With terence hill, horst frank, george eastman, bruna simionato. Most including quentin tarantinos excellent 2012 film django unchained had no connection whatsoever to the original movie. A gunfighter forms a gang of deceased execution victims to get revenge on the politician and outlaw who killed his wife. There was only one official sequel, but 1968s django, prepare a coffin is almost as legit, with the same writer, cinematographer and newcomer terence hill as a nearperfect stand in for franco titular tragic hero. Starring franco nero as the titular character, the film was so. Not even remotely an early spinoff of the 1966 sergio corbucci film, django, prepare a coffin also known as viva django. Starring terrence hill as django, this time around the wandering gunslinger is a hired executioner for a corrupt local politician who frames innocent men in an evil. A mysterious gunfighter named django is employed by a local crooked political boss as a hangman to execute innocent locals framed by the boss, who wants their. Django terence hill is double crossed by his ambitious politician friend david barry horst frank as the latter organises a gang of bandits to stage a series of robberies. All of the film arrived at the editing room at the same time and somehow or another got spliced incorrectly. Action, western a mysterious gunfighter named django is employed by a local crooked political boss as a hangman to execute innocent locals framed by the boss, who wants their land.
Reinhardt, elegantly interpreted by reda kateb a prophet, zero dark thirty, is the toast of 1943 paris, thrilling audiences with his distinctive brand of hot jazz and charming his admirers. One of the few films that actually does work as a genuine sequel is django, prepare a coffin, an early western star role for terence hill. The film follows a union soldierturneddrifter and his companion, a mixedrace prostitute, who become embroiled in a. What the boss doesnt know is that django isnt hanging the men at all, just making it look like he is, and using the men he. Directed in 1968 by ferdinando baldi, who cowrote with franco rossetti, django prepare a coffin sees terrance hill take. One film that bothered me a little was django unchained, despite thinking its a brilliant movie, it bugged me a little that tarantino used the name django but made. Most american critics and audiences disagreed, but the film performed well in europe and asia and proved to be. Django unchained, a 2012 american revisionist western film. Not to be overlooked is his early starring role in the head 1959, still one of the strangest entries in german horror cinema. Many, many films adopted the name django in their titles, though most including one especially bizarre cult. Django at the time of release was considered one of the most violent films ever made, and it earns that label.
Director ferdinando baldi cowrote this with franco rossetti who also cowrote the corbucci film, and the result is an extremely entertaining film, with plenty of. Ferdinando baldis django, prepare a coffin is a great deal closer to sergio corbuccis django than most of the other django flicks, primarily because it was written by franco rossetti, who had worked on the. Starring terence hill, horst frank, george eastman, jose. The film itself is the blueprint for tarantinos django unchained while also adding inspiration to his other film reservoir dogs. Jul 09, 2017 but will django be able to put his plan in place, or will the temptation of the hidden gold be too much for his band of cutthroats. Django terence hill is double crossed by his ambitious politician friend david barry horst frank as the latter organises a gang. Django kills softly 1968 once upon a time in a western. Django, prepare a coffin 1968 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The man in black is back in django, prepare a coffin in a semiofficial followup to the surprise spaghetti western hit, on bluraydvd combo from arrow video usa. The independent critic django prepare a coffin gets arrow. What the boss doesnt know is that django isnt hanging the men at all, just making it look like he is, and using the men he saves from the gallows to build up his own. There was only one official sequel, but 1968s django, prepare a coffin is almost as.
Django a wartime biopic of the worldfamous jazz guitarist django reinhardt. This film is best experienced as a standalone film as it completely ignores the backstory established in sergio corbuccis 1966 film. French and german versions to capitalize on the success of the original django film. Available to buy on dvd january 14th 20 from the arrow films website django the drifter returns in this classic sixties. Whilst escorting a gold shipment across country, django cassedy terence hill is doublecrossed and left for dead, and his wife murdered. While perhaps not as wellknown as some of the more prestigious spaghetti westerns, django, prepare a coffin is still a solid film. Django, prepare a coffin western free action movie starring. Animal liberation orchestra, an american rock band, originally known as django in 1989 django composition, a 1954 composition by jazz pianist john lewis django, a song by rancid on the 2003 album indestructible. There is also plans to see nero reprise the role, he already did once in 1987s django strikes again, in an upcoming film. Leading in a spinoff of more than 30 unofficial django films by other. Get one thing clear, first you live in fear, then you disappear, and that unity shift gear, and i. Django is a 1966 spaghetti western film about a coffindragging drifter who becomes embroiled in a destructive feud between a ku klux klanesque gang of confederate racists and a band of mexican revolutionaries. A mysterious gunfighter named django is employed by a local crooked political b. Dec 14, 2012 thrill as django gets his bloody revenge with a hail of bullets in this classic from a series of bmovie westerns that helped to define a genre.
