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| Directed by | Alex Cox |
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| Based on | Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot! by Giulio Questi |
| Produced by | Eric Fellner |
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| Cinematography | Tom Richmond |
| Edited by | David Martin |
| Music by | Pray for Rain |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | US$1,000,000 (estimated) |
| Box office | $210,200 |
Straight to Hell is a 1987 independent action comedy film directed by Alex Cox and starring Sy Richardson, Joe Strummer (frontman of the Clash), Dick Rude, and Courtney Love. The film also features cameos by Dennis Hopper, Grace Jones, Elvis Costello, Edward Tudor-Pole, Kathy Burke, and Jim Jarmusch. Band members of the Pogues, Amazulu, and the Circle Jerks are also featured in the film. The film borrows its title from the Clash's 1982 song of the same name.
The film has been called a parody of Spaghetti Westerns,[1] and concerns a gang of criminals who become stranded in the desert, where they stumble upon a surreal Western town full of coffee-addicted killers. The film is loosely based on Giulio Questi's Spaghetti Western film Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot! (1967), which Cox was given permission to adapt.[2]
Straight to Hell received few positive reviews upon release, and was not a commercial success, although it later gained a cult film status.[3] A soundtrack, including music by some of the musician/actors who starred in the film, was also released. On 14 December 2010, an extended cut of the film, titled Straight to Hell Returns, was released on DVD, featuring additional footage and digitally enhanced picture quality.[4] This version of the film, under the collaboration of Alex Cox, was also screened at several cinemas as part of a midnight movie theatrical run.
- ^ Donaghy, Gerry (26 September 2009). "From Liverpool to Cinecitta". Powell's Books. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
One such filmmaker is Alex Cox, director of Repo Man and Sid and Nancy. In 1987 he made his own Spaghetti Western pastiche Straight to Hell, and, more recently, has written an assessment of the genre in 10,000 Ways to Die. To this task, Cox brings a lifelong appreciation of all Westerns, as well as experience behind the camera, both of which give him a unique perspective to the genre.
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- ^ "STRAIGHT TO HELL RETURNS". Alex Cox Official Website. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2011.