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  • BandSAboutMovies14 December 2021
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    Also known as Pistoleiros de Trinity, Go Away! Trinity Has Arrived in Eldorado, Stay Away from Trinity... When He Comes to Eldorado and Trinity in Eldorado, this stars Stan Cooper (AKA Stelvio Rosi, The Hanging Woman, Something Creeping in the Dark) and Gordon Mitchell (a man so into the Italian Western industry he was paid with a Western town of his own that other movies were fllmed at) as some criminals who decide to rob Mexican general El Dorado (Craig Hill, The Bloodstained Shadow).

    So yeah, the signature on the movie may be Dick Spitfire, who is really Diego Spataro, but this is all the show of Joe D'Amato, who also was the cinematographer under his real name of Aristide Massaccesi. Supposedly, D'Amato was embarrassed by the material - other stories are that he didn't want directors to think he was coming for their jobs and he wanted to keep on being a cinematographer - so he asked Spataro, who was producing, to use his name.

    If that's not enough to get you to watch, Erika Blanc briefly appears. There are also card tricks!
  • The curious matter was the inverted names according to each version: in Italy, Trinity is the village (probably due to copyright problems with Terence Hill's character with that name) and Eldorado is the man, in foreign editions, Trinity is the man and Eldorado is the village (matching the main plot of Terence Hill's one). Anyway, D'Amato was a trash-virtuoso and, of course, knew all about making it cheap and funny at the same time. A real jurassic and quite rare example of Italian b-art of the 70s. Must see.
  • Inferior Pasta Western shot in Italy with silly and ridiculous characters who mercelessly seek for robbing a wealthy and bizarre character . Being a plain demonstration of the confrontation among main roles who hold a large number of betrayal , antics , crosses and double-crosses among them. Ordinary performances without very recognizable top-notch stars . Stars Jonathan Duke (Gordon Mitchell) and his buddy conjurer Carter (Stevio Rosi) acting as petty crooks who move from town to town to make a living by cheating and selling an alleged miracle water . After several unsuccessful fraud attempts , the duo once again fell on their noses with their everyday frauds , the two cheaters move towards Trinità . A small community in which Eldorado subjugates the inhabitants who deal him like a God and he has a considerable and swindled fortune through his tyranny . Of course , Duke and conjuror Carter are eager to take possession of these riches from Eldorado (Craig Hill) . For this purpose , they need the help of Eldorado's niece Juanita (Daniela Giordano) , who supports to smuggle Carter disguised as a magician into Eldorado's domicile .

    A deservedly obscure Spaghetti , one of the subsequents from the ¨Golden Age¨ and arguably in comical style grouped as Ravioli Western , being marked by a fun and entertaining style with no minimum aspiration , following the ¨Faglioli¨ sub-genre wake , whose main representation was Terence Hill , Bud Spencer 's ¨Trinity is my name¨ and its sequel Enzo Barboni's ¨Trinity Is Still My Name¨. The already modest story degenerates into mayhem , confusion and embarrassing events , which also makes accessibility much more difficult . Picture quality is really ridiculous , with plenty of hilarious situations , plot twists , slapdash , slapstick, crosses and double-crosses. This silly Ravioli Western results to be undemanding flick , packing misinterpretation , thrills , shootouts , noisy action , mud struggles , humor with tongue-in-cheek and disconcerting riding pursuits . A spoof Spaghetti Western with countless anti-jokes , as many saloon brawls as possible are provoked , starring a pair of crooks : con man Jonathan Duke and his partner Sebastian Carter teaming up with Ringo and his gang to rob the Mexican general Eldorado which draw their ambitions from similar Spencer/Hill films , that were becoming increasingly popular at the time . By the way , the brawls were mainly photographed in half-shots and seem very hectic , so that on the one hand I have doubts whether the responsible director who gave the chaotic beating instructions or he just let them do it . On the other hand, the aforementioned hustle and bustle can of course be explained by the fact that those responsible reduced the usual 24 frames per second to 20 images and therefore triggered the vehement turbulence . Stars three peculiar protagonists who interpreted a lot of Westerns , such as : Stelvio Rosi as Stan Cooper playing the rogue prestigitator , as he performed : ¨More Dollars for the McGregor¨, ¨You're Jinxed, Friend, You've Met Sacremento¨, ¨The Great Treasure Hunt¨ ; while Gordon Mitchell was habitual in Peplum and Pasta genre along the 60's and 70's and whose offerings were further down the credits list in the "spaghetti western" category , staying true to the country that made him a star , such as ¨Three bullets for Ringo¨ (1966), ¨Uccidi o muori¨ (1966) (Kill or Be Killed), ¨È mezzanotte... butta giù il cadavere¨ (1966), ¨Nato per uccidere¨ (1967), ¨Rita in the West¨ (1967), ¨Bersaglio mobile¨ (1967), ¨John, il bastardo¨ (1967) , ¨Django and Sartana¨ (1970), ¨Inginocchiati straniero... I cadaveri non fanno ombra!¨ (1970), ¨Se t'incontro t'ammazzo¨ (1971), ¨Nevada Kid¨ (1971), ¨Giù le mani... carogna!¨ (Django Story) , among others ; and specially Craig Hill as the interval clown Eldorado , a great astonishment of a role , he began acting in thrillers , later moving onto the Western genre , where he found his niche . As Craig Hill played a lot of Spaghetti , his first Western was ¨Hands of a Gunfighter" or ¨Ocaso De Un Pistolero¨ , he went on playing : "Seven Pistols for a Massacre" , "Rick and John¨ , ¨Conquerors of the West¨ , ¨Bounty hunter¨ , "I Want Him Dead" , "Fifteen Scaffolds for the Killer" , "Three Crosses of Death" , ¨Bury Them Deep¨, "I want him dead¨, and ¨The Crows Will Dig Your Grave" .

