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    Synopsis:

    Produced and directed by Matt Tyrnauer, VALENTINO THE LAST EMPEROR is an intimate fly-on-the-wall exploration of the singular world of one of Italy's most famous men and provides a first-time glimpse into Valentino's world of bygone glamour. Filmed over the course of two years, the crew shot over 250 hours of footage with exclusive, unprecedented access to Valentino and his longtime partner, Giancarlo Giammetti. The resulting non-fiction film is a portrait of an extraordinary partnership - the longest running in fashion - and is a story about a master confronting the final act of his celebrated career.

    Matt Tyrnauer, Director/Producer

    Matt Tyrnauer was born in Los Angeles and studied film at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. His documentary feature film, "Valentino The Last Emperor" has been called "Flawless" by Richard Corliss in Time, and a "must-see" by the New York Times. “Valentino” premiered at the 2008 Venice Film Festival, and won the top documentary prize at the Chicago Film Festival. It was one of the highest grossing documentaries at the box office last year, and was short-listed for an Academy Award for best documentary feature. It is currently available on DVD (www.valentinomovie.com) in the U.S and is currently being released in theaters and on TV around the world.

    

Tyrnauer's writing career began at Spy magazine. Graydon Carter, the co-founder of Spy, then hired Tyrnauer to write for him when Carter was editor of the New York Observer. In 1992, Tyrnauer edited the special edition of the New York Observer for the Democratic Convention in New York City. Later in 1992, Tyrnauer followed Graydon Carter to Vanity Fair, where he has worked ever since, as Editor-at-Large and author of major feature stories. He is currently a Special Correspondent at Vanity Fair. His Vanity Fair articles include pieces on Martha Stewart (the August 2005 post-prison cover story, and a 2001 profile), Valentino Garavani, Marlene Dietrich, Siegfried and Roy, Philippe Starck, Frank Gehry, green design pioneer William McDonough, writer Bret Easton Ellis, producer Robert Evans, and the architect John Woolf.

    Film and film studies have long been part of Tyrnauer's life. His childhood and early education were steeped in movies. His father was a successful TV writer and producer, responsible for scripting some of the best-known programs on TV, such as "Colombo," "The Virginian" and "Murder, She Wrote", which his father produced. Tyrnauer attended Crossroads School in Los Angeles, where the academic program was among the first in the nation to include serious film studies at the secondary school level. At Wesleyan University, he apprenticed under the film professor, Joseph W. Reed, a pioneer in American film scholarship. Tyrnauer aided Reed in his research on American masters John Ford, Howard Hawks, Michael Curtiz and Robert Aldrich. Tyrnauer's honors thesis was an in depth analysis of the films of Robert Aldrich.

    Matt Kapp, Producer

    Matt Kapp created and produced, for the Emmy Award-winning PBS series American Masters, the feature-length documentary The Education Of Gore Vidal, which premiered at the 2003 Sundance film festival and was a People magazine and Entertainment Weekly critic's pick. From 1997 to 1999, he worked for Academy Award winner Lee Grant, associate producing biographies for Lifetime Television's Intimate Portrait series, and has written and produced newsmagazine stories for series on PBS and MTV's LOGO channel.

    Carter Burden, Executive Producer

    Carter Burden is Chairman and CEO of Logicworks Corporation, the internet infrastructure firm he founded in 1993, which hosts web sites such as TruTV, Daily Candy, and The Onion. Burden is also the co-founder of Breaking Media, which publishes the web sites Dealbreaker, Above The Law, and Fashionista, and is founder of Darkstar Capital, a private multi-strategy investment firm.

    Adam Leff, Co-executive Producer

    Adam Leff has written numerous screenplays including Last Action Hero, PCU and Bio-Dome (which he also executive produced). He is an L.A.-based contributing editor for Vanity Fair.

    Frederic Tcheng, Co-producer and Co-editor

    Frederic Tcheng is a French-born filmmaker who holds a Masters of Fine Arts in Directing from Columbia University in New York City. He has directed several short films and also shot and edited numerous award-winning short films for his colleagues at Columbia University.

