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Review for A Fistful of Dollars:
A Fistful of Dollars launched the spaghetti Western and catapulted Clint Eastwood to stardom. Based on Akira Kurosawa's 1961 samurai picture Yojimbo, it scored a resounding success (in Italy in 1964 and the U.S. in 1967), as did its sequels, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. The advertising campaign promoted Eastwood's character--laconic, amoral, dangerous--as the Man with No Name (though in the film he's clearly referred to as Joe), and audiences loved the movie's refreshing new take on the Western genre. Gone are the pieties about making the streets safe for women and children. Instead it's every man for himself. Striking, too, was a new emphasis on violence, with stylized, almost balletic gunfights and baroque touches such as Eastwood's armored breastplate. The Dollars films had a marked influence on the Hollywood Western--for example, Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch--but their most enduring legacy is Clint Eastwood himself. --Edward Buscombe
Review for The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly:
If you think of A Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More as the tasty appetizers in Sergio Leone's celebrated "Dollars" trilogy of Italian "Spaghetti" Westerns, then The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is a lavish full-course feast. Readily identified by the popular themes of its innovative score by Ennio Morricone (one of the bestselling soundtracks of all time), this cinematic milestone eclipsed its influential predecessors with a $1.2 million budget (considered extravagant in the mid-1960s), greater production values to accommodate Leone's epic vision of greed and betrayal, and a three-hour running time for its wide-ranging plot about the titular trio of mercenaries ("Good" Blondie played by rising star Clint Eastwood, "Bad" Angel Eyes played by Lee Van Cleef, and "Ugly" Tuco played by Eli Wallach) in a ruthless Civil War-era quest for $200,000 worth of buried Confederate gold. Virtually all of Leone's stylistic attributes can be found here in full fruition, from the constant inclusion of Roman Catholic iconography to a climactic circular shoot-out, along with Leone's trademark use of surreal landscapes, brilliant widescreen compositions and extreme close-ups of actors so intimate that they burn into the viewer's memory. And while some Leone fans may favor the more scaled-down action of For a Few Dollars More or the masterful grandiosity of Once Upon a Time in the West, it was The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly that cemented Leone's reputation as a world-class director with a singular vision. --Jeff Shannon
Review for Hang 'Em High
After starring in the now-legendary trilogy of spaghetti Westerns for Italian director Sergio Leone, Clint Eastwood became a box-office star and imported the style of those classic shoot-'em-ups for this 1967 Western directed by Ted Post, with whom Eastwood had worked during their days on the television series Rawhide. Eastwood plays an innocent rancher who is mistaken for a cattle rustler and sentenced to hang by an angry mob. When he is saved from the noose by a passing lawman, he embarks on a renegade campaign of vengeance against the men who attempted to lynch him. Hang 'Em High offers a number of memorable moments and stylistic flourishes, and features a superb supporting cast of Western veterans, including Ben Johnson, Ed Begley, Pat Hingle, Dennis Hopper, Bruce Dern, L.Q. Jones, and the "Skipper" himself, Alan Hale Jr. Made just three years before Dirty Harry, the film marked a turning point for Eastwood, who would soon move into a prolific period of contemporary thrillers. --Jeff Shannon
A Fistful of Dollars launched the spaghetti Western and catapulted Clint Eastwood to stardom. Based on Akira Kurosawa's 1961 samurai picture Yojimbo, it scored a resounding success (in Italy in 1964 and the U.S. in 1967), as did its sequels, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. The advertising campaign promoted Eastwood's character--laconic, amoral, dangerous--as the Man with No Name (though in the film he's clearly referred to as Joe), and audiences loved the movie's refreshing new take on the Western genre. Gone are the pieties about making the streets safe for women and children. Instead it's every man for himself. Striking, too, was a new emphasis on violence, with stylized, almost balletic gunfights and baroque touches such as Eastwood's armored breastplate. The Dollars films had a marked influence on the Hollywood Western--for example, Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch--but their most enduring legacy is Clint Eastwood himself. --Edward Buscombe
Review for The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly:
