America, America
Film poster
Directed by	Elia Kazan
Produced by	Elia Kazan
Written by	Elia Kazan
Starring	Stathis Giallelis Frank Wolff (actor) Elena Karam
Music by	Manos Hadjidakis
Cinematography	Haskell Wexler
Editing by	Dede Allen
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	December 15, 1963
Running time	174 min.
Language	English
IMDb profile

America, America (alternative title The Anatolian Smile) is a 1963 Elia Kazan film about two young men, an Armenian and a Greek, who escape from their villages in Anatolia during the Armenian Genocide of the early 1900s. Dreaming of a better life in United States, they encounter many struggles and life-changing experiences during their difficult trek to the promised land. It was directed and written by Kazan, from his own book, and stars Stathis Giallelis, Frank Wolff (actor), Elena Karam and Lou Antonio. Image File history File links 101840. ... Elia Kazan, (Greek Ηλίας Καζάν), (September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003) was an American film and theatre director and producer. ... Elia Kazan, (Greek Ηλίας Καζάν), (September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003) was an American film and theatre director and producer. ... Elia Kazan, (Greek Ηλίας Καζάν), (September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003) was an American film and theatre director and producer. ... Born Walter Frank Hermann Wolff on May 11, 1928 in San Francisco, Frank Wolff became a well-know character actor in low budget American and Italian films of the 50s and 60s. ... Manos Hadjidakis (Μάνος Χατζιδάκις) (October 23, 1925–June 15, 1994) was a Greek music composer. ... Haskell Wexler (born February 6, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois) is an award-winning American cinematographer and director. ... Dede Allen (born Dorothea Carothers Allen, 3 December, 1925, in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American film editor. ... Warner Bros. ... December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... Elia Kazan, (Greek Ηλίας Καζάν), (September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003) was an American film and theatre director and producer. ... Anatolia lies east of the Bosphorus, between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Anatolia is a peninsula of Western Asia which forms the greater part of the Asian portion of Turkey, as opposed to the European portion (Thrace, or traditionally Rumelia). ... Armenian Genocide photo. ... Born Walter Frank Hermann Wolff on May 11, 1928 in San Francisco, Frank Wolff became a well-know character actor in low budget American and Italian films of the 50s and 60s. ... Lou Antonio (born January 23, 1934 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA) is an actor and TV director. ...

The film was nominated for Oscars for:

• Best Director - Elia Kazan
• Best Picture - Elia Kazan
• Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen - Elia Kazan

and won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White. The Academy Award for Directing is an accolade given to the person that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences feels was best director of the past year. ... // The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Academy Awards, awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which are voted on by others within the industry. ... The Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material. ... The Academy Awards are the oldest awards ceremony for achievements in motion pictures. ...

In 2001 the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry. This article is about the year 2001. ... The Great Hall interior. ... The National Film Registry is the registry of films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress. ...

External link

• America, America at the Internet Movie Database

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