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Titolo originale: The Quick and the Dead
Regia: Sam Raimi |
Anno: 1995
Origine: United States of America | Japan |
Generi: Western Azione Dramma Romance Thriller
Tag: gunslinger | revenge | prairie | shootout | awestruck | powerful |
Cast: Sharon Stone | Gene Hackman | Russell Crowe | Leonardo DiCaprio | Tobin Bell | Roberts Blossom | Kevin Conway | Keith David | Lance Henriksen | Pat Hingle | Gary Sinise | Mark Boone Junior | Olivia Burnette | Fay Masterson | Raynor Scheine | Woody Strode | Jerry Swindall | Scott Spiegel | Jonothon Gill | Sven-Ole Thorsen | Lennie Loftin | Matthew Gold | Arturo Gastelum | David Cornell | Josef Rainer | Stacy Linn Ramsower | Tony Lee Boggs | Scott Ryder | Timothy Patrick Quill | Solomon Abrams | John Cameron | Michael Stone | Butch Molina | Mick Garris | Greg Goossen | Oliver Dear | Ruben Angelo | James Cotner | Bruce Campbell |

Ellen, una pistolera solitaria, giunge nella cittadina di Redemption, dominata dal perfido Herod. Costui organizza ogni anno un torneo tra pistoleri, al vincitore del quale andrà una cospicua quantità di dollari.

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Horace the Bartender points to a chest full of money announcing that it is the prize for the contest [...] D
The actual bar in the saloon can currently be found at Long Barn Ranch in Half Moon Bay, CA. D
Ellen's tiny gun is called a knuckle-duster. It's made to also be used as brass knuckles. D
Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio only have one scene together. D
There are eleven gunfights in the film. Because there were so many gunfights, Sam Raimi made sure to [...] D
The cast started training with their guns three months before production started. They would take th [...] D
Sam Raimi's original ending didn't work, so he went to Sony Pictures to ask for a writer to fix it. [...] D
The movie features an 1866 Remington derringer. "Derringer" is the name for the smallest gun of a ca [...] D
It took two and a half days to film the gunfight between Ellen and Eugene. The actors were soaked th [...] D
John Sayles did on-set rewrites of the film's script during principal photography. D
Body Count: 18. D
The title "The Quick and the Dead" comes from the King James translation of the Bible, I Peter 4:5, [...] D
This film was the third Western that Composer Alan Silvestri had worked on in five years which inclu [...] D
The badly dilapidated pistol that Herod buys from Fee Herod for Cort to use in the contest is a mode [...] D
Sam Raimi: [pov shot] As a drinking glass and bullets fly through the air, we see their targets from [...] D
One of the henchman is Sharon Stone's brother Michael. D
Lance Henriksen loved playing the role of Ace Hanlon: "I felt like I was that guy. My wife used to w [...] D
Lance Henriksen worked on one trick for a month before production began without telling anyone. When [...] D
As The Lady rides up to the bar and we see the clock tower for the first time, just as the clock str [...] D
Jonothon Gill is a Lakota Native American. After an older extra passed away on set, Gill held a trad [...] D
Cort ( Russell Crowe ) is the only one in the movie that calls 'The Lady' ( Sharon Stone ) by her re [...] D
There is a scene where Gene Hackman lightly slaps Sharon Stone. It wasn't scripted and Stone's react [...] D
When Horace gives his speech on the competition rules before Kid's first fight, he mentions not to d [...] D
When Ellen is unpacking at her hotel room, there is a mate gourd on the table (she said something ea [...] D
Despite working with Director Sam Raimi on this film and hasn't since, Composer Alan Silvestri state [...] D
During the scene where the gunfighters are signing up for the Quick Draw Competition in the saloon, [...] D
Sharon Stone was so insistent that Leonardo DiCaprio appear in the film that she paid his salary per [...] D
The film was released, the same year the Sam Raimi produced television series Xena: Principessa guer [...] D
All the guns in the film are authentic for 1878. Many are guns you don't normally see in Westerns. D
Sharon Stone named Russell Crowe as her favourite onscreen kisser. She didn't feel the same about Le [...] D
Sam Raimi: [stooges] Scars is a tribute to Curly Howard of The Three Stooges. D
One of the few rare films that Sam Raimi's composer and friend Joseph LoDuca didn't score for him pe [...] D
A sex scene between Ellen and Cort was shot, but Sharon Stone and director Sam Raimi decided that it [...] D
The Kid (Leonardo DiCaprio) has a real name: Fee Herod. D
In Cort's fight with the Indian he pleads several times for another bullet, finally he adds: "now go [...] D
The cast had fun on set with the guns. They would greet each other with a "How are you?" and then go [...] D
One of the last movies filmed at Old Tucson Studios before the big fire of April 25, 1995. Much of O [...] D
The filmmakers hired a lot of extras from the unemployment rolls in Tucson. Casting director Cecily [...] D
While Russell Crowe and Sven-Ole Thorsen don't get to face off in this film, they would do so in Il [...] D
Russell Crowe's first American feature. D
Sharon Stone's leather pants were so tight, she was unable to sit down in a chair. Also she fired he [...] D
Director Sam Raimi has said over the years that the film was an homage to the late Sergio Leone and [...] D
Because of the time between when he is told to scram and when he is shot, Raynor Scheine had to do a [...] D
Because she is using an old-style revolver, Sharon Stone has to pull the hammer back for each shot. [...] D
Sam Raimi hoped that girls look up to Ellen for being righteous and fair but that they "don't get wr [...] D
Sharon Stone bought the horse Magic after the movie was over. Stone: "I've been riding all my life b [...] D
Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio would later co-star in Nessuna verità (2008). D
Matt Damon turned down the role of Kid. D
Roberts Blossom's last role in a theatrical feature. D
As The Lady is riding into town, the undertaker says "5'8? Am I right? I'm never wrong." In reality, [...] D
Final film of Woody Strode. D
Sharon Stone's leather jacket is the real deal. Over 100 years old, it's from a Western museum. D
Bruce Campbell had a cameo appearance during a wedding scene, but the scene was cut. Campbell says S [...] D
The bullet-holes that appear after a person was shot during the contest or after were Director Sam R [...] D
According to Bruce Campbell, Gene Hackman initially refused to do the scene where Herod leans to his [...] D
This was the tenth action-adventure film prior to Dredd - La legge sono io (1995) which would be rel [...] D
Sam Raimi said that Russell Crowe is "what we imagine the American cowboy to have been like." D
Sharon Stone hand-picked Russell Crowe to be in this film. The studio was initially unsure about thi [...] D
With twelve other Westerns filming in 1994, the crew faced a shortage of Old West costumes. D
David Arquette was considered for the role of Kid. D
This movie includes many examples of available handguns for the period, from cap and ball to cartrid [...] D
All of the actors on the set in the gunfight scenes were instructed in the art of the quick draw by [...] D
According to the "Evil Dead Companion", Sharon Stone was given a lengthy list of directors that had [...] D
Sharon Stone's gun for this film was made by a master gunsmith John Phillips. Mr. Phillips was a fas [...] D
Liam Neeson was the first choice for Cort. D