If you think of A Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More as the tasty appetizers in Sergio Leone's celebrated "Dollars" trilogy of Italian "Spaghetti" Westerns, then The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is a lavish full-course feast. Readily identified by the popular themes of its innovative score by Ennio Morricone (one of the bestselling soundtracks of all time), this cinematic milestone eclipsed its influential predecessors with a $1.2 million budget (considered extravagant in the mid-1960s), greater production values to accommodate Leone's epic vision of greed and betrayal, and a three-hour running time for its wide-ranging plot about the titular trio of mercenaries ("Good" Blondie played by rising star Clint Eastwood, "Bad" Angel Eyes played by Lee Van Cleef, and "Ugly" Tuco played by Eli Wallach) in a ruthless Civil War-era quest for $200,000 worth of buried Confederate gold. Virtually all of Leone's stylistic attributes can be found here in full fruition, from the constant inclusion of Roman Catholic iconography to a climactic circular shoot-out, along with Leone's trademark use of surreal landscapes, brilliant widescreen compositions and extreme close-ups of actors so intimate that they burn into the viewer's memory. And while some Leone fans may favor the more scaled-down action of For a Few Dollars More or the masterful grandiosity of Once Upon a Time in the West, it was The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly that cemented Leone's reputation as a world-class director with a singular vision. --Jeff Shannon
Review for Hang 'Em High
After starring in the now-legendary trilogy of spaghetti Westerns for Italian director Sergio Leone, Clint Eastwood became a box-office star and imported the style of those classic shoot-'em-ups for this 1967 Western directed by Ted Post, with whom Eastwood had worked during their days on the television series Rawhide. Eastwood plays an innocent rancher who is mistaken for a cattle rustler and sentenced to hang by an angry mob. When he is saved from the noose by a passing lawman, he embarks on a renegade campaign of vengeance against the men who attempted to lynch him. Hang 'Em High offers a number of memorable moments and stylistic flourishes, and features a superb supporting cast of Western veterans, including Ben Johnson, Ed Begley, Pat Hingle, Dennis Hopper, Bruce Dern, L.Q. Jones, and the "Skipper" himself, Alan Hale Jr. Made just three years before Dirty Harry, the film marked a turning point for Eastwood, who would soon move into a prolific period of contemporary thrillers. --Jeff Shannon
Product Description
A Fistfull Of Dollars
Clint Eastwood’s legendary “Man With No Name” makes his powerful debut in this thrilling, action-packed classic in which he manipulates two rival bands of smugglers and sets in motion a plan to destroy both in a series of brilliantly orchestrated setups, showdowns and deadly confrontations.
For A Few Dollars More
Oscar® Winner Clint Eastwood continues his trademark role in this second installment of the trilogy, this time squaring off with Indio, the territory’s most treacherous bandit. But his ruthless rival, Colonel Mortimer (Lee Van Cleef, High Noon), is determined to bring Indio in first...dead or alive!
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
The invincible “Man With No Name” (Eastwood) aligns himself with two gunslingers (Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach) to pursue 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 a country ravaged by war.
Hang 'Em High
They riddled him with bullets. They strung him up. They left him to die. But they made two fatal mistakes: they hanged the wrong man...and they didn't finish the job. In his first American-made western, Clint Eastwood indelibly carves his niche as the quintessential tough guycool-headed, iron-willed and unrelenting in his pursuit of revenge. Oklahoma, 1873. Jed Cooper (Eastwood), mistaken for a rustler and killer, is lynched on the spot by crooked lawman Captain Wilson (Ed Begley) and a rampaging band of vigilantes. But as Wilson and his gang flee the scene, there's one very important detail they've overlooked: Cooper is still alive! Out for justiceand vengeanceCooper takes on the job of deputy marshal...and, one by one, tracks down the nine men who "done him wrong."
Clint Eastwood’s legendary “Man With No Name” makes his powerful debut in this thrilling, action-packed classic in which he manipulates two rival bands of smugglers and sets in motion a plan to destroy both in a series of brilliantly orchestrated setups, showdowns and deadly confrontations.
For A Few Dollars More
Oscar® Winner Clint Eastwood continues his trademark role in this second installment of the trilogy, this time squaring off with Indio, the territory’s most treacherous bandit. But his ruthless rival, Colonel Mortimer (Lee Van Cleef, High Noon), is determined to bring Indio in first...dead or alive!
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
The invincible “Man With No Name” (Eastwood) aligns himself with two gunslingers (Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach) to pursue 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 a country ravaged by war.
Hang 'Em High
They riddled him with bullets. They strung him up. They left him to die. But they made two fatal mistakes: they hanged the wrong man...and they didn't finish the job. In his first American-made western, Clint Eastwood indelibly carves his niche as the quintessential tough guycool-headed, iron-willed and unrelenting in his pursuit of revenge. Oklahoma, 1873. Jed Cooper (Eastwood), mistaken for a rustler and killer, is lynched on the spot by crooked lawman Captain Wilson (Ed Begley) and a rampaging band of vigilantes. But as Wilson and his gang flee the scene, there's one very important detail they've overlooked: Cooper is still alive! Out for justiceand vengeanceCooper takes on the job of deputy marshal...and, one by one, tracks down the nine men who "done him wrong."
