referred to exposing "the void" of Casanova's life. Producer Dino De Laurentiis suggested Robert Redford in the role of Casanova but Fellini refused to cast him. Jack Nicholson, Marcello Mastroianni, Alberto Sordi and Gian Maria Volonté were also considered for the role. When De Laurentiis bowed out of the project and Fellini signed a new contract with producer Alberto Grimaldi, Donald Sutherland was cast in the role. Fellini required that he shave his head and wear both prosthetic nose and chin to give him a more grotesque appearance. Fellini had to re-shoot parts of this movie, including the elaborate Venice carnival scene, when approximately seventy reels of film—including the first three weeks of shooting—were stolen at the Technicolor labs of Tiburtino, Rome, on August 27, 1975. The thieves were apparently interested in Pasolini's Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975), and some reels of this film were also stolen, along with half of Damiano Damiani's spaghetti western A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe (1975). Chesty Morgan and Barbara Steele were both cast in the film, but their scenes were deleted from the final cut. Music was composed by Nino Rota, a frequent Fellini collaborator. Awards and nominations 1977 Academy Award, United States Winner - Best Costume Design (Danilo Donati) Nominated - Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Federico Fellini, Bernardino Zapponi) 1977 David di Donatello Awards, Italy Winner - Best Music (Nino Rota) 1978 BAFTA, Great Britain Winner - Best Costume Design (Danilo Donati) Winner - Best Production Design/Art Direction (Danilo Donati, Federico Fellini) Nominated - Best Cinematography (Giuseppe Rotunno) See also Carnival of Venice Cinema of Italy Histoire de ma vie, Casanova's autobiography References External links Films directed by Federico Fellini 1976 films 1970s Italian-language films Italian historical drama films Titanus films Films scored by Nino Rota Films about Giacomo Casanova Universal Pictures films Films that won the Best Costume Design Academy Award Films with screenplays by Federico Fellini Films produced by Alberto Grimaldi 1970s Italian films