Django

Django (Italy · Spain, 1966) is the fourth spaghetti western directed by Sergio Corbucci. It was so successful that hundreds of other spaghetti westerns picked up on its name (see trivia).

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Synopsis

Django (Franco Nero) rides into a town controlled by two rival factions: a gang of racist clan types wearing red hoods on the one, and a gang of gold hungry Mexicans on the other. Django plays both gangs against each other in an attempt to get money and possibly revenge. The motivations for his actions are left a mystery, although several possibilities are hinted at.

Credits

Cast: Franco Nero (Django), José Bódalo (General Hugo Rodriguez), Loredana Nusciak (Maria), Ángel Álvarez (Nathaniel), Gino Pernice [as Jimmy Douglas](Brother Jonathan), Simón Arriaga (Miguel), Ivan Scratuglia (Jackson henchman at bridge), Remo De Angelis [as Erik Schippers](Riccardo), Rafael Albaicín (Rodriguez henchman), José Canalejas (Rodriguez henchman), Eduardo Fajardo (Major Jackson)
Also with: Silvana Bacci (Mexican saloon girl), Lucio De Santis (whipping bandit), Luciano Rossi (Jackson henchman), José Terrón (Ringo), Guillermo Méndez (Jackson henchman), Attilio Severini (Jackson henchman at bridge), Gilberto Galimberti (Jackson henchman at bridge), Giulio Maculani (Jackson henchman at bridge), Rafael Vaquero
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Story, Screenplay & Dialogue: Sergio Corbucci, Bruno Corbucci
Screenplay Collaborators: Franco Rosetti, Jose G. Maesso, Piero Vivarelli, Fernando Di Leo (uncredited)
English Dialogue: Geoffrey Copleston (as G. Copleston)
Cinematography: Enzo Barboni [Eastmancolor, Panoramico 1,66:1]
Assistant / 2nd unit director: Ruggero Deodato
Music: Luis Bacalov
Song: "Django" sung by Rocky Roberts
Producer: Manolo Bolognini, Sergio Corbucci
Production companies: B.R.C. Produzione S.r.l. (An Italo-Spanish Co-Production) (as B. R. C. Produzione Film-Rome), Tecisa (An Italo-Spanish Co-Production) (as Tecisa-Madrid)

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Trivia

This film was very successful and spawned hundreds of imitators. If you see any movie today that has "Django" in the title (click here to see a list of all Django titles) or Django as the name of a major character, then that's because of this film. The only true sequel is Django 2: il grande ritorno. This film also created the "look" of Django (army coat, hat) and came up with the gatling gun. Mark Damon was Corbucci's original choice for the title character, but Damon ended up not starring, instead, Corbucci cast a handsome, lesser-known supporting player named Franco Nero.

Versions and runtimes

Runtime: 92 minutes
Due to the film's violence, especially home video and TV versions used to be heavily censored, and the movie banned in many places.

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