Monday, August 30, 2010

DJANGO

Django – International title
Django – kostaja – Finnish title
Django, o tromokratis tou Passo-Doble – Greek title
El mercenario – Spanish title
Nimeni on Django – Swedish title
Django – U.S.A. title

A 1965 Italian, Spanish production [B.R.C. (Rome), Tecisa Film (Madrid)]
Producer: Manolo Bolognini, Sergio Corbucci, Jose Gutierrez Maesso
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Story: Sergio Corbucci, Bruno Corbucci, Franco Rossetti
Screenplay: Sergio Corbucci, Bruno Corbucci, Franco Rossetti, José G. Maesso (José
Gutierrez Maesso), Piero Vivarelli
Dialogue: Godfrey Copleston (English version)
Cinematography: Enzo Barboni [Eastmancolor, Panavsion]
Music: Luis Enríquez Bacalov
Song: “Django” sung by Rocky Roberts/Roberto Fia
Running time: 97 minutes

Cast:
Django - Franco Nero (Francesco Sparanero)
Maria - Loredana Nusciak (Loredana Cappelletti)
General Hugo Rodriguez - José Bódalo (José Zuffoli)
Nathaniel - Ángel Álvarez (Ángel Fernández)
Major Jackson - Eduardo Fajardo
Rodriguez’s gang - Rafael Albaicin (Ignacio-Rafael Escudero), José Canalejas Remo De Angelis
Brother Jonathan - Jimmy Douglas (Gino Pernice)
Miguel - Simón Arriaga
Klan members - Ivan Scratuglia (Giovanni Scratuglia), Luciano Rossi, Guillermo Méndez
Riccardo - Erik Schippers (Remo de Angelis)
Ringo - José Terron (José Penaranda)
whipping bandit - Lucio De Santis
Mexican officer - Cris Huerta (Crisanto Brieva)
Mexican prostitute - Silvana Bacci
with; Rafael Vaquero


A drifter named Django walks through the wasteland dragging a coffin, when he comes upon a woman being whipped by a group of Mexican bandits. The woman named Maria is rescued by Django who shoots and kills her tormentors. Django and Maria arrive in a semi-ghost town, where only the saloon and the brothel, owned by Nathaniel, are still open. Major Jackson, who charges protection fees from the remaining citizens, rounds his gang of KKK type henchmen up to face Django. The deadly gunman opens his coffin which contains a machine gun and kills most the bandits but not Jackson. Then a mercenary and acquaintance of Django, General Hugo Rodriguez, arrives in town, and Django proposes a bold plan to steal Jackson's gold and split it between them. When Django is betrayed, he steals the gold from Hugo with the help of Maria. They are chased by Hugo and his men, while Jackson organizes with the Mexican army to trap Hugo. When Rodriguez eventually catches up he shoots Maria and crushes Django's hands. General Hugo in turn is massacred by Jackson and the Mexican Army when the bandits return to Mexico. After killing Nathaniel Jackson finds Django in the cemetery but has the tables turned on him and his five remaining henchmen and are all killed by the resourceful gunman.



You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8Ge2hmSTbo&feature=related

                               Rare U.S.A. poster release of "Jango"

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