Monday 3 February 2014

Italian Westerns

The Spaghetti Western, also known as Italian Western, is a broad sub-genre of Western films that emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's film-making style and international box-office success. The term was used by critics in USA and other countries because most of these Westerns were produced and directed by Italians.

Over six hundred European Westerns were made between 1960 and 1980. The best-known Spaghetti Westerns were directed by Sergio Leone and scored by Ennio Morricone: the "Dollars Trilogy": A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965), The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)) and Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). These are consistently listed among the best rated Westerns in general.

In 1968 the wave of Spaghetti Westerns reached its crest, with one third of the Italian film production, only to collapse to one tenth in 1969. However, the considerable box office success of Enzo Barboni's They Call Me Trinity and the pyramidal one of its follow-up Trinity Is Still My Name gave the Italian filmmakers a new model to emulate. The main characters were played by Terence Hill and Bud Spencer, who had already cooperated as hero pair in the "old style" Spaghetti Westerns God Forgives... I Don't!, Ace High and Boot Hill directed by Giuseppe Colizzi. [Wikipedia]


A Fistful of Dollars (1964) Italian poster
  
A Fistful of Dollars (1964) Italian poster

A Fistful of Dollars (1964) Japanese poster

A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

Minnesota Clay (1964)

A Pistol for Ringo (1965) Italian poster

Fall of the Mohicans (1965) Spanish poster

For a Few Dollars More (1965) Italian poster

For a Few Dollars More (1965) German poster

For a Few Dollars More (1965) French poster

For a Few Dollars More (1965)

A Bullet for the General (1966)

Django (1966) German poster

Django (1966) Italian poster

The Hills Run Red (1966)

Mutiny at Fort Sharp (1966) Italian poster

Navajo Joe (1966) French poster

Navajo Joe (1966) Soundtrack Album

The Big Gundown (1966) Italian poster
The Big Gundown (1966)

The Good the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

The Good the Bad and the Ugly (1966) Italian poster

The Good the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

The Good the Bad and the Ugly (1966) Italian poster

The Good the Bad and the Ugly (1966) Belgian poster

Day of Anger (1967) Spanish poster

Day of Anger (1967)

Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot! (1967)

Death Rides a Horse (1967)

Death Rides a Horse (1967) Belgian poster


God Forgives... I Don't! (1967) Thai poster

The Ugly Ones (1967)

A Professional Gun (1968)

Ace High (1968) Italian poster

Django Prepare a Coffin (1968) Italian poster

Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) Italian poster

Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) Italian poster

Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

The Great Silence (1968)

The 5-Man Army (1969)

The 5-Man Army (1969) Soundtrack album

Sabata (1969)

Adios, Sabata (1970)

Adios, Sabata (1970) Italian poster

Companeros (1970)

El Condor (1970) Italian poster

Reverend's Colt (1970) Italian poster

They Call Me Trinity (1970) Italian poster

They Call Me Trinity (1970) Spanish poster

Blindman (1971) Italian poster

Don't Turn the Other Cheek (1971) Italian poster

Duck You Sucker (1971 aka A Fistful of Dynamite)

Duck You Sucker (1971 aka A Fistful of Dynamite) Italian poster

Return of Sabata (1971)

Trinity is Still My Name (1971) Italian poster

Trinity is Still My Name (1971)

Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears (1973)

My Name is Nobody (1973) French poster

My Name is Nobody (1973)

Django Strikes Again (1987) Italian poster

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