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Sabata is a 1969 movie by Gianfranco Parolini. Image File history File links Derived from public domain images featured at: http://commons. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ...

An example of a Spaghetti Western, this film starred Lee Van Cleef as the hero Sabata and William Berger as the villain only called Banjo. Considered to be very comical and even parody-like of the famous Django and Sergio Leone films but still has some serious moments and entertaining gun battles. The film was popular upon release and would be followed by two sequels including Adiós Sabata and Return of Sabata. Adiós Sabata would star Yul Brynner as Indio Black so it's not considered as a true sequel. The third film in this trilogy, Return of Sabata, returns Lee Van Cleef to the main role. Both sequels were released in 1971 and directed by Gianfranco Parolini. All films have been remastered for their DVD release by Sony Pictures. Movie poster for Once Upon a Time in the West Spaghetti Western is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western film that emerged in the mid-1960s, so named because most of them were produced by Italian studios. ... Lee Van Cleef (January 9, 1925 – December 16, 1989) was an American film actor, who appeared mostly in Western and action pictures. ... William Berger (b. ... Django is a 1966 Italian film directed by Sergio Corbucci and starring Franco Nero in the title role. ... Sergio Leone (January 3, 1929 – April 30, 1989) was an Italian film director who is considered by many to be on the short list of the greatest film directors of all time. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... Yul Brynner (July 11, 1920[1] – October 10, 1985) was a Russian-born Broadway and Academy Award-winning Hollywood actor. ... Lee Van Cleef (January 9, 1925 – December 16, 1989) was an American film actor, who appeared mostly in Western and action pictures. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... DVD (commonly known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is the television and film production unit of Japan-based corporate giant Sony. ...

• "Though he carries a rifle instead of a sword, Lee Van Cleef's Sabata is clearly a ronin of the Old West....SABATA was successful enough to spawn two sequels." -- Dave Kehr , (New York Times)

Sabata

Italian title: Ehi amico... c'è Sabata, hai chiuso! (Rough translation: "Hey buddy...it's Sabata, it's over now!")

Plot: Perennial villain Lee Van Cleef plays one of his rare good-guy roles in this campy, classic spaghetti outing from Gianfranco Parolini. When a group of supposedly upstanding citizens rob an Army safe in order to buy land for a railroad, trickster Sabata is on hand with his infallible aim. He toys with his enemies in a cat-and-mouse game involving guns, knives, and dynamite. Lee Van Cleef (January 9, 1925 – December 16, 1989) was an American film actor, who appeared mostly in Western and action pictures. ...

• Cast and Crew
• Writer: Renato Izzo
• Starring: Lee Van Cleef
• Director: Gianfranco Parolini
• Producer: Alberto Grimaldi
• Distributor: MGM, Sony Pictures (USA DVD)
• Runtime: 111 minutes
• Music: Marcello Giombini
• Language: Italian

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Adiós Sabata

Italian title: Indio Black, sai che ti dico: Sei un gran figlio di... (translation: "Indio Black, you know what I'm going to tell you...You're a big son of a ....")

Plot: Yul Brynner stars as gunslinger Sabata in this spaghetti Western and the setting is Mexico under the rule of Emperor Maximilian I. Sabata is hired as a mercenary by the guerilla leader Ocaño to steal a wagonload of gold from the Austrian army. He and his pals Escudo (Pedro Sanchez) and Ballantine (Dean Reed) succeed in doing so, but the wagon is not full of gold but of sand. They find out that the Austrian Colonel Skimmel (Gérard Herter), a classic mustachioed villain, has taken it for himself and challenge him. Pedro A. Sanchez, born in 1940 in Cuba, the son of an agronomist, is a leading soil scientist. ... Dean Cyril Reed (September 22, 1938 – June 13, 1986) was an American actor, singer and songwriter who lived a great part of his adult life in South America, then in Communist East Germany. ...

• Cast for Adiós Sabata

• Writer: Renato Izzo
• Director: Gianfranco Parolini
• Producer: Alberto Grimaldi
• Music: Bruno Nicolai

• Yul Brynner .... Sabata/Indio Black

• Dean Reed .... Ballantine

• Ignazio Spalla .... Escudo (as Pedro Sanchez)

• Gérard Herter .... Colonel Skimmel

• Sal Borgese .... Septiembre

• Franco Fantasia .... Señor Ocaño

• Joseph P. Persaud .... Hitano, Revolutionary who does Flamenco dance of death (as Joseph Persaud)

• Andrea Scottia .... José

Bruno Nicolai is a pseudonym for composer-conductor Ennio Morricone. ... Yul Brynner (July 11, 1920[1] – October 10, 1985) was a Russian-born Broadway and Academy Award-winning Hollywood actor. ... Dean Cyril Reed (September 22, 1938 – June 13, 1986) was an American actor, singer and songwriter who lived a great part of his adult life in South America, then in Communist East Germany. ...

Return of Sabata

Italian title: È tornato Sabata... hai chiuso un'altra volta (translation: "Sabata is back....to end another time")

Plot: The trigger-happy gunslinger Sabata (Lee Van Cleef) rolls into Hobsonville--a town that's owned by the robber baron Joe McIntock (Giampiero Albertini). Determined to steal back the load of gold that McIntock stole from him, Sabata gathers his gang and makes his attack. Lee Van Cleef (January 9, 1925 – December 16, 1989) was an American film actor, who appeared mostly in Western and action pictures. ...