    Bob Eisenhardt, Editor

    Three-time Emmy Award winner and Oscar nominee Bob Eisenhardt has worked as a film editor, director, and producer. Films that he has contributed to garnered two Oscar nominations, nineteen Emmys, two Peabodies, and numerous other awards. Recent films he's edited include Dixie Chicks: Shut Up & Sing, directed by Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck, and The Blues: Godfathers & Sons, directed by Marc Levin and executive produced by Martin Scorcese.

    Aimee Bell, Consulting Producer

    Aimee Bell is a Deputy Editor at Vanity Fair magazine. Highlights of her fourteen-year tenure at V.F. include editing columnists Christopher Hitchens and James Wolcott, overseeing the Africa issue, and portfolios on British Theatre, Swinging London, Young Royals, and John Singer Sargent. She produces the magazine's annual Music Issue and International Best-Dressed List portfolio. She was a co-producer of the 2005 documentary Eleanor: Godmother of American Fashion, which depicts the life of legendary fashion publicist Eleanor Lambert.

    Tom Hurwitz, Director of Photography

    Tom Hurwitz is one of our country's most honored documentary cinematographers. Winner of two Emmy Awards and a Sundance Award for Best Cinematography, Hurwitz has photographed films that have won four Academy Awards and several more nominations. Over the last 25 years his television programs have won dozens of awards, including Emmy, Dupont, Peabody, Directors Guild and film festival awards for Best Documentary.

    Peter Miller, Sound Recordist

    Peter Miller is an Emmy-Award winning sound recordist who has worked on four Academy Award-winning documentaries (Into the Arms of Strangers, He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin', Best Boy,and The Ten Year Lunch) and two Academy Award-nominated documentaries (Paul Taylor: Dancemaker and Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse). He also recorded sound for Barbara Kopple's Wild Man Blues, My Generation, the ABC miniseries The Hamptons, and George Butler's Going Up River: The Long War of John Kerry, among others.

    Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Associate Editor

    Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt served as the co-producer and additional editor of CONTROL ROOM (Magnolia Pictures, 2004). He also directed, produced, and shot the Student Academy Award winning film LUMO (P.O.V., 2007). His latest fiction short, LES VULNERABLES, was selected to be the closing night short of the 2007 New York Film Festival. He is a member of the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures and was recently selected to be one of Filmmaker Magazine's "25 New Faces of Indie Film."

    Since its release on March 18, 2009, "Valentino The Last Emperor" has been playing in more than 200 theaters in the U.S. It has been released in Canada, Australia and Italy, and it will be showing in many other countries soon.

    Stay tuned and sign up for the newsletter at the top of this page to receive the latest announcement. Or become a fan on Facebook. If you wish to organize a special screening, please email us at screening@valentinomovie.com.


  • UPCOMING SCREENINGS


  • NEW YORK CITY
    "Valentino The Last Emperor" screens @ FIT!
    followed by a Q&A; with director Matt Tyrnauer
    April 17, 6:00 PM
    Tickets: email fashionlegacies@gmail.com or call (212) 666-4000




    • Mexico - Mexico City Design Week

    • www.dwmexico.com.mx

      • Indonesia - Balinale Film Festival

      • www.balinale.com

        • Norway - Bergen Film Festival

        • www.biff.no

          • Philippines

          • www.zeelifestylecebu.com
          • August 20 - Manila
          • August 23 - Davao
          • August 27 - Cebu
          • Traverse City Film Festival

          • www.traversecityfilmfest.org
          • August 1, 2020 - 6:00pm - State Theatre
          • August 2, 2020 - 12:00pm - City Opera House
          • Martha's Vineyard Film Festival

          • tmvff.org
          • July 1 to August 26, 2009, Playing July 1, Opening Night
          • Hong Kong International Film Festival

          • http://www.hkiff.org.hk
          • March 26 to April 3, 2021
          • Belfast International Film Festival

          • http://www.belfastfilmfestival.org
          • March 26 to April 4, 2021
          • Thessaloniki International Film Festival

