Saturday, September 2, 2017

Spaghetti Western Locations ~ Adios, Sabata



We continue to our search for filming locations for the 1970 film “Adios, Sabata”. After the killing of the informer Moreno the scene shifts to Senor Ocano arriving back in a town controlled by the revolutionaries. There he is greeted by Escudo who uses a metal triangle to summon the villagers together. Ocano calls the names of three of his men, who step forward among them is Luis Miguel Cotero. Ocano asks Escudo if he approves of the men for a mission. Escudo is given a look by the deaf Septiembre who points out Cotero with his eyes and by clinking two steel balls together. When Escudo examines him closer he finds a bag of coins given to him to spy on the revolutionaries by Colonel Skimmel. Septiembre drops one of the steel balls onto his shoe and whips it into his Cotero’s face. Escudo tells Ocano that Cotero is a spy and summons Gitano to perform the flamenco of death. When Gitano reaches the climax Escudo shoots and kills Cotero. Ocano sends Ecudo to help Sabata and his mission to get Skimmel.


This location is the Mexican village outside of 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 and Captain Douglas Film Locations http://www.western-locations-spain.com/

Special Birthdays



Armando Trovajoli (composer) would have been 100 today, he died in 2013.







Mariangela Giordano (actress) is 80 today.







Cass Martin (actor) would have been 80 today, he died in 2001.

Friday, September 1, 2017

Like a Dog



Like a Dog – English title

A 2010 Italian production [Hazardous Kinky, Eichenberg Studio (Rome)]
Producer: Giuseppe Iacono
Director: Claudio Cappello
Story: Claudio Cappello, Giuseppe Iacono
Screenplay: Claudio Cappello, Giuseppe Iacono
Cinematography: Yan Ippolito [black & white]
Music: Matteo de Meglio, Francesco Mattera
     Song: “The House of the Rising Sun” sung by Rossella Arcamone
Running time: 10 minutes

Cast:
Bandit with canteen – Stefano Di Palma
Spitting bandit – Simone Ronci
Robber – Giuseppe Iacona
Dog – Robbin  Josefsson
Woman – Michele Gallug
Stuntman – John Ziagos
                                  


Three bandits split their bank haul but don’t get far when they fall for a trick by a woman and her lap dog partner.

Special Birthdays



Nathan Juran (director) would have been 110 today, he died 2002.












Charles McGregor (actor) would have been 95 today, he died in 1996.












Vittorio Gassman (actor) would have been 95 today, he died in 2000.