Westerns > Hill, Terence Westerns

DON'T CALL ME BAMBINO!

Advantages: Great slapstick comedy with the appeal of the Spaghetti westerns
Disadvantages: Dubbing

...was that these were comedies. They Call Me Trinity (1970) and Trinity is Still My Name (1974) were still recognisably spaghetti westerns but the violence was replaced by slapstick and the heroes were comedic parodies of the classic characters like 'The lone Gunslinger' or 'the man with no name'. When released these films were huge box office successes and broke many box office records worldwide. As previous spaghetti western these were made primarily ...
...Harriman. THE FILMS They Call Me Trinity (1970) Trinity a sort of hobo gunslinger turned bounty hunter rides into a small town only to find his brother Bambino as the sheriff. Of course his brother is not a real sheriff but an outlaw who broke the real sheriff's leg leaving him for dead and took over his identity in order to hide out from the law. He also has an eye of rustling the local landowner horse before he leaves and isn't keen on having ...

Mauri 06.10.2005 · Read full review
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Review of They Call Me Trinity / Trinity Is Still My Name (DVD)

A hidden gem

Advantages: Very enjoyable, cleverly made, terrific film
Disadvantages: Dubbing is quite poor

...fame. The result was My Name Is Nobody. Starring Terrence Hill who'd come fresh from previous comedy western hits like Just Call Me Trinity and Henry Fonda in his final western, the film is about a drifter who identifies himself as Nobody and idolises accomplished gunslinger Jack Beauregard (Fonda). As he progressed further in his career, Leone became more and more insecure about his work, by this stage assigning himself role as producer, although ...
...a couple of scenes. The principal director of the film is credited to Tonino Valerii who successfully creates a lighter tone to the usual western while at the same time maintaining an air of excitement. The excellent soundtrack comes courtesy of Ennio Morricone who elects to compose an over-the-top score to parody his previous westerns. Although it was destined to fall into obscurity, the resulting film is funny, memorable and enjoyable and sits ...

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Review of My Name Is Nobody (DVD)

Some say he's dead...some say he never will be

Advantages: Great acting, scenery
Disadvantages: None I can think of

...shift boat. The man is Jeremiah Johnson (played b Robert Redford) He is an ex-soldier, he has arrived in Utah to fulfil his ambition of becoming a mountain man. Jeremiah asks the local shop owner where he can go to hunt. The man gives him directions and Jeremiah sets off into the snowy mountains. Jeremiah comes across an old man who hunts bears. He teaches Jeremiah new skills. He tells Jeremiah that the territory he is heading for is indian territory. ...
...The Crows, are killers. Jeremiah again sets off. Along his route he survives treacherous weather and the fear of the indians. He comes across a house where he finds a hysterical woman. Her husband and son have been killed and scalped by the Crows. Jeremiah helps the woman bury her family. He goes into her house to find a small boy cowering in the corner. The woman insists that Jeremiah take the boy with him on his travels. The boy does not speak ...

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Dunbar, not Dumb Bear!

Advantages: Fantastic visuals, Costner
Disadvantages: Can draw it out too long in places

...most powerful films to date, Dances With Wolves is a thoughtful and emotional tale that requires a bit of concentration. Set in the aftermath of the Civil War, it features KC as a war hero who is relocated to a post near a tribe of Sioux Indians. The initial grasp of the film makes you think it's going to be one with emphasis on the conflict involving the Sioux, and for the first part of the film, this is indeed how it is shown, particularly as ...
...Mary McDonnell as a love interest for Dunbar. Dances With Wolves is available from amazon.co.uk for £6.98. It's a film I recommend watching, but you need to focus and concentrate. It's not the sort of film you can have on in the background and completely understand. Recommended. ...

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Lt Dunbar Dances With Wolves

Advantages: amazing acting and storyline, gorgeous scenery and music
Disadvantages: May be too long for some

...battle and the scary looking dances they did around their fires but this was their way of life so I had to accept it. The main Indians which we saw were Holy man and the white woman who was raised by the Indians. They gave excellent performance sand really moved me at times. The one draw back to the Indians was that they spoke in their native language and we had the subtitles turned off at first so was unable to fully understand what they were saying ...
...I thought they all played their roles genuinely and looked the part and the costumes and clothes which they wore made them look like true Sioux Indians. The storyline was great and I loved how they portrayed a soldier from the normal and did not have him attacking and hating the Indians and how they made him want to live comfortably with them and learn about their ways. I think this did show certain parts of the US army in a good light but then ...

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