Botte di Natale (1994)

Réalisateur:

Terence Hill

Scénariste:

Jess Hill (writer)

Date de sortie:

25 novembre 1994 (Spain)

Genre:

Comedie | Famille | Western

Accroche:

How the West was almost lost

Intrigue:

Two brothers who hate themselves are going to spend Christmas with their mother. She tries to get them together.

Plot Keywords:

Christmas | Sheriff | Cult Western | Fight | Bear

Avis des utilisateurs:

Affectionate reunion for Bud and Terence; only for their fans.

Ensemble

Terence Hill	...	Travis
Bud Spencer	...	Moses
Boots Southerland	...	Sam Stone
Ruth Buzzi	...	Maw
Neil Summers	...	Dodge
Michael Huddleston	...	Blacksmith
Anne Kasprik	...	Bridget
Eva Haßmann	...	Melle (as Eva Hassmann)
Ron Carey	...	Sheriff Fox
Fritz Sperberg	...	Deputy Joe
Radha Delamarter	...	Janie
Jonathan Tucker	...	Moses Junior
Paloma von Broadley	...	Jessica
Samantha Waidler	...	Mary Lou
Kevin Barker	...	Twin

Autre(s) titre(s):

Die Troublemaker (Germany)
The Fight Before Christmas (USA) (alternative title)
The Night Before Christmas (USA)
The Trouble Makers (USA) (alternative title)
Troublemakers (USA)

MPAA:

Rated PG for comic western violence and language.

Durée:

France:107 min

Pays:

Italy | Allemagne | USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

2,35 : 1

Son:

Dolby SR

Classification:

Iceland:12 | Germany:6 | Norway:11 | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Spain:T | USA:PG

Lieux de tournage:

Abiquiu Lake, Abiquiu, New Mexico, USA

Société:

Rialto Film

Connexions De Film:

Parodies Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966)

Affectionate reunion for Bud and Terence; only for their fans.

It's a pretty weird experience, watching this movie. An affectionate, warm-hearted reunion for Bud Spencer and Terence Hill, it is also a bittersweet farewell to an old era of movies. It will probably appeal only to fans of the duo, as they once again go through their familiar motions (Spencer's mutterings, Hill's smiles, bean-eating, fist-fighting, helping the poor, etc.), only this time there are some serious dramatic moments as well. On the other hand, considering their age, you can't help but wonder if perhaps this film should never have been made, if they should have retired more gracefully a few years earlier. But if you insist on seeing it, try to avoid the DVD version, as the image has been blown up way out of proportion to fill the entire screen - perhaps in keeping with the tradition of the awful full-screen versions of the "Trinity" films (to which this film is without a doubt an unofficial sequel - I wonder why they couldn't make it "official"). (**)