Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956 film)

Somebody Up There Likes Me
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRobert Wise
Screenplay byErnest Lehman
Based onSomebody Up There Likes Me
1955 autobiography
by Rocky Graziano with Rowland Barber
Produced byCharles Schnee
StarringPaul Newman
Pier Angeli
Everett Sloane
CinematographyJoseph Ruttenberg
Edited byAlbert Akst
Music byBronislau Kaper
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • July 3, 1956 (1956-07-03)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,920,000[1]
Box office$3,360,000[1][2]

Somebody Up There Likes Me is a 1956 American drama film directed by Robert Wise and starring Paul Newman and Pier Angeli, based on the life of middleweight boxing legend Rocky Graziano.[3][4] The supporting cast features Everett Sloane, Eileen Heckart, Harold J. Stone, and Sal Mineo.

The film was nominated for three Academy Awards, and won two: Best Cinematography (Black and White) (Joseph Ruttenberg) and Best Art Direction (Black and White) (Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm Brown, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason).[5] It lost its nomination for Best Film Editing to Around the World in 80 Days.

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ^ Domestic take - see 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1956', Variety Weekly, January 2, 1957
  3. ^ Variety film review; July 4, 1956, page 6.
  4. ^ Harrison's Reports film review; July 7, 1956, page 106.
  5. ^ "NY Times: Somebody Up There Likes Me". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-09-11. Retrieved 2008-12-22.

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