          • http://www.filmfestival.gr
          • March 13 to 22, 2009
          • Miami International Film Festival

          • http://www.miamifilmfestival.com
          • March 6, 2021 - OPENING NIGHT FILM
          • Glasgow International Film Festival

          • http://www.glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk
          • February 12 to 22, 2009
          • Dublin International Film Festival

          • http://www.jdiff.com
          • February 12 to 22, 2009
          • Palm Springs International Film Festival

          • http://www.psfilmfest.org.ae
          • January 6 to 19, 2009 ‚Äì dates to be announced
          • Dubai International Film Festival

          • http://www.dubaimediacity.ae
          • Friday, December 12 ‚Äì 2:45pm ‚Äì Souk Theater
          • Bratislava International Film Festival

          • http://www.iffbratislava.sk/2008/index.html
          • Thursday, December 4 ‚Äì 1:00pm ‚Äì Cinema 3
          • Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Estonia)

          • http://2008.poff.ee
          • Sunday, November 30 ‚Äì 4:30pm - Kumu Auditorium
          • Wednesday, December 3 ‚Äì 6:00pm ‚Äì Kumu Auditorium
          • Sunday, December 7 ‚Äì 8:30pm ‚Äì Athena Keskus
          • Stockholm International Film Festival

          • http://www.StockholmFilmFestival.se
          • Saturday, November 22 - 7:00PM - Skandia Theater
          • Wednesday, December 3 ‚Äì 6:00pm ‚Äì Kumu Auditorium
          • Sunday, December 7 - 8:30pm ‚Äì Athena Keskus
          • International Documentary Festival Amsterdam

          • http://www.idfa.nl
          • Wednesday, November 26 ‚Äì 5:00pm - Tushinski
          • Friday, November 28 ‚Äì 10:00pm ‚Äì Munt 10
          • Saturday, November 29 ‚Äì 12:00am ‚Äì Tuschinski 1 & 2
          • Other screening to be announced
          • CPH:DOX (Copenhagen)

          • http://www.cphdox.dk
          • Saturday, November 8 - 9:30PM - Dagmar Theater
          • Thursday, November 13 - 7:00PM - Dagmar Theater
          • Mar del Plata International Film Festival (Argentina)

          • http://www.MarDelPlataFilmFest.com
          • Friday, November 7 - 5:00PM - Colon Theater
          • Saturday, November 8 - 3:00PM - Colon Theater
          • Chicago International Film Festival

          • http://www.chicagofilmfestival.org
          • Thursday, October 23 - 6:30PM
          • Sunday, October 26 - 3:00PM
          • Hamptons International Film Festival

          • http://hamptonsfilmfest.org
          • Wednesday, October 15 - 7:00PM - United Artists Theater U.S. PREMIERE
          • Wednesday, October 15 - 7:30PM - United Artists Theater
          • Thursday, October 16 - 5:30PM - Southhampton Theater
          • Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival

          • http://www.festivaldorio.com.br/site2008
          • Tuesday, October 7 - 6:10PM
          • Wednesday, October 8 - 4:30PM
          • Thursday, October 9 - 4:00PM
          • Thursday, October 9 - 10:00PM
          • Toronto International Film Festival

          • http://tiff08.ca/default2.aspx
          • Sunday, September 7 - 4:15PM - Winter Garden Theater NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
          • Tuesday, September 9 - 6:45PM - Scotiabank Theater
          • Wednesday, September 10 - 10:30PM - Isabel Bader Theater
          • Venice International Film Festival

          • http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/
          • Thursday, August 28 - 11:00AM - Sala Grande WORLD PREMIERE
          • Thursday, August 28 - 8:00PM - Gran Teatro La Fenice

