This photo shoot, using the contrast of a cowboy in
an old city like Rome, was made to promote the "Lucky
Luke" film and TV series.
Lucky Luke is the cowboy who shoots faster than his shadow.
The original character was brought to life in Belgium in 1946,
by Maurice de Bévère (Morris) and René
Goscinny, soon becoming the most popular comic-strip cowboy
in Europe.
In 1990, Morris agreed to the idea of adapting Lucky Luke
as a film and TV series, starring Terence as the clever cowboy.
After scouting for a location, Terence decided that the right
place to film would be in New Mexico (where he also shot "My
Name is Nobody" in 1973) on the western movie set "Bonanza
Creek Ranch", where Italian art director Piero Filippone
rebuilt the village of Daisy Town in the middle of the desert.
The movie "Lucky Luke" was shown in European movie
theaters and 9 episodes were made for Italian television.
Terence:"We worked for three years because due to the
weather conditions, we can film only 5 months out of a year
in Santa Fé. I enjoyed making this film because it
gave me the opportunity to play the role of a cowboy again!"
Terence directed the film and some of the episodes made for
TV, other parts were directed by R. Schlesinger and Ted Nicolau.
Lucky Luke is the sheriff of a quiet village called Daisy
Town. His "talking" horse Jolly Jumper gives him
suggestions and is a great philosopher as well as a great
chess player! A gang of outlaws called "The Daltons"
is always in search of a bank to rob and causing trouble,
which Lucky Luke has to solve.
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