.Westerns...All'Italiana!

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

RIP Andrew V. McLaglen

Producer, production manager, director, assistant director, Andrew V. McLaglen, a specialist with the sagebrush who directed John Wayne in four films and helmed scores of episodes of the classic CBS Western series 'Gunsmoke', 'Have Gun — Will Travel' and 'Rawhide', has died. He was 94. McLaglen died at his Friday Harbor, San Juan Islands, Washington home on Saturday August 30, 2014 Andrew also directed Jimmy Stewart in "Shenandoah", "The Rare Breed" and "Bandolero!". What's his Euro-western connection? He was part of a German TV documentary on the film he directed "Bandolero!" called 'Die Cowboy-Stadt' in 1970.

Almeria Film Festival Film Screenings

Almería International Western Film will have tributes to Giuliano Gemma and Leone

This festival is celebrated on September 11, 12 and 13 at the Apollo Theater Admission to the film screenings will be totally free

El Almeria

D. Martínez

9/2/2014

The Alemria Western International Film Festival will be held on September 11, 12 and 13 at the Apollo Theater in Almería where a tribute to Giuliano Gemma, the actor who filmed several movies in Almería and died last year in a car accident and also Sergio Leone, the Italian director who directed the Dollar Trilogy with Clint Eastwood in Almeria in the mid-1960s.

Major international premieres of some westerns, many shot in Almería, will have the presence of important actors, directors, and national and international producers, a perfectly qualified jury in this business and some surprises.

One of the main objectives for which four years ago was born the genuine Festival apart from celebrating and promoting the western film, was to help recover the cinema industry of Almeria and put the name of this province back on the world map.

On Thursday, September 11 at 12p.m. is projected American short film “The Gunfighter by Eric Kissack. Next will be the “Forajidos de la Patagonia” a movie by director Damien Leibovich. In the afternoon will be screened “Dead in Tombstone” by filmmaker Roel Reine and then “Exit Humanity” by the Canadian John Geddes.

On Friday morning at 12 o'clock is projected the short film “San La Muerte” by Adrian Šperky and then the American film “The Retrieval” by Chris Eska. In the afternoon the film “The Virginian” by Thomas Makowski and then the Spanish film “La Flor de Lis”, whose shooting was filmed in various places in Almeria will be projected. It is directed by Joaquín Ortega.

On Saturday, September 13 at the Apollo Theatre at 12 noon the Spanish short “Once Upon a Time on the Border” will be screened in the Border of Álvaro Hernández Blanco and then continue “Prey For Death” by Rene Perez. In the afternoon the short “Shadow (Death Comes at Dawn)” by José Enrique Martinez Moya will be screened. “Six Bullets to Hell” directed by Tanner Beard and Russell Cummings will be shown.

The jury of the Festival is comprised of leading personalities from the world of cinema. Rafael Romero Marchent, is a renowned Spanish director and screenwriter who pioneered the first spaghetti westerns with big titles under his belt as a gunman “Ocasa de un pistolero”, “¿Quién grita venganza?” and “Garringo”. He also directed classic television series as ‘Curro Jimenez’ and ‘Cañas y barro’.

Enrique Escudero Vera is a well-known professional in the film industry and has worked as a supporting actor and in twenty feature films, more than forty television series and fifty theater shows. They highlight their work in the 1990s in such series as ‘Los ladrones van a la oficina’, ‘Manos a la obra’, ‘Calle nueva y Farmacia de Guardia’.

Another member of the jury is Mischa Müller-Thyssen, a great in the professional film industry who has worked as an assistant director with the likes of Mario Camus, Luis G. Berlanga, Antonio J. Betancor, Paul Verhoeven, Fernando Colomo, among other . He has also taught workshops on Introduction to Theater Almería, La Laguna, El Paso, Fuerteventura and Las Palmas.

Finally, the fourth member of the jury is the Almerian Jorge Nunez. Actor, teacher and founder of the school of actors Study Group 9 Film and Television, which opened in 1998 in Madrid and in 2000 in Almería and who have taught some of the best players in the province in recent generations. Jorge Nuñez presenter previously performed work this year and shares a chair at the prestigious jury.

It is presumed that this year's Festival in the capital will be well-attended since admission is free.

