Tanner Beard
Just got word that
Tanner Beard, who co-starred in and wrote and directed the excellent Western LEGEND
OF HELL’S GATE (read my review HERE
; read my interview with
Tanner Beard HERE ),
is in the stomping grounds of Leone
and Corbucci and Solima – all the greatest Sergios -- making his second Western, ‘SIX BULLETS TO
HELL!’ or ‘¡SEIS BALAS AL INFIERNO!’
Russell Cummings
Tanner tells me, “It’s a throw-back to
the old Spaghetti Westerns in the vein of the original DJANGO or A FEW DOLLARS
MORE. We're shooting on the sets of
those films and where they also shot THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY and ONCE UPON
A TIME IN THE WEST, along with countless others here in Tabernas and Almería, Spain.”
Nalia Ma and Antonio Mayans
Interestingly, the inception of this
film can be traced back to a festival last year, on those very locations. Executive producer Danny Garcia tells me, “The
script is co-written by Chip Baker and Jose L. Villanueva, and the first
contact between us and Tanner happened at the last edition of the Almeria
Western Film Festival, where Tanner won the audience prize with THE LEGEND OF
HELL’S GATE. We used Mini Hollywood (the
set built by Leone for the film FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE) and Fort Bravo (used in
hundreds of Spaghetti Westerns as well: DEATH RIDES A HORSE, BLINDMAN, CHATO’S
LAND, etc.) and we shot in the desert of Tabernas and the mountains of Abla for
the epic final duel.”
Aaron Stielstra
Tanner gave me a quick run-down of
some of the international cast and crew.
He’s joined by a pair of compatriots from HELL’S GATE, Ken Luckey
and Russell Cummings; Russell is co-directing with Tanner, and Ken is associate
producing. “The cast and crew is made up
of people from all over the world, so that's been crazy to have so many
languages on set, but very cool.” Among
them is British Crispian Belrage, who was seen in last year’s Western WEST OF
THUNDER as well as THE DONNER PARTY. Beautiful Magda Rodriguez was just in FAST
& FURIOUS 6. Also lending his
sinister presence in Aaron
Stielstra, who
was chilling as the villainous lead in the remarkable THE SCARLET WORM (read me
review HERE ). Spaniard Norberto Morán was seen in the most
recent PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN film, as well as LUCKY LUKE AND THE DALTONS (2004).
Son of a bitch brothers -- Domingo Beltran Sanchez
and Danny Garcia
And to give the movie some serious
spaghetti western street cred (range cred?
trail cred? ), the cast also includes Antonio
Mayans, whose Western credits include the Mexican-shot GUNFIGHTERS OF CASA
GRANDE (1964 directed by Roy Rowland from a Borden Chase script); and the
Spanish-located DAKOTA JOE (1968), MORE DOLLARS FOR THE MACGREGORS (1970 -
starring Peter Lee Lawrence), A TOWN CALLED HELL (1971- starring Robert Shaw
and Telly Savalas), CALL OF THE WILD (1972 – starring Charlton Heston), DEADLY
TRACKERS (1973 – starring Richard Harris and Rod Taylor), and DALLAS (1975 –
starring Anthon Steffan).
Chris Bell
Chip Baker Films
sounds very American, but it’s actually a Spanish company, and their previous
films, documentaries, will be of particular interest to the rock and rollers
among you: THE RISE AND FALL OF ‘THE CLASH’, and LOOKING FOR JOHNNY, about the
life and mysterious death of celebrated guitarist Johnny Thunders. Sharing exec producer duties with Tanner and
Danny is Cesar Mendez, from Chip Baker Films and the Almeria Western Film
Festival. Stand by – I’ll have more
details very soon!
THE WRAP-UP
That's gonna have to do it, pards. Between trying to finish a script, and acting in a play -- three performances so far, and six more to go -- I'm kinda fried. Have a great week! Coming soon -- my review of the two-part opener for season three of HELL ON WHEELS! Here's a teaser!
Happy trails,
Henry
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