Il mio nome è Nessuno (1973)

Director:

Tonino Valerii
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Writers:

Sergio Leone (idea)
Fulvio Morsella (story) ...
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Release Date:

June 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Western | Comedy

Tagline:

Nobody, but "Nobody," knows the trouble he's in!

Plot:

A young, easygoing gunman (Hill) worships and competes with an old gunfighter (Fonda) who only wants to retire.

Plot Keywords:

Gunfighter | Gunslinger | Famous Score | Legend | Horse

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Terence Hill	...	Nessuno / Nobody
Henry Fonda	...	Jack Beauregard
Jean Martin	...	Sullivan
R.G. Armstrong	...	Honest John (as R.K. Armstrong)
Karl Braun	...	Jim
Leo Gordon	...	Red
Steve Kanaly	...	False barber
Geoffrey Lewis	...	Leader of the Wild Bunch
Neil Summers	...	Squirrel
Piero Lulli	...	Sheriff
Mario Brega	...	Pedro
Marc Mazza	...	Don John (as Mark Mazza)
Benito Stefanelli	...	Porteley
Alexander Allerson	...	Rex
Rainer Peets	...	Big Gun (as Remus Peets)
Antoine Saint-John	...	Scape (as Antoine Saint John)
Franco Angrisano	...	Ferroviere
Tommy Polgár	...	Juan
Antonio Palombi
Hubert Mittendorf	...	Carnival barker (as Humbert Mittendorf)
Emil Feist	...	Dwarf
Carla Mancini	...	Mother
Luigi Antonio Guerra	...	Official (as Antonio Luigi Guerra)
Angelo Novi	...	Bartender
Ullrich Müller	...	Man
Claus Schmidt	...	Man
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stocker Fontelieu	...	Longshoreman (uncredited)
Jackson D. Kane	...	Gunfighter outside barber shop (uncredited)
Maurice Kowaleski	...	New Orleans street photographer (uncredited)
Antonio Molino Rojo	...	U.S. Army Officer (uncredited)
Renato Pinciroli	...	Hotel Owner (uncredited)

Directed by
Tonino Valerii
Sergio Leone		(uncredited)

Writing credits
Sergio Leone		(idea)
Fulvio Morsella		(story) and
Ernesto Gastaldi		(story)
Ernesto Gastaldi		(screenplay)

Produced by
Claudio Mancini	....	executive producer
Fulvio Morsella	....	producer
Sergio Leone	....	executive producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Ennio Morricone

Cinematography by
Giuseppe Ruzzolini		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Nino Baragli

Production Design by
Gianni Polidori

Costume Design by
Vera Marzot

Makeup Department
Grazia De Rossi	....	hair stylist
Nilo Jacoponi	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Franco Coduti	....	unit manager
Paolo Gargano	....	unit manager
Piero Lazzari	....	production supervisor: USA

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stefano Rolla	....	assistant director
Sergio Leone	....	second unit director (uncredited)

Art Department
Massimo Tavazzi	....	set dresser
Gilberto Carbonaro	....	set constructor (uncredited)
Renato Casaro	....	poster designer (uncredited)
Gianni Fiumi	....	property master (uncredited)
Dino Leonetti	....	assistant production designer (uncredited)
Ben Zeller	....	construction coordinator (uncredited)

Sound Department
Fausto Ancillai	....	sound mixer
Roberto Arcangeli	....	sound effects
Ferdinando Pescetelli	....	sound (as Fernando Pescetelly)

Special Effects by
Eros Bacciucchi	....	special effects (as Baciucchi)
Giovanni Corridori	....	special effects coordinator (uncredited)

Stunts
John Landis	....	stunts (uncredited)
Neil Summers	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Armando Nannuzzi	....	cinematographer: USA
Sergio Salvati	....	director of photography: second unit
Giuseppe Bernardini	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Federico Del Zoppo	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Angelo Novi	....	still photographer (uncredited)
Elio Polacchi	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Claudio Sabatini	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Rossana Maiuri	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Ennio Morricone	....	conductor
Bruno Battisti D'Amario	....	musician: guitar (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Billy Kaundart	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Eros Bacciucchi	....	firearms
Rita Agostini	....	script supervisor (uncredited)
Nando Gazzolo	....	voice dubbing: Henry Fonda (uncredited)
Pino Locchi	....	voice dubbing: Terence Hill (uncredited)
Benito Stefanelli	....	master of arms (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Rafran Cinematografica
• Les Films Jacques Leitienne
• Imp.Ex.Ci. (as La Société Imp.Ex.Ci)
• Alcinter (as La Société Alcinter)
• Rialto Film Preben-Philipsen

