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Jan Spitzer was born on May 17, 1947 in Sangerhausen, Germany. He received his acting training from 1965 to 1968 at the Academy of Dramatic Arts “Ernst Busch” in Berlin. Even as a drama student, he played the lead role in the 1967/68 produced film “Farewell”, a film adaptation of novel by Johannes R. Becher. Other film and television roles soon followed.
Spitzer has also worked as a stage actor. He had engagements in plays at Altenburg, Halle, Schwerin, at the Deutsches Theater Berlin and the Munich National Theatre and the Berliner Ensemble. Since the 1990s, he’s worked primarily as a voice actor and voiced among others, James Remar, Chris Cooper, Jon Voight, Ted Levine, Danny Trejo, Joaquim de Almeida, Brad Garrett and Alan Arkin’s voice. He appeared in one Euro-western as Andrew in “Blue Hawk” (1979). Since 2009, Spitzer has been a speaker at the Störtebeker Festival. Today we celebrate Jan Spitzer’s 65th birthday.
Italowestern-Encyclopedia No. 1 (4 DVDs)
“Cowards Don’t Pray”, “Roy Colt and Winchester Jack”, “A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof” and “Gentleman Killer”
Directors:
Giulio Petroni
Mario Bava
Mario Siciliano
Giorgio Stegani
Starring:
Mario Adorf
Giuliano Gemma
Anthony Steffen
Label: Koch
“Koch Media Italowestern Enzyklopädie” No.1
Languages: German, Italian, English
Subtitles: German
Format: 2.35:1 / 1.85:1 (16:9)
Sound: Doly
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Leo Belotezki was born in Pennsylvania on February 27, 1925. As Leonard Bell, he began his acting career in 1950 appearing in “The Clock” TV series. Little is known about the actor except that he would appear in mainly TV series and films during a 20 year acting career between 1950 and 1970 he appeared in 26 films and TV …
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Thanks to Matt Blake and his website Wild Eye for allowing me to reprint the English translated interview with Guido Lollobrigida from he found from March 26, 2009.
Here’s the translation of a brief interview Matt found with familiar Italian character actor Guido Lollobrigida – a regular in Spaghetti Westerns, Spy and Crime films – on www.altravocenews.it. It’s mostly
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Making a Man of Him – U.K. title
A 1912 British production [Urban Trading Co. (London)]
Producer: Charles Urban
Director: F. Martin Thornton (Floyd Martin Thornton)
Story: ?
Screenplay: ?
Cinematography: ? [black & white]
Running time: 168 meters
Cast: ?
Story: A stockbroker sends his son to his brother’s ranch.
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Death scenes tell you everything you need to know about spaghetti westerns, the most brutal and inventive of all film genres. Alex Cox picks his 10 favourite on-screen exits.
For some reason I thought it would be fun to gather all the Italian-made western DVDs and tapes I could lay my hands on, and watch them in the order they …
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Intel – Inside Scoop
By Marcia Hansen
In April we marked the launch of the new Ultrabook™ TV campaign entitled “Desperado” (See the YouTube link at the end of this post). The TV commercial pits the cutting edge technology of the new, ultra-sleek, ultra-fast Ultrabook against other computers in a Western saloon setting… proving that “everything else seems old-fashioned.”
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Lloyd Battista was born on May 14, 1937 in Cleveland, Ohio. He’s spent a lifetime in theater and film which has produced an impressive list of credits. As an actor he has been seen on and off Broadway well over a dozen times ranging in vehicles as diverse as “Sexual Perversity” in Chicago to “The Homecoming” with The Royal Shakespeare
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Une corde a l’aube – French title
Il magnifico west – Italian title
El Oeste magnifico – Spanish title
My Name is Texas Bill – English title
The Magnificent Texan – U.K. title
Magnificent West – U.S.A. title
A 1972 Italian production [Dinmanica (Rome)]
Producer: Elio Ottaviani
Director: Gianni Crea
Story: Gianni Crea
Screenplay: Gianni Crea
Cinematography: Giovanni Raffaldi [Eastmancolot,
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Nunzia Agata Pometti was born in Catania, Italy on May 13, 1942. Known in films as Ada Pometti and also under the pseudonyms Priscilla Benson and Ada Pomeroy, she has been a character actress since her first appearance in “Tabula rasa” (1968). Among her most interesting works have included the participation in the movies, “Lady Frankenstein” directed by Mel Welles
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Of particular interest to the members of the Spaghetti Western Web Board.
Access to Lee Broughton’s recent fan cultures article about an on-line Spaghetti Western fan community and their location hunting trips to Almeria, Spain — ‘Crossing borders virtual and real: a transnational Internet-based community of Spaghetti Western fans finally meet each other face to face on the wild plains
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Un uomo, un cavallo una pistol (The Stranger Returns)
(1968)
Director: Luigi Vanzi
Starring: Tony Anthony, Dan Vadis, Daniele Vargas
Composer: Stelvio Cipriani
Label: GDM #GDM4154
Tracks: 22
Total time: 53:60
Limited Edition 500 copies
Available: May 23, 2012
Track Listing:
The originally assembled album mock-up
01. Un uomo, un cavallo, una pistola
02. Una canzone per la luna
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We continue with location from “Duck You Sucker”. Another execution scene is shown with Aldo Sambrell as the captain of the squad. This scene was also filmed at another part of the Sugar Beet Plant called Azucarera San Torcuato in Gaudix.
For a more detailed view of this site and other Spaghetti Western locations please visit my friend Yoshi ‘Garringo’
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