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Danish Edition, PAL/Region 2 DVD: Subtitles: Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish. Clint Eastwood's legendary "Man With No Name" makes his powerful debut in this thrilling, action-packed "new breed of western" (Motion Picture Herald) from the acclaimed director of The Good, The Bad And The Ugly and For A Few Dollars More. Exploding with blistering shoot-outs, dynamic performances and atmospheric cinematography, it's an undisputed classic of the genre.
A mysterious gunman has just arrived in San Miguel, a grim, dusty border town where two rival bands of smugglers are terrorizing the impoverished citizens. A master of the "quick-draw," the stranger soon receives offers of employment from each gang. But his loyalty cannot be bought; he accepts both jobs...and sets in motion a plan to destroy both jobs...and sets in motion a plan to destroy both groups of criminals, pitting one against the other in a series of brilliantly orchestrated set-ups, showdowns and deadly confrontations.
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By S J Buck
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This two DVD set is the best version to buy of this film. The remastering/restoration is excellent, so the picture quality is superb. The film itself needs little introduction, it wasn't the first Italian/European western, but it was the first that tried to be different from the standard US western.
Based on Kurosawa's Yojimbo (1961), this is the film that changed Eastwood from a little known American TV star of the early 60's into a movie Icon. Eastwood wasn't the first choice for the part, there were 4 or 5 preferred actors in front of him. But Eastwood was prepared to work considerably cheaper than these people and made the movie for $15,000.
All of this and more is revealed in the excellent commentary by Sir Christopher Frayling on disc 1. Having the commentary makes this version essential as Sir Christopher is THE expert on Leone and Eastwood.
I haven't even mentioned disc 2, well this contains documentaries and the usual stuff you associate with special editions. However there are two reasons to buy this version of the DVD. 1. The Film. 2. The Commentary.
Fabulous!
Based on Kurosawa's Yojimbo (1961), this is the film that changed Eastwood from a little known American TV star of the early 60's into a movie Icon. Eastwood wasn't the first choice for the part, there were 4 or 5 preferred actors in front of him. But Eastwood was prepared to work considerably cheaper than these people and made the movie for $15,000.
All of this and more is revealed in the excellent commentary by Sir Christopher Frayling on disc 1. Having the commentary makes this version essential as Sir Christopher is THE expert on Leone and Eastwood.
I haven't even mentioned disc 2, well this contains documentaries and the usual stuff you associate with special editions. However there are two reasons to buy this version of the DVD. 1. The Film. 2. The Commentary.
Fabulous!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By LXIX
TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
A Fistful of Dollars was made on a shoestring budget of $200,000. Clint Eastwood even bought his own black jeans and poncho and brought them over from the US to the filmset in Almeria, Spain.
Clint rides into a dusty frontier town, San Miguel, where life is cheap. Situated just over the border inside Mexico, the town is a focus for smuggling and is run by 2 families - the Rojos (Mexicans) and the Baxters (Americans).
When a gold heist takes place at the expense of regular US and Mexican soldiers, the softly spoken gunfighter succeeds in playing each family against each other - while at the same time building up his finances in return for information.
This movie is a dark, minimalist film. Everything from the decor to the stoney desert is bleak and spartan. There's also little interaction with others apart from the feuding families, the owner of the empty bar and the (permanently busy) undertaker.
A Fistful of dollars is not particularly violent. Clint guns downs 13 bad guys in total but there's no blood and the violence is actually cartoonesque at times.
Overall, great music, a good concept and lots of action crammed into what is actually a rather short film (96 minutes).
The twin-pack DVD contains a raft of great extras if you're an enthusiast of the Sergio Leone films and this genre.
Clint rides into a dusty frontier town, San Miguel, where life is cheap. Situated just over the border inside Mexico, the town is a focus for smuggling and is run by 2 families - the Rojos (Mexicans) and the Baxters (Americans).
When a gold heist takes place at the expense of regular US and Mexican soldiers, the softly spoken gunfighter succeeds in playing each family against each other - while at the same time building up his finances in return for information.
This movie is a dark, minimalist film. Everything from the decor to the stoney desert is bleak and spartan. There's also little interaction with others apart from the feuding families, the owner of the empty bar and the (permanently busy) undertaker.
A Fistful of dollars is not particularly violent. Clint guns downs 13 bad guys in total but there's no blood and the violence is actually cartoonesque at times.
Overall, great music, a good concept and lots of action crammed into what is actually a rather short film (96 minutes).
The twin-pack DVD contains a raft of great extras if you're an enthusiast of the Sergio Leone films and this genre.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Gail Parnell
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Fistfull of Dollars, introduced us to Sergio Leone's masterpiece that were Spaghetti Westerns. It also made clint Eastwood a star, and would lead to two extremely successful follow ups, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
It introduced the world to Sergio Leone's sharp directing and fondness for extreme close ups, often copied since, but never really bettered.
Clint Eastwood stars as the man with no name, a remake of an old japaneese film called Yojimbo. Clint is perfectly cast as the clever gunslinger as a man of actions rather than words. Here, he plays two gangs off against each other, which all climaxes in a wonderfully memorable scene which reveals the full extent of Clint's cunning.
Deliciously topped off with Ennino Morricone's haunting score, Fistfull of Dollars is a wonderful film, bettered only slightly by its sequal and the third film, the sprawling epic which was The Good the Bad and the Ugly.
If you've seen the other films, it is well worth adding these to your collection, as its Clint in one of his best loved roles, and certainly his most iconic. (Only Dirty Harry would prove to be as equally iconic as the spaghetti western trilogy.)
So add to your collection and relive the golden era of spaghetti westerns at their finest!
It introduced the world to Sergio Leone's sharp directing and fondness for extreme close ups, often copied since, but never really bettered.
Clint Eastwood stars as the man with no name, a remake of an old japaneese film called Yojimbo. Clint is perfectly cast as the clever gunslinger as a man of actions rather than words. Here, he plays two gangs off against each other, which all climaxes in a wonderfully memorable scene which reveals the full extent of Clint's cunning.
Deliciously topped off with Ennino Morricone's haunting score, Fistfull of Dollars is a wonderful film, bettered only slightly by its sequal and the third film, the sprawling epic which was The Good the Bad and the Ugly.
If you've seen the other films, it is well worth adding these to your collection, as its Clint in one of his best loved roles, and certainly his most iconic. (Only Dirty Harry would prove to be as equally iconic as the spaghetti western trilogy.)
So add to your collection and relive the golden era of spaghetti westerns at their finest!
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