Django, Prepare a Coffin is one of the very few quasi-sequels to the original and on its own, is actually not a half bad spaghetti western and features a charismatic and entertaining performance from Terence Hill.
Django, Prepare a Coffin
(1968)
Genre(s): Western, Adventure
Arrow Video | NR – 92 min. – $29.95 | April 25, 2017
Date Published: 04/27/2017 | Author: The Movieman
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THE MOVIE — 3.5/5 |
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Plot Synopsis: While Django (TERENCE HILL) transports gold on stagecoach, it’s robbed by bandits, working for an old acquaintance and crooked politician David Barry (HORST FRANK), and in the process, Django’s wife is killed. Later, Django, working as a hangman for a small town, fakes the deaths of several innocents building his own posse to exact revenge on Barry and his cronies. Complications arise, though, when the very folks he helped turn rogue robbing another stagecoach intent on keeping the gold for themselves. Quick Hit Review: I’m not entirely familiar with the Django character not even seeing Tarantino’s homage to the character and genre, Django Unchained. So Django, Prepare a Coffin — co-scripted and directed by Ferdinando Baldi — is my first foray and while the western genre isn’t my thing, I thoroughly enjoyed this entry which, from what I’ve read, is one of the few that has any connection to the original, even loosely. Terence Hill is fantastic in the lead role and I found the plot engaging and the villain, albeit cardboard cutout in nature, evil enough to root for our hero. |
SPECIAL FEATURES – 1.25/5 |
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This two-disc release (BD+DVD) comes housed in a clear HD Keep Case. Inside is a nice 14-page booklet containing essays and production stills. Also included is a reversible cover artwork. While I like the default cover, it’s awfully spoiler-y… The features are rather light with only an Interview (8:33; HD) with spaghetti western author Kevin Grant and the Theatrical Trailer (3:05; HD). |
VIDEO – 3.5/5 |
| Django, Prepare a Coffin arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Arrow Video and is presented in its original 1.85 widescreen aspect ratio and given a 1080p high-definition transfer at 2K resolution from a 35mm interpositive and digitally restored and color corrected. The picture doesn’t exactly look fantastic but at least does look clean free of any noticeable or heavy scratches or other damages, though colors are on the drab side, albeit that might be how it looked upon its release. |
AUDIO – 3.75/5 |
| The disc comes with both an English and Italian DTS-HD Master Audio Mono track, either option is sufficient providing crisp and clear dialogue levels while the music comes through the center channel quite nicely with little signs of topping out (as I call it). For a movie going on close to 50 years now, it’s impressive enough though hardly reference quality work even for the genre and era. |
OVERALL – 3.0/5 |
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Overall, Django, Prepare a Coffin is one of the very few quasi-sequels to the original and on its own, is actually not a half bad spaghetti western and features a charismatic and entertaining performance from Terence Hill. The 2-disc Blu-ray/DVD release from Arrow Video offers up good video/audio transfers but rather limited in the features department. |
Check out some more screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain spoilers.