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The Last Killer
''The Last Killer'' (Italian: ''L'ultimo killer'', also known as ''Django the Last Killer'') is a 1967 Spaghetti Western movie starring George Eastman and Anthony Ghidra. Plot Ramon's father has a small farm and, like all the other poor farmers nearby, he owes money to a rich rancher, landgrabber John Barrett. On his way to deliver money to Barrett, Ramon is ambushed, robbed and beaten unconscious, though he eventually reaches Barrett. While begging Barrett for more time, Ramon recognizes one of the robbers among Barrett's employees. He thinks that Barrett will help him now, but Barrett does not. Instead, Ramon is tortured until he can escape. Before he arrives home, his family is already dead, killed at Barrett's behest. Ramon, determined to exact revenge on Barrett, takes up training as a gunman. Cast * George Eastman as Ramón / Chico * Anthony Ghidra as Rezza / Rocco * Dana Ghia as Molly - Saloon Owner * Daniele Vargas as John Barrett * Mirko Ellis as Stevens * Gianni Medic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Vari
Giuseppe Vari (9 March 1924 – 1 October 1993) was an Italian film director, editor and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Segni, Rome, Vari started his career as an editor of films and documentaries, collaborating among others with Federico Fellini, Damiano Damiani and Giorgio Simonelli. In 1953 he made his directorial debut with ''Infame accusa'', then specialized in melodramatic films. From the early sixties he focused on genre films, especially Spaghetti Westerns, sometimes being credited as Joseph Warren. Filmography Director * ''Infame accusa'', (also screenwriter, 1953) * '' Due lacrime'', (1954) * '' Mamma, perdonami!'', (1954) * ''Vendicata!'', (1955) * '' Addio sogni di gloria'', (also screenwriter, 1955) * '' Il ricatto di un padre'', (also screenwriter, 1957) * '' Giovane canaglia'', (also screenwriter, 1958) * '' Spavaldi e innamorati'', (1959) * ''Revenge of the Barbarians'', (1960) * '' I normanni'', (1962) * '' Canzoni in... bikini'', (1963) * ''Rome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Fraser
Max Fraser is a Canadian filmmaker whose work focuses on Yukon and World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ... remembrance topics. Filmography References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Canadian documentary film directors Studio 58 people Film directors from Yukon {{Canada-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Giuseppe Vari
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...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] |
1960s Italian-language Films
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 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 * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 Films
The year 1967 in film involved some significant events. It is widely considered one of the most ground-breaking years in American cinema, with "revolutionary" films highlighting the shift towards forward thinking European standards at the time, including: '' Bonnie and Clyde'', ''The Graduate'', ''Guess Who's Coming to Dinner'', '' Cool Hand Luke'', ''The Dirty Dozen'', '' In Cold Blood'', '' In the Heat of the Night'', ''The Jungle Book'' and '' You Only Live Twice''. Highest-grossing films North America The top ten 1967 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Outside North America The highest-grossing 1967 films in countries outside North America. Events * The prototype for the IMAX large-format-film acquisition and screening system is exhibited at Expo 67 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada * The MPAA adopts a new logo, which is still used today. * July 8 - Vivien Leigh, best known for ''Gone with the Wind'' and ''A Streetcar Named Desire'', dies f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hate Thy Neighbor
''Hate Thy Neighbor'' ( it, Odia il prossimo tuo, also known as ''Hate Your Neighbor'') is a 1968 Italian Spaghetti Western film written and directed by Ferdinando Baldi. Cast * Clyde Garner: Ken Dakota * George Eastman: Gary Stevens * Nicoletta Machiavelli: Peggy Savalas * Ivy Holzer: Mrs. Malone * Horst Frank: Chris Malone * Robert Rice: Duke * Paolo Magalotti: Jose * Franco Fantasia: Sheriff * Claudio Castellani: Pat Dakota * Ivan Scratuglia: Armendariz Plot A frantic man is denied shelter in town. He is shot dead by the leader of the bandits who pursued him, after he gives the leader, Gary Stevens (George Eastman), a map. Gary crosses over the border into Mexico to join up with his partner, Chris Malone (Horst Frank), an estate owner who has his slaves perform gladiatorial combat to the death to entertain him and his girlfriend. Gary divides his stolen map in two and gives half to Chris, the two halves combined show the location of a gold mine. Meanwhile, the dead man's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Django (1966 Film)
