Il mio West (1998)

The idealistic lifestyle of an old West farmer, his Indian wife and half-breed son, who narrates the tale, is disrupted when his grandfather, an old gunslinger, shows up on the farm. ... See full summary »

Director:

Giovanni Veronesi

Writers:

Vincenzo Pardini (novel), Giovanni Veronesi (story),

Stars:

Leonardo Pieraccioni, Harvey Keitel, David Bowie

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Leonardo Pieraccioni	...	Doc Lowen
Harvey Keitel	...	Johnny Lowen
David Bowie	...	Jack Sikora
Sandrine Holt	...	Pearl
Alessia Marcuzzi	...	Mary
Jim van der Woude	...	Joshua
Yudii Mercredi	...	Jeremiah
Michelle Gomez	...	Leather girl
Kwame Kwei-Armah	...	Rastafarian
Stephen Jenn	...	Albino
Rosalind Knight	...	Mrs. Willow
Jimmy Gardner	...	Sam Comet
Jean Heywood	...	Mrs. Comet
Jessica James
Lorenzo Wilde	...	Lieutenant

Storyline

The idealistic lifestyle of an old West farmer, his Indian wife and half-breed son, who narrates the tale, is disrupted when his grandfather, an old gunslinger, shows up on the farm. Although looking to retire, the family is not happy with his return, given his past lifestyle and mistreatment of his family. Things get worse when another gunfighter shows up and terrorizes the town, trying to force the father into a gun fight.

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Plot Keywords:

gunfight | shootout | bar shootout | saloon | family relationships | 

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Taglines:

The Gunfighters Who Rocked The West.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Western

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for western violence, some sexual content and nudity

Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

18 December 1998 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Gunslinger's Revenge

Filming Locations:

Campocatino, Vagli, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica, Pacific Pictures (I), Tiger Cinematografica

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39:1

Did You Know?

Goofs

The telegraph office has what appears to be a reel-to-reel film projector, some time before the beginning of the twentieth century.

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Soundtracks

"John Brown's Body"
traditional
Performed by David Bowie

User Reviews

Oh, the script

Beginning with his first line of dialogue, one hopes that the main character (Leonardo Pieraccioni) will get shot. The kid is tedious. Keitel can't do anything with the script (and you can't blame him for not really trying). I don't understand the complaints about Bowie ... he's cliché, and the accent is horrid, but his scenes are the only ones offering any semblance of entertainment.

But it's the dialogue, story, and main actor that kill the film. The main characted give his lines in English, but has clearly been dubbed by a native speaker (unfortunately, not an actor). To call the result "wooden" would give ply-wood a bad name. Attempts to reclassify it as a some sort of intentionally pastiche cult comedy are wishful thinking. Not that the film doesn't inspire a degree of laughter ...