lovely posters
hard to reply, I love them both Ginger 
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Credit page has been added…
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Showed this classic to my roommate a few nights ago, and he’s been clicking his tongue like Milian ever since… I may have created a monster 
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‘Compañeros’ premiered in the UK at the Rialto Cinema on 13th January 1972. It went on general release in March 1972 in a ‘giant all-action double bill’ with ‘Commandos’.
Sources below: (Bristol Evening Post, 21st May, 1972) (Bolton News, 16th June, 1972)
In the United States it opened in El Paso, April 26 1972.
Source below: (El Paso Herald Post, April 26, 1972)
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Frank O’Nero!
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Commandos is also fantastic btw in its uncut version
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I watched Compañeros it for the first time recently and enjoyed it. I had heard about it for a long time and just never had seen it. Some great performances and a good bit going on when it gets going. The scene at the start where they start the revolution in the village is great. Palance is a great villain in this and the different characters weave in and out very well. Some iconic scenes and great action in parts in it too. It is light hearted and fun at times. Maybe I like the heavier stuff. In this discussion thread which I have enjoyed, there is a lot of discussion on how it compares to the Mercenary. I think it has also made me want to watch Tepepa again. 3.5 stars for Companeros, I enjoyed it.
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Two lovable assholes contentiously working together might just be my favorite movie formula, and Compañeros is a masterclass example of it. Plus, it’s got a bit of that PCU/Blue Brothers energy to it (in which the protagonists, over the course of the film, accrue the ire of a growing number of separate factions -to increasingly chaotic results). Not to mention the amazing character design work. Jack Palance’s the wooden hand and his earpiece-sporting henchman are so quirky, distinct, and memorable. Really enjoyed this one.
I came across a couple of versions of this, btw. The one I watched was 1h50m, and it exits the opening shootout scene directly to the Penguin’s train coming to town. But I another version had a lengthy scene of Vasco (Milian’s character) shining shoes and first meeting General Mondo. Of the two, I think it works better without the additional scene, as it endears the audience to Vasco too early. But it’s hard for me to tell because I saw it second, so I was already endeared.
Not sure what other differences there may between the cuts though.
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Yeah, hard to top Companeros and The Mercenary when it comes to this dynamic. Both are endlessly rewatchable for me. And Corbucci perfectly encapsulates the playful tone so synonymous with the genre.
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So true. And what a great achievement by Corbucci in this regard
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Yes, hard to capture lightning in a bottle like that once, let alone twice!