The Sicilian (film) howlingly grandiose manner that only a filmmaker with visions of epic greatness working on a large scale with a multinational cast can achieve." Leonard Maltin rated the film a "BOMB", calling it a "militantly lugubrious bio of Salvatore Giuliano". Producer McNall was personally disappointed by the film. "Given that "The Sicilian" was a descendant of Puzo's "The Godfather"," wrote McNall, "I had expected something with the same beauty, drama, and emotion. Cimino had shown with "The Deer Hunter" that he was capable of making such a movie. But he had failed." McNall even quoted Ebert's review in his appraisal of
The Sicilian Defence (album) deliver one anyway. As such, this consists of incomplete sketches that were never fleshed out into proper songs. All songs composed by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson. The Sicilian Defence (album) The Sicilian Defence is an album by The Alan Parsons Project, released in 2014. It was named after the "Sicilian Defence", a famous chess play. This was the final Alan Parsons Project studio album to be released, 24 years after the split of the band. Originally recorded in 1979, it was never actually intended for release, but was sent to the band's label, Arista, as a sort of "chess