''Django'' ( ) is a 1966 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed and co-written by Sergio Corbucci, starring Franco Nero (in his breakthrough role) as the title character alongside Loredana Nusciak, José Bódalo, Ángel Álvarez and Eduardo Fajardo. The film follows a Union soldier-turned-drifter and his companion, a mixed-race prostitute, who become embroiled in a bitter, destructive feud between a gang of Confederate Red Shirts and a band of Mexican revolutionaries. Intended to capitalize on and rival the success of Sergio Leone's ''A Fistful of Dollars'', Corbucci's film is, like Leone's, considered to be a loose, unofficial adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's ''Yojimbo''.Cox, 2009 The film earned a reputation as one of the most violent films ever made at the time, and was subsequently refused a certificate in the United Kingdom until 1993, when it was issued an 18 certificate (the film was downgraded to a 15 certificate in 2004). A commercial success upon release, ''Django' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Nero
Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero (born 23 November 1941), known professionally as Franco Nero, is an Italian actor, producer, and director. His breakthrough role was as the title character in the Spaghetti Western film '' Django'' (1966), which made him a pop culture icon and launched an international career that includes over 200 leading and supporting roles in a wide variety of films and television programmes. During the 1960s and 1970s, Nero was actively involved in many popular Italian "genre trends", including ''poliziotteschi'', ''gialli'', and Spaghetti Westerns. His best-known films include '' The Bible: In the Beginning...'' (1966), ''Camelot'' (1967), ''The Day of the Owl'' (1968), '' The Mercenary'' (1968), ''Battle of Neretva'' (1969), ''Tristana'' (1970), '' Compañeros'' (1970), ''Confessions of a Police Captain'' (1971), ''The Fifth Cord'' (1971), ''High Crime'' (1973), '' Street Law'' (1974), ''Keoma'' (1976), ''Hitch-Hike'' (1977), ''Force 10 from Navarone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giulio Maculani
Giulio Maculani (7 August 1920 – 21 November 1980) was an Italian actor, stunt actor and assistant director. She appeared in '' Il Leone di San Marco'' (1963), directed by Luigi Capuano. and in western films such as '' Un poker di pistole'' (1967), directed by Joseph Warren, and ''Sette winchester per un massacro'', directed by Enzo G. Castellari. She also appeared in ''Hercules, Prisoner of Evil'' (1964), directed by Antonio Margheriti; '' Hercules the Avenger'' (1965), directed by Maurizio Lucidi; ''Revenge of the Barbarians'' (1960), directed by Giuseppe Vari Giuseppe Vari (9 March 1924 – 1 October 1993) was an Italian film director, editor and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Segni, Rome, Vari started his career as an editor of films and documentaries, collaborating among others with Fed ...; and '' War of the Zombies'' (1964). She played Spanish Patrol Captain in '' L'avventuriero della tortuga'' (1964), and Giulio in '' The Black Duke'' (1963), Partial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amerigo Castrighella
Amerigo Castrighella is an Italian actor. He played 2nd Sombrero Onlooker at Tuco's 1st Hanging in '' The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' (1966), and the executioner in '' Mark of Zorro'' (1975). He also appeared in ''Anything for a Friend'' (1973), and ''And They Smelled the Strange, Exciting, Dangerous Scent of Dollars'' (1973). Filmography References External links * {{IMDb name, 0145428 Date of birth unknown 20th-century Italian male actors Italian male film actors Male Spaghetti Western actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Castellano
Giuseppe Castellano (September 12, 1893 in Prato – July 31, 1977 in Porretta Terme) was an Italian general who negotiated the Armistice between Italy and Allied armed forces on September 8, 1943. Biography Military career Of Sicilian descent but born in Prato he was the son of a military man. His career in the Army was rapid and brilliant. In the First World War he was Captain of Artillery. In 1941, he was promoted to brigadier general during the Invasion of Yugoslavia, and was at that time, the youngest general in Italy. In 1942 he was called to the Army General Staff and the following year, to the High Command and collaborated as personal aide with General Vittorio Ambrosio. He was a close friend of Benito Mussolini's son-in-law Galeazzo Ciano, who was the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs. Ciano was involved in ousting Mussolini in July 1943 after the Allied invasion of Sicily. Castellano sided with Ciano and had a prominent role in the events that led up to the fal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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