Adiós, Sabata

"Sabata Aims to Kill ...and his gun does the rest!"

1970 1h 45m IT

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★6.3TMDB · 81

Western

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Under the brutal rule of local garrison leader Colonel Skimmel and European tyranny, a group of Mexican revolutionaries hires gunslinger Sabata to rob a transport of Austrian gold to buy weapons. But Colonel Skimmel has other plans, taking the gold for himself and blaming the revolutionaries. But no scheming colonel is going to keep Sabata from earning his pay.

“Sabata Aims to Kill ...and his gun does the rest!”

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Cast

Yul Brynner
Sabata / Indio Black
Dean Reed
Ballantine
Ignazio Spalla
Escudo
Gérard Herter
Colonel Skimmel
Sal Borgese
Septiembre
Franco Fantasia
Señor Ocaño
Turam Quibo
Gitano, Revolutionary who does Flaminco dance of death
Andrea Scotti
José

Credits

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Director: Gianfranco Parolini
Writers: Gianfranco Parolini, Renato Izzo, Renato Izzo
Languages: Italian
Countries: Italy, Spain

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ERA

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56 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Italy, Spain.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The Sabata Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Gianfranco Parolini, shot by Sandro Mancori. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Bruno Nicolai. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Gianfranco Parolini shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Yul Brynner and Dean Reed and Ignazio Spalla carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Sabata Aims to Kill ...and his gun does the rest!".

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The take

Gianfranco Parolini directs. Sandro Mancori behind the camera. Bruno Nicolai scores. Gianfranco Parolini cuts. Produced in Italy, Spain. Dialogue in Italian.

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156 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2International production across 2 countries: Italy, Spain.
3Part of the "The Sabata Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Gianfranco Parolini, shot by Sandro Mancori. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Bruno Nicolai. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Gianfranco Parolini shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Yul Brynner and Dean Reed and Ignazio Spalla carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Sabata Aims to Kill ...and his gun does the rest!".
9IMDB entry: tt0066745 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 81 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Sandro Mancori
Original score: Bruno Nicolai
Editing: Gianfranco Parolini
Production design: Pier Luigi Basile
Costume design: Claudio De Santis
Makeup / hair: Galileo Mandini
Runtime: 105 min · 1h 45m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: IT
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Adiós, Sabata (1970)

Part of

The Sabata Collection

The Sabata Trilogy is a series of Spaghetti Western films released between 1969 and 1971, directed by Gianfranco Parolini, and starring Lee Van Cleef in the first, Sabata, Yul Brynner in the second, Adiós, Sabata, and Van Cleef returning for the third, Return of Sabata.

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John Chard2019-07-06
★ 7/10
Adiós Sabata, Hello Maximilian The First! Adiós, Sabata is directed by Gianfranco Parolini (AKA: Frank Kramer) and Parolini co-writes the screenplay with Renato Izzo. It stars Yul Brynner, Dean Reed, Ignazio Spalla, Gerard Herter, Pedro Sanchez, Joseph Persaud, Salvatore Borgese and Susan Scott. Music is by Bruno Nicolai and the Technicolor/Techniscope cinematography is by Sandro Mancori. The second of what would eventually be known as The Sabata Trilogy, we here have Brynner stepping into the shoes previously worn by Van Cleef. We are in Mexico under the self imposed rule of Emperor Maximilian I, and Sabata is hired by guerrilla leader Señor Ocaño to steal a wagonload of gold from the Austrian army. Unfortunately the gold has already been appropriated by Colonel Skimmel and so Sabata and his dubious cohorts set about stealing the gold back. This has all the good and bad hallmarks of Spaghetti Western film making, the action is outrageously entertaining, the weaponry and methods of death and destruction are enterprising, and the lead man is cool and quippy. Conversely it’s all very absurd and the plot is wafer thin – but Spaghetti Western fans kind of embrace these as virtues and have a good time if the film isn’t insulting one’s expectation levels. There’s a less comedic tone running through this one than that of the first picture, helped by Brynner’s machismo fronted bad boy act. The comedy that is here sits safe within the fruity period set-up, and even as acrobat stunts in battle seem oddly at war with the greed and power hungry thematics pulsing away, it’s easy to just sit in tight and go with the flow. In the mix we have a toy model ship that actually fires killer ammunition, Sabata’s awesome sawed off side loading lever action rifle (with a chamber for Sabata’s cigar as well), and a man who flings ball bearings with his feet!! Sabata can also play a killer tune on the piano, as can his dubious ally, Ballantine (Reed). There’s the usual Spaghetti trait of vibrant camera workings on offer, likewise the musical accompaniments, and it all builds to a ferocious battle (stunt men earning their keep for sure) and chase finale that has a tongue in cheek charm about it. It’s probably not one that even the hardcore sub-genre fans would revisit often, but while it’s playing it holds the attention and entertains accordingly. 6.5/10

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