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Features: DVD, Widescreen, French, Spanish, Subtitled, Trivia, Trailers
By far the most ambitious, unflinchingly graphic and stylistically influential western ever mounted, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is an engrossing actioner shot through with a volatile mix of myth and realism. Clint Eastwood returns as the invincible “Man With No Name,” this time teaming with two gunslingers to pursue a cache of $200,000 – and letting no one, not even warring factions in a civil war, stand in their way. From sun-drenched panoramas to bold, hard closeups, exceptional camera work captures the beauty and cruelty of the barren landscape and the hardened characters who stride unwaveringly through it. Forging a vibrant and yet detached style of action that had not been seen before, and has never been matched since, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly shatters the western mold in true Clint Eastwood style.
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 | Audio: English Dolby Digital (5.1); French, Spanish Dolby Digital Stereo | | Scene Selections | | Widescreen Presentation | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Production Notes | | Theatrical Trailer | | Dual Layer | | Interactive Menus | | 14 Minutes of Never-Before-Seen Footage | | Trivia |
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Release Information
| | Studio: MGM |
| Release Date: 5/12/2009 |
| Running Time: 161 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1966 | | Catalog ID: 109152 | | UPC: 00027616672926 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC] | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 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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