Overture (1958 film)

{{short description|1958 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Overture

| image = Overture_film_DVD_cover_(1958-2).jpg

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| director = Gian Luigi Polidoro

| producer = Thorold Dickinson

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| distributor = National Film Board of Canada

| released = {{film date|df=yes|1958}}

| runtime = 10 minutes

| country = Canada

| language = Italian

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Overture ({{langx|it|Oeuverture}}) is a 1958 Canadian short documentary film directed by Gian Luigi Polidoro. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/300265/Overture/details |title=NY Times: Overture |accessdate=26 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015180856/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/300265/Overture/details |archive-date=15 October 2012 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1959 |title=The 31st Academy Awards (1959) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=31 May 2019|work=oscars.org}} The film depicts the peacekeeping efforts of the United Nations, set against the music of Beethoven's Egmont Overture, performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.{{cite web|url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/collection/film/?id=10620 |title=Overture|year=1958|work=National Film Board of Canada collections page|accessdate=3 July 2009}}