RIP Florian Flicker

German filmmaker Florian Flicker died in Vienna, Austria two days after his 49^th birthday on August 22, 2014, from cancer. Born on August 21, 1965 in Salzburg, Germnay, Flicker best known for his film “The Raid” (2000) also was the director and wrote the script for the 2006 documentary “No Name City” on the Western theme park in Wöllersdorf, Austria. The film concerns itself with the Western theme park near Vienna and a handful of 'residents' (the people who work there) who are living on the small line between reality and fiction”. Yearning to live "outside of the fence," they chase their dreams and hoped to catch individualistic freedom, a life between fiction and reality. Together the inhabitants of No Name City try desperately to keep the five year old city and their dreams, alive, despite the constantly changing owners and lack of income from tourists and visitors.

La vendetta del llanero

La vendetta del llanero – Italian title
 
A 19?? Italian production
Producer:
Director:
Story: Roberto Gianviti, Alfonso Brescia
Screenplay: Roberto Gianviti, Alfonso Brescia
Cinematography:
Music:
Running time:
 
Cast:
 
[film was never made]

Happy 45th Birthday Pierfranco Favino

Pierfrancesco Favino was born on August 24, 1969 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He has appeared in more than forty European films and television series' since the early 1990s, including Gabriele Muccino's “The Last Kiss”, Gianni Amelio's “The Keys to the House”, Giuseppe Tornatore's “The Unknown Woman” and Ferzan Özpetek's “Saturn in Opposition”. In 1999 he starred in the HBO film ‘Excellent Cadavers’, adaptation of Alexander Stille's novel of the same name. He received the David di Donatello award - Italian equivalent of the Oscar - in 2006 for his role in the crime film “Romanzo Criminale”, directed by Michele Placido.

 

In 2006 he also portrayed Christopher Columbus in Twentieth Century Fox's “Night at the Museum”. In 2008 he played General Glozelle, the leader of Miraz's Telmarine troops in “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian”. He has worked with American director Ron Howard twice: in the 2009 film “Angels & Demons”, adaptation of the novel of the same name by Dan Brown, in which he played the role of Inspector Ernesto Olivetti, and in the 2013 film “Rush”, in which he played the role of Formula One racing car driver Clay Regazzoni.

 

Other significant roles include the partisan leader Peppi Grotta in Spike Lee's “Miracle at St. Anna” in 2008, the sadistic riot control force policeman Cobra in Stefano Sollima's “ACAB – All Cops Are Bastards” in 2012, the anarchist Giuseppe Pinelli in Marco Tullio Giordana's “Piazza Fontana”, and the W.H.O. doctor in Marc Forster's apocalyptic-horror “World War Z” (2013).

 

Favino has appeared in only one Euro-western short “B.B.K. (Baby Bounty Killer)” (1996).

 

Today we celebrate Pierfrancesco Favino’s 45^th birthday.

Spaghetti Western Locations

We continue our search for film locations for “Texas Adios” (aka The Avenger). While Burt is being escorted to the border by the Alcalde Miguel, Jim is being held captive at Delgado’s. Jim gets in a fight with his guard but is unable to escape. Cisco enters the room he’s being held in and shows him a picture of Jim’s mother and tells him that he is his father. Jim flies into a rage and collapses.

 

The scene was filmed once again at a Cinecitta soundstage in Rome.

 

 

For a more detailed view of this site and other Spaghetti Western locations please visit my friend Yoshi Yasuda’s location site: http://y-yasuda.net/film-location.htm



 

Remembering Jimm Gardener

Edward Charles James ‘Jimmy’ Gardner was born on August 24, 1924 in Newmarket, Suffolk, England. During World War II, Gardner served in the Royal Air Force as an air gunner with #10 Squadron. He completed 30 missions as a Halifax rear gunner and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal.

 

His first film appearance was in “The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb” released during 1964. Thereafter he appeared in over 30 films and also made extensive TV and theatre appearances. Some of his best known Shakespearean roles such as “Adam in As You Like It”, and as the gravedigger in “Hamlet” were performed under the direction of Terry Hands.

 

He played Knight Bus driver Ernie Prang in “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”, the third film in the Harry Potter film series.

 

Gardener appeared in only one Euro-western: “Gunslinger’s Revenge” (1998) as Sam Comet.

 

Jimmy died on May 3, 2010 in London at the age of 86.

 

Today we remember Jimmy Gardener on what would have been his 90^th birthday.

Guess Who I Am

I’m an American actor born in New York City in 1932.

 

I’ve appeared in over 90 films and TV appearances.

 

My only Euro-western was in 1971.

 

I was known for my role in TV’s Hill Street Blues.

 

Guess who I am.

 

Breccio correctly identified Jon Cypher as this week's photo.

 

 

VENDETTA AT DAWN

Quel maledetto giorno della resa dei conti – Italian title

Sabata regle ses comtes – French title

Django – Der Tag der Abrechnung – German title

Ta colt ton paranomon – Greek title

Venganza – Spanish title

Terrible Day of the Big Gundown – English title

Vendetta at Dawn – English title

 

A 1971 Italian production [Pentagono Cinematografica, Mancori Film (Rome)]

Producer: Alvaro Mancori, Felice Zappulla

Director: Willy S. Regan (Sergio Garrone)

Story: Gino Mangini (Luigi Mangini)

Screenplay: Sergio Garrone, Gino Mangini (Luigi Mangini)

Cinematography: Guglielmo Mancori [Kodakcolor, widescreen]

Music: Francesco De Masi

Song: “Walk by My Side” sung by Raoul (Ettore Lovecchio)

Running time: 94 minutes

 

Cast:

Jonathan Benton – Ty Hardin (Orison Hungerford, Jr.)

Doctor George Benton/Sabata – George Eastman (Luigi Montefiori)

Jane – Anita Saxe

Gregory – Steffen Zacharias

Rod Fargas – Bruno Corazzari

Peter Fargas – Rick Boyd (Federico Boido)

Carl Fargas – Dominic Barto

Lorry Baxter Benson – Constanza Spada (Laura Troschel)

Sheriff Jed – Lee Burton (Guido Lollobrigida)

Hannah Benton – Lucia Catullo

Johnny Benton - Leo Widmark (Roberto Dell’Acqua)

Wal – Jean Louis

Ralph Barry – Nello Pazzafini (Giovanni Pazzafini)

Joe – Bernard Faber (Bernard Farber)

outlaw – Piero Nistri

Sam – Manfred Freyberger

Mexican – Sandro Scarchilli

Townsman – Elio Angelucci

With: Claudio Trionfi, Angelo Pieri, Vittorio Fanfoni, Franco Ukmar

 

 

After graduating from medical school in San Francisco, the young George Benton returns home to the farm of his brother Jonatham to marry Lorry, his girlfriend of five years. Sometime later the brothers Fargas, disappointed gold miners, attack the farm to rob and kill all the family members of George (only a brother and a nephew survive). Assuming that the criminals responsible for the attack are Ralph Barry and his two accomplices, George is determined to avenge the deaths and pursues the three alleged killers of which only Ralph escapes. Having discovered that one of the surviving Bentons knows who the real culprits are, the Fargas brothers force Barry to join them and attack the farm to eliminate the dangerous witness. George, now aware of the truth (being informed by a prostitute), rejects their assault, killing both Ralph and Fargas. The third, Rod, flees, but is captured by George who turns him over to the sheriff to face justice.