Django (1966)

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 | 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

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:

Film debut of Luciano Rossi.

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:

Referenced in El mariachi (1992)

Soundtrack:

Django

Django at Gundown

This is an awsome Spaghetti Western. This is the original that launched over 70 imitation and non-direct sequels. This film was also the inspiration for Robert Rodriguez's El Mariachi and Desperado. The end shootout in the graveyard is amazing. Also, the feeling of the wind swept mud ridden streets is ever present. I respect anti-heroes of film more than the prefect hero. Django is just as cold if not colder and more relentless than the opponents he takes on and out. The coffin is a great original touch. Also check out THE sequel Django Strikes Again (with Franco Nero) and one of the best Django homage sequels Kill, Django Kill starring Thomas Milian (released by Blue Underground Entertainment). This movie gets two colt winchesters up!!!!