Distributors

• Titanus Distribuzione (1973) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Tobis Filmkunst (1973) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures (1974) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Astro Distribution (1995) (Germany) (video) (laserdisc)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1978) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• DMEG (2004) (Sweden) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Adams Filmi (1974) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Les Films Jacques Leitienne (1973) (France) (theatrical)
• Alberto Bitelli Intl. Films (2005) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Atlantic Film (2001) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Atlantic Film (2005) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Bridge Entertainment Group (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Castle Video (1989) (Finland) (VHS)
• Future Film (2005) (Finland) (DVD)
• Image Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (????) (USA) (VHS) (laserdisc)
• Mondo Home Entertainment (2008) (Italy) (DVD) (HD DVD)
• Mondo Home Entertainment (2009) (Italy) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• SPO (2002) (Japan) (DVD)
• Taurus Video (????) (West Germany) (VHS) (as CIC Taurus Video)
• marketing-film (????) (West Germany) (all media) (8 mm)

Other Companies

• Tirelli Costumi  costumes (as Tirelli - Western Costume)
• Cimino  set dressing (as Cimino GPR)
• Rocchetti e Carboni  wigs
• De Paolis I.N.C.I.R.  studio (as Incir de Paolis)
• Edizioni General Music, Roma  music edition

Also Known As:

"My Name is Nobody" - International (English title) (imdb display title), Philippines (English title), UK, USA
"Mein Name ist Nobody" - West Germany
"Mon nom est personne" - France
"Mi nombre es nadie" - Argentina, Peru (imdb display title)
"Mitt namn är Nobody" - Finland (Swedish title), Sweden
"Mein Name ist Nobody" - Austria
"Meu Nome é Ninguém" - Brazil
"Mi nombre es Ninguno" - Spain
"Mit navn er Nobody" - Denmark
"Mitt navn er Nobody" - Norway (imdb display title)
"Mr. Nobody" - Japan (imdb display title)
"Nevem: Senki" - Hungary
"Nimeni on Nobody" - Finland
"O Meu Nome é Ninguém" - Portugal (imdb display title)
"T'onoma mou einai Kanenas" - Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title)

Runtime:

117 min | USA:111 min (TCM print)

Country:

Italy | France | West Germany

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Norway:16 (1974) | Brazil:Livre | Spain:13 (original rating) | Spain:T (DVD rating) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | UK:12 (2003) (uncut) | UK:A (1976) (cut) | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

905 and 915 Royal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Company:

Rafran Cinematografica

Trivia:

While walking through Boot Hill, Hill points out to Fonda that one of the names on a gravestone is Sam Peckinpah. That same year, Clint Eastwood, in High Plains Drifter (1973), had a Boot Hill scene that included Sergio Leone's tombstone, as well as a number of others.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Nobody is trying to hit the fish with a stick in the water, the position of his arms change between the close ups, and the far away shots.

Quotes:

Jack Beauregard:You shine like the door of a whorehouse. A blind man could spot you ten miles off.
Nobody:I like folks to see me.
Jack Beauregard:Maybe folks don't share your pleasure.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Dead Man (1995)

Soundtrack:

Il mio nome è Nessuno

European aroma

The title "My name is Nobody" was, I think, taken from a text in Homer's Odyssey which Odysseus said to Cyclops, the one-eyed giant. And, indeed, if one considers that fact one could better see what this film's message is: While old Jack Beauregard could, after a long voyage, at last go home to Europe, "Nobody" was destined to continue his odyssey far from home in countries that were never his cultural homeland.

Albeit the film itself is a parody of other westerns, of 'C'era una volta il West' and/or 'The wild bunch' for example, and therefore should be (and is in fact) comical and funny, one nevertheless hears a slightly melancholy song sung by/about Odysseus(= Nobody) who had forgotten his homeland. Owing to that (please let me dare say)'depth', 'Il mio nome e nessuno' succeeded in being far more than a simple parody and in appealing not only to 'genre fans' but also to 'general' movie lovers: Fonda's brilliant performance, Fonda and Terence Hill's unique combination, Morricone's perfect score. It's all really tasty.

I still remember that a Japanese film critic at that time has rated this film low, because 'it was a spaghetti western made by an assistant of Sergio Leone'. But when I myself saw the film later, I (please excuse me for being cheeky and cocky) doubted his eye of a film critic: Why hasn't he seen that this film clearly stood out from other Italian westerns? Why has he ignored the fact that Tonino Valerii could make excellent westerns without Leone and without Morricone? (I of course mean 'Il prezzo del potere' and 'I giorni dell'ira'.)