Lemonade Joe

  • Karel Fiala: Lemonade Joe
  • Miloš Kopecký: HORC Badman
  • Kveta Fialová: Tornado Lou
  • Olga Schoberová: Winifred Goodman
  • Bohus Záhorský: Ezra Goodman
  • Karel Effa: Pancho Kid
  • Waldemar Matuška: Banjo
  • Vlastimil Bedrna: Photographer
  • Lubomir Bryg: Cashier
  • Antonín Sura: Old Pistol

Lemonade Joe ( Original title: Limonádový Joe aneb Konska opera) is a 1964 in Czechoslovakia produced parody of western films. Oldrich Lipský directed; the film was first shown on 28 August 1964 in the GDR in the cinema and ran in January 1966 in West Germany. The screenplay is based on the novel and play by Jiří Brdečka.

Action

Lemonade Joe, dressed in white, comes to Stetson City and ensures that the constantly thrashing and whiskey drinking population makes the acquaintance of the drink Kolaloka, he drinks constantly. When Mr. Goodman, another newcomer with missionary intentions, opened a Kolaloka saloon, he will be a success; sangesfreudige whose daughter also ensures that the old saloon is nurmehr inhabited by spiders. As a villain arrives, he kills the sheriff, prohibits Kolaloka and can degenerate morals. But lemonade Joe makes sure that everything is in order again and the Group Kolaloka good sales secured.

Criticism

" Entertaining parody of the Wild West, his films and capitalist ways of life. Resourceful and versatile designed Musical grotesque with some topical references to production time, "says the Encyclopedia of the International film. The New York Times particularly praised the skillful construction of the film, the director has created skillfully remarkable.

Lemonade Joe won at the Film Festival in San Sebastian 1964, the Golden Shell.

Comments

The figure of Limonadovný Joe was born about 1940; in some short stories he has performed for the magazine " Ahoy ". Later developed Author Brdečka from a play, which in turn inspired a puppet film. Some of the special effects of this movie aria were prerie adapted for these live-action adaptation.

The film is an interspersed with songs parody of silent Wild West movies, getintet colored and turned under with fight scenes. Several songs are featured in the film: "When the Smoke Thickens in the Bar, Do You See My Moist Lips" singing Kveta Fialová, " Whisky to je moje gusto Když v baru houstne Dym Mé zvlhlé rty coz nevidíš " Yvetta Roubalova, " Arizona, Where All the Good Men Come From " interpreted Olga Schoberová and" Oh Ye Gods, What a Dime drink " Karel Gott.

After the film, some clubs, a radio station include named.

1964 in film Film score Bosley Crowther
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