City of God (2002 film)
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City of God (Cidade de Deus) is a 2002 Brazilian crime drama film directed by Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund, released in its home country in 2002 and worldwide in 2003. It was adapted by Bráulio Mantovani from the 1997 novel of the same name written by Paulo Lins which are both based on a true story; the war between Knockout Ned and Li'l Zé is based on their real life counterparts. It stars Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino da Hora, Jonathan Haagensen, Douglas Silva and Seu Jorge. The tagline is "Fight and you'll never survive..... Run and you'll never escape."
Most of the actors were, in fact, residents of favelas such as Vidigal and the Cidade de Deus itself.
The film received four Academy Award nominations in 2004: Best Cinematography (César Charlone), Best Directing (Meirelles), Best Editing (Daniel Rezende) and Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) (Mantovani). Before that, in 2003 it had been chosen to be Brazil's runner for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but it was not nominated to be one of the five finalists.
Meirelles and Lund went on to create the TV series and film City of Men, which share some of the actors (notably leads Douglas Silva and Darlan Cunha) and their setting with City of God.
Music
The score to the film composed by Antonio Pinto (and his partner Ed Córtes) was followed by two Remix albums. Songs from the film:
- "Alvorada" (Cartola / Carlos Cachaça / Herminio B. Carvalho) Cartola
- "Azul Da Cor Do Mar" (Tim Maia) Tim Maia
- "Dance Across The Floor" (Harry Wayne Casey / Ronald Finch) Jimmy Bo Horne
- "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" (James Brown / Bobby Byrd / Ronald R. Lenhoff) James Brown
- "Hold Back The Water" (Randy Bachman / Robin Bachman / Charles Turner) Bachman Turner Overdrive
- "Hot Pants Road" (Charles Bobbit / James Brown / St Clair Jr Pinckney) The J.B.'s
- "Kung Fu Fighting" (Carl Douglas) Carl Douglas
- "Magrelinha" (Luiz Melodia) Luiz Melodia
- "Metamorfose Ambulante" (Raul Seixas) Raul Seixas
- "Na Rua, Na Chuva, Na Fazenda" (Hyldon) Hyldon
- "Nem Vem Que Não Tem" (Carlos Imperial) Wilson Simonal
- "O Caminho Do Bem" (Sérgio / Beto / Paulo) Tim Maia
- "Preciso Me Encontrar" (Candeia) Cartola
- "So Very Hard To Go" (Emilio Castillo / Stephen M. Kupaka) Tower Of Power