VENGEANCE OF PANCHO VILLA

Vengeance of Pancho Villa – U.S.A. title

Los siete de Pancho Villa – Spanish title

Uma bala é o teu prêmio – Brazilian title

Une balle c'est ton prix – French title

Die Rache des Pancho Villa – German title

Ti paghero col piombo – Italian title

Seven for Pancho Villa – U.K. title

The Treasure of Pancho Villa – English title

Vengeance of Pancho Villa – English title

A 1966 U.S.A., Spanish co-production [Cienmagic Inc. (Hollywood), Lacy International Film(Madrid)]

Producer: Rafael Calvo, Sidney W. Pink

Director: Joe Lacy (José María Elorrieta)

Story: Manuel Sebares

Screenplay: M. Sebares (Manuel Sebares)

Cinematography: Al Nieva (Alfonso Nieva) [Eastmancolor, widescreen]

Music: Federico Contreras

Running time: 91 minutes

Cast:

Don Diego Alvarado/Diego Owens/Django – John Ericson (John Meibes)

General Urbino – Gustavo Rojo (Gustavo Pinto)

Sheriff of Cerezo – James Philbrook

Vera Stevens – Maria Perschy (Herta Perschy)

Consuelo – Mara Cruz (María González)

María – Nuria Torray (Nuria Resplandi)

General Pancho Villa – Ricardo Palacios (Ricardo Diez)

Colonel Hidalgo – Frank Curial (Fernando Curiel)

Chavez - John Perel (Juan Perel)

Manuel Sierra – Pastor Serrador (Heriberto Serrador)

Villistas - Antonio Jiménez Escribano, José Luis Lluch, Guillermo Mendez

Mexican - José Sancho

With: Reginald Gilliam, Enrique Santiago

After a battle during the Mexican Revolution, Pancho Villa is wounded and leaves a large treasure in gold in the city of Colón. He is forced to establish an alliance with General Urbina, and he asks seven of his faithful guerrillas to retrieve the gold that he has hidden in a farm, near the New Mexico border. The treasure will allow him to pay for a new army and guns. Meanwhile, the Carrancista troopers and the American army are searching for Pancho Villa's army which is in disarray, to finish them and their leader. The seven men, the General, and a lonesome hired American (Gringo), begin their mission; on the way, they come across an old guerrilla and his young companion, Maria, a sexy brunette who decides to join them, and soon Maria becomes the General's lover. The Gringo is sent on alone to the farm house to see if the coast is clear, but he finds there Vera Stevens, a widow whose husband was murdered by Villa's men. The Gringo understands that in the same action, his dear wife was murdered and decides to double-cross Villa and the guerillas.

YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH3y4UwseF8

Happy 65th Birthday Gilles Béhat

Gilles Béhat was born Gilles Marc Beatus, was born on September 3, 1949 in Lille, Nord, France.

He began acting in roles on TV such as Peter Vignard in ‘L'Hercule sur la Place’; Charles IV the Fair in ‘Les Rois maudits’ (1972) Epernon cute d ' Henri III in ‘La Dame de Monsoreau’. In the Theater he appeared as Solomon in “Solomon le Magnifique”; Carl in “Les Brigands”; as Daniel in “le Magnifique”; and as Philip Morgan in “Rope” among others

He spent most of his directing career in television, where he produced a series for TF1 in 1990. But he also directed three short films and several feature films for cinema.

Behat co-wrote the screenplay along with Lorenzo Donati, Sergio Donati, Paul Ohl for one Euro-western: “North Star” in 1995 with James Caan and Christopher Lambert.

Today we celebrate Gilles Behat’s 65^th birthday.

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

RIP Daniel Dicenta

Actor Daniel Dicenta died Tuesday, September 2, 2014 at the age of 76. Dicenta was found in his apartment and emergency services could only confirm his death. He was the grandson of playwright Joaquín Dicenta [1863-1917], actress Consuelo Boadillo, the son of actor Manuel Dicenta [1905-1974], nephew of director, screenwriter, actor Joaquín Dicenta. Daniel was married to actress Lola Herrera [1935- ] (19??-1967) and the father of actress, singer Natalia Dicenta [1962- ] and cinematographer Daniel Dicenta Herrera.

In the last years of his life was dedicated to the voice dubbing, voicing artists like Robert Englund in "Nightmare on Elm Street" or Peter Stormare in "Fargo," the Coen brothers. He dubbed several Euro-westerns including: The Desperado Trail – 1965 [Spanish voice Rik Battaglia], The Unholy Four – 1969 [Spanish voice of Andrea Aurelli], Buddy Goes West – 1981 [Spanish voice of Giovanni Cianfriglia, Pino Patti] and North Star – 1995 [Spanish voice of Burt Young].

RIP Gottfried John

German actor Gottfried John died of cancer in Munich on September 1^st he was 72. Born on August 29, 1942 in Berlin, Germany, he appeared in various films during the 1970s and early 1980s, by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, notably that of Reinhold in the epic Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980). He was internationally known for his portrayal of General Ourumov in the James Bond film Golden Eye and Julius Caesar in Asterix and Obelix take on Caesar. He appeared in the Eur-western TV film Carlos in 1971.