West and soda (also known as The West Way Out) is a 1965 traditionally animated Italian feature film directed by Bruno Bozzetto. It is a parody of the traditional American Western.[1]
West and Soda | |
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Directed by | Bruno Bozzetto |
Written by | Bruno Bozzetto Sergio Crivellaro (dialogue) 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 min |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
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.[2]
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).
Character | Original | English |
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Johnny | Nando Gazzolo | Unknown |
Clementine | Vittoria Febbi | |
The Boss | Carlo Romano | |
Ursus | Luigi Pavese | |
Slim | Willy Moser | Daws Butler |
Esmeralda | Lydia Simoneschi | Unknown |
The Boss's Horse | Ferruccio Amendola |
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.
Films directed by Bruno Bozzetto | |
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