• Return of Sabata Cast

• Writer: Renato Izzo
• Director: Gianfranco Parolini
• Producer: Alberto Grimaldi
• Music: Marcello Giombini

• Lee Van Cleef .... Sabata/Major

• Reiner Schöne .... Clyde/Lieutenant

• Giampiero Albertini .... Joe McIntock

• Ignazio Spallat .... Bronco (as Pedro Sanchez)

• Annabella Incontrera .... Maggie, Saloon Girl

• Jacqueline Alexandre .... Jackie McIntock

Lee Van Cleef (January 9, 1925 – December 16, 1989) was an American film actor, who appeared mostly in Western and action pictures. ...

Trivia for the Sabata films

• Kill Counts:
• Sabata: 67

• Adiós Sabata: 115

• Return of Sabata: 27

Lee Van Cleef was unavailable to play Sabata, as he was committed to making The Magnificent Seven Ride! where he played Chris Adams, a role made famous by Yul Brynner in The Magnificent Seven. Instead, Brynner signed on for the role of Sabata, a role made famous by Van Cleef. Lee Van Cleef (January 9, 1925 – December 16, 1989) was an American film actor, who appeared mostly in Western and action pictures. ... Yul Brynner (July 11, 1920[1] – October 10, 1985) was a Russian-born Broadway and Academy Award-winning Hollywood actor. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: The Magnificent Seven The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 western film directed by John Sturges, essentially an American remake of Shichinin no samurai (Seven Samurai). ...

This film was not originally going to be a Sabata film. It was originally going to be titled Indio Black, but the title was changed to cash in on the original Sabata film.

The setting of Adiós Sabata is Mexico under Emperor Maximilian I., a historical period that has been fascinating lots of writers and film makers since then. Most famous is the film Vera Cruz, of whom Adiós Sabata is criticised to be a plagiarism. In this context maybe it should be added that the appearance of Austrian military contingents is historically not quite correct. There have been no regular Austrian military forces in Mexico during the rule of Maximilian. His brother, Franz Joseph I of Austria was strictly against his brother's "Mexican Adventure" so that he even forced him to disclaim on all hereditary titles he possibly could inherit, this way actually disowning him from the House of Hapsburg. Therefore in reality there has only been a voluntary corps of Austrian adventurers and supporters of Maximilian which was not part of the Austrian but of the Imperial Mexican Army and consequently uniformed accordingly. Maximilian I, Emperor of Mexico, (Emperador Maximiliano I de México) (July 6, 1832 – June 19, 1867) was a member of Austrias Imperial Habsburg-Lorraine family. ... Vera Cruz DVD cover Vera Cruz is a 1954 film starring Gary Cooper, Cesar Romero, and Burt Lancaster, directed by Robert Aldrich. ... Franz Joseph I. Francis Joseph I (in German Franz Josef I. (August 18, 1830 – November 21, 1916) of the Habsburg Dynasty was Emperor of Austria and King of Bohemia from 1848 until 1916, and Apostolic King of Hungary from 1867 until 1916. ...

Return of Sabata was included as one of The Fifty Worst Films of All Time in the book of that name by Harry and Michael Medved. The Fifty Worst Films Of All Time (ISBN 0449041395) is a 1978 book by Harry and Michael Medved, which represents their nominations for the 50 worst sound films ever made, in alphabetical order. ... Michael Medved Michael Medved (born October 3, 1948) is an American nationally syndicated conservative radio talk show host, film critic and author. ...

Some Quotes from the Sabata Films

From Return of Sabata:

Sabata: "You see Maggie, I'm old fashioned, I don't like orgies."

• Sabata: "You know by staying partners we can earn more than this."
• Clyde: "I see what you're aiming for and what if you swindle me on deal?"
• Sabata: "I'm not like you."

From Adiós Sabata:

Major Metternich: "I would not have given you the honor of being executed by a firing squad".

Type of Guns found in the Sabata films

Pistols

Sabata's four barreled gun is a fake. Roughly based on a derringer, Sabata's gun also has three extra barrels concealed in the grip.

In 'Return of Sabata', Sabata also has a "squeeze gun". This is very exotic and rare. It is a 7 shot .32 rimfire, nickel plated palm squeezer pistol called "The Protector", made by "The Chicago Firearms Co." circa 1900.

A quote from 'Return of Sabata'-- Sabata: "-I bought this weapon, same as yours a year ago for $12. Now if you are going to charge me $24 here, taxes or not, that sounds like legalised theft." Gunsmith: "-Never mind mister, we don't like stranger with tough talk." Today it's worth about $1500 to $2000. Nobody would/could use it in our days, because they stopped making .32 rimfire cartridges in the 1930's.

The "flip board" duel guns in 'Return Of Sabata' are Sharps derringer Model 1859 cal. .22. Also chambered for cal .32.

Mr. Stengel's single shot duel pistols are probably one of a kind. These were custom-made, usually for wealthy customers.

DVD Information

MGM/UA released the Sabata Trilogy in October of 2005. The films are in great condition although they have nothing for special features.

The Sabata Trilogy

• Special Features: Color, Closed Captioned
• Genre: Collections; Drama
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1, anamorphic enhanced widescreen
• Region Code: 1
• Rating: NOT RATED
• Languages: English
• Studio: MGM/UA

External links

• Sabata at Shobary's Spaghetti Westerns
• Information on the Sabata films
• Sabata at The Internet Movie Database