I'm extremely happy that these 2 classic Terence Hill/Bud Spencer spaghetti westerns have finally been released domestically in decent versions. THEY CALL ME TRINITY and the follow up TRINITY IS STILL MY NAME have been released umpteen dozen times in inferior versions ranging from absolute unwatchable crap to not-so-bad-not-so-good crappy version. It's a goddamn mystery why anyone hadn't got around to it sooner, especially since these are supposed to be 2 of the most successful and highest grossing films of all time in the spaghetti western genre. Apparently TRINITY IS STILL MY NAME made twice as much as THE GOOD, THE BAD AND UGLY at the box office.
It's nice to see them FINALLY mastered from the original negatives. I've never seen these films look so good. You can buy 'em seperately, but you may as well just get the Twin Pack, put out by Hen's Tooth Video late last year. These films are very special to me. The first time I watched these 2 films, I was only a young wipper snapper about 14 or 15, my dad had rented them on video, and I remember my dad laughing like a hyena at some of the scenes. I did too.
I'm sure this pair of slapstick clowns need no introduction to some of you, but for the uninitiated, these 2 films made Bud Spencer and Terence Hill overnight international superstars, ushering a 25 year association for the 2 actors. They went on to work with some of the most famous Italian directors in the biz, most notably Sergio Leone (Terence Hill starred in the brilliant MY NAME IS NOBODY), Sergio Corbucci and Luchino Visconti. Actually, It's fuckin' crazy how many films they made together. If you want to get an idea of just how many films they made, you should check out http://www.xs4all.nl/~hopmans/Budhill.htm, the interface is terrible but the info within very useful. Also, there's an international site for Terence Hill at http://www.terencehill.com/If you're even remotely interested in the spaghetti western genre, you can't miss these 2 ground-breaking films.
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