# West and Soda > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/West_and_Soda > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/West_and_Soda.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_and_Soda > Source revision: 1341595324 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1965 Italian film West and Soda 2006 DVD cover Directed by Bruno Bozzetto Written by Bruno Bozzetto Attilio Giovannini Produced by Bruno Bozzetto Starring Nando Gazzolo Vittoria Febbi Carlo Romano Cinematography Luciano Marzetti Roberto Scarpa Music by Giampiero Boneschi Production company Cineriz Release date 1 October 1965 (1965-10-01) (Italy) Running time 86 minutes Country Italy Language Italian ***West and Soda*** (also known as *The West Way Out*) is a 1965 Italian animated [Western](/source/Western_film) [comedy film](/source/Comedy_film) directed by [Bruno Bozzetto](/source/Bruno_Bozzetto). It is a parody of the traditional American [Western](/source/Western_(genre)).[1] In an interview, Bozzetto claimed to have invented the [Spaghetti Western](/source/Spaghetti_Western) genre with this film, an achievement usually attributed to [Sergio Leone](/source/Sergio_Leone) with his *[A Fistful of Dollars](/source/A_Fistful_of_Dollars)* which was released the year before, but whose development started later and was faster than the traditionally animated *West and Soda*.[2] ## Plot The plot of the film follows the traditional stranger arriving in a small western town. The stranger finds a pretty woman holding out from selling her uniquely green land to the local big shot, who is harassing her in hope of seducing her/buying her land. There is an ongoing mystery about how the stranger got a hold of the gold nugget he possesses, though at the end of the film it is revealed that he found it in a soap box (it is fake). ## Cast Character Original English Johnny Nando Gazzolo Unknown Clementine Vittoria Febbi The Boss Carlo Romano Ursus Luigi Pavese Slim Willy Moser [it] Esmeralda Lydia Simoneschi The Boss's Horse Ferruccio Amendola ## DVD A [PAL](/source/PAL) [R2](/source/DVD_region_code) [DVD](/source/DVD) of the film has been released in Italy. It contains 40 minutes of extra material, including interviews, a completely restored version of the film as well as English subtitles. ## See also - [List of animated feature-length films](/source/List_of_animated_feature-length_films) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Bendazzi, Giannalberto (23 October 2015). [*Animation: A World History*](https://books.google.com/books?id=0azMCgAAQBAJ&q=Bruno+Bozzetto+mr+rossi&pg=PA216). CRC Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781317519911](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781317519911). Retrieved 20 March 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Iondini, Massimo (3 October 2015). ["Bozzetto: "Così ho inventato lo spaghetti western""](https://www.avvenire.it/agora/pagine/bozzetto-intervista) [Bozzetto: «So I invented spaghetti western»]. *[Avvenire](/source/Avvenire)* (in Italian). Milan. Retrieved 1 October 2019. ## External links - [Official website of Bruno Bozzetto Distribution](http://www.bozzetto.com/) - [*West and Soda*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144681/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Bruno Bozzetto Feature films West and Soda (1965) VIP my Brother Superman (1968) Allegro non troppo (1976) Mr. Rossi Looks for Happiness (1976) Mr. Rossi's Dreams (1977) Mr. Rossi's Vacation (1978) Under the Chinese Restaurant (1987) Short films Grasshoppers (1990) TV series The Spaghetti Family (2003) Character Mr. Rossi This 1960s Western film–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:1960s-Western-film-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3A1960s-Western-film-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1960s-Western-film-stub) This article about an animated film of the 1960s is a stub. 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