Who is credited with launching the "Spaghetti Western" film genre, John Woo, or Sergio Leone?
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John Woo John Woo SBS (Ng Yu-Sum; born 1 May 1946) is a Chinese-born Hong Kong film director, writer, and producer. He is the owner of Lion Rock Productions. He is considered a major influence on the action genre, known for his highly chaotic action sequences, Mexican standoffs, and frequent use of slow motion. Woo has directed several notable Hong Kong action films, among them, "A Better Tomorrow" (1986), "The Killer" (1989), "Hard Boiled" (1992), and "Red Cliff" (2008/2009).
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Sergio Leone Sergio Leone (] ; 3 January 1929 – 30 April 1989) was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter, credited as the inventor of the "Spaghetti Western" genre.
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Long Live Your Death Long Live Your Death (aka "Don't Turn the Other Cheek!", originally titled "Viva la muerte... tua!") is a 1971 Italian/Spanish/German international co-production spaghetti western/ action comedy film directed by Duccio Tessari. The film is mostly a send up of "political" Spaghetti Westerns (also called Zapata Westerns), like A Professional Gun and Compañeros.
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Texas, Adios Texas, Adios (Italian: "Texas, addio") is a 1966 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Ferdinando Baldi and starring Franco Nero. It is often referenced in connection with "Django", also starring Nero, and although was referred to as "Django 2" in some countries, it is not considered a sequel. The film is mostly remembered as a lesser known Spaghetti Western.
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Il fanciullo del West Il fanciullo del West (English: The Boy in the West) is a 1943 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Ferroni and starring Erminio Macario. It is named after Puccini's opera and is considered the first western parody of Italian cinema and the precursor of the spaghetti western genre.
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My Name Is Pecos Due once di piombo (internationally released as My Name Is Pecos, also known as "Il mio nome è Pecos") is a 1967 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Maurizio Lucidi.
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Django (1966 film) Django ( , ) is a 1966 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 Ku Klux Klan-esque gang of Confederate racists 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".
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Last Hurrah for Chivalry Last Hurrah for Chivalry is a 1979 Hong Kong martial arts film written, produced and directed by John Woo, and starring Damian Lau and Wei Pai. The film is a precursor to Woo's heroic bloodshed films. The film was released in the Hong Kong on 11 November 1979.
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Josey Wales Josey Wales, born Joseph Winston Sterling in St. Mary, Jamaica is an influential Jamaican dancehall deejay. He was considered, along with Brigadier Jerry, Yellowman and sound system partner Charlie Chaplin, one of the best deejays of the 1980s. Wales is named after the 1976 Western movie character from "The Outlaw Josey Wales", played by Clint Eastwood, and subsequently nicknamed "The Outlaw".
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Pistol for a Hundred Coffins Pistol for a Hundred Coffins (Italian: "Una pistola per cento bare" , Spanish: "El sabor del odio" ("The Taste of Hate"), also known as A Gun for One Hundred Graves and Vengeance) is a 1968 Italian-Spanish Spaghetti Western film written and directed by Umberto Lenzi and starring Peter Lee Lawrence.
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One Dollar Too Many One Dollar Too Many is the American release title of I tre che sconvolsero il West, a 1968 Spaghetti Western feature film directed by Enzo G. Castellari and starring Antonio Sabàto, John Saxon, and
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The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe (Italian: "Il mio nome è Shanghai Joe", lit. "My name is Shanghai Joe") is a 1973 Spaghetti Western kung fu film. The film was released in a number of alternate titles in the United States, including "To Kill or to Die" and "The Dragon Strikes Back". The film was directed by Mario Caiano and stars Chen Lee as Shanghai Joe.
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The Great Silence The Great Silence (Italian: "Il grande silenzio" ), also known by its alternative UK title The Big Silence, is a 1968 revisionist Spaghetti Western film directed and co-written by Sergio Corbucci. An Italian-French co-production, the film stars Jean-Louis Trintignant, Klaus Kinski, Vonetta McGee (in her film début) and Frank Wolff, with Luigi Pistilli, Mario Brega, Marisa Merlini and Carlo D'Angelo in supporting roles.
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Brothers Blue Blu Gang - vissero per sempre felici e ammazzati (internationally released as Brothers Blue and "Blu Gang") is a 1973 Italian spaghetti western film directed by Luigi Bazzoni. For this film Tony Renis won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Score.
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The Handsome, the Ugly, and the Stupid Il bello, il brutto, il cretino, internationally known as The Handsome, the Ugly, and the Stupid is a 1967 Italian film directed by Giovanni Grimaldi. It is a spaghetti western parody of "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly".
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Death Rides Along Death Rides Along (Italian: Con lui cavalca la morte ) is a 1967 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Giuseppe Vari.
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Luke Askew Francis Luke Askew (March 26, 1932 – March 29, 2012) was an American actor best known for his role in the 1969 film "Easy Rider". He appeared in many westerns, and had a rare lead role in the spaghetti Western "Night of the Serpent" ("La notte dei serpenti"; 1969).
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John Waters John Samuel Waters Jr. (born April 22, 1946) is an American film director, screenwriter, author, actor, stand-up comedian, journalist, visual artist, and art collector, who rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films.
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Seven Guns for the MacGregors Seven Guns for the MacGregors (Italian: "Sette pistole per i MacGregor" ) is a Technicolor 1966 Italian spaghetti western. It is the directorial debut film of Franco Giraldi (here credited as Frank Garfield), who was Sergio Leone's assistant in "A Fistful of Dollars". The film gained a great commercial success and generated an immediate sequel, "Up the MacGregors!" (1967), again directed by Giraldi, and a later sequel, "More Dollars for the MacGregors" (1970).
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Colt in the Hand of the Devil Colt in the Hand of the Devil (Italian: "Una colt in pugno al diavolo" , also known as "Devil Was an Angel" and "An Angel with a Gun Is a Devil") is a 1967 Italian Spaghetti Western film written and directed by Sergio Bergonzelli. The theme song "The Devil Was an Angel" is performed by Mino Reitano. It was shot in Sardinia.
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (soundtrack) The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released in 1966 alongside the Western film, "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", directed by Sergio Leone. The score is composed by frequent Leone collaborator Ennio Morricone, whose distinctive original compositions, containing gunfire, whistling, and yodeling permeate the film. The main theme, resembling the howling of a coyote, is a two-note melody that is a frequent motif, and is used for the three main characters, with a different instrument used for each one: flute for Blondie (Man With No Name), Arghilofono (Ocarina) for Angel Eyes, and human voices for Tuco.
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A Noose for Django A Noose for Django (Italian: "Una lunga fila di croci" , also known as "Hanging for Django" and "No Room to Die") is a 1969 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Garrone.