Django Strikes Again

Django Strikes Again
(Django 2 - Il grande ritorno)
Django Strikes Again; (Django 2 - Il grande ritorno)
	Italian film poster by Enzo Sciotti
Directed by	Ted Archer
Screenplay by	Franco Reggiani; Nello Rossati; Dialogue:; Anna Miserocchi
Story by	Franco Reggiani; Nello Rossati
Based on	Django; by Sergio Corbucci
Produced by	Luciano Martino; (uncredited)
Starring	Franco Nero; Christopher Connelly; Licia Lee Lyon; William Berger; Donald Pleasence
Cinematography	Sandro Mancori
Edited by	Adalberto Ceccarelli
Music by	Gianfranco Plenizio
Production; companies	National Cinematografica; Dania Film; Filmes International; Reteitalia
Distributed by	DMV Distribuzione; Surf Film
Release date	6 November 1987;
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Italy
Languages	Italian; English

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]

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 Hungarian 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

Franco Nero as Django/Brother Ignatius
Christopher Connelly as 'El Diablo' Orlowsky
Donald Pleasence as Ben Gunn
Licinia Lentini (as Licia Lee Lyon) as Countess Isabelle
Roberto Posse (as Robert Posse) as German Diablo Henchman
Alessandro Di Chio as Captain
Rodrigo Obregón as Diablo Henchman
Miguel Carreno (as Micky) as Local Boy
William Berger as Old Gunfighter
Bill Moore as Old Gunfighter
Consuelo Reina as Dona Gabriela

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

^ "Django 2 Il Grande Ritorno (1987)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 9, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c Marco Giusti (2007). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. ISBN 978-88-04-57277-0.
^ "Franco Nero interview". THE FLASHBACK FILES. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
^ Fischer Film Almanach 1988 (in German). Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag. 1988. p. 81. ISBN 3-596-24479-X.
^ "Django to be reborn in new Franco Nero film". TheGuardian.com. 14 January 2014.
^ "Exclusive: John Sayles Will Direct and Write "Django Lives" with Franco Nero". Showbiz411. 2016-05-21. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
^ 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.
^ Kay2017-05-12T20:12:00+01:00, Jeremy. "Myriad Pictures heads to Cannes with 'Django Lives!'". Screen. Retrieved 2021-06-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links

Django Strikes Again at IMDb

[1] "Django 2 Il Grande Ritorno (1987)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 9, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2018.

[sed-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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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