Sergio Sollima

Sergio Sollima

Born: April 17, 1921
Died: July 1, 2015
in Rome, Italy
Sergio Sollima (born April 17, 1921 in Rome) is an Italian former film director and script writer.

Like many Italian cult directors, Sollima started his career by directing mostly sword and sandal movies that were very popular in the early 1960s. After the genre's popularity quickly died out, Sollima was among the first ones to move to spaghetti westerns. The Big Gundown (starring Lee Van Cleef and Tomas Milian) was released in 1966 with big success, despite the fact that it had to compete with Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Sergio Corbucci's Django. Sollima soon filmed two more westerns. Face to Face (Milian and Gian Maria Volonté) was released in 1967 and Run, Man, Run! (Milian) in 1968. Although Sollima directed only three westerns and they never reached the level of popularity as the ones by the other Sergios (Leone and Corbucci), each of them are highly regarded among genre enthusiasts.

In 1970, Sollima switched genres again and directed the Charles Bronson and Telly Savalas starred Violent City, which was one of the first violent and fast-paced Italian crime films often known as poliziotteschi. Like for all of his westerns, the soundtrack was provided by Ennio Morricone. Sollima's last well-known film is Revolver, a poliziotteschi film starring Oliver Reed and Fabio Testi.

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Movies for Sergio Sollima...

Ennio
Title: Ennio
Character: Self
Released: February 17, 2022
Type: Movie
A portrait of Ennio Morricone, the most popular and prolific film composer of the 20th century, the one most loved by the international public, a two-time Oscar winner and the author of over five hundred unforgettable scores.
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Spaghetti Western Memories
Title: Spaghetti Western Memories
Character: Himself
Released: April 29, 2016
Type: Movie
Documentary featuring interviews with Sergio Sollima and Tomas Milian. An extra on the Explosive Media Blu-ray release of “Face to Face".
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Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
Title: Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
Character: Lui-même
Released: January 1, 2014
Type: Movie
French documentary on the Spaghetti Western genre, with numerous interviews.
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Sodankylä Forever
Title: Sodankylä Forever
Character: Self
Released: August 5, 2010
Type: Movie
The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets. Founded by Aki and Mika Kaurismäki along with Anssi Mänttäri and Peter von Bagh in 1985, the festival has played host to an international who’s who of directors and each day begins with a two-hour discussion. To mark the festival’s silver anniversary, festival director Peter von Bagh edited together highlights from these dialogues to create an epic four-part choral history of cinema drawn from the anecdotes, insights, and wisdom of his all-star cast: Coppola, Fuller, Forman, Chabrol, Corman, Demy, Kieslowski, Kiarostami, Varda, Oliveira, Erice, Rouch, Gilliam, Jancso — and 64 more. Ranging across innumerable topics (war, censorship, movie stars, formative influences, America, neorealism) these voices, many now passed away, engage in a personal dialogue across the years that’s by turns charming, profound, hilarious and moving.
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Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen: Der Italowestern
Title: Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen: Der Italowestern
Character: Self
Released: April 23, 2006
Type: Movie
The beginnings, development and decline of so-called spaghetti-western genre; with clips, interviews and opinions of producers, actors and directors. A nostalgic look at those movies that are still in the taste of many.
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The Spaghetti West
Title: The Spaghetti West
Character: Self
Released: September 1, 2005
Type: Movie
A visual history of Italian western cinema in the 60s and 70s.
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Sergio Sollima: Face to Face
Title: Sergio Sollima: Face to Face
Character: Himself
Released: March 31, 2005
Type: Movie
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Western all'italiana
Title: Western all'italiana
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
"Western all'italiana" is a documentary produced and broadcast by the satellite broadcaster Studio Universal in 2004, on the occasion of the broadcasting of a selection of Italian western films, the so-called "spaghetti westerns". In the course of the video, the birth, evolution and conclusion of the Italian western trend is told.
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Run Man Run: 35 Years Running
Title: Run Man Run: 35 Years Running
Released: January 7, 2003
Type: Movie
A documentary about Run Man Runi.
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Western, Italian Style
Title: Western, Italian Style
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
A featurette (most likely shot for American television) about the Spaghetti Western genre during the late 60's and how it had affected Italy at that particular point in time. Contains behind-the-scenes footage from the films "Il Grande Silenzio" "Vado, Vedo e Sparo" "Ammazza Tutti e Torna Solo" and "Corri, Uomo, Corri" and interviews with their directors and cast.