Once Upon A Time in the Italian West

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Once Upon A Time in the Italian West

The Filmgoers' Guide to Spaghetti Westerns

Films, cinema Film: styles and genres

Author: Howard Hughes

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Language: English

Published by: I.B. Tauris

Published on: 31 March 2006

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 288 pages

ISBN: 9780857730459


Overview

The ideal popular guide to the key Spaghetti Westerns - mainly the good but also the bad and the ugly - this is an authoritative, entertaining and comprehensive companion to the films that created the mythical Spaghetti West in the most improbable circumstances.

Coverage

Sergio Leone's "Dollars" trilogy is covered, with many more major and minor Spaghetti Westerns, including Sergio Corbucci's "Navajo Joe", Carlo Lizzani's "The Hills Run Red" and Duccio Tessari's "A Pistol for Ringo".

Content

This popular guide explores the films through the biographies and filmographies of key personnel, stories of the films' making, their locations and sets, sources, musical scores, detailed cast information, box office fortunes internationally, with many illustrations, including original posters and stills.

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