Texas, Adios

Starring:Franco Nero, Alberto Dell'Acqua, Elisa MontÃ©s, JosÃ© Guardiola, Livio Lorenzon, Hugo Blanco, Luigi Pistilli, Antonella Murgia, Gino Pernice, Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia, Silvana Bacci, Remo De Angelis, Mario Novelli, JosÃ© SuÃ¡rez
Director: Ferdinando Baldi
Studio: Anchor Bay
Product Type: DVD

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!

In BULLET FOR THE GENERAL, Gian Maria VolantE9 (of A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS fame) co-stars with Klaus Kinski in one of the most politically daring and viciously intense westerns ever made. The legendary Franco Nero stars in TEXAS ADIOS, a tale of lawmen out for justice where vengeance knows no borders. And Spaghetti Western icon Tomas Milian stars with Fabio Testi and Michael J. Pollard in FOUR OF THE APOCALYPSE, the brutal revenge epic directed by Maestro Of Gore Lucio Fulci. The action-packed COMPAD1EROS brings together superstars Tomas Milian and Franco Nero for the first time ever, along with acclaimed director Sergio Corbucci (DJANGO), a stunning score by Ennio Morricone and a jaw-dropping performance by Jack Palance. Franco Nero returns in the mind-blowing KEOMA, directed by Enzo Castellari and considered to be the last true masterpiece of the entire genre. These five classic films are all presented totally uncut, uncensored and loaded with exclusive Extras for the absolute ultimate in Spaghetti Western mayhem!

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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Disappointing
Texas Adios
Well done DVD of decent film
Nero rides again
Are Justice And Revenge One And The Same?

Texas, Adios
Starring: Franco Nero , Alberto Dell'Acqua , Elisa Montés , José Guardiola , and Livio Lorenzon
Director: Ferdinando Baldi
Manufacturer: Anchor Bay
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ASIN: B000059PPV
Release Date: 2001-07-24

Product Description

From the producer of DJANGO and KEOMA Franco Nero (DJANGO) stars as Burt Sullivan, a tough Texas sheriff who heads deep into Mexico with his younger brother to arrest the man who murdered their father years earlier. But when they uncover a shocking family secret, the brothers find themselves trapped in a lawless land where violence is a pastime, vengeance is a birthright and sudden death is a way of life. Also known as THE AVENGER, this rarely-seen 1966 western was directed by Ferdinando Baldi (COMIN' AT YA!) with cinematography by Enzo Barboni (THEY CALL ME TRINITY), and is packed with all the explosive action, epic locales aqnd remarkable music that came to define the 'Spaghetti Western' genre. Includes a 5x7 Theatrical Poster Replica

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Starring: Franco Nero, Cole Kitosch, Elisa Montes
Director: Ferdinando Baldi
Running Time: 92 Min.

Format: DVD MOVIE

Customer Reviews:

Disappointing.......2007-03-11

I was hoping for some more Django-esk fun, but it is not here. The character playing Franco's brother was goofy! The action was pretty good but sadly not enough was here. The DVD quality is good.

Texas Adios.......2006-11-15

Hi

This movie is OK, but not great quality. It does attempt to do something but lacks the real grit.

Well done DVD of decent film.......2004-10-01

This is a well done DVD transfer - the cinemascope video is beautifully rendered (as well as a film of this vintage can be of course), and the sound is also well done (sadly not redone in 5.1.. oh well). A big plus is that it comes with the original Italian language track - something that is glaringly missing from many North American spaghetti western editions (all the big Leone films are lacking it). Extra points to Anchor Bay for that.

As other reviewers have mentioned, this particular film is not typical of Italian westerns - it doesn't have the same stylishness that defines the films of Leone and others. All the same though, it is sure to please fans of the western genre (which ultimately I myself am not really). Nero really does suit this type of film to a rare degree.

Nero rides again.......2004-09-01

Spaghetti westerns are, in my opinion, generally the best fictional films about the American West. You can argue that John Wayne made a bunch of great movies about life in the Old West, and you would be right to say so, but for some reason the Italians captured perfectly the specific elements of the era that made their movies seem more realistic. The frontier was a dirty, violent place full of unsavory types trying to get rich quick. Italian westerns capture this mood expertly whereas American films portray characters whose outfits look like they just came back from the dry cleaners. Hollywood films also tend to apply a black and white dichotomy onto their characters, the old "good guys wear white, bad guys wear black" philosophy that obscures the reality of the time and place. Not so in Italian films, where even the good guys often have distinctly unsavory traits. It's too bad spaghetti westerns went the way of the dinosaurs a few decades back; I never tire of watching these films even though I am not an expert on the genre. "Texas, Adios" is a part of the larger Anchor Bay "Once Upon a Time in Italy" spaghetti western box set, and serves as an excellent example of how powerful the genre once was.

The always awesome Franco Nero stars as Burt Sullivan, a slightly corrupt Texas sheriff with a fast gun and a chip on his shoulder. According to this lawman, his father died years before as a direct result of a confrontation with Cisco Delgado (Jose Suarez), a man who then moved to Mexico to build a small empire. Sullivan spends years stewing about revenge until he suddenly learns of his nemesis's whereabouts. Taking his younger brother Jim (Alberto Dell'Acqua) along for the ride, Sullivan bids adios to Texas and heads south of the border. Life threatening calamities pop up right from the start. When cashing in silver coins for pesos at a bank in a small village, Burt and Jim witness a gang of desperados gun down a bunch of meek peasants. Then a particularly loathsome looking thug beats young Jim Sullivan senseless in a bar after the youth makes a loud inquiry about the location of Delgado. Burt roars to the rescue, leaving behind a pile of bodies and a warning about staying out of other people's business, but the point has been made. Obviously, Delgado is a man of some reputation in the area, and even asking about him in the wrong company will result in extreme violence.

