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HarryLong		#121	[-]
Posts: 25166 Jan 14 09 11:13 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The TRINITY films are great fun. The Mysterious Mr. Long
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Erik the Mirakle Ape		#122	[-]
Posts: 1809 Jan 14 09 11:50 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I've seen the first one in a full-screen print, but i haven't seen the second one yet. For christmas i got a nice set from the U.K. containing nice looking widescreen transfers of the two TRINITY and the two NOBODY films. I took a quick peek at them and they look really nice, but i haven't gotten round to watching them yet.
HarryLong		#123	[-]
Posts: 25166 Jan 20 09 11:08 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I didn't know there was a second NOBODY film. I'll have to look for it. My TRINITY films are both on one of those Millcreek googa-packs. I can't recall if they're WS or FS. The Mysterious Mr. Long
Erik the Mirakle Ape		#124	[-]
Posts: 1809 Jan 21 09 9:20 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	A GENIUS, TWO PARTNERS AND A DUPE a.k.a. NOBODY'S THE GREATEST. I'm not sure it's a actual sequel or if they just tried to tie the name in as SW's often do. It does star Terrence Hill and is in the comedic vein.
David Morrill		#125	[-]
Posts: 15215 Jan 22 09 2:00 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Not a sequel to NOBODY. But in Germany it was dubbed as such.
Erik the Mirakle Ape		#126	[-]
Posts: 1809 Feb 3 09 11:46 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Giuseppe Colizzi directed three SW's starring Terrence Hill as Cat stevens and Bud Spencer as Hutch Bessy. GOD FORGIVES ... I DON'T, ACE HIGH and BOOT HILL were made before the Tinity film's and are much more serious in tone. I finally got around to watching my Dutch widescreen copy of GOD FORGIVES ... I DON'T (1967) This is one of the first pairings of the dynamic duo Hill and Spencer, it also stars Frank Wolf as the cold-blooded Bill St. Antonio. The film opens with a welcome party at a train station, but the train rolls right on by the platform and into the barricade at the end of the line. Seems the train has been robbed and everyone on board killed, except one survivor who sneaks off in the confusion.Then we cut to Hill in the middle of a poker game which ends in a brawl, Hill emerges victorious and rides off into the sunset. Enter Bud, at the same saloon looking for Hill. When he finally catches up with Hill he tells him of the robbery and the man he thinks is responsible, Bill St. Antonio, who Hill is supposed to have killed. Through a series of flashbacks we see the shootout that supposedly killed Bill and after ditching Bud he goes back to the town where it happened and he realizes that old Bill used him to fake his death. Hill sets out to find Bill with Bud on his trail. Once Hill finds out where Bill has been hiding his gold, Bud finally catches up with him and the two decide to take off with the loot, but first Bud must carry the chest down a flight of steps like a two-legged ox. They bury the chest but are eventually captured by Bill's gang, when all is said and done it ends in a really fun three-way showdown between Bill, Bud, Hill and a mountain of TNT. I wont tell you how it ends, but Hill and Spencer do make two sequels to this. This is a really good, well shot SW. Hill is a triple threat in this, proving quite good with gun's, knives or good ol' fashoined fisticuff's and Spencer of course is the big brute (hard to believe he was an olympic swimmer in the 50's). Frank Wolf is great as the villian who seems to be missing a heart. All in all good spaghetti fun. Fun Factor - 7 After this i really am looking forward to ACE HIGH which adds Eli Wallach to the proceedings.
