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Django | 
| Director: Sergio Corbucci
Actors: Angel Alvarez, Jose Bodalo, Eduardo Fajardo, Franco Nero, Loredana Nusciak
Studio: Blue Underground
Category: DVD
Buy New: CDN$ 33.96
New (2) Used (3) from CDN$ 29.99
Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 34799
Format: Limited Edition, Ntsc, Subtitled
Languages: English (Original Language), Italian (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 827058103596
EAN: 0827058103596
ASIN: B0001KU93C
Theatrical Release Date: 1966
Release Date: May 4, 2004
Availability: Usually ships within 1 - 2 business days
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From Amazon.com
Along with Sergio Leone's Clint Eastwood trilogy, Sergio Corbucci's IDjango/I, starring Belgian hunk Franco Nero as the gritty mercenary who drags a coffin behind him, was one of the most influential spaghetti Westerns. After mowing down armies of bad guys with his machine gun (which he brandishes in classic two-fisted tough-guy fashion--from the hip), he stages a daring gold heist from a Mexican military fortress and then plots to double-cross his ibandito/i partners. Corbucci, who cowrote the story, fashions an unrelentingly violent tale of rival gangs squeezing the life out of a muddy, bloody border town, reveling in the sadism of the genre. The film opens with a woman strung up and lashed by a group of lascivious bandits, only to be saved by even more sadistic gunmen who plan to burn her alive, and iDjango/i fan Quentin Tarantino borrowed the scene where a vindictive general slices the ear off a corrupt preacher for IReservoir Dogs/I. While not as stylish as Leone's operatic epics, iDjango/i pushed the borders of violence into all-new territory, and the film was banned outright in England and cut in the U.S. It spawned 20 unofficial sequels before Nero returned 20 years later for the only legitimate sequel, IDjango Strikes Again/I. In the meantime, Nero followed up this grimy antihero role with a turn as the singing medieval superknight Lancelot in ICamelot/I! Also features a short interview with Nero. I--Sean Axmaker/I
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Django lives March 31, 2002
Andrew Fellner (BELLEVILLE, IL United States)
I'd heard lots about this film over the years but was unable to see it until a few years ago. It has the usual flaws of a spaghetti western (poor dubbing, choppy editting and almost silly lyrics for the title song), which are to be expected,and after having seen so many, are even endearing, but its quirkiness more than makes up for it. (Any film with the main character constantly dragging a coffin behind him in the mud has a certain deviant appeal.) Excepting the Leone westerns (which are so far above the ordinary Italian western that they are literally in a class by themselves), this is one of the best.
 Django is djust dreadful November 23, 2001
Steven Billups (his lonely domicile)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I head a lot of good things about this -- comparisons to Leone's films and that it was so popular it spawned a horde of sequals. I had contemplated buying the Anchor Bay DVD, and upon viewing, I'm so glad I didn't. Franco Nero is absolutely dreadful -- i'm not sure if he or the dubbing is to blame but the delivery and dialogue are some of the worst I've ever witnessed. The character is such a goody goody with lines like, You shouldn't treat women like that and That's not right. To compare this to Leone is to reduce Leone's interesting characters and cinematography into cardboard gunfights. I didn't even finish the film.
Corbucci's best film! September 19, 2001
W. Black (East Prairie, MO United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Don't listen to any claims made made for Bullet For A General, Django is without a doubt the best non-Leone spaghetti Western of all time. The opening scene (blue-clad Nero carrying a saddle over his shoulder and dragging a coffin through the gooiest mud in film history)is beautiful. Corbucci's direction is more controlled here than anywhere else--less zooms, less jarring close-ups, and neater editing. And Django has to be one of the first action heroes to fire a heavy machine gun from the hip (without even pulling the trigger, no less!).pBut make no mistake. This is Italian exploitation--love it or hate it. An ear is cut off, prostitutes fight in the mud, and our hero's hands are crushed in gory detail that would make One-Eyed Jacks mumble in disgust. Don't expect John Ford here. But if you're looking for something different, are curious about spaghetti Westerns but afraid to buy any because so many are horrible--then this is the movie for you!
It's El Mercenario with a little more naive charm! June 27, 2001
anomj7t7 (Quinton, Va United States)
Even though I gave this movie four stars (for originality and for its contribution to the genre),with a bigger budget(a Leone/Morricone kind of treatment),better dialogue (the dub-job was,quite frankly,abyssmal)and some fine tuning on the plot,this movie could have been the greatest western of all time.The opening scene where this mysterious stranger (Django)is dragging this coffin through the mud and its contrast against the sentimental crooning of the opening music is,possibly,one of the weirdest visuals I've ever seen in a movie,let alone a western.There are a couple of stomach turningly violent scenes that I did not care for and the body count is probably comparable to the matrix....I dont know what all to say...This is one weird,gloomy,gothic,machine gun,spaghetti western.The addition of the trailer and the Franco Nero interview were nice bonuses.
 EASILY ONE OF THE BEST WESTERNS! November 24, 2000
I am not too fond of westerns. I only enjoyed the westerns of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer until I saw Sergio Corbucci's DJANGO. He is a mysterious stranger who enters the town dragging a coffin and riding no horse. He's the guy everyone loves to hate, seeing that he's quick with his gun. This movie is very gory violent, so watch it if you can stomach it. It's no wonder why it was banned in many countires! Strongly recomended, I rank DJANGO one of the best westerns along with MY NAME IS NOBODY, ACE HIGH and THEY CALL ME TRINITY.
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