We soon learn exactly why everyone fears Delgado so much. It turns out that this guy owns a ton of land in Northern Mexico, employs a huge army of goons to enforce his iron will, and wishes to build even more wealth. When a local peasant refuses to sell out to Delgado, the warlord strings up the man's three sons and threatens to kill them. Relenting at the last moment, he orders them branded with hot irons instead. Nice chap, eh? He gets the land eventually by pistol whipping and killing the father. Burt and Jim eventually do face down this cruel hombre after a lengthy journey fraught with perils, but both find out that their old enemy has a few secrets up his sleeve. Burt wishes to take the warlord back to Texas in order to face charges for his father's murder, a wish leading to a shattering revelation from Delgado. Jim, on the other hand, soon discovers that the man he and his brother despise knows something about his lineage that could dash cold water all over the idea of bloody retribution. Nothing is what it initially seems in "Texas, Adios," as even the bad guy possesses endearing traits that make justice at best a tricky proposition. Fortunately, plenty of shootouts, a peasant uprising, and a high body count help propel the movie to its inevitable showdown conclusion.

"Texas, Adios" is an early spaghetti western. Made a year after Sergio Corbucci's innovative "Django" (also starring Franco Nero), the film contains in embryonic form many of the ideas we would see later on in countless other genre entries. For example, the moral ambiguity of both the good and bad characters are on full display here. Too, there's a thread of cruelty--the branding scene, the killing of innocent civilians--in the film that tells the audience immediately this picture is not your normal western. Of course the dubbing, particularly bad in this film, would never appear in an American film about the Old West. Simultaneously, "Texas, Adios" contains many elements that link it to classic American westerns. The musical score used for the picture doesn't sound anything like the great scores of later films composed by the likes of Ennio Morricone. The general look and feel of the movie resembles more an episode of "Gunsmoke" or "Bonanza" than it does an Italian genre flick. "Texas, Adios" is obviously a film straddling the increasingly blurry line between the American and Italian western genres.

The DVD contains a beautiful widescreen picture transfer, a six-minute interview with Franco Nero, and a trailer for the movie. Nero, outside of Clint Eastwood, is perhaps the most recognizable face in this cinematic genre. While I don't think anyone would say "Texas, Adios" is Nero's best work spaghetti western role (he's much, much better in "Companeros"), it's still fun to watch the man gun down the baddies and right wrongs. When I think about how many Italian westerns are floating around out there, yet to find a DVD release, I feel immensely disappointed. It's to Anchor Bay's credit that they released ANY of these films, let alone a great boxed set of some of the best entries in the genre. Fans will definitely want to check out this collection. Here's to hoping more of these films will soon emerge on DVD.

Are Justice And Revenge One And The Same?.......2004-04-23

Terrific fast paced and tightly plotted spaghetti western directed by Fernando Baldi. Franco Nero is the second greatest western actor next to Clint Eastwood. Great score and some potent shootouts. A well rounded film with an interesting thematic message on retribution and vengeance that rings true throughout. One of the best italian westerns I have ever seen.

Average customer rating:

Make The Grave Big Enough For All Of Them

Texas, Adios
Starring: Franco Nero , Cole Kitosch , and Elisa Montes
Director: Ferdinando Baldi
Manufacturer: Blue Underground
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Description

From The Producer Of DJANGO And KEOMA

Franco Nero (DJANGO, STREET LAW) stars as Burt Sullivan, a tough Texas sheriff who heads deep into Mexico with his younger brother to arrest the man who murdered their father years earlier. But when they uncover a shocking family secret, the brothers find themselves trapped in a lawless land where violence is a pastime, vengeance is a birthright and sudden death is a way of life.

Also known as THE AVENGER, this rarely-seen 1966 western was directed by Ferdinando Baldi (COMIN' AT YA!) with cinematography by Enzo Barboni (THEY CALL ME TRINITY), and is packed with all the explosive action, epic locales and remarkable music that came to define the `Spaghetti Western' genre.

Customer Reviews:

Make The Grave Big Enough For All Of Them.......2007-04-03

Franco Nero heads down to Mexico to snag the guy who killed his father years back, so he can stand trial in Texas. Nero's brother tags along as well. The villain's now living like a king down in Mexico and practically runs the whole town, so he's certainly not gonna just let Nero take him that easily. But we all know that what Franco wants, Franco gets. In true James Bond tradition, the villain invites Nero and his brother to dinner instead of just having them killed on the spot. Why? A twist in the plot, that's why! There's more to the relationship between the brothers and the villain that meets the eye. There's also some revolutionaries plotting a big attack, much to Nero's advantage. As stated before, this spaghetti western has more in common with the American westerns of the time. This is one of the few times you'll see Nero as a lawman rather than an outlaw. While it may not be Django or Keoma, this is a very good and worthy addition to the world of spaghetti westerns.

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