Erik the Mirakle Ape		#127	[-]
Posts: 1809 Feb 4 09 1:35 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	ACE HIGH (1968) Another excellent effort from Colizzi. Where GF...ID was a standard SW, ACE HIGH leaves the beaten path just a bit; in one of the first brawls that break out, a marching band comes out of nowhere with a band leader bopping people on the head with his baton- in another town we see a high wire act - in another scene Bud hallucinates after a mystery drink - and in the final town we see a game of billiards played on horseback. Though this one is still serious in tone, we do see the early rumblings of the Trinity Boys; Hill Sleeps while traveling on horseback and by wagon (apparently he hasn't built his litter yet). And Bud uses some of his signature moves in the brawls. This time 'round we get the welcome addition of Eli Wallach as the Greek Cacopoulos, who has been busted out of jail to help a crooked banker, only to kill said banker because he and two others where responsible for Eli being in jail in the first place. On his way to get revenge on the other two who screwed him over, he stops to rob Hill and spencer (which is what the banker wanted from him in the first place). So now we have Eli looking for revenge and Hill and Spencer looking for Eli. They follow the trail of money til they catch up with Eli at which point they inadvertently help him get his revenge on ex-friend no. 2. Eli then gets away from them and when they catch up with him again, he has a plan to get the money back and his revenge in one fell swoop. The whole affair winds up with a fun 4 on 5 showdown in the middle of a casino after they run a scam on the place. I liked this one even more than GF...ID, the only thing this film was missing is the slam-bang opening of the first. Fun Factor - 8 I'm going to hold off on BOOT HILL til i can get a proper widescreen copy, Colizzi's films look well shot to my eye and i don't think BOOT HILL will look right cropped, which is the only way i have it right now.
Erik the Mirakle Ape		#128	[-]
Posts: 1809 Feb 19 09 10:14 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	A bit of CAPTAIN APACHE for Harry, i think i finally got the hang of this screenshot thing. Seems the wind was constantly blowing in this movie, LVC's fringe never stops moving.
Erik the Mirakle Ape		#129	[-]
Posts: 1809 May 4 09 9:59 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Wednesday night at Midnight, IFC is playing Sergio Leone's zapata western A FISTFUL OF DYNAMITE. Here's hopin' it's widescreen, i actually don't have this one yet.
Erik the Mirakle Ape		#130	[-]
Posts: 1809 May 16 09 10:36 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	RINGO; FACE OF REVENGE - Mario Caiano (1967) A solid, middle of the road SW made enjoyable by good performances. Steffen is good as the opportunistic pistolero Ringo. Frank Wolff is fun as the smarmy huckster always looking to cut another deal and stir up trouble. But for my money, Eduardo Fajardo walks away with this film as Ringo's sidekick Tim. Not a whole lotta revenege, but for the price of admission you do get two angry mobs. One with torches and one with pitchforks chasing a 'witch'. All in all, good SW fun. And the X-Rated disc has trailers for this film plus five other SW's. Fun Factor - 5/10
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kevin g shinnick		#131	[-]
Posts: 15102 Jun 16 09 9:33 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Erik,is X-RATED the rating of the film or the company that puts the DVD out?
Erik the Mirakle Ape		#132	[-]
Posts: 1809 Jun 17 09 8:23 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	German DVD company. They come in oversized boxes reminicent of the 'big box' VHS tapes.
Erik the Mirakle Ape		#133	[-]
Posts: 1809 Jul 1 09 9:00 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Finally got a widescreen copy of Colizzi's BOOT HILL (1969), the third part of his trilogy. Spencer and Hill's characters, Cat and Hutch, are not in this one quite as much as the previous two films. Instead we are treated to the addition of Woody Strode, Lionel Stander, Victor Buono and a circus full of characters. This adds a lot of fun to the proceedings, with the only downside being the circus scenes seem a bit busy. As if he was trying to fit a bit too much into the picture. It's up to Cat, Hutch and the circus folk to save a mining town from the ruthless Vic Buono and his evil henchmen. BOOT HILL does not quite feel like the third part of the trilogy, even though Hill and Spencers characters are the same, it works better if you take it on it's own terms. Strode and Stander are wonderful in thier parts, it's just a shame Buono's part was not bigger. And never forget kids, any movie with midget clowns is a movie worth seeing. Fun Factor - 6/10
Erik the Mirakle Ape		#134	[-]
Posts: 1809 Jul 1 09 9:08 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I AM SARTANA YOUR ANGEL OF DEATH - Carnimeo (1969) I've been holding off on watching what Carnimeo did with this series because i liked the look and feel of the first one so much, i was afraid i would not like the sequels. I should'a watched it sooner. Though most SW's have some sort of mystery intertwined in thier story, this is the first one i've come across that is a full-fledged who-dunnit (i'm sure there are more). The Northwestern Bank has been robbed by someone pretending to be Sartana, and it's up to Sartana himself to find out who robbed the bank before one of the bounty hunters catch up with him and collect the $10,000 riding on his head. Thats really all you need to know about the story. This film is chock-full of great action scenes and shootouts, with a bit of Carnimeo's penchant for gadgets. You get great performances from Gianni Garko, Klaus Kinski (as an effeminate gambler who always loses), Frank Wolff and two all-too-short scenes with Gordon Mitchell. I still like the atmosphere of IF YOU MEET SARTANA a bit more, but this is a very fun sequel that's not too very far behind in my humble opinion. Fun Factor - 8/10
HarryLong		#135	[-]
Posts: 25166 Jul 4 09 10:45 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I've got BOOT HILL here somewhere, but I held off watching because I was told that Hill & Spencer are not playing the same two characters as in the TRINITY films. I guess I was misinformed. The Mysterious Mr. Long
Erik the Mirakle Ape		#136	[-]
Posts: 1809 Jul 5 09 9:10 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Actually, this is before the Trinity films. Guiseppe Colizzi did a trio of films (which was Spencer and Hills first pairing). GOD FORGIVES...I DON'T, ACE HIGH, and BOOT HILL. You can back-track in the thread for more info.
