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Contains the three great Clint Eastwood Spaghetti Westerns: A Fistful Of Dollars; For A Few Dollars More and The Good, The Bad And The Ugly as well as Hang 'Em High.
Sergio Leone's trilogy of operatic spaghetti Westerns with Clint Eastwood made the former TV star into an international sensation as the scraggly, silent Man with No Name, a wandering rogue with a scheming mind and a sense of humour drier than the dusty, wind-scoured desert. With A Fistful of Dollars, a blatant rip-off of Kurosawa's cynical samurai hit Yojimbo, Leone transforms the Western hero into a crafty mercenary. The follow-up, For a Few Dollars More, teams Eastwood up in an uneasy alliance with Lee Van Cleef in a tale of revenge, but the masterpiece of the set is The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, an epic scramble for buried gold set against the violence of the Civil War. In this film good is a relative term as three criminals make a series of tenuous partnerships broken in double-crosses and betrayals in Leone's epic vision of the American southwest as endless deserts and clapboard towns infested with gunmen. This was a new kind of Western: cynical, violent, stylish, and austere. Eastwood's rough face and squinting eyes fill the widescreen frame in massive close-ups while Leone stages action in bold compositions on empty streets and stark landscapes. The guns ring out in cartoonish exaggeration, and the music, an eclectic, electric mix of buzzing guitar, human voice, and harmonica by Ennio Morricone, sets the whole thing in a world pitched between myth and modernity. Leone's shot-in-Spain trilogy ushered in a flood of Italian spaghetti Westerns, but none hold a candle to Leone's stylish classics. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com
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, LQ 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, Amazon.com
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A Fistful Of Dollars
The first of the ‘spaghetti westerns’, A Fistful Of Dollars became an instant cult hit and launched the film careers of Italian writer-director Sergio Leone, and a little known American television actor named Clint Eastwood. As the lean, cold eyed cobra-quick gunfighter, Clint became the first of the ‘anti heroes’. A Fistful Of Dollars is the western taken to the extreme – with unremitting violence, gritty realism, tongue-in-cheek humour and striking visuals. For A Few Dollars More
A Fistful of Dollars had proven so successful that a sequel was inevitable. The superbly scripted For A Few Dollars More tells the tale of a ruthless quest to track down the notorious bandit El Indio, played by Gian Maria Volonte, by an unforgettable alliance between ruthless gun-slingers Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef. Sergio Leone’s direction is both violent and operatic and Ennio Morricone’s atmospheric score keeps the tension taut as the action moves from jail breaks and hold ups to spectacular gun battles. The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
In the third of Eastwood’s spaghetti trilogy, director Sergio Leone substitutes the upright puritan Protestant ethos, so familiar in Hollywood westerns, for a seedy cynical standpoint towards death and morality. The complex plot of bloodshed and betrayal winds its way through the American Civil War following a team of brutal bandits battling to unearth a fortune buried beneath an unmarked grave, and boasts a fine Ennio Morricone score featuring a main theme that reached No.1 in the world’s pop charts. 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 guy – cool-headed, iron-willed and unrelenting in the pursuit of revenge.
The first of the ‘spaghetti westerns’, A Fistful Of Dollars became an instant cult hit and launched the film careers of Italian writer-director Sergio Leone, and a little known American television actor named Clint Eastwood. As the lean, cold eyed cobra-quick gunfighter, Clint became the first of the ‘anti heroes’. A Fistful Of Dollars is the western taken to the extreme – with unremitting violence, gritty realism, tongue-in-cheek humour and striking visuals. For A Few Dollars More
A Fistful of Dollars had proven so successful that a sequel was inevitable. The superbly scripted For A Few Dollars More tells the tale of a ruthless quest to track down the notorious bandit El Indio, played by Gian Maria Volonte, by an unforgettable alliance between ruthless gun-slingers Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef. Sergio Leone’s direction is both violent and operatic and Ennio Morricone’s atmospheric score keeps the tension taut as the action moves from jail breaks and hold ups to spectacular gun battles. The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
In the third of Eastwood’s spaghetti trilogy, director Sergio Leone substitutes the upright puritan Protestant ethos, so familiar in Hollywood westerns, for a seedy cynical standpoint towards death and morality. The complex plot of bloodshed and betrayal winds its way through the American Civil War following a team of brutal bandits battling to unearth a fortune buried beneath an unmarked grave, and boasts a fine Ennio Morricone score featuring a main theme that reached No.1 in the world’s pop charts. 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 guy – cool-headed, iron-willed and unrelenting in the pursuit of revenge.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Of this quartet three are Spaghetti Westerns and one is an actual Western. I'll review them individually.
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
It's strange to think that there's never been an honest film adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's 1929 novel Red Harvest. There was an adaptation in 1930 called Roadhouse Nights, however 1961's Yojimbo by Akira Kurosawa was more significant, and subsequently inspired this 1963 Western incarnation (as well as 1996's Last Man Standing).
