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One Damned Day At Dawn… Django Meets Sartana!
''One Damned Day at Dawn… Django Meets Sartana!'' ( it, Quel maledetto giorno d'inverno... Django e Sartana all'ultimo sangue, "''That Cursed Winter Day: Django and Sartana to the Death"'') is a 1970 Spaghetti Western directed by Demofilo Fidani. Plot Django, a gunfighter, teams up with another gunfighter named Sartana to wipe out a gang of gun-runners that have been terrorizing the citizens of Black City. Releases ''One Damned Day at Dawn… Django Meets Sartana!'' was released in 1970. The film is not an official part of the ''Sartana'' series and along with Pasquale Squitieri's '' Django Defies Sartana'', was among two of the unofficial ''Sartana'' films released in 1970. Reception In a retrospective review, Howard Hughes wrote in his book ''Cinema Italiana'' that ''One Damned Day at Dawn...Django Meets Sartana!'' was "a plotless meander made on the cheap in familiar Lazio quarries." and stated that "Fidani's westerns, particularly his film are notable for their stunt per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demofilo Fidani
Demofilo Fidani (born 8 February 1914 on a steamship bound for Cagliari; died 4 April 1994) was an Italian film director (24 films), set designer (more than 200 films), painter, and a regarded spiritual medium, medium and author. As director, Fidani specialized in spaghetti westerns and used many different pseudonyms including Miles Deem, Lucky Dickinson, Alex Demos, and Danilo Dani. Many of the films were westerns, in which he used the names of well-known characters such as Butch Cassidy, Macho Callahan, Django (1966 film), Django and Sartana, as well as titles that were variations of popular titles. Besides his westerns, he directed crime films, sex comedies, and a 1972 giallo called ''A.A.A. Masseuse, Good-Looking, Offers Her Services...'' Fidani's regular actors included Jack Betts (also known as Hunt Powers), Gordon Mitchell, Jeff Cameron and Klaus Kinski. Accolades In 1977, Fidani received the gold medal for "Una vita per il cinema". Legacy Fidani has been called "a sort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunt Powers
Jack Fillmore Betts, also credited as Hunt Powers, is an American character actor and playwright. He has acted in film, on stage, and on television. Career Betts portrayed Chris Devlin in the CBS mystery series ''Checkmate'' (1960-1962). He also played Mr. Fisher, an 80-year-old man on ''One Life to Live'' in 1982. Among his numerous television appearances were four roles on the CBS drama series ''Perry Mason'', including the role of Bert Nickols in the 1961 episode, "The Case of the Impatient Partner," Enos Watterton in the 1962 episode “The Case of the Double Entry Mind”, murder victim George Parsons in the 1964 episode, "The Case of the Wooden Nickels," and murder victim Bruce Strickland in the 1966 episode, "The Case of the Fanciful Frail. Betts is also the author of ''Screen Test: Take One'', a play about a soap opera that originated on a film set. Filmography References External links * * * Hunt Powersat the University of Wisconsin A university () is an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabio Testi
Fabio Testi (born 2 August 1941) is an Italian actor. After growing up witnessing film work done around Lake Garda, Testi entered the sets of the film and began work as a stuntman and a double on set, where he worked as a stuntman on ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly''. Testi continued stunt work and getting roles in low budget genre films until he was cast in Vittorio De Sica's film ''The Garden of the Finzi-Continis''. Following this film, Testi became a star in Italy, appearing in some artistic films by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi and Claude Chabrol. Testi also continued to work in ''poliziotteschi'' genre films in the 1970s as well as a few '' gialli'', and gained infamy for his publicised relationships with actresses Ursula Andress and Charlotte Rampling. Testi's popularity as an actor slowed towards the 1980s after which he predominantly worked in television series. By the early 2000s, Testi also began appearing in reality shows such as ''Gran Hermano VIP'' and ''Grande Fratello ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coriolano Gori
Lallo Gori (7 March 1927 – 1 December 1982) was an Italian composer and musician. Life and career Born in Cervia, Ravenna as Coriolano Gori, Gori graduated in piano, harmony and composition at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Turin. He entered RAI as a member of its orchestra, then he became the musical director of its office in Rome. Gori was best known as a composer of scores for films, and composed around 80 of them. These included several Spaghetti Westerns, poliziotteschis and thrillers, such as ''Primitive Love'', ''Massacre Time'', ''Dead Men Don't Make Shadows'', ''Werewolf Woman'' and ''The Iron Commissioner''. He also composed several pop songs, and three of them entered the competition at the Sanremo Music Festival. Selected filmography * ''Tough Guys'' (1960) *''Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun'' (1964) *''Primitive Love'' (1964) *'' How We Robbed the Bank of Italy'' (1966) *''Massacre Time'' (1966) * ''Honeymoon, Italian Style'' (1966) *''Poker with Pis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spaghetti Western
The Spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It 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 foreign critics because most of these Westerns were produced and directed by Italians. Leone's films and other core Spaghetti Westerns are often described as having eschewed, criticized, or even "demythologized" many of the conventions of traditional U.S. Westerns. This was partly intentional and partly the context of a different cultural background. Terminology According to veteran Spaghetti Western actor Aldo Sambrell, the phrase "Spaghetti Western" was coined by Spanish journalist Alfonso Sánchez in reference to the Italian food spaghetti. Spaghetti Westerns are also known as Italian Westerns or, primarily in Japan, Macaroni Westerns. In Italy, the genre is typically referred to as western all'italiana (Italian-style Western). Italo-Western is also used, espec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sartana
