Django (1966)

Director:

Sergio Corbucci

Writers:

Sergio Corbucci (story) and
Bruno Corbucci (story) ...
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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 | Saloon | Machine Gun

Cast

Franco Nero	...	Django
José Bódalo	...	Gen. Hugo Rodriguez
Loredana Nusciak	...	Maria
Ángel Álvarez	...	Nataniele (Bartender)
Gino Pernice	...	Brother Jonathan (as Jimmy Douglas)
Simón Arriaga	...	Miguel
Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia	...	Klan member (as Ivan Scratuglia)
Remo De Angelis		(as Erik Schippers)
Rafael Albaicín	...	Member of Hugo's gang (as Raphael Albaicin)
José Canalejas	...	Member of Hugo's gang (as José Canalecas)
Eduardo Fajardo	...	Maj. Jackson
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cris Huerta	...	Mexican officer
Silvana Bacci	...	Mexican prostitute (uncredited)
Lucio De Santis	...	Whipping bandit (uncredited)
Guillermo Méndez	...	Klan member (uncredited)
Luciano Rossi	...	Miguel - Klan member (uncredited)
José Terrón	...	Ringo; Jackson henchman with long scar on face (uncredited)
Rafael Vaquero	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Sergio Corbucci

Writing credits
Sergio Corbucci		(story) and
Bruno Corbucci		(story)
Sergio Corbucci		(screenplay) and
Bruno Corbucci		(screenplay)
José Gutiérrez Maesso		writer
Franco Rossetti		screenplay
Franco Rossetti		story
Piero Vivarelli		writer

Produced by
Manolo Bolognini	....	producer
Sergio Corbucci	....	producer

Original Music by
Luis Enríquez Bacalov

Cinematography by
Enzo Barboni

Film Editing by
Nino Baragli
Sergio Montanari

Production Design by
Carlo Simi

Art Direction by
Carlo Simi

Set Decoration by
Francisco Canet

Costume Design by
Marcella De Marchis
Carlo Simi

Makeup Department
Grazia De Rossi	....	hair stylist
Mario Van Riel	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Bruno Frascà	....	production manager
Miguel Ángel Martín Proharán	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ruggero Deodato	....	assistant director
Ruggero Deodato	....	second unit director: outdoor Spanish sequences

Art Department
Francesco Bronzi	....	property master

Sound Department
Bernardino Fronzetti	....	sound recordist
Corrado Volpicelli	....	boom operator

Stunts
Remo De Angelis	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Giovanni Bergamini	....	camera operator
Fernando Gallandt	....	assistant camera
Angelo Novi	....	still photographer
Idelmo Simonelli	....	camera operator
Gaetano Valle	....	camera operator

Other crew
Remo De Angelis	....	fire arms
Julio Parra	....	production supervisor
Patrizia Zulini	....	continuity

Production Companies

• B.R.C. Produzione S.r.l.
• Tecisa

Distributors

• Constantin Film (1966) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Horse Man (1973) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Jack Vaughan Productions (1974) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release) (as Jango)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (1999) (USA) (VHS)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Blue Underground (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Argent Films (2004) (UK) (all media)
• Big Sky Video (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Magnum Entertainment (????) (USA) (VHS) (dubbed)
• Mundial Films
• Norstar Home Video Inc. (????) (Canada) (VHS) (dubbed)
• Vincit Films

Also Known As:

Django (Spain)
Jango (USA) (dubbed version)

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) | France:U (1966, uncut) | Italy:VM18 | 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:

The graphic violent content of the film led the film to be banned in several countries, and it was rejected by the UK until 1993. It was not rated in the USA.

Goofs:

Continuity: General Hugo cuts off the spy's ear, but it can be seen on the spy's head after he is shot.

Quotes:

Django: [to a gang] A woman shouldn't be treated in that way.
Bad Guy: What's that you said?
Django: It's not important. And if I bothered you, would you accept my apology?
[shoots all five]

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Spaghetti West (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

Django

S10 Reviews: Django (1966)

Django (Franco Nero – The Fifth Cord, Hitch-Hike) is a gristled man-of-action who strolls the desert dragging his coffin of hell behind him. Django sets up shop one day at the local whorehouse of a veritable ghost town set up between the two warring factions of Major Jackson (Eduardo Fajardo – Nightmare City, Oasis of the Zombies) with his red hooded militia and General Hugo (José Bódalo – Companeros) with his Mexican ex-patriots. Django's no nonsense style quickly puts him smack in the middle of the fun as secrets are revealed and sides are played against each other.

Sergio Corbucci (Super Fuzz) directs this classic Italian spaghetti western. The script (while being pretty typical of the genre) manages to make Django a classic antihero thanks for the most part to Franco Nero's portrayal. The script's lack of originality doesn't stop it from having some clever set-pieces, nasty violence and even a bit of dark humor (some of my favorite sequences: the clearing of the whorehouse "Don't Touch my coffin", the "ear" scene and the Mexican skeet shoot). The music is wonderful (topped of by a fun theme song sung by someone trying to channel Elvis). The cast of Italian regulars nail their parts with mucho gusto. Any fan of violent westerns Italiano-style should belly up to the bar and give Django's coffin of wonders a watch. But don't mess with it…