Cjamango (Edoardo Mulargia, 1967)

stanton · July 8, 2009, 11:39am

Ha ha , right, the SW was clearly ahead of its time.

Paco_Roman · July 16, 2009, 7:24am

IMO a very solid SW. All you want to see in a SW is there. There are some stylish scenes and the acting is good enough. Sean Todd aka Ivan Rassimov is a good lead He reminded me on a mixture of Johnny Halliday and Clint. I love the trailer which has a tagline like a Western full of Stars. In some scenes there was a very annoying overwhelming music. I don’t know why but I got the feeling that some of the victims of Cjamango fell down even before they get shoot.

I watched the new Koch Media DVD. The picture quality isn’t the best but better than many other SW-DVD’s I own. Quite interesting that the Kid later became a terrorist.
It’s also interesting that this very solid SW was such a success in Italy.

scherpschutter · July 16, 2009, 8:27am

They probably read the script

p.pereira · July 16, 2009, 3:55pm

Nice movie, but I’ve seen better from Mulargia.

Dillinger · July 16, 2009, 4:31pm

That’s what I call overacting…

LankyFellow · July 31, 2009, 12:17pm

I’ve been surprised,too
I guess its because Ivan was very popular there

Dillinger · July 31, 2009, 12:19pm

And the winner of the Rada Rassimov lookalike contest starrs as well.

LankyFellow · July 31, 2009, 12:25pm

Who was it ?

Dillinger · July 31, 2009, 12:32pm

Helene Chanel.

Paco_Roman · July 31, 2009, 12:34pm

[quote=“LankyFellow, post:46, topic:944”]I’ve been surprised,too
I guess its because Ivan was very popular there[/quote]
More or less it was his first big role in a SW and one of his first movie. Don’t think he was that famous round 1967. On the DVD it’s stated that the movie had a good word of mouth advertising.

Dillinger · July 31, 2009, 12:36pm

…and the text is written by Cjamango himself!

LankyFellow · July 31, 2009, 12:43pm

Here we see what a good word of mouth recommendation is worth

mrchallenge · July 31, 2009, 2:29pm

Not really, it did above average box office business but wasn’t a blockbuster or anything.

I_I_Idiot · July 31, 2009, 2:36pm

Exactly what this movie deserves. Average SW.

Phil_H · August 6, 2009, 3:02pm

Having just watched the Koch Media release of Cjamango I thought I’d write a quick review.
I enjoyed it pretty much but it’s not a film likely to have anyone raving. Decent fun though for a film which doesn’t try to be anything loftier than what it is. Anyhow, here’s the link to the review.

http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Cjamango_Film_Review

Paco_Roman · August 6, 2009, 6:37pm

@Phil: Very good review again. I think you wrote everything which has to be written about this SW. I liked the idea with the kid’s explosion!

Silver_Wolf · August 6, 2009, 8:23pm

I have to disagree here, KOCH DVD is quite a dissapointment and far from their usual high standards. I think they actually used a NTSC master (Wild East DVD?) for their release and converted it to PAL. At least their release has surprisingly low detail level and rough edges appear every time when camera moves. I sold my WE DVD and bought the KOCH one which was a stupid thing to do. Even though KOCH DVD is anamorphic while WE is not, there is very little improvement in picture quality. I took few screenshots from the DVD to give everyone an idea what I mean.

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/7353/cjamango2.png[/url]
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/9605/cjamango1.png[url]http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/7353/cjamango2.png

Dillinger · August 6, 2009, 9:26pm

Well done, Phil! If this is a quick review, I’m looking forward to an elaborate one!!!

Phil_H · August 6, 2009, 11:04pm

[quote=“Silver Wolf, post:57, topic:944”]I have to disagree here, KOCH DVD is quite a dissapointment and far from their usual high standards. I think they actually used a NTSC master (Wild East DVD?) for their release and converted it to PAL. At least their release has surprisingly low detail level and rough edges appear every time when camera moves. I sold my WE DVD and bought the KOCH one which was a stupid thing to do. Even though KOCH DVD is anamorphic while WE is not, there is very little improvement in picture quality. I took few screenshots from the DVD to give everyone an idea what I mean.

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/7353/cjamango2.png[/url]
[url=http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/9605/cjamango1.png]http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/9605/cjamango1.png[url]http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/7353/cjamango2.png[/url][/quote]

I can honestly say I didn’t notice any of that when I watched it.

Garringo · January 20, 2010, 1:56am

[quote=“Silver Wolf, post:57, topic:944”]I have to disagree here, KOCH DVD is quite a dissapointment and far from their usual high standards. I think they actually used a NTSC master (Wild East DVD?) for their release and converted it to PAL. At least their release has surprisingly low detail level and rough edges appear every time when camera moves. I sold my WE DVD and bought the KOCH one which was a stupid thing to do. Even though KOCH DVD is anamorphic while WE is not, there is very little improvement in picture quality. I took few screenshots from the DVD to give everyone an idea what I mean.

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/7353/cjamango2.png[/url]
[url=http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/9605/cjamango1.png]http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/9605/cjamango1.png[url]http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/7353/cjamango2.png[/url][/quote]

If I remember correctly, the Wild East DVD appeared to be another of their usual PAL to NTSC conversions with the hazy ghosting prevalent throughout - I did the same thing and sold mine as soon as Koch announced their release (and have finally just ordered it) - so I hope it’s not from the Wild East NTSC source as you suggest. Certain players display PAL dvds weird and with “staircasing” on edges. As long as there is no ghosting I’m sure it will be better than the Wild East version…fingers crossed that it looks good on my system!