''Sartana'' is a series of Spaghetti Western films which follows the adventures of the title character, a gunfighter and gambler who uses mechanical gadgets and seemingly supernatural powers to trick his rivals. The series features five official entries: ''If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death'' (1968) ; '' I am Sartana, Your Angel of Death'' (1969) ; '' Sartana's Here… Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin'' ; '' Have a Good Funeral, My Friend... Sartana Will Pay'' and '' Light the Fuse... Sartana Is Coming'' (all 1970). The first film was directed by Gianfranco Parolini, with the remaining four directed by Giuliano Carnimeo. Sartana is portrayed by Gianni Garko in all films in the series except for ''Sartana's Here… Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin'', in which he was portrayed by George Hilton. The name "Sartana" was first used for Garko's character in the film ''Blood at Sundown'' (1966), which proved very popular on its release in Italy and Germany, leading to producers to deve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pasquale Squitieri
Pasquale Squitieri (27 November 1938 – 18 February 2017) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Naples, Squitieri graduated in law, then was briefly involved in stage, as author ("''La battaglia''") and even actor (directed by Francesco Rosi). He made his film debut with ''Io e Dio'', produced by Vittorio De Sica, and, after two Spaghetti Westerns he signed as William Redford, he focused on drama films centered on political and social issues. His film ''Il prefetto di ferro'' won the David di Donatello for David di Donatello for Best Film, Best Film in 1978. ''Li chiamarono... briganti!'', a film about the brigand Carmine Crocco, was suspended from the cinemas and it is not available on the home video market. Squitieri was the partner of Claudia Cardinale since 1974. His 1980 film ''Savage Breed'' was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. Since 2003 he had been romantically linked to the actress and singer Ottavia Fusco, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Django Defies Sartana
''Django Defies Sartana'' (Italian: Django sfida Santana) is a 1970 Italian Spaghetti Western directed by Pasquale Squitieri (as William Redford). The film is also known as ''Django Against Sartana''. or ''Django Challenges Sartana''. Plot Django is looking for the murderer of his brother Steve, that he has found hanged near Tombstone. Django first believes Sartana, a rival bounty hunter, is the murderer and goes after him. However, after a fight, Django understands that he was wrong and both men decide to find the real culprit together. Cast * George Ardisson as Sartana * Tony Kendall as Django Production The film is not an official part of either the '' Django'' or ''Sartana'' series and along with Demofilo Fidani's ''One Damned Day at Dawn… Django Meets Sartana!'' and '' Django and Sartana Are Coming... It's the End,'' was among three of the ''Django and Sartana'' films released in 1970. Reception An Italian contemporary review states that this is "a mediocre film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Wood
Edward Davis Wood Jr. (October 10, 1924 – December 10, 1978) was an American filmmaker, actor, and pulp novel author. In the 1950s, Wood directed several low-budget science fiction, crime and horror films that later became cult classics, notably ''Glen or Glenda'' (1953), '' Jail Bait'' (1954), '' Bride of the Monster'' (1955), '' Plan 9 from Outer Space'' (1957)Rudolph Grey, Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood, Jr. (1992). pg. 197. ISBN 978-0-922915-24-8. and '' Night of the Ghouls'' (1959). In the 1960s and 1970s, he moved towards sexploitation and pornographic films such as '' The Sinister Urge'' (1960), '' Orgy of the Dead'' (1965) and '' Necromania'' (1971), and wrote over 80 lurid pulp crime and sex novels. Notable for their campy aesthetics, technical errors, unsophisticated special effects, use of poorly-matched stock footage, eccentric casts, idiosyncratic stories and non sequitur dialogue, Wood's films remained largely obscure unt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spaghetti Western Films
This list of Spaghetti Western films includes Western films primarily produced and directed by Italian production companies between 1913 and 1978. For a list of non-Italian produced European Westerns see List of Euro-Western films. In the 1960s, the Spaghetti Western genre grew in popularity. Films, particularly those of the influential Dollars trilogy, spawned numerous films of the same ilk and often with similar titles, particularly from the mid to late 1960s and early 1970s. By the end of the 1970s, Spaghetti Westerns had lost their following among mainstream cinema audiences and the production had ground to a virtual halt. List by release date Spaghetti westerns from the 1980s and 90s include: * '' Comin' at Ya!'' (1981) * ''Buddy Goes West'' (1981) * ''Tex and the Lord of the Deep'' (1985) * '' Django 2: il grande ritorno'' (1987) * '' White Apache'' (1987) * '' Scalps'' (1987) * ''Lucky Luke'' (1991) * '' Troublemakers'' (1994) * ''Sons of Trinity'' (1995) * ''Gunsli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Django Films
Django may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film * ''Django'' (1966 film), a 1966 Italian Western by Sergio Corbucci which had a particular influence on the Spaghetti Western genre and a number of unofficial prequels and sequels ** ''Django, Prepare a Coffin'', alternatively titled Viva Django, a 1968 Italian Spaghetti Western directed by Ferdinando Baldi ** ''W Django!'', a 1971 Italian Spaghetti Western ** ''Django Strikes Again'', 1987 Italian Western **''Django Unchained'', a 2012 American revisionist Western film by Quentin Tarantino *** ''Django Unchained'' (soundtrack), the 2012 film's soundtrack ** '' Sukiyaki Western Django'', a 2008 Japanese western film directed by Takashi Miike * ''Django'' (2017 film), a 2017 French film Television * ''Django'' (TV series), an upcoming show Music * Animal Liberation Orchestra, an American rock band, originally known as Django (in 1989) * "Django" (composition), a 1954 composition by jazz pianist John Lewis * ''Young Django'', a 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 Western (genre) Films
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark on an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
