The film was re-released internationally on the tenth anniversary of Fellini's death in 2003.
One of Fellini's most imitated films,[REF] I Vitelloni inspired European directors Juan Antonio Bardem, Marco Ferreri, and Lina Wertmüller, and influenced Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets (1973), George Lucas's American Graffiti (1973), and Joel Schumacher's St. Elmo's Fire (1985), among many others according to Kezich [REF].