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Cinecittà (Italian for "Cinema City") is a large film studio in Rome. Founded in 1937, it was bombed during WWII, was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur
in the 1950s, and became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.

After a period of near-bankruptcy in the 1980s, it has been privatized by the Italian government and was chosen by director Martin Scorsese as the filming location for his Gangs of New York
. Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
was also shot at Cinecitta. Cinecitta is the center of the Italian Cinema and many of today's biggest box office hits are filmed there. By the mention of the name Cinecitta many consider it synonymous with Italian cinema in general.

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