    In addition , an effortless and catchy composition by Chiaramello , reminiscent of the soundtrack tone from Guido and Maurizio de Angelis alias Oliver Onions . The credits name Dick Spitfire as director , but the extent to which he contributed to the staging responsibility can only be speculated and behind this name hides who produced some Demofilo Fidani films , but I think Joe D'Amato was definitely behind the camera. Joe used his real name for screenplay and cinematography roles, but worked under many aliases .This artisan was a prolific cameraman/writer/producer/director who made all kinds of genres . His first directing work was this 1972's low-budget Scansati... a Trinità arriva Eldorado (1972), co-directed by Diego Spataro, under the pseudonym Dick Spitfire , but it was a commercial failure . As he directed hardcore , soft-core, erotic films starring Laura Gemser, such as : Emmanuel and francois (1975), Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals (1977), Emanuelle in América (1977), Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade (1978), Erotic Nights of the Living dead , L'alcova (1985) . Gialli and Terror movies : Gomia , Hitcher in the dark , Death Smiles on a Murderer , Buio Omega. Spaghetti Western : Scansati... a Trinità arriva Eldorado , Giubbe rosse . Scifi and Sword-witchery : Ator , Ator l'invincibile, Ator 3 , 2020 Texas Rangers , Bronx Endgame, and many others . Rating 3.5/10 . This is a shaken cocktail with no interest , if you are still willing to face the film, you should be prepared in advance for an uncoordinated as well as extremely tormenting and exhausting flick with oulandish and embarring happenings.
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    TRINITY IN ELDORADO is the debut feature for trash director Joe D'Amato, who wisely decides to go incognito while the direction is credited to one 'Dick Spitfire' (!). It's an entirely cheap and trashy spaghetti western comedy that feels as though it has been made in the Spencer/Hill mould, with a couple of ne'er-do-well characters getting involved with bandits and a bid to steal their loot. There's no seriousness here at all and little action (apart from a muddy fight at the climax), but the emphasis is on magic tricks and the chasing around of scantily-clad women (the hero's girlfriend's name is Pussy, leading to lots of ARE YOU BEING SERVED? style innuendo). This film's sole saving grace is the great Gordon Mitchell, playing the co-star; he's a wonderfully larger than life presence, as always, so it's a pity that the rest of the picture is so slapdash and silly.
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    In spite of what Joe D'amato may feel about his own work this is one of the *best* of the later period Spaghetti Westerns, and sort of the archetype example for a body of work churned out in an astonishingly short period of time for little or no money. The real force of influence in this movie is probably co-star Gordon Mitchell, who in 1970 or so with his own money, time & effort built an ingenious group of sets that were re-used again and again to make about three dozen ultra low budget Italian Westerns between 1970 and 1972.

    The movies all look similar, make use of the same stock group of actors & technical people, and exist as a remarkable example of how you CAN make movies for literally pennies that were worth sitting through more than once. You can tell that a given film is one of the pack when you start to recognize the distinctive curved shaped boards on a certain structure, which when filmed from one angle would serve as a livery stable, from another a saloon or bank. Because the sets & props already existed, all a given filmmaker would have to do is decide what would take place and who would act out the roles. And for a few thousand dollars they would make a movie.

    This is one of the best, an amusing story that pits a con man (Stan Cooper from THE HANGING WOMAN, who is excellent) against a ruthless Bandito kingpin & his gang of very colorfully costumed Pistoleros. Like Gianni Garko's famous Sartana character, Cooper's hero does not quick draw his way out of trouble but has to scheme, put elaborate plans into effect and make sure that he is the one directing the game. He is always a step or two ahead of everybody else, even catching the film's gorgeous Senorita in the act of removing her clothing & acting like a perfect gentlemen while enjoying the show.

    And what a show it is: This is a Spaghetti Western that had a magic consultant, as Cooper pulls rabbits from hats and flips off card tricks with a blasé smirk on his face that is absolutely perfect. The film even opens with an amusing appropriation of the good old Magic Elixer con from Danny Kaye's THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, and is a light hearted, breezy romp rather than a brooding, revenge oriented Euro Western like D'amato's A BOUNTY KILLER FOR TRINITY. Which was made at roughly the same time & again with the same sets etc, and likewise helped by the ultra low budget of the production.

    TRINITY IN ELDORADO (which has nothing to do with the Bud Spencer/Terence Hill films, by the way) also has one of the finest folk/guitar soundtracks I've had the pleasure to hear courtesy of Giancarlo Chiaramello, and is a pleasure just to listen to, as long as he stays away from the heavy metal riffs. The leads are fabulous, the color photography right out of a comic book, all of it propelled along by the bouncy music ... That there is actually a very cunning story driving it all is just a bonus, and really is one of the most enjoyable later period Spaghetti Westerns.

    7/10