Once Upon a Time in the Italian West: A Filmgoer's Guide to Spaghetti Westerns

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Covering every Italian Spaghetti Western--mainly the good but also the bad and the ugly--this is an authoritative entertaining and comprehensive companion to the implausible international fusion of producers directors actors and composers who created the mythical Spaghetti West under the most improbable circumstances. Sergio Leones Dollars Trilogy led the field but many more major Spaghetti Westerns were made by important directors including Sergio Corbuccis Navajo Joe Carlo Lizzanis The Hills Run Red Duccio Tessaris A Pistol for Ringo. Combining analysis information and lively anecdotes this popular guide explores all of these films through the biographies and filmographies of key personnel stories of the films making their locations and sets sources musical scores detailed cast information and many illustrations including original posters and stills.