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Horace: I said whores next door. D
Townsman: We're gonna have to bury this old man de [...] D
Ellen: Say that again. D
John Herod: All I hear from you, you spineless cow [...] D
Cort: Last night, The Kid. Tonight, Herod. You're [...] D
Ratsy: And that concludes the lesson for today. D
Kid: And this, this is the best help a man could g [...] D
Kid: I'm worth $3,000 in four states. Seventy-five [...] D
Ellen: Don't you even want to fight back? Cort: S [...] D
John Herod: I was married to a beautiful woman. Sh [...] D
Ellen: Some people deserve to die. D
Kid: Is it possible? Is it possible to improve on [...] D
Kid: Am I fast, or is Sweden just a very small pla [...] D
Kid: Is it possible? Is it possible to improve on [...] D
Horace: Uh, room and bath, yes ma'am. Coming up! D
John Herod: You must be the fastest gun in the wes [...] D
Ellen: What can you possibly get out of this? What [...] D
John Herod: Your gunfighter's dead. Old news. D
John Herod: I could give you more money than you c [...] D
Ellen: How about a room? D
Ellen: In case you forgot, Preacher, I saved your [...] D
John Herod: The rules say you have to accept every [...] D
Ellen: Now, do you have a room available? D
Ace Hanlon: [Holding a card deck] This is a very s [...] D
John Herod: I'm confused. All I hear from you, you [...] D
John Herod: I said, are you still fast? Cort: Fas [...] D
Kid: Want some breakfast? Or, uh, how 'bout a litt [...] D
Ellen: You stole my life. D
John Herod: Like I always say - put a fox in the h [...] D
Cantrell: Sergeant Cantrell. Shemp: How do you sp [...] D
Ellen: [after Herod accepts the Kid's challenge] Y [...] D
Ellen: [female gunslinger walks up behind a preocc [...] D
Kid: The Smith and Wesson Schofield .45. Just meat [...] D
Kid: The gunfight is in the head, not the hands. D
John Herod: Mr. Hanlon, I wanted to ask you about [...] D
Kid: Shit, that was fast. D
John Herod: You must be the fastest gun in the wes [...] D
Kid: Am I fast, or is Sweden just a very small pla [...] D
Scars: You're purty. Ellen: You're not. D
Kid: [after being shot in a gunfight by Herod] Shi [...] D
John Herod: Like I always say - put a fox in the h [...] D
Kid: I'm so damned fast I can wake up at the crack [...] D
Kid: No no no no, you see it's a gun fight. We bot [...] D
Ellen: Looks like you're having a pretty good time [...] D
Scars: I need a woman. Ellen: You need a bath. D
Cort: There's a click before the strike. Listen to [...] D
Ace Hanlon: You wanna play poker with me, little l [...] D
Cort: Sorry, John. Changed the rules. From now on, [...] D
John Herod: You're not fast enough for me! Ellen: [...] D
John Herod: [shouting] This is my town! If you liv [...] D
Blind Boy: John Herod owns that house. He gets fif [...] D
Cort: There's a click before the strike. Listen to [...] D
Cort: [after killing all of Herod's henchmen] Sorr [...] D

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