Django (1966)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Sergio Corbucci

Writers:

Sergio Corbucci (story) and
Bruno Corbucci (story) ...

Release Date:

December 1966 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Tagline:

The movie that spawned a genre.

Plot:

A coffin-dragging gunslinger enters a town caught between two feuding factions, the KKK and a gang of Mexican Bandits, and is caught up in a struggle against them.

Plot Keywords:

Bandit | Coffin | Gold | Gun | Machine Gun

Cast

Franco Nero	...	Django
José Bódalo	...	Gen. Hugo Rodriguez
Loredana Nusciak	...	Maria
Ángel Álvarez	...	Nataniele (Bartender)
Gino Pernice	...	Jonathan (as Jimmy Douglas)
Simón Arriaga
Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia		(as Ivan Scratuglia)
Erik Schippers
Rafael Albaicín	...	Rodriguez' Man (as Raphael Albaicin)
José Canalejas		(as José Canalecas)
Eduardo Fajardo	...	Maj. Jackson

Also Known As:

Django (Spain)

Runtime:

Spain:87 min (censored version) | USA:91 min | Italy:93 min | West Germany:88 min (censored version)

Country:

Italy | Spain

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Iceland:16 | Norway:(Banned) (theatrical rating) (1968) | UK:15 (video rating: 2004) | UK:18 (video rating) (1993) | UK:R (original rating) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | West Germany:18 (nf) | Brazil:16 (re-rating) | Brazil:18 (Original rating) | Argentina:13 | UK:(Banned) (1966) | Finland:(Banned) (1968) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:(Banned) | USA:Unrated | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Colmenar Viejo, Madrid, Spain

Company:

B.R.C. Produzione S.r.l.

Trivia:

Franco Nero's voice was dubbed in the English version by Tony Russell.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Django first brings out the machine gun and it begins firing, his fingers are nowhere near the trigger mechanism (the gun was probably activated electronically by the special effects crew).

Quotes:

Django: I'm glad I made you feel like a real woman - very glad - I mean that.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Django: et le western apporta la violence (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

Django

A man and his coffin

Franco Nero is Django, a man dragging a coffin behind him, seeking vengeance for the wrongs dealt to him and his loved one in the Western staple. When we first meet him he saves a hybrid girl from being horse-whipped. But which side is he playing for, and where do his loyalties really lie? Very enjoyable and the theme song is great, but avoid the dubbed version I implore you, as it's one of the worst one I've ever heard. Perhaps not as well known or as good as "the Man with No Name" trilogy, but well worth seeing none the less.

My Grade: B

Blue Underground DVD Extras: Part of BU's Spaghetti Western Collection. "Django- The One and Only" (13 minute documentary); Poster & Stills gallery; Talent Bios for Sergio Corbucci and Franco Nero; Theatrical Trailer (I have this film released by Anchor Bay as well, and while the BU version is superior, I'm keeping that one too because it has a nifty Django shoot out game and came paired with "Django Strikes Again")

Easter Eggs: Highlight the coffin for Trailers of "Django Kill!", "Run, Man, Run", and "A Man called Blade"