Plot Synopsis:
In this definitive spaghetti western, Franco Nero (Keoma, The Fifth Cord) gives a career-defining performance as Django, a mysterious loner who arrives at a mud-drenched ghost town on the Mexico-US border, ominously dragging a coffin behind him. After saving imperilled prostitute Maria (Loredana Nusciak), Django becomes embroiled in a brutal feud between a racist gang and a band of Mexican revolutionaries…
With Django, director Sergio Corbucci (The Great Silence) upped the ante for sadism and sensationalism in westerns, depicting machine-gun massacres, mud-fighting prostitutes and savage mutilations. A huge hit with international audiences, Django's brand of bleak nihilism would be repeatedly emulated in a raft of unofficial sequels.
The film is presented here in its 4K Blu-ray debut, with a wealth of extras. Also included is the bonus feature Texas, Adios on Blu-ray, which also stars Franco Nero, and was released as a sequel to Django in some countries.
SPECIAL FEATURES AND TECHNICAL SPECS
4K BLU-RAY DISC: DJANGO
- DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF DJANGO
- Audio commentary by film critic, historian and theorist Stephen Prince
- Django Never Dies, an interview with star Franco Nero
- Cannibal of the Wild West, an interview with assistant director Ruggero Deodato
- Sergio, My Husband, an interview with Sergio Corbucci's wife Nori Corbucci
- That's My Life: Part 1, an archival interview with co-writer Franco Rossetti
- A Rock 'n' Roll Scriptwriter, an archival interview with co-writer Piero Vivarelli
- A Punch in the Face, an archival interview with stuntman and actor Gilberto Galimberti
- Discovering Django, an appreciation by spaghetti westerns scholar Austin Fisher
- An Introduction to Django by Alex Cox, an archival featurette with the acclaimed director
- Gallery of original promotional images from the Mike Siegel archive
- Original trailers
- REGION-FREE
BLU-RAY DISC: TEXAS, ADIOS
- 2K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- Audio commentary by spaghetti western experts C. Courtney Joyner and Henry C. Parke
- The Sheriff is in Town, an interview with star Franco Nero
- Jump into the West, an interview with co-star Alberto Dell'Acqua
- That's My Life: Part 2, an archival interview with co-writer Franco Rossetti
- Hello Texas!, an appreciation by spaghetti western scholar Austin Fisher
- Gallery of original promotional images from the Mike Siegel archive
- Original trailers
ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL SPECS AND CONTENT
- Uncompressed Mono 1.0 PCM audio
- Original English and Italians soundtracks
- English subtitles for the Italian soundtracks
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtracks
- Six double-sided collector's postcards
- Double-sided fold-out poster
- 60-page perfect-bound book featuring writing by Howard Hughes and Roberto Curti, and original reviews
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sean Phillips
