The Great Silence (DVD)

Description: Genre: War & Western - Western / Theatrical Release: 1968 / Suitable for 12 years and over / Director: Sergio Corbucci ... more

The Great Silence (DVD) ... / Actors: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Klaus Kinski, Frank Wolff, Vonetta McGee, Luigi Pistilli ... / DVD released 2004-08-23 at Eureka Entertainment / Features of the DVD: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen

Newest Review: ... and there's a great emphasis placed on how they always work within the boundaries of the law. It's okay to kill in self ... more

... defence, and given that there is an option of "alive or dead" for the bounties, well... that just makes it a little simpler. The film features two types of bounty hunter. The first is Jean-Louis Trintignant's Silence, a man who is very much the archetypal quiet spaghetti western hero, only here taken to the extremes of not only being a quiet guy, but in fact being mute due to him having had his throat slit when he was a child. Silence is an imposing character, one who doesn't over-state anything and has a very sto...more

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	The Great Silence [DVD] Release Date: 2004 - 08 - 23, Rating Suitable for 12 years and over, Last Update 25.12.2009 05:45	£ 25.00

The Great Silence [DVD]
Release Date: 2004 - 08 - 23, Rating Suitable for 12 years and over,

Last Update 25.12.2009 05:45

£ 25.00

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The Great Silence (DVD): Hush of Death (1624 words)
by - written on 01/04/09 (Very useful, 113 readings)
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Sergio Corbucci was a director who most certainly defied the status quo quite a bit with some of his films. Never was he really a top tier director, and a lot of his production is strongly in the B-movie category, but he was also one who could be exceptionally good if the mood struck him. Should he have been a bit more judicious with some of his projects, his standing would most likely be a lot better today than what it is. Being primarily remembered for his violent and cynical spaghetti westerns, the mark he left on the genre is indisputable, even if he didn't always hit the ball out of the park, and most of the time he really could be rather brave in bucking a lot of ... Read the complete review

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