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  <div class="small-11 large-8 columns">'''[[Dio li crea... Io li ammazzo!|God Made Them...I Kill Them]]''', [[Paolo Bianchini]] (1968)
Length 2m. Notes: Moving clips, colour. ''Score: 5''
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  <div class="small-11 large-8 columns">'''[[3 colpi di Winchester per Ringo|3 Bullets for Ringo]]''', [[Emimmo Salvi]] (1966)
Length 1m. Notes: Still images, colour. ''Score: 4''
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  <div class="small-11 large-8 columns">'''[[Django il bastardo|The Stranger's Gundown]]''', [[Sergio Garrone]] (1969)
Length 2m. Notes: Sketches. ''Score: 4''
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Title Director Animator Year Comments Time Score
Title Director Animator Year Comments Time Score

Revision as of 16:04, 9 June 2015

UNDER CONSTRUCTION: A list of the best animated opening credits sequences in Spaghetti Westerns, curated by Michael McGleenan. A lot of the opening titles in these films were created with rotoscope technology, read more about that on Wikipedia. This is version 1 of the list.


I am fascinated by the animated opening credits that have been created for some of these westerns. The obvious examples of animated opening credits are the 'Sergio Leone / Clint Eastwood Trilogy' and the recently re-released 'Day of Anger' movie. I have included the length of time that the animation lasts and placed a score system on the best animation, ranked from 10 downwards. The higher scores have been given to the animation with the best visual impact, as well as the quality of the animation, the length of the animation etc. I reviewed as many movies as possible from my own collection and from online resources so I am sure that there are other movies that deserve to be included in the list, that I have not discovered. There seems to be a number of Spaghetti Western trailers with animation sequences but I kept my list to movies with animation in the main feature. There may be trailers that are specific to certain countries and there may also be releases of the same movie that vary in the opening credits. -- Michael McGleenan from Dublin, Ireland.


1
A Fistful of Dollars, Sergio Leone (1964)

Animation by Iginio Lardani. Length 2m. Notes: Moving images, colour. Score: 10

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2
Django, Prepare a Coffin, Ferdinando Baldi (1968)

Length 2m. Notes: Moving images, colour. Score: 9

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3
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Sergio Leone (1966)

Animation by Iginio Lardani. Length 3m. Notes: Moving images, colour, faces, clips. Score: 9

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4
Day of Anger, Tonino Valerii (1967)

Animation by Iginio Lardani. Length 2.5m. Notes: Moving images, colour, faces, clips. Score: 9

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5
One Silver Dollar, Giorgio Ferroni (1965)

Length 2m. Notes: Moving images, colour. Score: 8

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6
Pistoleros, Alfio Caltabianco (1967)

Length 1m. Notes: Moving images, colour. Score: 8

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7
Little Rita of the West, Ferdinando Baldi (1967)

Length 2.5m. Notes: Moving images, cartoon, colour. Score: 8

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8
Arizona Colt, Ferdinando Baldi (1966)

Length 2.5m. Notes: Moving images/clips, colour. Score: 8

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9
Kill the Wicked, Tanio Boccia (1967)

Length 1.5m. Notes: Moving images, colour. Score: 8

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10
The Fury of Johnny Kid, Gianni Puccini (1967)

Length 2m. Notes: Moving/still images, colour. Score: 7

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11
Those Dirty Dogs, Giuseppe Rosati (1973)

Length 2m. Notes: Moving/still images. Score: 7

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12
Face to Face, Sergio Sollima (1967)

Animation by Iginio Lardani. Length 2.5m. Notes: Moving images/clips, faces, colour. Score: 7

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13
Dead for a Dollar, Osvaldo Civirani (1968)

Length 1.5m. Notes: Moving/still images, colour. Score: 7

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14
In a Colt's Shadow, Giovanni Grimaldi (1965)

Length 2.5m. Notes: Still images, colour. Score: 7

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15
W Django!, Edoardo Mulargia (1971)

Length 3m. Notes: Moving clips, colour. Score: 7

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16
100 Rifles, Tom Gries (1969)

Length 1.5m. Notes: Still images, colour. Score: 6

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17
Hannie Caulder, Burt Kennedy (1971)

Length 2m. Notes: Still images, colour. Score: 6

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18
The Big Gundown, Sergio Sollima (1966)

Length 2.5m. Notes: Faces, clips, colour. Score: 6

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19
Run, Man, Run, Sergio Sollima (1968)

Animation by Iginio Lardani. Length 3m. Notes: Sketches, clips, colour. Score: 5

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20
Bandidos, Max Dallamano (1967)

Length 1.75m. Notes: Still images, colour. Score: 5

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21
God Made Them...I Kill Them, Paolo Bianchini (1968)

Length 2m. Notes: Moving clips, colour. Score: 5

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22
3 Bullets for Ringo, Emimmo Salvi (1966)

Length 1m. Notes: Still images, colour. Score: 4

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The Stranger's Gundown, Sergio Garrone (1969)

Length 2m. Notes: Sketches. Score: 4

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Title Director Animator Year Comments Time Score

Django, Prepare a Coffin    Ferdinando Baldi 1968 moving images, colour 2m 9 The Good the Bad and the Ugly Sergio Leone Iginio Lardani 1966 moving images, colour, faces,clips 3m 9 Day of Anger Tonino Valerii 1967 moving images, colour, faces, clips 2.5 9 One Silver Dollar    Giorgio Ferroni   1965 moving images, colour 2m 8 Pistoleros    Alfio Caltabiano    1967 moving images, colour 1m 8 Little Rita of the West Ferdinando Baldi 1967 moving images, cartoon, colour 2.5m 8 Man from Nowhere (Arizona Colt) Michele Lupo 1966 moving images/clips, colour 2.5m 8 Kill the wicked! Tanio Boccia 1967 moving images, colour 1.5m 8 The Fury of Johnny Kid    Gianni Puccini 1967 moving/still images, colour 2m 7 Charge! (Those Dirty Dogs) Giuseppe Rosati 1973 moving/still images 2m 7 Face to Face Sergio Sollima Iginio Lardani 1967 moving images/clips, faces, colour 2.5m 7 Dead For A Dollar Osvaldo Civirani 1968 moving/still images, colour 1.5m 7 In a Colt's Shadow Giovanni Grimaldi 1965 still images, colour 2.5m 7 W Django!    Edoardo Mulargia 1971 moving clips, colour 3m 7 100 Rifles Tom Gries 1969 still images, colour 1.5 6 Hannie Caulder Burt Kennedy 1971 still images, colour 2m 6 The Big Gundown Sergio Sollima 1966 faces, clips, colour 2.5 6 Run Man Run Sergio Sollima Iginio Lardani 1968 sketches,colour,clips 3 5 Bandidos Max Dallamano 1967 still images, colour 1.75m 5 God Made Them... I Kill Them Paolo Bianchini 1968 moving clips, colour 2m 5 3 Bullets for Ringo (3 graves for a winchester) Emimmo Salvi 1966 still images, colour 1m 4 The Strangers Gundown, The (Django the bastard) Sergio Garrone 1969 sketches 2m 4 Django defies Sartana Pasquale Squitieri 1970 sketches 2.5m 4 Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead Giuseppe Vari 1971 still clips, colour 2m 4 I am Sartana Your Angel of Death Giuliano Carnimeo 1969 still images, clips,colour 40s 4 The Mercenary Sergio Corbucci Iginio Lardani 1968 still clips, colour 2m 3 For a Few Dollars More Sergio Leone Iginio Lardani 1965 moving image, colour 5s 1

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