The Good, The Bad and the Ugly [Blu-ray]

Director: Sergio Leone Sergio Leone

Overview

In the last and the best installment of his so-called "Dollars" trilogy of Sergio Leone-directed "spaghetti westerns," Clint Eastwood reprised the role of a taciturn, enigmatic loner. Here he searches for a cache of stolen gold against rivals the Bad (Lee Van Cleef), a ruthless bounty hunter, and the Ugly (Eli Wallach), a Mexican bandit. Though dubbed "the Good," Eastwood's character is not much better than his opponents -- he is just smarter and shoots faster. The film's title reveals its ironic attitude toward the canonized heroes of the classical western. "The real West was the world of violence, fear, and brutal instincts," claimed Leone. "In pursuit of profit there is no such thing as good and evil, generosity or deviousness; everything depends on chance, and not the best wins but the luckiest." Immensely entertaining and beautifully shot in Techniscope by Tonino Delli Colli, the movie is a virtually definitive "spaghetti western," rivaled only by Leone's own Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). The main musical theme by Ennio Morricone hit #1 on the British pop charts. Originally released in Italy at 177 minutes, the movie was later cut for its international release.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/06/2023
UPC:	0738329263027
Original Release:	1966
Rating:	R
Source:	Kl Studio Classics
Language:	English
Time:	2:42:00
Sales rank:	1,651

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Clint Eastwood	Blondas
Eli Wallach	Tuco
Lee Van Cleef	"Anielskie Oczka"
Luigi Pistilli	Ojciec Pablo Ramirez
Rada Rassimov	Maria
Mario Brega	Kapral Wallace
Claudio Scarchilli	Meksyka¿ski robotnik rolny,Actor
Enzo Petito	Sprzedawca
Livio Lorenzon	Actor
Antonio Casale	Jackson / Bill Carson
Benito Stefanelli	Actor
Angelo Novi	Actor
Antonio Casas	Actor
John Bartha	Actor
Chelo Alonso	Actor
Aldo Sambrell	Actor
Aldo Giuffrè	Kapitan Clinton
Al Mulock	One-Armed Bounty Hunter
Antonio Molino Rojo	Capt. Harper
Sergio Mendizábal	Blonde Bounty Hunter
Lorenzo Robledo	Clem
Richard Alagich	Soldato Unione all'Arresto
Fortunato Arena	1st Sombrero Onlooker at Tuco's 1st Hanging
Román Ariznavarreta	Bounty Hunter
Silvana Bacci	Messicana con Biondo
Joseph Bradley	Old Soldier
Amerigo Castrighella	2nd Sombrero Onlooker at Tuco's 1st Hanging
Frank Braña	Bounty Hunter #2
Saturno Cerra	Bounty Hunter
Claudio Scarchelli	Actor
Lee van Cleefe	Actor
Aldo Giuffre	Actor
Ennio Morricone	Composer

Technical Credits

Sergio Leone

Luciano Vincenzoni

Furio Scarpelli

Agenore Incrocci

Mickey Knox

Sergio Leone	Director,Screenwriter
Luciano Vincenzoni	Screenwriter
Furio Scarpelli	Screenwriter
Agenore Incrocci	Screenwriter
Alberto Grimaldi	Producer
Eros Bacciucchi	Special Effects
Mickey Knox	Screenwriter
John Landis	Stunts
James Alfaro	Sound Effects
Vittorio De Sisti	Sound Effects
Bob Lacivita	Sound Effects
Preston Martin	Sound Effects
Elio Pacella	Sound Effects
Gonzalo Gavira	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

The last and grandest film in the "Dollars" trilogy, Sergio Leone's The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (1966) is actually a prequel, featuring Clint Eastwood's serape-less Blondie in a search for stolen gold during the Civil War. While the titular trio's quest seems simple, Leone renders the proceedings epic through the constant intrusions of a chaotic, war-torn universe. Rather than an ideal space, Leone's widescreen desiccated western landscape is a harsh environment ruled by brutality, but, as Eastwood's ironically labeled "Good" affirms upon witnessing a fruitless military battle, state-sanctioned bloodshed is even more destructive than individual venality. Still, Blondie's dry wit and Eli Wallach's buffoonish "Ugly" inject the violence with dark humor, while Ennio Morricone's famed score alternates between stately and tongue-in-cheek. In a final shootout set in an enormous circular cemetery and composed of extreme close-ups of the three leads, Leone sends Eastwood's Man With No Name out on a properly operatic yet wry note. The "good" triumphs, but, in Leone's West, it's all relative. Greeted with critical disdain for its stylistic flourishes and sadism, The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly became a hit, and Leone's artistic influence can be seen from Eastwood's directorial work to John Woo's action theatrics.