Sabata / Ehi amico... c'e Sabata, hai chiuso! (1969)
Sabata / Ehi amico… c'e Sabata, hai chiuso! (1969)
DVD5 | ISO | NTSC | 16:9 | 720x480 | 4200 kbps | 3.8Gb
Audio: #1 English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps, #2 Spanish AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps, #3 Portugese AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English, Spanish, Portuguese
01:46:00 | Italy | Western
DVD5 | ISO | NTSC | 16:9 | 720x480 | 4200 kbps | 3.8Gb
Audio: #1 English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps, #2 Spanish AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps, #3 Portugese AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English, Spanish, Portuguese
01:46:00 | Italy | Western
Several pillars of society have robbed an Army safe containing $100,000 so they can buy the land upon which the coming railroad will be built. But they haven't reckoned on the presence of the master gunslinger, Sabata.
Director: Gianfranco Parolini
Cast: Lee Van Cleef, William Berger, Ignazio Spalla, Aldo Canti, Franco Ressel, Antonio Gradoli, Linda Veras, Claudio Undari, Gianni Rizzo, Spartaco Conversi, Carlo Tamberlani, Luciano Pigozzi, Marco Zuanelli, Franco Marletta, Andrea Aureli, John Bartha, Giuseppe Mattei, Romano Puppo, Vittorio Andre, Fortunato Arena, Gino Barbacane, Gilberto Galimberti, Rodolfo Lodi, Gino Marturano, Ana Maria Noe, Mimmo Poli, Bruno Ukmar, Franco Ukmar
Sabata / Ehi amico... c'e Sabata, hai chiuso! (1969)
Sabata / Ehi amico... c'e Sabata, hai chiuso! (1969)
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Gianfranco Parolini's "Ehi Amico… C'e Sabata, Hai Chiuso!" aka. "Sabata" is a stylish and excellent Italian Cult Western starring one of the greatest Western icons of all time (THE greatest in my book), the incomparable Lee Van Cleef. Van Cleef is a blessing for any movie, and "Sabata" is, besides "For A Few Dollars More", "The Good, The Bad And The Ugly", "The Big Gundown", "Day Of Anger" and "Death Rides A Horse", one of the most important films starring this great actor. Although this film is was followed by only two sequels (one of them starring Van Cleef, the other starring Yul Brynner), the "Sabata" series could very well be described as the most important series of Spaghetti Westerns alongside the "Sartana" series starring Gianni Garko and, of course, the "Django" series (which isn't really a series, since "Django" of 1966 was followed by dozens of unofficial "sequels" that mostly had little to nothing to do with the original).
Sabata (Lee Van Cleef) is a typical antihero of the Italian Western, who longs for money and his own benefit more than for anything else. After killing a whole gang of outlaws and bringing their loot back for the money, Sabata stays in town for a while, in order to make some more money. He soon has two sidekicks, Carrincha (Ignazio Spalla) and Indio (Aldo Canti), and he furthermore runs into an old acquaintance, the constantly relaxed banjo player Banjo (William Berger)…
Lee Van Cleef is the perfect cast for Sabata, and delivers a great performance in the lead as always. Another highlight of this movie is William Berger, who is coolness incarnate as Banjo. Franco Ressel is great as the villain and Ignazio Spalla and Aldo Canti make two great sidekicks, especially Spalla is funny as hell. The movie is perfectly photographed in the Spanish Almeria, the greatest location for a Spaghetti Western, and very stylish from the first minute. The score is great, especially Banjo's theme, which he constantly plays on his banjo, is a great piece of soundtrack and a very catchy tune that I'll never forget. "Sabata" is an essential Spaghetti Western and a great film in any aspect, and fans of the Italian Western can not afford to miss this. Highly recommended.
~ Benjamin Gauss
Sabata / Ehi amico... c'e Sabata, hai chiuso! (1969)
Sabata / Ehi amico... c'e Sabata, hai chiuso! (1969)
