufilm video release; not listed at IMDb World Almanac Video b&w/color VHS [8/2000] out of prodn/used Choices, Inc. b&w/color VHS [8/2000] out of prodn/used |
 | "In Search of History: The True Story of Sacco and Vanzetti" 50-minute TV documentary [History Channel 2000] A&E Home Video b&w/color DVD-R [4/2006] for $24.95 A&E Home Video b&w/color VHS [2/2000] for $18.90 bare credits at IMDb |
 | "The Diary of Sacco and Vanzetti" [indep video Jan 2004] 57-minute color documentary film written & directed by and starring David Rothauser DVD available only at distributor website for $25.00 + s/h full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
 | "Sacco e Vanzetti" TV movie [R.T.I. Italy Nov 2005] 87-minute Italian dramatic TV movie directed by Fabrizio Costa; original music by Stefano Caprioli; starring Sergio Rubini, Ennio Fantastichini, Anita Caprioli Image Music import soundtrack CD [10/2005] out of prodn/used VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb |
 | "Sacco and Vanzetti" documentary feature film [indep March 2007] 80-minute documentary film co-produced & directed by Peter Miller; featuring Henry Fonda, Arlo Guthrie, David Kaiser, Giuliano Montaldo, 'Studs' Terkel, Mary Anne Trasciatti, Howard Zinn, and the voices of Tony Shalhoub & John Turturro First Run Features widescreen color DVD [8/2007] for $13.99 full credits from IMDb • official movie site |
"No God, No Master" [Monterey Media March 2014]
 | tagline "Fear Justice Freedom Anarchy" • An F.B.I. agent is assigned to find out who is causing anarchist violence in America; plot elements include the Ludlow Massacre, Sacco & Vanzetti, the I.W.W. labor union, and the bombings of the Los Angeles Times and of Wall Street • Co-produced, written & directed by Terry Green; starring David Strathairn, Ray Wise {as A. Mitchell Palmer}, Sam Witwer, Alessandro Mario {as Bartolomeo Vanzetti}, Edoardo Ballerini, James Madio {as Nicola Sacco}, Mariana Klaveno, Sean McNall {as J. Edgar Hoover}, Mariann Mayberry {as Emma Gold-man}, Paul Iacono, Andrea Grano, Mario Di Donato, David Darlow {as John D. Rockefeller Sr.}, Gino Sciortino, Alice Wedoff, Tom Groenwald, Gary Houston, Mike Bacarella, Marco Garcia, Michael Herold, Daniel Mooney, Kara Zediker, Jonathan Wainwright, Max Scharrer, Genevieve Pritchard, James Pickering {as Judge Thayer}, Arturo De La Mesa, Adam Jennings, David Crane, Richard Ganoung, Tom Bruno, Lee Ernst, Danny Feltman, Bryson Langer, Jon Maciaso-wicz, Vito Roppo, John Sanders, Claire-Elizabeth Van Fossen, Scott Annala, Paul Bertling, Dan Cotrone, David Crane, Jeff DuJardin, Darren Elliot Fulsher, Kimberly K. Grauer
Monterey Media widescreen color Blu-ray [6/2016] for $19.95 Monterey Media widescreen color DVD [5/2014] for $12.00 full credits at IMDb • official distributor website • movie entry at Wikipedia watch 3/2014 official trailer [2:33] online at YouTube |
Stageplays, Recordings, Other Media
"Justice Denied In Massachusetts" [1927 poem] by Edna St. Vincent Millay
read poem text online free at Poemhunter website
 | "Sacco & Vanzetti" CD by Ennio Morricone [1993] with Joan Baez
Omega Classics soundtrack CD [4/93] 12 tracks - out of prodn/used Universal/G.D.M. MP3 soundtrack album [2005] 14 tracks for $8.99 A.C.Q.U. soundtrack CD [2000] out of prodn/used |
 | "Ballads of Sacco & Vanzetti" [1996] by Woody Guthrie Smithsonian Folkways remastered recordings [2/96] 12 tracks for $15.75 |
 | "Sacco & Vanzetti" musical stageplay? album [1996] Conducted by Dirk Brossé of Belgium found only the cover, so far Dirk Brossé official website • Dirk Brossé entry at Wikipedia |
 | "Remembering Sacco & Vanzetti: In Story and Song" [2002] Performed by Charlie King and Karen Brandow Vaguely Reminiscent Sounds music & spoken word CD [3/2009] 27 tracks for $20.67 Charlie King's official website |
 | "Sacco e Vanzetti" and "Svegliati e Uccidi" soundtrack CD [2004] by Ennio Morricone B.M.G./Camden soundtrack CD [7/2004] out of prodn/used includes 11 tracks from "Wake Up & Die" [1966] and 9 tracks from "Sacco & Vanzetti" [1971 |
 | "Sacco & Vanzetti: An Opera" [2007] by Anton Coppola
the album cover is from an audio catalog sales site in Australia, and seems to be a live performance at Opera Tampa in Florida, USA - circa 2007 Anton Coppola entry at Wikipedia |
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Sacco and Vanzetti entry at Wikipedia
'Nicola Sacco' character credits [1927-2006] at Internet Movie Database
'Bartolomeo Vanzetti' character credits [1927-2006] at Internet Movie Database
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search for Sacco & Vanzetti on DVD at Amazon
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