A test-screening for Ridley Scott’s “House of Gucci” occurred during the summer. The cut shown had no score attached with a source absolutely falling head over heels in love with it, claiming it had a “satirical sting to it”. She also elaborated that the audience was laughing quite hard during some of the scenes and that even detractors of Gaga’s acting will like her take on Patrizia Reggiani Gucci (“her accent is so ridiculous it works”).
However, much more intriguingly, to my eyes and ears at least, was that the cut shown at this screening ran around 2 hours and 45 minutes in length. Scott has been wrestling with different cuts for the film, but the rumored runtime does go well with the fact that Gucci is set in the span of three decades.
This all lends well to Justin Kroll’s tweet that an upcoming Oscar contender is set to clock in at the 3-hour mark. However, ‘Gucci’ was 15 minutes shy of the 3-hour mark in the Summer; did Scott add in an extra 15 minutes? Can’t be, right? It definitely can’t be “Don’t Look Up” because that one’s been test-screening at around 155 minutes. “Nightmare Alley” is 139 minutes. Would Spielberg dare make a 3-hour remake of “West Side Story”? Not too sure about that. What’s left? ‘Gucci’ or, drumroll please, PTA’s “Licorice Pizza.”
Here’s the official synopsis:
“House of Gucci” is inspired by the shocking true story of the family empire behind the Italian fashion house of Gucci. Spanning three decades of love, betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately murder, we see what a name means, what it’s worth, and how far a family will go for control.
The cast consists of Lady Gaga as Patrizia Reggiani, Adam Driver as Maurizio Gucci, Jared Leto as Paolo Gucci, Jeremy Irons as Rodolfo Gucci, Jack Huston as Domenico De Sole, Salma Hayek as Pina Auriemma, and Al Pacino as Aldo Gucci.
“House of Gucci” opens in theaters on November 24 via MGM and United Artists Releasing.
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