Django (Django)

Django is the titular main protagonist in the 1966 legendary Italian spaghetti western Django and in its 1987 Italian spaghetti western Django Strikes Again and will be in a upcoming sequel.
In the first film, hes a former Union soldier turned drifter who drags a coffin in the first film, he becomes the new lover of a prostitute called María he saved after having been a widower. He then later gets involved in a conflict between Mexican Revolutionaries and Racist Red Shirts.
In the second film, hes a former gunslinger turned monk, wanting no violence anymore. But after hearing from his dying former love that he had a daughter, who had been kidnapped along with other children who are now working for a Belgian criminal slaver and arms dealer named El Diablo. Django gets guns and hunts down El Diablo and his private army.
Django is a popular figure in the spaghetti western genre appearing in many spaghetti westerns starring mostly as a main character, the most popular one being a slave named Django portrayed by Jamie Foxx. But however, this page will only focus on the Franco Nero (original) Django.
Like the article said moments ago, hes portrayed by Franco Nero but dubbed in English by Tony Russel.
==History==
===Django===
Django is a coffin dragging drifter who witnesses Red Shirts men attempting to kill a prostitute name María by crucifying her on a burning cross. Django kills them and saves María, taking her to a saloon in a ghost town. They meet Nathaniel, a bartender, and prostitutes. Nathaniel explains that the town is in a conflict against Mexican revolutionaries and Red shirts. Jackson and his men arrive at the saloon after sadistically killing mexican citizen to extract protection money. Django kills Jackson's men after they were harrassing the prostitutes. Jackson threats Django that he will come back with an army, he then leaves. Django then seduces María when she thanks him for his protection. The next day, Django is outside with his coffin, preparing for Jackson and his gang to come. Jackson then comes with a whole army. But Django reveals that inside the coffin was a machine gun, he then uses the machine gun to slaughter many of Jackson's men, forcing him and what's left of his army to run away. Django and Nathaniel then bury the corpses of Major Jackson's men, while doing that he visits the grave of his former love, who was killed by Major Jackson. But then, Hugo comes to the town and kills Major Jackson's spy, Django joins Hugo and the revolutions who he once saved in prison. Together, they steal Jackson's gold in his fort while driving in a horse cart and Miguel(Hugo's henchman) kills most ofJackson's men with Django machine gun while Django, Hugo and Ricardo(Hugo's henchman) steal the gold. They all escape after Jackson could kill them. Django asks if he can have half of the gold but Hugo promises that he will pay him once he is in power. Meanwhile, they celebrate in the saloon but however, a fight erupts between Django and Ricardo after Ricardo forced on María which results Ricardo accidently dying. Hugo  however, is not angry or anything, instead he allows him to spend his night with María. However Django chooses another prostitute, he uses her to distract the guards guarding the gold, he then steals the gold(in other words, betrays Hugo). Putting the gold in his coffin and loading it in a wagon and uses the machine gun as a diversion. He takes María with him after she beg him, they then escape together with the gold. Arriving at the bridge when they met first, Django tells María that they should part ways, but María begs him to forget the gold and start a new life together. María accidently fires the coffin and it falls to the quicksand. Django nearly drowns after trying to get the gold, María tries to save him but Hugo's men arrive after looking for them and injure María. Django abandones the gold and escapes the quicksand, Hugo orders Miguel to punish Django by crushing his hands very badly for being a thief. They then leave Django with badly crushed hands to Mexico. However they are all massacred by Major Jackson and his men. Luckily, Django and María return to the saloon, finding only Nathaniel, Django leaves María in the saloon and tells them, despite having crushed hands, that he has to kill Major Jackson to stop further bloodshed. Jackson arrives at the saloon learning that Django is waiting for him at Tombstone Cemetery and kills Nathaniel, but misses the chance to kill María. Django resting himself on the back of his former love's cross, pulls the trigger off the revolver with his teeth and rests it against the cross, just as Jackson's gang arrive. Believing that Django cannot make the sign of the cross with his mutilated hands, Jackson shoots the corners of Zaro's cross. Django then kills Jackson and his men by pushing the trigger against the cross and repeatedly pulling back the hammer. Leaving his pistol on Zaro's cross, Django staggers out of the cemetery, ready to start a new life with María.
===Django Strikes Again===
Due to the fact that there is not plot found, ill explain it as a synopsis. Twenty years later, the title character has left the violent life of a gunslinger to become a monk. Living in seclusion in a monastery, he wants no more of the violent actions he perpetrated. Suddenly, he learns from a dying former lover that some time ago he had a young daughter, who has been kidnapped along with other children who are now working for a ruthless Belgian criminal known as El Diablo (The Devil) Orlowsky, who is an arms dealer and slave trader. The children and other prisoners work in Orlowsky's mine, from which he hopes to get rich from the spoils. Determined to find his daughter and nail the bad guys, Django gets some arms and goes on the warpath against Orlowsky's private army.
==Personality==
Django was a calm man who lost his love after being killed by Jackson. But however, he is polite, brave and a selfless western hero who will always protect the people (mostly women) he cares. He's a philogynist who is always protective to women due to probably losing his former love or just how some men abuse women. Having fought for the North in the Civil War, Django makes it clear he does not stand for racism, showing contempt for Jackson because of this. However despite his good qualities, Django can also be a greedy, disloyal and a lethal gunslinger, as he betrays Hugo so he could get the gold himself. Rather than motivated by greed, Django explained to Maria he intended to use the gold to start a new life and put Django to rest, showcasing a more noble goal than others in the film. And just like all gunslingers, he kills his enemies and plots against his allies if he has to. Despite being lethal, he became a pacifist in the sequel, maybe due to the fact that he was tired of being violent. Overall, Django is a good hearted cowboy but also can be greedy and disloyal.
==Reception==
Django is one of (if not the most) popular spaghetti western figure of all time. He was such a success back then that appeared in 31 films. Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained is considered a tribute towards the original film and the character, even Franco Nero himself appears as a cameo in the film. 
==Gallery==
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==Trivia==
*The film was so popular in Germany that almost every Franco Nero western there, bears the "Django" name.
*His name is a reference to the jazz guitarast Django Reinhardt who had crippled hands.
*Mark Damon was originally considered for the role of Django.
*After filming ended, director Sergio Corbucci allegedly instructed Franco Nero to drag a coffin up a hill without turning around. By the time Nero reached the top, the filming crew had already disassembled the sets, packed their equipment and left the scene.
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