A coffindragging gunslinger and a halfbreed prostitute become embroiled in a bitter feud between a klan of southern racists and a band of mexican revolutionaries. George eastman as django, taking stock of thompsons gunhands in django kills softly 1968 liana orfei as linda, a girl with a dead husband, a goldmine and an unwanted admirer in django kills softly 1968. The independent critic django prepare a coffin gets. Django, prepare a coffin again finds django out for revenge on the man responsible for the death of his wife, but the circumstances. Django, prepare a coffin alternatively titled viva django, is a 1968 italian spaghetti western film directed by ferdinando baldi. Django is betrayed by a former friend of his, a politician frank, who had his wife killed by a gunman named lucas eastman. Django, prepare a coffin gets arrow video release its likely not a surprise that ferdinando baldis 1968 classic django, prepare a coffin is, at its essence, a revenge flick. With his invention of the spaghetti western in 1964, sergio leone created a genre that threatened to overwhelm european filmmaking for a few years. The film stars terence hill in the title role, which was previously played by franco nero in sergio corbuccis original film. Prepare a coffin 1968, django strikes again 1987, django kill. A former supporting player in costume films and dramas, hill had just ascended to leading man status in some german karl may oaters and more notably starring opposite bud spencer in 1967 with god forgives.
Starring terence hill, horst frank, george eastman, jose torres and pinuccio ardia. With the release of quentin tarantinos django unchained a flurry to ancillary promotion including a release of django, prepare a coffin. Django, prepare a coffin, alternatively titled viva django, is a 1968 italian spaghetti western film directed by ferdinando baldi. Django, prepare a coffin is unique among the plethora of films which capitalized. Bluray 1968 a mysterious gunfighter named django is employed by a local crooked political boss as a hangman to execute innocent locals framed by the boss. Aug 18, 2012 django, prepare a coffin 1968 our hero rounds up several condemned men and saves them from being hanged. Release r2 by arrowdrome arrow films uk of django, prepare a coffin running time.
The smash international success of the spaghetti western django along with a certain clint eastwood series turned out to be a major boost for the italian film industry in the late 60s, with filmmakers scrambling to crank out enough gunslinger quickies to satisfy audience demands. Django, prepare a coffin, bluray, with dvd, westerns, 7607986188. Movie typography from django, prepare a coffin 1968, directed by ferdinando baldi, starring terence hill, horst frank, george eastman, jose torres. A mysterious gunfighter named django is employed by a local crooked political boss as. Thrill as django gets his bloody revenge with a hail of bullets in this classic from a series of bmovie westerns that helped to define a genre. Five years pass and, after burying a coffin and erecting a makeshift cross bearing his own name, a recovered django becomes a hangmanforhire. The film begins with a django hill coming to the aid of an aspiring politician, david barry, horst frank but turning down the. Starring terrence hill as django, this time around the wandering gunslinger is a hired executioner for a corrupt local politician who frames innocent men. A mysterious gunfighter named django is employed by a local crooked political boss as a hangman to execute innocent locals framed by the boss, who wants their land.
Django, prepare a coffin is a betterthanaverage way to kill ninety minutes of your life, but it hardly compares to the gonzo action cult classics director ferdinando baldi would go on to make and in the great pantheon of classic italian spaghetti westerns it ends up a pretty minor footnote. But for sheer popularity as well as film volume, no one beats django. One notable exception is 1968s django, prepare a coffin, a prequel of sorts to django that was cowritten by franco rossetti who also penned the original. Berlin international film festival competition sales. With franco nero, jose canalejas, jose bodalo, loredana nusciak. Django, prepare a coffin with dvd on movies unlimited. Director ferdinando baldi had a long, if not quite distinguished, career as a. Opening film of the 2017 berlin film festival, django is a powerful biopic focusing on the life of legendary romani jazz guitarist django reinhardt.
Django then uses these men with nothing to lose as a combination dirty dozen magnificent seven to help him take on a large gang of outlaw scum. Director sergio corbucci introduced django to an international audience in 1966. The cat o nine tails was released uncut with a gp rating a more adult precursor to pg by national general pictures, with posters and trailers touting it as being nine times more suspenseful than the bird with the crystal plumage. Django, prepare a coffin 1968 bluraydvd combo director.
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