Django Strikes Again

Django Strikes Again (Italian: Django 2 - Il grande ritorno, lit. "Django 2 - The Great Return") is a 1987 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Nello Rossati, under the pseudonym "Ted Archer". It is the only official sequel to Django.[2]

Django Strikes Again
(Django 2 - Il grande ritorno)
Italian film poster by Enzo Sciotti
Directed byTed Archer
Screenplay byFranco Reggiani
Nello Rossati
Dialogue:
Anna Miserocchi
Story byFranco Reggiani
Nello Rossati
Based onDjango
by Sergio Corbucci
Produced byLuciano Martino
(uncredited)[1]
StarringFranco Nero
Christopher Connelly
Licia Lee Lyon
William Berger
Donald Pleasence
CinematographySandro Mancori
Edited byAdalberto Ceccarelli
Music byGianfranco Plenizio
Production
companies
National Cinematografica
Dania Film
Filmes International
Reteitalia
Distributed byDMV Distribuzione
Surf Film
Release date
6 November 1987
Running time
88 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguagesItalian
English

Synopsis

Twenty years after the events in the first Django, the title character has left the violent life of a gunslinger to become a monk. Living in seclusion in a monastery, he wants no more of the violent actions he perpetrated. Suddenly, he learns from a dying former lover that some time ago he had a young daughter, who has been kidnapped along with other children who are now working for a ruthless Belgian criminal known as El Diablo (The Devil) Orlowsky, who is an arms dealer and slave trader. The children and other prisoners work in Orlowsky's mine, from which he hopes to get rich from the spoils. Determined to find his daughter and nail the bad guys, Django gets some arms and goes on the warpath against Orlowsky's private army.

Cast

Production

Django Strikes Again was conceived concurrently with Duccio Tessari's Tex and the Lord of the Deep; both projects were intended to represent a revival of the Spaghetti Western genre. Following the commercial failure of Tex, Sergio Corbucci, who had co-written Django Strikes Again and had initially agreed to direct it, refused to partake in its production.[2] Shot on location in Colombia, the film represents the final screen appearance of Christopher Connelly, who died of cancer a year after its release.[2] Nero stated in a 2012 interview that he is "not happy with the film" and called it "a bit flat".[3]

Release

Django Strikes Again was released theatrically in Germany on November 6, 1987 as Djangos Rückkehr.[4]

Sequel

Following a 2014 attempt to mount the project,[5] it was reported in May 2016 that Franco Nero would reprise his role in a third and final outing as the titular character, entitled Django Lives! The film was to be set 50 years after the events of the original installment. John Sayles was to direct.[6][7][8]

References
  1. "Django 2 Il Grande Ritorno (1987)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 9, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  2. Marco Giusti (2007). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. ISBN 978-88-04-57277-0.
  3. "Franco Nero interview". THE FLASHBACK FILES. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  4. Fischer Film Almanach 1988 (in German). Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag. 1988. p. 81. ISBN 3-596-24479-X.
  5. "Django to be reborn in new Franco Nero film". TheGuardian.com. 14 January 2014.
  6. "Exclusive: John Sayles Will Direct and Write "Django Lives" with Franco Nero". Showbiz411. 2016-05-21. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
  7. Vivarelli, Nick (2020-11-26). "Franco Nero on 'Recon,' Cuba Project, and 'Django Lives!,' in Which He Hopes Tarantino Will Cameo (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
  8. Kay2017-05-12T20:12:00+01:00, Jeremy. "Myriad Pictures heads to Cannes with 'Django Lives!'". Screen. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
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