Tuesday, August 13, 2024

RIP Sergio Donati

 

Farewell to screenwriter Sergio Donati, loved by Leone and Bellocchio. His 'Once upon a time in the west' and 'Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina'

He was 91 years old. Of his long adventure in cinema he had written the book "Once upon a time in the West, but I was there too"

la Repubblica

August 13, 2024

 

Farewell to Sergio Donati. The screenwriter – one of the most important in Italian cinema – died today in Mentana, in the province of Rome. His son Lorenzo gave the news to the Ansa agency. Born on April 13, 1933, in Rome, Donati had begun his career as a writer at a very young age, as a successful crime writer with the Mondadori Giallo series with L'Altra faccia della luna, Sepolcro di carta and Mister Sharkey torna a casa. He then became one of the great Italian screenwriters, author of over eighty films, including the famous spaghetti westerns by Sergio Leone with music by Ennio Morricone.

Sergio Donati's talent and creativity have marked the history of cinema with films such as Once Upon a Time in the West, Giù la Testa, but also Sbatti il Mostro in Prima Pagina by Marco Bellocchio, Il Giocattolo by Giuliano Montaldo, Casablanca Casablanca by Francesco Nuti, Il Conte Tacchia by Sergio Corbucci, Almost Blue by Alex Infascelli. Also appreciated abroad, he had collaborated with directors such as Michael Anderson, John Irvin and John Guillermin, he worked for Raw Deal with Arnold Schwarzenegger.

A long adventure in cinema that Donati had partly recounted in the book Once Upon a Time in the West, but I was there too.

DONATI, Sergio

Born: 4/13/1933, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Died: 8/13/2024, Mentana, Lazio, Italy

 

Dollars for a Fast Gun – 1965

For a Few Dollars More – 1965

The Big Gundown – 1966

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – 1966

Face to Face – 1967

Once Upon a Time in the West – 1968

The Ballad of Ben and Charlie – 1971

Duck You Sucker – 1971

Spaghetti Western – 1974

Buddy Goes West – 1981

They Call Me Renegade - 1984 

Colt (TV) – 1994 [TV series was never made]

North Star – 1996  

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