West and Soda

West and soda (also known as The West Way Out) is a 1965 traditionally animated Italian feature film directed by Bruno Bozzetto. It is a parody of the traditional American Western.
In an interview, Bozzetto claimed to have invented the Spaghetti Western genre with this film, an achievement usually attributed to Sergio Leone with his 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.
==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 	Unknown
The Boss 	Carlo Romano 	Unknown
Ursus 	Luigi Pavese 	Unknown
Slim 	Willy Moser 	Daws Butler
Esmeralda 	Lydia Simoneschi 	Unknown
The Boss's Horse	Ferruccio Amendola	Unknown
==DVD==
A PAL R2 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
==References==
==External links==
* Official website
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Category:1965 films
Category:1965 animated films
Category:1965 comedy films
Category:1960s Western (genre) comedy films
Category:1960s parody films
Category:Films directed by Bruno Bozzetto
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Category:Italian animated films
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