Covering every Italian Spaghetti Western--mainly the good but also the bad and the ugly--this is an authoritative, entertaining and comprehensive companion to the implausible international fusion of producers, directors, actors and composers who created the mythical Spaghetti West under the most improbable circumstances. Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy led the field but many more major Spaghetti Westerns were made by important directors, including Sergio Corbucci's Navajo Joe, Carlo Lizzani's The Hills Run Red, Duccio Tessari's A Pistol for Ringo. Combining analysis, information and lively anecdotes, this popular guide explores all of these films through the biographies and filmographies of key personnel, stories of the films' making, their locations and sets, sources, musical scores, detailed cast information and many illustrations, including original posters and stills.
Howard Hughes is the writer-researcher of a range of books on cinema and historical subjects, including the popular Filmgoers' Guide series - CRIME WAVE: The Great Crime Movies, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE ITALIAN WEST: The Spaghetti Westerns, STAGECOACH TO TOMBSTONE: The Great Westerns and WHEN EAGLES DARED: The Filmgoers' History of World War II.
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In addition to his books, he has written articles for DVD & Blu-ray Review, Gallery, The Good Book Guide and Cinema Retro, on subjects ranging from crime films, westerns and World War II, to profiles of Clint Eastwood and horror actress Barbara Steele. He also appeared in the US TV documentary THE SPAGHETTI WEST (2005)- now available on DVD - and wrote the collector's booklet for the new Eureka! DVD release FACCIA A FACCIA (Face to Face). His current writing projects include OUTER LIMITS: The Filmgoers' Guide to the Great Science Fiction Movies; 'QUOTH THE RAVEN: NEVERMORE!', a study of the films based on Edgar Allan Poe's gothic fiction; and a spaghetti western encyclopedia, DEATH IN THE DESERT.
His latest book, CINEMA ITALIANO, looks at the Golden Age of Italian cinema from the late-1950s to the early 1980s and includes the films of Federico Fellini, Sergio Leone, Dario Argento, Mario Bava, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Sergio Corbucci, Gillo Pontecorvo, Lucio Fulci and Michelangelo Antonioni.
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