Texas Adios)

Starring:Gian Maria VolontÃ¨, Klaus Kinski, Martine Beswick, Lou Castel, Jaime FernÃ¡ndez (II), Andrea Checchi, Spartaco Conversi, JoaquÃn Parra, Aldo Sambrell, JosÃ© Manuel MartÃn, Santiago Santos, Valentino Macchi, Vicente Roca, Antonio Ruiz (VII), Fabio Testi, Lynne Frederick, Michael J. Pollard, Harry Baird, Adolfo Lastretti, Bruno Corazzari
Director: Damiano Damiani, Lucio Fulci, Enzo G. Castellari
Studio: Anchor Bay
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Description
Once Upon A Time In Italy, a generation of visionary filmmakers hijacked the genre of the American Western. Suddenly, standard stories of cowboys and Indians became a hyper-stylized opera of immoral heroes, ruthless action and extreme violence. These startling new films became known as Spaghetti Westerns, and movies have never looked or sounded the same since!

Description

Once Upon A Time In Italy, a generation of visionary filmmakers hijacked the genre of the American Western. Suddenly, standard stories of cowboys and Indians became a hyper-stylized opera of immoral heroes, ruthless action and extreme violence. These startling new films became known as Spaghetti Westerns, and movies have never looked or sounded the same since!

Customer Reviews:

if you like spaghetti westerns... you best be owning this box, yo!.......2007-05-13

5 awesome westrns, my personal favortie is 'Bullet for the General" but they are ALLL GOOOOOOD. So c'mon, Vamos a Matar Compañeros!!!

5 classic Spaghetti Westerns given the Anchor Bay treatment!!!.......2007-03-29

If you like Spaghetti Westerns,you'll love this great 5-DVD Box Set from Anchor Bay Entertainment!!! "Once Uopn A Time In Italy" includes beautiful film transfers of "A Bullet for the General","Companeros","Four of the Apocalypse","Keoma" and "Texas Adios" all in the original widescreen ratios!!! Plus some great DVD extras!!! Two thumbs up!!! Five stars!!! A+

a great collection of spaghetti westerns and all widescreen.......2006-05-06

as i have said before i love westerns and i love spaghetti westerns also. the five movies here are among some of the best.the extras for this set are very good and there are plenty of them.
1.a bullet for the general=5 stars
2.companeros=4 stars
3.four of the apocalypse=3 stars
4.keoma=4 stars
5.texas adios=5 stars

Good Collection of Italian Westerns.......2005-06-25

According to British author Christopher Frayling in his biography of director Sergio Leone, in the wake of the international success of "A Fistful of Dollars" the Italian film industry spawned dozens of "spaghetti" westerns. I don't know if the collection represented here are the best of the bunch but they are a decent cross-section of the genre. Though none of these film's approach the masterworks of Leone they, for the most part, distinguish themselves stylistically from Leone's work. What is also interesting is that Franco Nero is the star of three of these entries but shows range by assaying different character types in each of them.
"A Bullet for the General"-Tale of Mexican banditos led by Gian Maria Volonte in a robust performance. Events and the arrival of a mysterious American cause Volonte to question his mercenary mindset. Film has an interesting political bent. Four stars.
"Companeros"-Lighthearted story of Swedish gunrunner(Nero) and Mexican mercenary(Tomas Milian) who form an uneasy alliance to free socialist professor(Fernando Rey) from American prison and bring back to Mexico so he can reveal the combination of an impregnable safe containing a fortune. Film also has a socialist bent but it's not too heavy-handed. Jack Palance has a creepy turn as an American bounty hunter. Four stars.
"Four of the Apocalypse"-This is probably the most enigmatic of the bunch. Film concerns a circumstantial alliance between a card shark, a pregnant prostitute, a drunk, and a man who claims to commune with the dead set in Utah. Though the film contains some poignant scenes there are also scenes of gratuitous violence that to me nullify the film's attributes. Judge for yourself. Three stars.
"Keoma"-Moody film about a half-breed gunslinger (Nero) returning from the Civil War to find his town overrun by the plague and controlled by a despot. Excellent character study and example of Nero's range as an actor. Four stars.
"Texas, Adios"-Probably the film most reminiscent stylistically to Leone but the most conventional. Story concerns Texas lawman (Nero) travelling to Mexico with his brother to apprehend the man who killed his father. Nero is solid but the story is kind of routine. Three stars.

terrific quality.......2005-03-25

If you've been exploring the world of spaghetti westerns at all, you've no doubt come across some pretty poor transfers. Stuff obviously made from worn out, scratched up and dirty film. You often have to be philosophical about it -- if you want to see some of these old movies, it's a matter of putting up with the ragged quality or do without. This set from Anchor Bay, on the other hand, is really something. They have done a fantastic job of restoring and transferring. The extra features are really nice as well -- interviews with Tomas Milian and Franco Nero. None of these movies is going to replace The Good the Bad & the Ugly as my all time favorite movie, but I really enjoyed getting to see them. I highly recommend this set.

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