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Titolo originale: Last Man Standing
Regia: Walter Hill |
Anno: 1996
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Crime Azione Western
Tag: prohibition era | texas | gang war | whiskey | on the run | mafia | hired gun |
Cast: Bruce Willis | Bruce Dern | William Sanderson | Christopher Walken | David Patrick Kelly | Karina Lombard | Ned Eisenberg | Michael Imperioli | R. D. Call | Alexandra Powers | Ken Jenkins | Ted Markland | Leslie Mann | Patrick Kilpatrick | Cassandra Gava | Luis Contreras | Raynor Scheine | Tiny Ron | John Paxton | Michael Cavalieri | Hannes Fritsch | Michael Strasser | Matt O'Toole | Lin Shaye | Larry Holt | Dean Rader Duval | Thomas Rosales Jr. | Jimmy Ortega | Joseph Palmer | Allan Graf |

Jericho, stato del Texas, 1931. Una città di frontiera con una popolazione in rapido declino. Gli ultimi cowboys hanno lasciato il posto a mafiosi vestiti di tweed provenienti dalla rovente Chicago. Costoro arrivano spinti dalla necessità di controllare il traffico illegale di liquori in arrivo dal vicino Messico. Nella città dettano legge due gang rivali cui fanno capo Doyle e Strozzi. Un giorno arriva un misterioso straniero che si fa chiamare Smith. È gentile, cinico ed elusivo, ma si rende perfettamente conto del male che domina la città...

Approfondimenti

Walter Hill's original cut of the movie was over two hours long. Before Hill edited the final theatr [...] D
One of the three big-budget, star-driven films that indie outfit New Line Cinema released in 1996. L [...] D
When Sheriff Galt is driving Smith and Joe out to Slim's Roadhouse to watch Doyle's mob massacre the [...] D
The actor who played Joe Monday, William Sanderson, starred (2nd bill) in a movie of the same name i [...] D
Although the film is technically an adaptation of the novel Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett, the sto [...] D
A 130 minutes long VHS workprint of the film, which was probably Walter Hill's original rough cut, w [...] D
Walter Hill considered this a "free adaptation" of La sfida del samurai (1961) rather than a remake, [...] D
The weapon of choice for John Smith is the government model Colt 1911 A1 .45 caliber semi-automatic, [...] D
James Remar was Walter Hill's original choice for the role of Hickey, but the studio chose Christoph [...] D
Joe Monday shoots Doyle with a circa 1848 Colt Walker black powder revolver. The .44 caliber Walker [...] D
Bruce Willis and Ken Jenkins also starred together in In Country. D
This movie, like Per un pugno di dollari (1964), is a retelling of the story in La sfida del samurai [...] D
Elmer Bernstein was originally hired to compose the music, but he was fired by Walter Hill after wri [...] D
Originally, Smith's confrontation with Doyle and Hickey was going to take place in front of the Alam [...] D
In the movie tie-in novel, which like most tie-in books, is based off the original screenplay before [...] D
Just before the penultimate shoot-out, John returns to the hotel. The short scene starts with a shot [...] D
New Line Cinema wanted to remake La sfida del samurai (1961) as a sci-fi film in the vein of Interce [...] D
The car driven into Jericho, Texas by John Smith, and damaged by Doyle's henchmen, is a 1928 Ford Mo [...] D
Bruce Willis and Christopher Walken previously appeared in Pulp Fiction (1994). D
Walter Hill later said that he and Bruce Willis "were not close when we did the film", but "I liked [...] D
Titles considered during post-production were "Gundown" and "Jericho". D
Based on La sfida del samurai (1961), which translates as "The Bodyguard," and which was remade as P [...] D
Christopher Walken and R.D. Call previously appeared in A distanza ravvicinata (1986). D