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Rating: PG-13 (some intense action violence) Length: 110 minutes |
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Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) |
Audio |
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 2.0 FRENCH: Dolby Digital 2.0 |
Captions |
English, Spanish |
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Plot |
This is the first spaghetti western that Eastwood starred in ("For a Few Dollars More" and " The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" are the other two). Clint strolls into a small Mexican town that has two feuding families running it; the Rojo's who deal in liquor and the Baxter's who deal in guns. He plays both of them off each other to make a little money.
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Pros |
The first twenty minutes sets the stage even though they apparently can't tell the difference between a horse and a mule. Clint is only out for a buck but shows that he's also not such a bad guy himself. |
Cons |
Don't stare at the actor's mouths when they're talking, some of the dubbing is very bad. All the actors spoke in their native tongue and then the film was dubbed into English. Parts of the extras were also included on "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" two-disc set. |
Extras |
- Audio Commentary By Noted Film Historian Sir Christopher Frayling
- "A New Kind of Hero" Featurette
- "A Few Weeks In Spain": Clint Eastwood on the Experience of Making the Film
- "The Voice": Three Friends Remember Sergio Leone
- "Not Really For Primetime": Renownd Filmmaker Monte Hellman Discusses The Television Broadcast of "A Fistful of Dollars"
- "The Network Prologue" With Harry Dean Stanton
- "Location Comparisons Then to Now": Film Clips Intercut With Current Footage of the Location Used
- 10 Radio Spots
- Double-Bill Trailer
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Recommendation |
Of the three "Spaghetti" westerns staring Eastwood, it's a lot more "fun" than the other two but the story isn't as strong. If you're a Clint Eastwood fan, this is a must. |
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Actors |
- Mario Brega - Chico
- [My Name Is Nobody]
- José Calvo - Silvanito
- Bruno Carotenuto - Antonio Baxter
- Clint Eastwood - Joe
- [Absolute Power, Blood Work, The Dead Pool, Dirty Harry, The Enforcer, Escape from Alcatraz, Firefox, For a Few Dollars More, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, Hang 'Em High, Heartbreak Ridge, High Plains Drifter, Joe Kidd, Kelly's Heroes, Magnum Force, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Pale Rider, The Rookie, Space Cowboys, Sudden Impact, Tightrope, Two Mules For Sister Sara, Unforgiven, Where Eagles Dare]
- Joseph Egger - Piripero
- [For A Few Dollars More]
- Marianne Koch - Marisol
- Margarita Lozano - Consuelo Baxter
- Wolfgang Lukschy - John Baxter
- Daniel Martín - Julián
- Antonio Prieto - Don Miguel Rojo
- Sieghardt Rupp - Esteban Rojo
- Aldo Sambrell - Rojo gang member
- Benito Stefanelli - Rubio
- [For A Few Dollars More, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, My Name Is Nobody]
- Gian Maria Volontè - Ramón Rojo
- [For A Few Dollars More]
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