[quote=“Phil H, post:118, topic:2068”]Ok, Here goes.
Actors
Giuliano Gemma (17 Spaghettis as a leading man with a consistently high quality throughout his career.)
Franco Nero (His role as Django would be enough to gain him his spot but the rest of his work confirms it.)
Clint Eastwood (Although only appeared in 3 Spaghettis Clint’s influence was such that he has become iconic in the genre)
Lee Van Cleef (Like Eastwood, Van Cleef’s is indelibly linked with the genre. The best of his films more than make up for the later turkeys)
Gianni Garko (Garko’s Sartana would be enough on its own to qualify him but his body of work in full and consistant quality of performance makes him one of the greats.
Tomas Milian (Milian’s method style would seem at odds with such a populist genre but his screen presence worked perfectly in these surroundings and his body of work with some of the best directors makes him a shoo in.
Anthony Steffen (Love him or hate him Steffen’s sheer volume of Spaghettis earns him a place in the hall. No one starred in more Spags than Tony.)
Terence Hill (Trinity may not be so popular now with us die hards but they were enormous in their day and remain some of the most popular spaghettis ever made. In tandem with these, Hill’s work with Collizi and others earns him his place.)
Richard Harrison (Often overlooked Harrison had the longest career in Spaghettis; from the pre Leone days of 1963 to the death throws of ’72. He managed some pretty decent films in there too.
Gian Maria Volonte (A case of quality over quantity here. Volonte didn’t make so many westerns but they were all exceptional and, more importantly, he was central to all of them.)[/quote]
Not a fan of Richard Harrison, he looks sort of like Ben Affleck :
However your inclusion of Fernando Di Leo among writers was good, and I’ll include him in my list as well
[size=14pt]So Col. Mortimer, I’ve made a small addition of [color=purple]Fernando Di Leo[/color] among writers on my list, in case you’ve already counted mine thanks[/size]
[quote=“Lindberg, post:122, topic:2068”]However your inclusion of Fernando Di Leo among writers was good, and I’ll include him in my list as well
[size=14pt]So Col. Mortimer, I’ve made a small addition of [color=purple]Fernando Di Leo[/color] among writers on my list, in case you’ve already counted mine thanks[/size]
[/quote]
All your changes are noted.
To quote a former heavyweight champion, Affleck couldn’t carry Harrison’s jockstrap.
Affleck was only good in Boiler Room. Other than that, the guy can’t act for shit.
He did prove to have a good sense of humour in Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back though.
Excellent choices Phil. Great commens as well. Hopefully Papi and Colombo make it as by the looks of things, not everyone voted in the Producers catorgry.
[quote=“Stanton, post:131, topic:2068”]For not having any faith in FoD? For maybe nearly not releasing it? For not paying Leone?
What else did they after making a fortune with FoD?[/quote]
The only reason Leone didn’t get paid was because Kuroswra sued them for infringment on copyright for remaking Yojimbo.
After all, without those two letting Leone make A Fistful of Dollars, this website wouldn’t even be here, so you have to be thankful towards them.
Maybe Grimaldi had done it then (he said something like this on the FaFDM DVD).
Maybe A Pistol for Ringo would have been made anyway (he was probably shot or at least on its way before the FOD success emerged), and Leone then had got the money without any problems.
Papi and Colombo represent for me the Pistols Don’t Argue Style.
[quote=“Stanton, post:131, topic:2068”]But why Papi and Colombo?
For not having any faith in FoD? For maybe nearly not releasing it? For not paying Leone?
What else did they after making a fortune with FoD?[/quote]
This is something I always struggled with when voting. Are producers really responsible for these movies or are they just greedy and stingy businessmen looking to make a quick buck and make life miserable for the director, forcing him to put in some nudity and sex so it sells more, or cutting back on shooting days forcing the director to rush shooting.
I read about all the bullshit that Bava and De Ossorio had to go through and I’m sure other directors, who honestly wanted to make a good film had to go through this too.
At the end of the day though, producers are still an essential part of the movie making process which is why I think they should be honored regardless.
Well, he did produce Art movies like Last Tango in Paris, 1900, Casanova and Ginger and Fred. Don’t you think these are some of the reasons you like him?
no, I don’t like Tango or 1900 very much and the 2 Fellini films are not amongst his best. T o say the truth, I don’t know what he made apart from SWs.
But he produced FaFDM, GBU, Mercenario. 3 of the 5 best SWs. And Sabata. Maybe more. Again I don’t know.
But I read always good things about him according to his SWs, and mostly not so favourable things about P & C.
I wasn’t talking about them being nice people or not (this I don’t know), I was talking about their work as producer. And I think FoD was not so good because of them, but maybe in spit of them.
Therefore my question: What else did they produce after FoD?
I simply think here are maybe 2 guys who don’t deserve it. Maybe, I don’t know for sure.
What I remember about the making of FoD didn’t show them in a good light. At least Leone didn’t speak good about them and refused to work with them again.
[/quote]