America a Roma, L'

L'America a Roma (Italy 1998 / Director: Gianfranco Pannone)

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Also known as

L'Amerique a Rome (France) | L'histoire du western spaghetti (France) | America in Rome (U.S.A.)

Cast

Guglielmo Spoletinti (as William Bogart), Remo Capitani (as Ray O'Connor), Luigi Marturano (as Jim Martin), Paolo Magalotti (as Paul Carter), Maurio Mammatrizio (as Victor Man), Giovanni Cianfriglia (as Ken Wood), Franco Daddi (as Frank Daddi), Carlo Lizzani, Mauro Bolognini, Luigi Mannini, Peter Berling, Manolo Bolognini, Mary Spoletini

Crew

Story: Ginafranco Pannone
Screenplay: Gianfranco Pannone
Cinematography: Tarek Ben Abdallah [Pellicoloa Kodak color]
Music: Alessandro Molinari
Producer: Mario Mazzatotto

Synopsis

Documentary on character actors of the Spaghetti Western genre. Shot as a though a group of original Spaghetti Western actors are trying to get one last Spaghetti Western film made, L'America a Roma is an entertaining documentary that takes a more sentimental/nostalgic look at the genre. One scene shows a large group of actors watching a video of "Rattler Kid" that Guglielmo Spoletini's son sent his father from America, it's quite moving seeing Spoletini watching himself as a young man. Lots of old locations are shown, you even get to see inside Cinecitta as it is today (abandoned). It's great to see all the familiar faces as they are now, even Carlo Lizzani is in it.