The 1966 Western Quentin Tarantino Called a “Revelation” Is Officially Streaming for Free
Sergio Corbucci's 1966 spaghetti Western Django, the film that made Quentin Tarantino call its director "the other Sergio" in tribute to Sergio Leone, is now streaming for free in the United States, according to Collider. The film has long been overshadowed by Leone's contemporaneous Dollars Trilogy, but has built a formidable cult reputation over the decades, helped considerably by Tarantino's outspoken admiration for both the film and its influence on his own work.
Django was released in 1966, timed to capitalise on the success of Leone's A Fistful of Dollars, and starred Franco Nero in the title role. Its violence proved instantly controversial: the film was effectively banned in the United Kingdom for a number of years and received only a limited release in the United States, which kept it relatively obscure at the time. It is now available to stream for free, expanding access to a film widely regarded as a landmark of the spaghetti Western genre.
- Corbucci's 1966 Western Django is streaming free in the US.
- Tarantino praises Corbucci as "the other Sergio" alongside Leone.
- Django was once banned in the UK and barely released in the US.