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Any Gun Can Play
The Essential Guide
to Euro-Westerns
By Kevin Grant
Foreword by Franco Nero
The full, vibrant history of the Euro-Western
exemplified by Sergio Leone’s Dollars trilogy.
That 60’s series sparked a gold rush, as a
legion of European film-makers, many of
them sharing the get-rich-quick mentality of
Leone’s mercenary anti-heroes, created some
of the wildest Westerns ever made.
Cynical and stylish, bloody and baroque, Euro-
Westerns replaced Hollywood’s straightshooting
sheriffs with amoral adventurers.
This stunningly-illustrated reference guide
demonstrates why these films became
international box-office sensations. Includes:
HOW EUROPEAN FILMMAKERS PRODUCED
OVER 600 WESTERNS IN 10 YEARS
Any Gun Can Play
ISBN: 978-1-903254-61-5
$34.95 | paper
72 x 10
320 pages
100 Color & 450 B&W
Photos & Illustrations
May
Film
■ recurrent themes in Euro-Westerns
■ iconic characters, quirks and motifs
■ comparisons of Euro-Westerns to specific American Westerns
■ details about the Italian film industry
■ features the genre’s stars: Franco Nero, Giuliano
Gemma, Gianni Garko, writer Sergio Donati, and
directors Sergio Sollima and Giuliano Carnimeo
■ Foreword by Euro-Western legend Franco Nero
Kevin Grant is a freelance journalist and film
writer with a specialty in exploitation movies.
He has written for Flesh & Blood, Delirium, Blood,
Money and Vengeance, Hotdog and European Trash
Cinema. This is his first book.
Alongside Clint Eastwood, Franco Nero is
the most recognized Euro-Western actor in
the world, thanks to his lead role in Django,
as well as in many other films.
MARKETING
■ promotion via major film festivals, with guest appearance
from spaghetti western icon Franco Nero (Django)
■ ads, reviews and features in alternative and film media
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