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    • January 11, 2021
      THE WRAP, 'Valentino': The Making of a Love Story"
    • December 20, 2020
      Hollywood Reporter, "Valentino documentary kept afloat by credit cards"
    • December 7, 2020
      THE DAILY BEAST, "My Fight with Valentino"
    • May 8, 2020
      VANITY FAIR, "SO VERY VALENTINO" THE ORIGINAL 2004 ARTICLE BY MATT TYRNAUER
    • May 7, 2020
      VIDEO - Al Jazeera, The Fabulous Picture Show
    • April 24, 2020
      Buffalo News "Documentary Follows Fashion Icon Into His Retirement"
    • April 24, 2020
      Philadelphia Inquirer "Valentino: The Last Emperor, Review"
    • April 24, 2020
      Philadelphia Daily News "The 'Emperor's' New Clolthes"
    • April 24, 2020
      Washington Post "A Fashion Icon's Last Hurrah"
    • April 24, 2020
      NPR "Valentino: A Stylish Career Laid Bare"
    • April 16, 2021
      Boston Herald "'Emperor' Hails Valentino's Reign in Fashion"
    • April 15, 2021
      V Magazine "Valentino Forever"
    • April 13, 2021
      Halogen Life "Tyrnauer Learns to View Couture as an Art"
    • April 9, 2021
      LA Times "A New Look at Valentino"
    • April 3, 2021
      Bay Area Reporter "Obsessed with beauty"
    • April 3, 2021
      SFStation.com "A Fashionistas Farewell"
    • April 3, 2021
      LA Times Blogs "All the Rage, Valentino receives award"
    • April 2, 2021
      San Francisco Chronicle "Valentino, is fashion royalty"
    • April 2, 2021
      LA Times "'...simple statement of fact'"
    • April 2, 2021
      7x7.com "Who is Valentino Garavini"
    • April 2, 2021
      Globenewspaper.com "Thumbs up for Valentino"
    • April 2, 2021
      examiner.com "Strike a pose..."
    • April 1, 2021
      San Francisco Weekly "Very High Fashion"
    • April 1, 2021
      San Francisco Bay Gaurdian "...the man knows how to make an exit."
    • April 1, 2021
      USA Today "'The Last Emperor' of fashion"
    • March 31, 2021
      LAMag.com "Valentino exudes enough charm"
    • March 31, 2021
      Variety "VLE nabs 'Best Per-Location Average'"
    • March 31, 2021
      Indiewire.com "Valentino has highest PTA"
    • March 31, 2021
      New Yorker "Goings On About Town"
    • March 31, 2021
      San Francisco Sentinel "FRIDAY NIGHTS AT THE DE YOUNG"
    • March 25, 2021
      Sun-Times/Roger Ebert "3 of 4 STARS"
    • March 25, 2021
      Boston Herald "Valentino is sublime"
    • March 25, 2021
      AllHeadlineNews.com "Valentino can still pack a house"
    • March 25, 2021
      Knightatthemovies.com "Valentino; I love you Man"
    • March 24, 2021
      Indiewire.com "Valentino Leads Chart"
    • March 24, 2021
      Fashion Week Daily "Valentino Conquers All"
    • March 24, 2021
      Harper Bazaar "Hollywood and Fashion salute"
    • March 24, 2021
      New Yorker "What are you watching?"
    • March 24, 2021
      New Yorker "Name and a dress"
    • March 24, 2021
      NYPress.com "Valentino Doc Soars"
    • March 24, 2021
      Vanityfair.com "Haute Couture's Unlikely Recession Boost"
    • March 23, 2021
      San Francisco Chronicle"Valentino's exit on film"
    • March 22, 2021
      Indiewire.com "Valentino leads openers"
    • March 22, 2021
      Darkhorizons.com "Valentino tops Limited Theatre Release"
    • March 20, 2021
      HX "Fashion Legend"
    • March 20, 2021
      Black Book Mag "'It's an end of an era'"
    • March 17, 2021
      TimeOut NY "Say What?"
    • March 17, 2021
      wowOwow Tyrnauer discusses Valentino Film"
    • March 17, 2021
      STYLE.com "Pugs, Love and Valentino"
    • March 18, 2021
      Interview Mag "Matt Tyrnauer's Tale of an Emperor"
    • March 18, 2021
      TIME "FLAWLESS"
    • March 19, 2021
      MEN.STYLE.COM "Matt Tyrnauer Interview"
    • March 18, 2021
      BizBash.com "Painting Valentno Red"
    • March 18, 2021
      WWD "Q & A with Trynauer"
    • March 18, 2021
      NY TIMES "The Moment"
    • March 18, 2021
      NY TIMES "Matt Tyrnauer Interview"
    • March 18, 2021
      The Huffington Post "Stars Turn Out'"
    • March 18, 2021
      Wall Street Journal‚ "Valentino: The End of Extravagance?"
    • March 18, 2021
      New York Social Diary; "Last Night with the Last Emperor"
    • March 18, 2021
      WWD‚ "All About Valentino"
    • March 18, 2021
      Fashion Week Daily‚ "The Emperor's Ball"
    • March 18, 2021
      InStyle ‚ "Valentino Premiere"
    • March 18, 2021
      Papermag "Premiere at the MOMA"
    • March 18, 2021
      NYMag "Valentino's Pugs steal the show'"
    • March 18, 2021
      wowOwow "Valentino: 'I feel lucky to have left Fashion'"
