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Bice Waleran (mother) Sergio Leone (/ liˈoʊni / lee-OH-nee, Italian: [ˈsɛrdʒo leˈoːne]; 3 January 1929 – 30 April 1989) was an Italian filmmaker, credited as the pioneer of the spaghetti Western genre. [1][2] He is widely regarded as one of the most influential directors in the history of cinema. [3][4][5][6] Leone's film-making style ...
This list of spaghetti Westerns 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 the list of Euro-Western films. In the 1960s, the spaghetti Western genre grew in popularity. Films, particularly those of the influential ...
Django (/ ˈdʒæŋɡoʊ / JANG-goh) [5] 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. [6] The film follows a Union soldier -turned- drifter and his companion, a ...
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 filmmaking style and international box-office success. [ 1 ] The term was used by foreign critics because most of these Westerns were produced and directed by Italians .
Critic Quote: “Arguably, the best John Ford film ever, certainly one of the very best, ‘The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance’ is an American classic.”. — The Austin Chronicle. James Stewart ...
Style. Spaghetti Western. action comedy. Height. 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Sergio Corbucci (Italian: [ˈsɛrdʒo korˈbuttʃi]; 6 December 1926 – 1 December 1990) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer. He directed both very violent spaghetti Westerns and bloodless Bud Spencer and Terence Hill action comedies. [1]
Total (3 films) $84.3 million. 126.8 million admissions. The Dollars Trilogy (Italian: Trilogia del dollaro), also known as the Man with No Name Trilogy (Italian: Trilogia dell'Uomo senza nome), is an Italian film series consisting of three spaghetti western films directed by Sergio Leone. The films are titled A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a ...
The name 'Spaghetti Western' originally was a pejorative term, given by foreign critics to these films because they thought they were inferior to American westerns. [112] Most of the films were made with low budgets, but several still managed to be innovative and artistic, although at the time they did not get much recognition, even in Europe ...