| West and Soda | |
|---|---|
2006 DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Bruno Bozzetto |
| Written by | Bruno Bozzetto Attilio Giovannini |
| Produced by | Bruno Bozzetto |
| Starring | Nando Gazzolo Vittoria Febbi Carlo Romano |
| Cinematography | Luciano Marzetti Roberto Scarpa |
| Music by | Giampiero Boneschi |
Production company | Cineriz |
Release date |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
West and soda (also known as The West Way Out) is a 1965 Italian animated Western comedy film directed by Bruno Bozzetto. It is a parody of the traditional American Western.
In an interview, Bozzetto claimed to have invented the Spaghetti Western genre with this film, an achievement usually attributed to Sergio Leone with his A Fistful of Dollars which was released the year before, but whose development started later and was faster than the traditionally animated West and Soda.
Plot
The plot of the film follows the traditional stranger arriving in a small western town. The stranger finds a pretty woman holding out from selling her uniquely green land to the local big shot, who is harassing her in hope of seducing her/buying her land. There is an ongoing mystery about how the stranger got a hold of the gold nugget he possesses, though at the end of the film it is revealed that he found it in a soap box (it is fake).
Cast
| Character | Original | English |
|---|---|---|
| Johnny | Nando Gazzolo | Unknown |
| Clementine | Vittoria Febbi | |
| The Boss | Carlo Romano | |
| Ursus | Luigi Pavese | |
| Slim | Willy Moser | |
| Esmeralda | Lydia Simoneschi | |
| The Boss's Horse | Ferruccio Amendola |
DVD
A PAL R2 DVD of the film has been released in Italy. It contains 40 minutes of extra material, including interviews, a completely restored version of the film as well as English subtitles.
See also
References
- ^ Bendazzi, Giannalberto (23 October 2015). Animation: A World History. CRC Press. ISBN 9781317519911. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ^ Iondini, Massimo (3 October 2015). "Bozzetto: "Così ho inventato lo spaghetti western"" [Bozzetto: «So I invented spaghetti western»]. Avvenire (in Italian). Milan. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
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