The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Clint Eastwood)
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Genre: Action
/ Adventure
/ Western
Tagline: For Three Men The Civil War
Wasn't Hell. It Was Practice!
Plot Outline: Three gunmen set out to
find a hidden fortune. Who will walk away with the cash?
The Good is Blondie, a wandering gunman with a strong
personal sense of honor. The Bad is Angel Eyes, a
sadistic hitman who always hits his mark. The Ugly is
Tuco, a Mexican bandit who's always only looking out for
himself. Against the backdrop of the Civil War, they
search for a fortune in gold buried in a graveyard. Each
knows only a portion of the gold's exact location, so for
the moment they're dependent on each other. However, none
are particularly inclined to share...
User Comments: Brutal, brilliant, and
one of the best Westerns ever made
User Rating:
8.9/10 (47,674
votes)
top 250: #8
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Eli
Wallach |
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Tuco |
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Clint
Eastwood |
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Blondie |
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Lee Van
Cleef |
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Sentenza/Angel Eyes |
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Aldo
Giuffrè |
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Alcoholic Union Captain |
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Luigi
Pistilli |
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Father Pablo Ramirez |
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Rada
Rassimov |
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Maria |
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Enzo
Petito |
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Storekeeper |
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Claudio
Scarchilli |
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Bounty Hunter in Ghost Town |
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John
Bartha |
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Sheriff (as John Bartho) |
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Livio
Lorenzon |
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Baker |
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Antonio
Casale |
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Jackson/Bill Carson |
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Sandro
Scarchilli |
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Deputy |
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Benito
Stefanelli |
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Member of Angel Eyes' Gang |
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Angelo
Novi |
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Monk |
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Antonio
Casas |
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Stevens |
Also Known As:
Bo, el lleig i el dolent, El (Spain: Catalan
title)
Bueno, el feo y el malo, El (Spain)
Due magnifici straccioni, I (Italy) (working
title)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (USA)
The Good, the Ugly, the Bad (USA) (literal English
title)
The Magnificent Rogues (UK)
Runtime: 161 min / France:186 min
(dubbed version) / Spain:182 min / UK:180 min
(re-release)
Country: Italy
/ Spain
Language: English
/ Italian
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Spain:13 /
USA:Approved (PCA #21520) /
Italy:VM14 /
Canada:A (Nova Scotia) (original rating) /
Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) (extended version)
(2003) /
Argentina:16 /
Australia:MA (re-rating on appeal) /
Australia:M (DVD rating) /
Australia:R (original rating) /
Canada:13+ (Quebec) (original rating) /
Canada:G (Quebec) (re-rating) (2003) /
Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) /
Chile:18 /
Finland:K-16 /
France:-16 (original rating) /
France:U (re-rating) /
Iceland:16 /
Ireland:15 (re-rating) /
Ireland:18 (original rating) /
New Zealand:M (video rating) /
New Zealand:R13 (Special Edition DVD) /
Norway:15 /
Singapore:PG /
South Korea:18 /
Sweden:15 /
UK:18 (video rating) (1986) /
UK:X (original rating) (cut) /
USA:M (re-rating) (1969) /
USA:R (re-rating) (1989) /
West Germany:16 /
Netherlands:12 (DVD rating)
Trivia: The trim on Confederate
soldiers' uniforms identified the type of unit they were
assigned to. Blue indicated infantry, gold cavalry and
red artillery. Most of the soldiers in the prison camp
wore historically accurate uniforms.
Goofs: Continuity: Tuco has Blondie
put his head through a noose and the way the rope is
looped around the roof beam changes after the cannonball
strike.
Quotes:
[first lines]
Stevens:
You're... from Baker... Tell Baker that I told him all
that I know already. Tell him I want to live in peace,
understand? That it's no use to go on tormenting me! I
know nothing at all about that case of coins. Now that
gold has disappeared, but if he'd listened, we could have
avoided this altogether. I went to the Army court; there
were no witnesses. They couldn't uncover any more. I
can't tell Baker what happened to the money; go back and
tell him that!
Awards: 1 win
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User Comments:
Brutal, brilliant, and one of the best Westerns ever
made, 16 April 2001
Author: MadReviewer
from Oldwick, NJ
A sprawling Western epic that follows the adventures
of three gunfighters looking for $200,000 in stolen gold,
Sergio Leone's `The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly' is a
masterpiece, one that continues to get better and better
with each viewing. In a way, it's a morality play,
weighing the consequences of good and evil, but it does
so in a realistic manner. Sometimes, crime does pay, at
least in the short term, and sometimes good does go
unrewarded. This film probably signaled the death knell
of the traditional John Wayne `White Hat/Black Hat'
Western.
The three main characters make the film. Lee Van Cleef
(`The Bad') is evil personified. Totally ruthless, he'll
do whatever it takes to get what he wants. Clint Eastwood
(`The Good') is the Man With No Name, not really `good'
in a traditional sense . . . but he has a certain sense
of honor and tries to do the right thing. (Watch the
scene when he gives a dying Confederate soldier a puff of
his cigar - powerful, and it sums up everything that the
Man With No Name is all about, without saying a single
word.) Eli Wallach (`The Ugly') is Tuco, and he's easily
the most complex - if not the best - character in the
film. All impulse and rage, Tuco spins wildly throughout
the movie, stealing, lying, pretending to be Clint
Eastwood's best friend in one scene, trying to kill him
in another - Tuco truly represents `the ugly' side of
people.
The movie is long, but there's not a wasted scene in the
film. Each one slowly lets the film unfold with a certain
style and grace, revealing more about each character and
what's going on. The pacing is incredible, as is the
direction - Sergio Leone manages to build a lot of
uncomfortable tension in the film, keeping the film from
ever getting predictable. Any typical Western
cliché that you can possibly think of is
either given a unique twist or utterly destroyed by
Leone's masterful storytelling. Of special mention is
Ennio Morricone's score, which is absolutely perfect. Two
scenes - one in a Union prison camp, one in the climatic
gunfight in the cemetery at the end of the film - are
amazing on their own, but they become absolutely
astonishing with combined with Morricone's powerful
score.
This movie is absolutely brilliant. If you haven't seen
it yet, I strongly urge to do so. Immediately. (And then,
go watch `Unforgiven' . . . in a way, I think that
`Unforgiven' is the sequel to `The Good, the Bad, and the
Ugly - it's the story of what eventually happened to the
Man With No Name.) `The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly' is
easily one of the best Westerns ever made. A++
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