Clint plays his signature man-with-no-name character, who rides into a lonely town where he finds two gangs at war with each other. Feeling that there might be some fistfuls of money to be made from the situation he plays both sides while reaping the benefits and rewards.
Since I have seen Last Man Standing many times much of this film was already familiar to me (the similarities are numerous) and therefor didn't draw me in, but I can certainly see the appeal. The dark humor transcends the time period and it's straight-forward enough to not alienate those who are not fans of spaghetti-westerns.
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
Life is cheap out in the Old West, unless you're a bounty hunter, in which case it's a profitable way to make a living. With so many roustabouts getting up to no good it was inevitable that Indio, the biggest and baddest of all, would attract the attention of two men with very different motives.
Colonel Mortimer (Lee Van Cleef) and Monco (Eastwood) eventually cross paths and form a tenuous partnership to catch Indio, who has just been broken out of jail by his loyal men and is planning a big bank robbery. Mortimer and Monco work together, and against each other, in order to bring him in, and all his men, to maximize their rewards.
It's a long film, but it has enough time to indulge in over-the-top moments. I especially like Clint and Van Cleef squaring up to each other by shooting hats. It's ridiculous, but good. Some of the widescreen photography is particularly memorable. It's all grainy, gritty stuff but it's a rough edge you just don't get anymore, which is a loss to modern movie which all just look too slick.
Ennio Morricone also provides a wonderful score that's utterly timeless and turns many scenes into an overblown opera.
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (1966)
In the last of the so-called 'Dollars' trilogy Eastwood now plays a man called Blondie (despite clearly having brown hair) who has hooked up with Tuco, a bandit with an amusingly long list of crimes, to run a reward-and-release scam with various towns and cities across the Old West. Soon tiring of Tuco's behavior, Blondie ends their volatile partnership and heads off on his own.
Angered by the double-cross, Tuco exacts a laborious revenge on Blondie, but just as the punishment reaches its zenith under a burning hot sun in a remote part of the desert a wagon carrying dead Confederate soldiers interrupts. With his last breath, the sole surviving Rebel tells Tuco of a stash of treasure buried in a cemetery, and, while Tuco is distracted, tells Blondie what grave it is buried under. Their difficult partnership is quickly restored as they trek across the West, through Civil War conflicts, towards the treasure.
So far I've only covered the Good and Ugly. The Bad just so happens to be Angel Eyes (Lee Van Cleef), a ruthless mercenary who has also learned of the hidden loot and eventually crosses paths with his rivals. He has the least screen time, but is necessary as a pure villain to lessen the crude vulgarity of Tuco.
It's a long film. But it's not about the destination, it's about the journey, and Sergio Leone allows himself plenty of time and space to indulge in quirky idiosyncrasies. I especially like Tuco having a bubble bath in the midst of his current location being blown to smithereens.
Villains always interest me, and actors mostly choose villains over heroes as they make for better characters. Blondie may comfort dying soldiers and play with kittens, but he's just too bland. Angel Eyes, is hardcore, and a better character, but he's nothing compared to Tuco. Eli Wallach owns this film, and takes most of the screen time away from Eastwood and Van Cleef. The scene where he searches the cemetery, as the camera spins around and around and around has such a beautiful innocence to it. Even though Tuco may have killed and robbed many this scene makes him seem like an easily excitable child at heart. It's absolutely wonderful.
If you've got an evening free, and just don't know how to spend 3 otherwise empty hours, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is a fine way to spend them.
Hang 'Em High (1968)
Clint plays Jed Cooper, a cowpoke who is escorting his new herd across a river when he is ambushed by a posse who accuse him of being a murdering rustler. Satisfied with hanging him on the spot, they take off, leaving him there. But Cooper ain't quite dead yet, and after being acquitted by a hardcore Judge (Pat Hingle) he's recruited as a lawman to go after the men who saw fit to hang him without fair trial.
I suppose it's a western Death Wish, but it has a strong anti-capital punishment theme. Cooper may be out for revenge, but he still believes in a fair trial and stands up for those who deserve leniency. It's also the first time I've really seen Clint in a vulnerable role, and Dirty Harry director Ted Post manages the lengthy, and well-written dialogue scenes well. I just wish he shot the film in a scope aspect ratio as the flat-shot photography often makes it look like an old TV movie.
Not a classic, but it does have some powerful scenes that will stay with you and really make you think about taking a life for taking a life.
-----
All four movies are presented in 1080p in their OAR (the first in 2.40:1 and the last in 1.85:1) with appropriately grainy transfers and minimal print damage and DTS HD-MA sound. A fair amount of extras are included.
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
It's strange to think that there's never been an honest film adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's 1929 novel Red Harvest. There was an adaptation in 1930 called Roadhouse Nights, however 1961's Yojimbo by Akira Kurosawa was more significant, and subsequently inspired this 1963 Western incarnation (as well as 1996's Last Man Standing).
Clint plays his signature man-with-no-name character, who rides into a lonely town where he finds two gangs at war with each other. Feeling that there might be some fistfuls of money to be made from the situation he plays both sides while reaping the benefits and rewards.
