The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - 2 Disc Special Edition [1966] [DVD]

 

 

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Practically everyone in the western world must know or have seen this film. This is THE seminal spaghetti western that transcended the already high standards set by Fistful of Dollars, and For a Few Dollars More. Clint Eastwood is icy cool throughout, Lee Van Cleef exudes evil, but for me the acting honours go to Eli Wallach, who comes close to the line, but never crosses it, of parody in portraying the low-life Tuco. The film teems with quotable lines (check out the quotes and trivia section), fabulously atmospheric Morricone music, and a superb panoramic setting against the back-drop of the Americal Civil War. What more can you ask for ?

This masterpiece is the film which defines the Spaghetti Western. Clint Eastwood is good guy Blondie and the other two main characters, Tuco (Eli Wallach) and Angel Eyes (Lee Van Cleef) veer between bad and ugly over the two and half hour duration of this film. The plot is long and winding, but is essentially fairly simple - three guys who don't trust each other trying to get their hands on a consigment of gold. We all know about the music - and Morricone's soundtrack is an undisputed masterpiece. If there is a better marriage of sound and vision in cinema than the last 15 minutes of this film, I have yet to see it. But it's more than just a music video - the direction from the legendary Sergio Leone is out of this world. This is an epic in every sense of the word - the battle against good and bad, a cast of hundreds in the Civil War scenes and camera work which makes no concessions to TV and uses the entire length of the screen. The DVD is good, too. The picture and sound quality are out of this world. The 15 minutes of deleted scenes add nothing, but are a nice curio. You also get the original theatrical trailer. So this isn't a DVD to buy for fancy bells and whistles, but it delivers in spades on the top-quality basics - ie perfect sound and vision. A masterpiece.

I suppose that there isn't much more that can be added about just how good this film is. Without question it is one of the greatest westerns ever made, in my opinion it is THE best. A great cast, brilliantly directed by Sergio Leone and with a superb soundtrack from Ennio Morricone, this film has just about everything.

This two disc special edition has a lot of very good extras but perhaps the most interesting is the added dialogue for the extra scenes in the movie. You can tell that Clint Eastwood and Eli Wallach are older but it is terrific to hear them in character again. The film comes in at almost three hours but it is such a well constructed piece that it never drags and keeps you hooked until the end. The final thirty minutes or so are among the finest segments ever filmed.

I rate this as an absolute must buy. It is a true classic of cinema.

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5.0 out of 5 stars IT HAS IT ALL.....
This film without doubt is one of the best westerns ever made. Clint,lee, eli give masterfull yet humorous performances. The music on it's own is great to listen to. Read more

Published 12 days ago by HONEST JOHN

5.0 out of 5 stars The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
This is the full length version (you don't get to see on TV). With lots of deleted or unshown scenes. A must for all fans.

Published 1 month ago by sightnsound

5.0 out of 5 stars Indisputably the best western ever
The `Good the bad and the ugly', is indisputably the best western ever and arguably the best movie of all time. Read more

Published 6 months ago by Ctwilliams

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Western Ever ?
Is this the finest western ever? It is, of course, entirely subjective, but, to my mind, the only western of parity is another of Sergio Leone's masterpieces, "Once Upon a Time in... Read more

Published 8 months ago by Book Mark

5.0 out of 5 stars A Pure Classic
"The good the bad and the ugly" was the third and final spaghetti western which Clint Eastwood and Italian directer Sergio Leone did together. Read more

Published 8 months ago by Mrs. Marilyn A. Rice

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Amazing!
This film was recommended to me by a good frend of mine, and I usually am not too fond of western style films, but I gave it a go anyway. Read more

Published 9 months ago by KWTurner

5.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece, but please stop messing with it!
I have loved this movie from when I first saw it as a teen, a worryingly long time ago. As I've grown older my tastes have become more sophisticated, and yet this movie only grows... Read more

Published 9 months ago by D. Milne

3.0 out of 5 stars The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
A very good film with Clint Eastwood as the Good, Lee Van Cleef as the Bad and Eli Wallach as the Ugly. Read more

Published 10 months ago by Mr. Alan M. Foster

5.0 out of 5 stars The Good The Bad & The Ugly (DVD)
What can I say? This is an all-time classic epic form Sergio Leone. It has a rather far-fetched but compelling plot, great cast and brilliant music by Ennio Morricone. Read more

Published 13 months ago by Andy Mitchell

5.0 out of 5 stars The Good, The Bad And The Ugly, 2005 MGM Special edition - Sergio Leone's masterpiece given the treatment it deserves
This was the third in the Dollars trilogy that rewrote the Western genre, made a star out of Clint Eastwood and booked director Sergio Leone and composer Ennio Morricone's places... Read more

Published 13 months ago by Victor

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