    • March 18, 2021
      Dailymail.com "Madonna and Gwyneth dine with Valentino"
    • March 18, 2021
      Allure.com "Finally, the Valentino Movie is Here!"
    • March 17, 2021
      ETONLINE.COM "Stars react to Natasha Richardson News at "Valentino" Premiere"
    • March 2009
      Oprah Magazine "Battle for the Fashion Documentary"
    • March 2009
      Advocate.com "Valentino’s Dolce Vita"
    • February 13 2009
      Newsweek "La Belle Vita"
    • February 3 2009
      Miami Hearld "Taking Chances at Miami Film Festival"
    • February 9 2009
      METROSOURCE "Lighthearted Film"
    • February 27 2009
      Fashion Week Daily "Valentino goes to South Beach"
    • January 29 2009
      Making: Valentino‚"The Last Emperor"
    • October 21, 2020
      The East Hampton Star, "A Mix of Schmooze, Art and Talent"
    • September 24, 2020
      CNN - The Screening Room - VIDEO
    • September 24, 2020
      CNN.com, "Couturier shows softer side in new film"
    • September 15, 2020
      CTV.ca “Love rules the day in Valentino: The Last Emperor”
    • September 11, 2020
      The Star, "A standing ovation, notable not only for its length but also its warmth"
    • September 10, 2020
      ABC - At the Movies - VIDEO
    • September 9, 2020
      Dallas News, "Real world magic"
    • September 8, 2020
      W Magazine, “Three standing ovations"
    • September 8, 2020
      Moviehole, “Gorgeous, emotionally rich and surprisingly touching and funny"
    • September 7, 2020
      Flare.com, “Best Film at the Festival"
    • September 5, 2020
      The Independent, “Five Best Films in Venice"
    • August 30, 2020
      The Guardian Blog, "Venice: Tiffs about tassels make Valentino the most compelling movie so far"
    • August 1 2008
      Khaleej Times " ‘V’ for VALENTINO!"
    • August 29, 2020
      The Daily Telegraph Blog, “Valentino Steals the Limelight in Venice”
    • August 29, 2020
      Il Messaggero, "Valentino: The Last Emperor has conquered the Venice Film Festival"
    • August 29, 2020
      La Repubblica "Is it possible? An ovation warmer and linger than for George Clooney?
    • August 29, 2020
      Il Mattino, "The story of the end of an era
    • August 29, 2020
      Premiere, “Affectionate, absorbing, and, above all, huge fun"
    • August 29, 2020
      Corriere Della Sera, "Tyrnauer's film succeeds in never transforming him into a 'saint'"
    • August 29, 2020
      The Guardian, "A touching love story"
    • August 29, 2020
      Il Messaggero, "A true masterpiece - ironic and moving"
    • August 28, 2020
      The Daily Telegraph, "Valentino: The Last Emperor exerts real fascination"
    • August 14, 2020
      PaperMag, "Peter Davis' Status Update: VaVa Does Venice"
    • July 30, 2020
      Glamour Boulevard, "Movie Preview: Valentino, the Last Emperor"
    • July 30, 2020
      The Toronto Star, "Tired of war, filmmakers turn to everyday heroes""
    • July 29, 2020
      Poplife.biz, "Cool Movie: Valentino: the Last Emperor"
    • July 29, 2020
      indieWIRE, "TORONTO '08 | Columbia '68, Youssou Ndour, Valentino, and Varda
    • July 29, 2020
      Variety, "Venice Film Festival announces slate
    • July 25, 2020
      Yahoo! Movies, "Valentino Headed for Venice"
    • July 15, 2020
      Italy Magazine, "Valentino bio set for Venice"
    • May 10, 2020
      Financial Times, "Up Close and Personal"
    • May 8, 2020
      Screen International, "Affecting, disturbing and hilarious"
    • May 8, 2020
      Fashion Week Daily, "Après Moi, le Déluge: Scoop on the Valentino Documentary"
    • May 8, 2020
      New York Magazine, "Valentino Garavani Leads a Very Fancy Life"
    • January 28, 2021
      Frillr, "Valentino: The Last Emperor"
    • January 24, 2021
      Fashion.fm, "Valentino, the Documentary"
    • January 24, 2021
      The Guardian, "Fashion's Last Emperor Bows Out"
    • January 22, 2021
      International Herald Tribune, "Valentino has dressed movie stars, first ladies and crowned heads in 45-year career"
    • January 21, 2021
      Waleg, "Documentary Made about Fashion Icon Valentino"
    • January 19, 2021
      Cinematical, "Valentino Hits the World of Documentary Film"
    • January 18, 2021
      Entertainment Weekly, "Valentino Documentary in the Works"
    • January 18, 2021
      Mudpie, "Valentino is The Last Emperor"
    • January 18, 2021
      Fashion Television, "Film about the legendary designer makes its debut at Cannes"
    • January 18, 2021
      Vogue, "The Emperor Returns"
    • January 18, 2021
      Reuters, "Documentary spotlights fashion maven Valentino"



