Botte di Natale (1994)

Director:

Terence Hill

Writer:

Jess Hill (writer)

Release Date:

25 November 1994 (Spain)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Western

Tagline:

How the West was almost lost

Plot:

Two brothers who hate themselves are going to spend Christmas with their mother. She tries to get them together.

Plot Keywords:

Christmas | Fight | Directed By Star | Bear | Cult Western

Cast

Terence Hill	...	Travis
Bud Spencer	...	Moses
Boots Southerland	...	Sam Stone
Ruth Buzzi	...	Maw
Neil Summers	...	Dodge
Michael Huddleston	...	Blacksmith
Anne Kasprik	...	Bridget
Eva Haßmann	...	Melle (as Eva Hassmann)
Ron Carey	...	Sheriff Fox
Fritz Sperberg	...	Deputy Joe
Radha Delamarter	...	Janie
Jonathan Tucker	...	Moses Junior
Paloma von Broadley	...	Jessica
Samantha Waidler	...	Mary Lou
Kevin Barker	...	Twin

Also Known As:

Die Troublemaker (Germany)
The Fight Before Christmas (USA) (alternative title)
The Night Before Christmas (USA)
The Trouble Makers (USA) (alternative title)
Troublemakers (USA)
Bunyó karácsonyig (Hungary) [hu]
En Nochebuena se armó el belén (Spain) [es]
Minä armahdan Mooses ei (Finland) [fi]
Os Caça-Sarilhos (Portugal) [pt]
Petit papa baston (France) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated PG for comic western violence and language.

Runtime:

France:107 min

Country:

Italy | Germany | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Germany:6 | Norway:11 | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Spain:T | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Abiquiu Lake, Abiquiu, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Rialto Film

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966)

Sequel with Hill and Spencer again team up as the valiant and roguish brothers

The film deals about the famous brothers ,both bountyhunters(Terence Hill and Bud Spencer)who hate themselves.Their mother attempts the reunion for celebration the Christmas.The film is based on a famed poem ¨night before the Christmas¨title exhibited in many countries and is developed about an heart warming history .As always ,they will confront against enemies by means of continuous struggles without blood,neither gore nor brutal murders .The fights are with no violence and predominate the comedy and parody, the choreographic quarrels are lights and clean.The humor is continued ,laughters are based on physical differences and diverse personalities protagonists.Terence Hill plays a sympathetic and rogue gunslinger with beautiful eyes and fast weapon.Bud Spencer as a corpulent,bouncing and grumpy man but with good heart helping the children and poor and of course a weakness eating beans.Their personages have a certain resemblance with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy .Storyline is a little ridiculous but has its enjoyable moments here and there.Picture was realized twenty some years later of ¨Trinity¨and ¨Trinity is still my name¨that obtained much success ,however this version was a flop but Trinity and Bambino times had passed.Supposed to be the third part but due copyright problems it couldn't be and is converted in an unofficial sequel.The film provided a nostalgic and familiar reunion of the agreeable pair and is only for their fans.Atmospheric musical score is by the Italian musician Pino Donaggio.The motion picture is regularly directed by Terence Hill who also directed and interpreted Lucky Luke with similar approaching to this film.