SWDb Spaghetti Western Hall of Fame

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Why? There are a lot of people on here that are unique and/or one of a kind for many different reasons and that is something that we should celebrate. We all come from various backgrounds but we put the things that make us different aside to celebrate that one thing we all have in common - a love of spaghetti westerns. I think it is pretty cool myself.

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I am sorry for being so insensitive. I totally agree that a love for spaghetti westerns comes first. :cowboy_hat_face:

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OK, Mark Damon bio finally done and added to the Hall of Fame page SWDB Hall of Fame/Leading Actors - The Spaghetti Western Database

Let me know if there are any obvious errors. Although I’ll be off in a couple of hours to the airport and in Naples for a week so any changes will probably have to wait till I get back

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Good, great job! Thanks to Bill as well for the poster.

Why twelve films? Did you also count those couple of spags imagined and never realized around 1970?

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Thanks for pointing out.
I meant 10 obviously. Have edited it now.

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I have been thinking a few times about a hall of fame for those that have made a huge contribution to keeping SW’s alive.

I can think of a few people including those who manage SW websites including the SWDB, Tom Betts, Yoshi Yasuda etc.

Any thoughts on this?

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https://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php?title=SWDB_Hall_of_Fame/Special&oldid=120832
Something like this? :smile:

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Thanks- how did I miss that?

This covers both people involved directly in the movie production process and people who have kept the SW alive - I was thinking of the latter.

Maybe a few nominations are needed.

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So, my Spagvemberfest project for this year was based around our Hall of Fame and it got me looking closer at it and thinking about it more. A couple of things sprung to mind.

  1. Eli Wallach is listed under the Supporting Actors category. This seems crazy as he was a big name actor and played prominant roles in all his four spaghettis. I think he should be moved into the Actors section. Thoughts?
  2. The whole voting system for the H of F seems to have largely dried up. We used to have a voting round every new year but the last one we did I think was back in 2021. This may well be because the Forumite who started it all has not been around so much in recent years but that doesn’t mean it has to stop. I am happy to pick up where Len left off and kickstart it again this year. If everyone is happy for me to do that I’ll get nominations started.
  3. With the above in mind, I propose we have a mega induction this year to make up for the lost couple of years.
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I second that, it is after all our 20th anniversary year as well :slight_smile: big induction!

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We could add 10 new inductees maybe? With at least one new inductee for each category and 2 or 3 for the main ones

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I have just rewatched Ace High, and even in the German version Eli was named first. And in GBU and in Long Live Your Death he had a leading role too (next to Clint and Franco).
(Let’s try to forget he made a fourth SW … )