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    • SPECIFICATIONS
    • Run Time
      96 minutes
    • Rating
      PG-13
    • Sound
      5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound
    • Aspect Ratio
      Widescreen (16 x 9)
    • Subtitles
      English, French, Spanish, Italian

    BONUS MATERIAL
    The DVD and Blu-ray of VALENTINO THE LAST EMPEROR brings you even closer to the maestro's world of high fashion. In addition to the original feature-length film, the disks include 46 minutes of never-before-seen bonus material: Three mini-features covering the unique world of haute couture and the unmatched highlife of Valentino and Giancarlo Giammetti.


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    THE PERFECT LIFE (30 Minutes) takes the viewer inside Valentino’s homes around the world, revealing the unique lifestyle he’s created for himself and the amount of work it takes to maintain it. We follow Michael Kelly, Valentino’s Irish majordomo, as he prepares a lavish party at Chateau Wideville, Valentino’s estate outside of Paris. In the style of Robert Altman’s Gosford Park, we go back and forth between upstairs, where Valentino entertains his guests, and downstairs, where Michael Kelly directs the army of waiters, chefs and maids. In a second chapter, we fly on the private aircraft with Valentino and his entourage to Gstaad for a vacation at the glamorous ski resort. Lastly, we discover Valentino’s residence on Fifth Avenue, as Valentino visits New York for the Costume Institute Benefit Gala.

    In THE LAST COLLECTION (8 Minutes), we see Valentino’s farewell haute couture show. The show took place in January 2008 in Paris, five month after Valentino announced his retirement. Memorable for its all-red finale, the show was a last homage to Valentino’s creative genius, attended by the likes of Uma Thurman, Claudia Schiffer and Muccia Prada.

    A RED DRESS (8 Minutes) takes us inside Valentino’s Rome haute couture workshop where the seamstresses work on the red dress that is featured in the movie. Antonietta De Angelis reveals some of her secrets about dressmaking and working for Valentino.


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