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82 of 82 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
An affordable set for casual Eastwood fans,
By Jimmy L. (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Clint Eastwood Star Collection (Fistful of Dollars / For A Few Dollars More / The Good, The Bad and The Ugly / Hang 'em High) (DVD)
The 4-movie "Clint Eastwood Collection" is a nice DVD set for the casual Eastwood fan or the Eastwood novice. Three of the four films are Sergio Leone's acclaimed "Dollars Trilogy" or "Man With No Name Trilogy". These Italian-produced films include A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS (1964), FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (1965), and THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (1966), all starring Clint Eastwood as a cigar-chomping wayward gunslinger. The fourth film in this set is HANG 'EM HIGH (1968).
* * * * * About the DVDs: The movies are packaged in a normal (clear) plastic keepcase, which is slipped into a cardboard box. The case holds all 4 discs (one for each film) on two double-sided hinged trays. A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS shares a tray with FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE, and the other two films share the second tray, one disc on each side. The discs themselves offer little else except the movies. Other than theatrical trailers, the only bonus feature in the set is an audio commentary for THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY. A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS (1964) and HANG 'EM HIGH (1968) come on double-sided discs, with the widescreen presentation on one side and the cropped fullscreen version on the other. The other two movies come on single-sided discs (widescreen format), with a picture on the top side. I've done research and found out that THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY is the new 178-minute version, featuring a few restored original scenes that were missing from English-language versions of the film and had to be dubbed in 2003 by the older actors. Although the box gives the running time of 161 minutes, the DVD version IS the 178-minute "restored" version. * * * * * About the films: Leone's "Dollars Trilogy" is pretty popular. Some of the classic "spaghetti westerns" of the 1960s, filmed without sound by Italian production companies and then dubbed in various languages for international release. The movies in the trilogy get bigger and better each time. FISTFUL OF DOLLARS has Eastwood as a mysterious poncho-wearing traveler who plays two rival families against each other in a small southwestern town. FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE has a poncho-clad Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef as mysterious bounty killers after the same man, a ruthless bandit who's escaped from prison. THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY, currently ranked #4 on IMdB's Top 250, follows three men (Eastwood, Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach) through the southwest during the Civil War in their search for buried gold. The movies are gritty and violent and full of expert gunslinging and epic showdowns. But they're also entertaining watches. (UGLY, in particular, is full of dark humor.) And the films include memorable scenes and feature Ennio Morricone's iconic music. I have not seen HANG 'EM HIGH (yet), but I understand that it is an American production and another one of Eastwood's classic westerns. * * * * * Conclusion: "The Clint Eastwood Collection" contains four of Eastwood's classic westerns, most notably the entire "Dollars Trilogy", and should make a nice gift for the casual Eastwood fan or the Eastwood beginner. But the DVDs don't offer anything special. I know each of the Leone movies has its own 2-disc DVD featuring audio commentaries and a second disc of bonus documentaries and featurettes. A true Eastwood collector might prefer the 2-disc DVDs, offered separately. But for someone on a budget, this affordable set contains four movies for the price (and space) of one. It's a pretty good set, as long as you understand what you're getting.
30 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: The Clint Eastwood Star Collection (Fistful of Dollars / For A Few Dollars More / The Good, The Bad and The Ugly / Hang 'em High) (DVD)
The three Spaghetti Westerns in this collection don't need additional reviews, since most folks are familiar with them. Hang'em High is just OK and nothing special. Please note that the cover of the box set states that the running time for The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is 161 minutes; however, this is not true. The actual running time of this film on this DVD set is 180 minutes, which apparently is the restored version of the original film. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly in this set is a 2.35:1 widescreen with excellent picture and sound quality and enhanced for the widescreen TVs. For a Few Dollars More is also a 2.35:1 widescreen, but it is not enhanced for widescreen TVs.
16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An inexpensive way to see these films,
This review is from: The Clint Eastwood Star Collection (Fistful of Dollars / For A Few Dollars More / The Good, The Bad and The Ugly / Hang 'em High) (DVD)
This set includes the following films:
A Fistful of Dollars (1964) For a Few Dollars More (1965) The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) Hang 'Em High (1968) The first three in the list are Eastwood's Sergio Leone Trilogy and come in two disc editions if you are up for something higher priced in The Sergio Leone Anthology (A Fistful Of Dollars / For A Few Dollars More / The Good, The Bad And The Ugly / Duck, You Sucker), and in single disc editions in The Man with No Name Trilogy (A Fistful of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly). Hang 'Em High is the film Eastwood did after the Sergio Leone films made him famous. He is a man who is hung for a theft he did not commit and who is rescued from death by a passing sheriff. Most of the remainder of the film is Eastwood's strong silent type tracking down the men who did him wrong. It is a good film, but not as strong as the Sergio Leone Trilogy, so you may or may not think this set is a good bargain. Since all of these films have been released before, that is probably the reason for the low price and for the fact that the films are on four discs instead of just two. This is the all too familiar boxset created by a repackaging of stock in these slim economic times that have become even slimmer for classic film releases.
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