HarryLong		#137	[-]
Posts: 25166 Jul 8 09 11:29 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	But Italian cinema is always more interesting when it doesn't make a lick of sense. The Mysterious Mr. Long
Erik the Mirakle Ape		#138	[-]
Posts: 1809 Jul 10 09 7:47 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Coherent plots were never their strong suit, not that it matters.
Erik the Mirakle Ape		#139	[-]
Posts: 1809 Aug 17 09 9:06 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	BLOOD AT SUNDOWN - Alberto Cardone (1966) Anthony Steffen plays the good brother and Gianni Garko plays the wonderfully bad brother, which also happens to be the first appearance of Sartana (though no relation to the later series). As the film opens Steffen has just been released from prison, serving 12 years for the sins of his brother, and he's looking to set things right. Garko and his gang are running a protection racket in the local towns and Steffen follows him around trying to rally the townspeople into standing up for themselves. His first recruit is a mute who seems to enjoy hurling dynamite around, and together the two of them try to get under Garko's skin (sucessfully i might add). This film has a great performance from Garko and from Carla Calo playing the mother of the two brothers. She obviously favors and makes excuses for Garko, while asking the boys not to fight and make a scene (appearances you know). The film also has some nice atmosphere, with the torch-lit cave that Steffen and his mute sidekick use for a hide-out. There is also Garko's cool Aztec-looking fort and a forboding wind at opportune moments. Really, the only downside to this movie is that some of the fisticuffs are unconvincing with ill-timed sound effects (the opening scene being the worst offender). But at the same time some of the other brawls are pretty well done, so it's a pretty minor gripe. Fun Factor 7/10
Erik the Mirakle Ape		#140	[-]
Posts: 1809 Aug 17 09 9:06 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	BLOOD AT SUNDOWN - Alberto Cardone (1966) Anthony Steffen plays the good brother and Gianni Garko plays the wonderfully bad brother, which also happens to be the first appearance of Sartana (though no relation to the later series). As the film opens Steffen has just been released from prison, serving 12 years for the sins of his brother, and he's looking to set things right. Garko and his gang are running a protection racket in the local towns and Steffen follows him around trying to rally the townspeople into standing up for themselves. His first recruit is a mute who seems to enjoy hurling dynamite around, and together the two of them try to get under Garko's skin (sucessfully i might add). This film has a great performance from Garko and from Carla Calo playing the mother of the two brothers. She obviously favors and makes excuses for Garko, while asking the boys not to fight and make a scene (appearances you know). The film also has some nice atmosphere, with the torch-lit cave that Steffen and his mute sidekick use for a hide-out. There is also Garko's cool Aztec-looking fort and a forboding wind at opportune moments. Really, the only downside to this movie is that some of the fisticuffs are unconvincing with ill-timed sound effects (the opening scene being the worst offender). But at the same time some of the other brawls are pretty well done, so it's a pretty minor gripe. Fun Factor 7/10
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