Shalako (film)
- Sean Connery: Shalako
- Brigitte Bardot: Irina Lazaar
- Stephen Boyd: Bosky Fulton
- Jack Hawkins: Sir Charles Daggett
- Peter van Eyck: Frederick of Hallstatt
- Honor Blackman: Lady Daggett
- Woody Strode: Chato
- Rodd Redwing: Chatos father
- Eric Sykes: Mako
- Alexander Knox: Henry Clarke
- Valerie French: Elena Clarke
- Julián Mateos: Rojas
- Don Barry: Buffalo
Shalako ( Alternative title: They call me Shalako; Original Title: Shalako ) is a British Western by Edward Dmytryk for the production company: Dimitri de Grunwald Productions from 1968 with Sean Connery, Brigitte Bardot, Stephen Boyd and Jack Hawkins in the lead roles. The film is based on a novel by Louis L' Amour.
Action
An existing from European nobles hunting party led by her villainous Guide Bosky Fulton in the area rebellious Indians. The Trapper Shalako can step in saving, as the Countess Irina is captured by the Indians. As the putative leader Bosky Fulton exposed as Bandit and the group steals food and horses, the situation appears to be hopeless. Shalako is doing everything to keep the passengers alive.
Production
As Euan Lloyd testified in an interview that he had first thought to shoot the film in New Mexico and to occupy the main roles with Henry Fonda and Senta Berger. Sean Connery to the role, inter alia, have accepted, because he would always welcome Western since his childhood itself. As extras for the Indians Euan Lloyd hired locals, which are according to a report concerned by Roma. The leader of the warlike Apaches had the later mainly by now famous producer " The Wild Geese " but by the externally little indian acting actor Woody Strode represent, who also played in Tarzan movies warlike natives. His performance of an Apache chief's completely different from how Pierre Brice in the then very popular Karl May movies, the Apache chief Winnetou embodied. Parallels to Martin Ritt He was called Hombre from the previous year can not be overlooked.
Effect
Euan Lloyd produced by this strip yet another western based on a story by Louis L' Amour, Catlow - life around the straining.
Reviews
The lexicon of the International film ruled that it was in the film is a " [ a] ufwendig produced [n ] Star Western ". The film set primarily on " action and excitement ", but lose in the "outside - cruel adventurousness ". The production give away the " opportunity to psychological drama." Joe Hembus ruled: " An original and carefully researched historical subject that has degenerated into a messy and laughable Star Parade. "
Background
The British producer Euan Lloyd hired the experienced director Edward Dmytryk, to bring the novel of the Wild West - expert and prolific writer Louis L' Amour on the canvas. The film was shot with a large international cast of well-known film actors in Almeria in Spain. Sean Connery and Honor Blackman, both made famous by the representation of agents, here played characters that were very different from those previous roles. Sean Connery acted as trappers and thus as very American, nature rooted hero, while Blackman mimed a fine English lady. Brigitte Bardot also played an unusual for her role, as though they had actually confident men demonstrated spectacularly in such films as And God Created Woman (1956) and A woman like Satan (1958 ) with the help of her charms, here fell in love with as a first arrogant nobleman calculated in a macho. While Brigitte Bardot in 1965 Viva Maria! had turned and 1971 with petroleum - chicks took another Wild West movie, this film for Sean Connery would be the first and last Western in his long career.