West and Soda
West and Soda | |
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Directed by | Bruno Bozzetto |
Written by | Bruno Bozzetto Attilio Giovannini |
Produced by | Bruno Bozzetto |
Starring | Nando Gazzolo Vittoria Febbi Carlo Romano |
Cinematography | Luciano Marzetti Roberto Scarpa |
Music by | Giampiero Boneschi |
Production company | Cineriz |
Release dates |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
West and soda(also known asThe West Way Out) is a 1965 Italian animatedWesterncomedy filmdirected byBruno Bozzetto.It is a parody of the traditional AmericanWestern.[1]
In an interview, Bozzetto claimed to have invented theSpaghetti Westerngenre with this film, an achievement usually attributed toSergio Leonewith hisA Fistful of Dollarswhich was released the year before, but whose development started later and was faster than the traditionally animatedWest and Soda.[2]
Plot
[edit]The plot of the film follows the traditional stranger arriving in a small western town. The stranger finds a pretty woman holding out from selling her uniquely green land to the local big shot, who is harassing her in hope of seducing her/buying her land. There is an ongoing mystery about how the stranger got a hold of the gold nugget he possesses, though at the end of the film it is revealed that he found it in a soap box (it is fake).
Cast
[edit]Character | Original | English |
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Johnny | Nando Gazzolo | Unknown |
Clementine | Vittoria Febbi | |
The Boss | Carlo Romano | |
Ursus | Luigi Pavese | |
Slim | Willy Moser | |
Esmeralda | Lydia Simoneschi | |
The Boss's Horse | Ferruccio Amendola |
DVD
[edit]APALR2DVDof the film has been released in Italy. It contains 40 minutes of extra material, including interviews, a completely restored version of the film as well as English subtitles.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Bendazzi, Giannalberto (23 October 2015).Animation: A World History.CRC Press.ISBN9781317519911.Retrieved20 March2016.
- ^Iondini, Massimo (3 October 2015)."Bozzetto:" Così ho inventato lo spaghetti western ""[Bozzetto: «So I invented spaghetti western»].Avvenire(in Italian). Milan.Retrieved1 October2019.
External links
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- 1965 films
- 1966 films
- 1965 animated films
- 1965 comedy films
- 1960s Western (genre) comedy films
- 1960s parody films
- Films directed by Bruno Bozzetto
- Italian Western (genre) comedy films
- Italian animated feature films
- 1960s Italian-language films
- Spaghetti Western films
- Western (genre) animated films
- 1960s Italian films
- 1960s Western (genre) film stubs
- 1960s animated film stubs
- 1960s Italian film stubs