Since I have seen Last Man Standing many times much of this film was already familiar to me (the similarities are numerous) and therefor didn't draw me in, but I can certainly see the appeal. The dark humor transcends the time period and it's straight-forward enough to not alienate those who are not fans of spaghetti-westerns.
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
Life is cheap out in the Old West, unless you're a bounty hunter, in which case it's a profitable way to make a living. With so many roustabouts getting up to no good it was inevitable that Indio, the biggest and baddest of all, would attract the attention of two men with very different motives.
Colonel Mortimer (Lee Van Cleef) and Monco (Eastwood) eventually cross paths and form a tenuous partnership to catch Indio, who has just been broken out of jail by his loyal men and is planning a big bank robbery. Mortimer and Monco work together, and against each other, in order to bring him in, and all his men, to maximize their rewards.
It's a long film, but it has enough time to indulge in over-the-top moments. I especially like Clint and Van Cleef squaring up to each other by shooting hats. It's ridiculous, but good. Some of the widescreen photography is particularly memorable. It's all grainy, gritty stuff but it's a rough edge you just don't get anymore, which is a loss to modern movie which all just look too slick.
Ennio Morricone also provides a wonderful score that's utterly timeless and turns many scenes into an overblown opera.
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (1966)
In the last of the so-called 'Dollars' trilogy Eastwood now plays a man called Blondie (despite clearly having brown hair) who has hooked up with Tuco, a bandit with an amusingly long list of crimes, to run a reward-and-release scam with various towns and cities across the Old West. Soon tiring of Tuco's behavior, Blondie ends their volatile partnership and heads off on his own.
Angered by the double-cross, Tuco exacts a laborious revenge on Blondie, but just as the punishment reaches its zenith under a burning hot sun in a remote part of the desert a wagon carrying dead Confederate soldiers interrupts. With his last breath, the sole surviving Rebel tells Tuco of a stash of treasure buried in a cemetery, and, while Tuco is distracted, tells Blondie what grave it is buried under. Their difficult partnership is quickly restored as they trek across the West, through Civil War conflicts, towards the treasure.
So far I've only covered the Good and Ugly. The Bad just so happens to be Angel Eyes (Lee Van Cleef), a ruthless mercenary who has also learned of the hidden loot and eventually crosses paths with his rivals. He has the least screen time, but is necessary as a pure villain to lessen the crude vulgarity of Tuco.
It's a long film. But it's not about the destination, it's about the journey, and Sergio Leone allows himself plenty of time and space to indulge in quirky idiosyncrasies. I especially like Tuco having a bubble bath in the midst of his current location being blown to smithereens.
Villains always interest me, and actors mostly choose villains over heroes as they make for better characters. Blondie may comfort dying soldiers and play with kittens, but he's just too bland. Angel Eyes, is hardcore, and a better character, but he's nothing compared to Tuco. Eli Wallach owns this film, and takes most of the screen time away from Eastwood and Van Cleef. The scene where he searches the cemetery, as the camera spins around and around and around has such a beautiful innocence to it. Even though Tuco may have killed and robbed many this scene makes him seem like an easily excitable child at heart. It's absolutely wonderful.
If you've got an evening free, and just don't know how to spend 3 otherwise empty hours, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is a fine way to spend them.
Hang 'Em High (1968)
Clint plays Jed Cooper, a cowpoke who is escorting his new herd across a river when he is ambushed by a posse who accuse him of being a murdering rustler. Satisfied with hanging him on the spot, they take off, leaving him there. But Cooper ain't quite dead yet, and after being acquitted by a hardcore Judge (Pat Hingle) he's recruited as a lawman to go after the men who saw fit to hang him without fair trial.
I suppose it's a western Death Wish, but it has a strong anti-capital punishment theme. Cooper may be out for revenge, but he still believes in a fair trial and stands up for those who deserve leniency. It's also the first time I've really seen Clint in a vulnerable role, and Dirty Harry director Ted Post manages the lengthy, and well-written dialogue scenes well. I just wish he shot the film in a scope aspect ratio as the flat-shot photography often makes it look like an old TV movie.
Not a classic, but it does have some powerful scenes that will stay with you and really make you think about taking a life for taking a life.
-----
All four movies are presented in 1080p in their OAR (the first in 2.40:1 and the last in 1.85:1) with appropriately grainy transfers and minimal print damage and DTS HD-MA sound. A fair amount of extras are included.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Bought this as a crimbo gift to myself. Seen the movies before but on BLU-RAY they are better than ever before. The picture and sound is so much clearer than the dvds I watched in the past. 1080p resolution has done wonders for these pictures especially for good, bad and the ugly. One of my favourite westerns and the stand off at the grave is classic, love it!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
I had a look at Clint Eastwood Blu Ray box sets. The other which includes the spaghetti westerns is only marginally cheaper and this set has Hang Em High as well. So for very little extra you get one additional excellent film. So if you loved these films this is the best box set to get on Blu Ray.
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