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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, Subtitled
Legendary superstar Clint Eastwood stars as the "man with no name" in this thrilling frontier adventure that bristles with intense action and towering performances. During the height of the Civil War, a mysterious gunman (Eastwood) roams the western frontier. He has no home, no loyalties and no companions...until he meets two strangers (Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef) who are as ruthless and detached as he is. Thrown together by fate, the three men join forces to track down a fortune in stolen gold. But teamwork doesn't come naturally to such strong-willed outlaws, and they soon discover that their greatest challenge may be to stay focused--and stay alive--in their bold, dangerous quest through a country ravaged by war. By far the most ambitious and influential western ever made, The Good, The Band And The Ugly is a rugged, hard-hitting adventure that forever altered the landscape of the genre. Contains the original theatrical trailer.
"Brilliant! Impressive! Overwhelming entertainment!" Boxoffice Magazine
"Long, funny and flamboyant...the quintessential spaghetti Western." Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
"Violent, exaggerated and beautifully crafted..." VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever
Editor's Note
Blondie (Clint Eastwood) and Tuco (Eli Wallach) are gunmen who admire each other professionally but dislike each other personally. Encountering a group of dying soldiers, Tuco learns the location of the graveyard where a Confederate treasure is buried, while Blondie learns the identity of the exact grave. Joined by mercenary drifter Angel Eyes (Lee Van Cleef), they cross the desert, each of the desperadoes knowing half the secret and each focusing his squinty eyes on the $200,000 bounty.In a classic that puts style above substance, Italian director Sergio Leone uses vivid Cinemascope imagery to depict a bleak and bloody American West in this final installment of his collaboration with Clint Eastwood in the Man with No Name Trilogy. A prototype for the so-called Spaghetti Western genre, the film solidified Eastwood's position as a major international star with his stoic, brooding presence. Cinematographer Tonino Delli Colli's stunning visuals are a match for the vivacious Ennio Morricone score, one of the most recognizable in all of cinema. Although the film was not released in the United States until 1967, it was produced and released internationally in 1966.
| Features | "Leone's West" Making Of Documentary | | "The Man Who Lost The Civil War" Documentary | | Audio Commentary By Film Historian Richard Schickle | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound; Italian Mono | | Collectible Postcards | | Deleted Scenes | | Digitally Remastered | | Extended 3 Hour Version | | Il Maestro: Ennio Morricone and The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Featurette On Composer Ennio Morricone | | Interactive Menus | | Poster Gallery | | Reconstructing The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Featurette On The Audio Re-recording | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin |
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Release Information
| | Studio: MGM |
| Release Date: 5/18/2004 |
| Running Time: 179 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1966 | | Catalog ID: 1006371 | | UPC: 00027616905727 | | Number of Discs: 2 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, Italian Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"...[A] wry portrait of monetary greed in which Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef one-up each other against a Civil War backdrop..." 02/06/1998 p.3DEntertainment Weekly
"...Sergio Leone's sublime spaghetti Western remains the balls-out joyride it was 34 years ago..." 01/11/2002 p.33 Premiere
"Leone took the western to a mythic pinnacle few could reach -- and few tried. But going back was no longer an option." 12/01/2003 p.10 Rolling Stone
"[E]very element of Sergio Leone's 1967 classic is riveting..." 06/24/2004 p.188 Uncut
"The third chapter in Sergio Leone's trilogy of Spanish-shot spaghetti westerns is the most ambitious..." 01/01/2005 p.83 Empire
"Leone's movies were raw, crazy and brutal, yet, thanks to his keen eye, beautiful....This film is Leone's breeziest." 09/01/2007 p.165 |
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5 of 5 Possibly the Best Western Ever Tuesday, June 12, 2007
A Viewer from Georgetown MA
The Good the Bad and the Ugly, directed by Sergio Leone, takes the useless and overdone cliches of other spaghetti westerns and creates art. This film is masterfully directed, by Leone who uses a combination of extreme close-ups and scenery shots, to tell the tale of Blondie, the famous man with no name, played by the immortal Clint Eastwood, and Tuco, played Eli Wallach, and their quest for lost Confederate gold.
This film is a perfect example of the director, the actors, and the music director working together flawlessly to instill in the viewer a sense of the period. The rugged, lonely musical scores studded throughout the film do not stand out from their respective scenes, but heighten their action to the extent that they have become inseparable from the film. If you are a fan of westerns, or simply want to watch a movie that will hold your attention, buy this movie and thank me later. Was this review helpful?  
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