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  • Actors: Clint Eastwood, Gian Maria Volontè, Marianne Koch, Wolfgang Lukschy, Sieghardt Rupp
  • Directors: Monte Hellman, Sergio Leone
  • Writers: Clint Eastwood, A. Bonzzoni, Akira Kurosawa, Duccio Tessari, Fernando Di Leo
  • Format: PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: MGM Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 7 Feb 2000
  • Run Time: 98 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004RCL4
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 27,556 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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This is the movie that launched the spaghetti Western and catapulted Clint Eastwood to stardom. Before director Sergio Leone picked him out, Clint had played only a few bit parts in features plus his role as Rowdy Yates in the TV Western series Rawhide. Leone cast him for his stillness and physical presence, famously remarking that when Michelangelo was asked what he had seen in a particular block of marble, he said Moses, but that what he, Leone, saw in Eastwood was just that, a block of marble. Leone also claimed that it was he who gave the character his trademark cigar and poncho, though Eastwood has said he brought his own wardrobe to Italy. Whoever takes credit, A Fistful of Dollars (Per un pugno di dollari in Italian) was an extraordinary success when launched in Italy in 1964. Eastwood had to wait longer for it to be a hit in the USA.

The film was based on Kurosawa's 1961 samurai picture Yojimbo, but Leone had forgotten to clear the copyright. Eventually a deal was done, but A Fistful of Dollars was not released in the USA until 1967. It scored an equally resounding success, as did its sequels in the Dollar Trilogy, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. The advertising campaign promoted Eastwood's character, laconic, amoral, dangerous, as The Man with No Name (though in the film he's clearly referred to as Joe), and audiences loved the film's refreshing new take on the Western genre. Gone are the pieties about making the streets safe for women and children (women are virtually absent from the Trilogy). Instead it's every man for himself. Striking too was a new emphasis on violence, with stylised, almost balletic gunfights and baroque touches such as Eastwood's armoured breastplate. The popularity of the Dollars films had a marked influence on the Hollywood Western, for example Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch, but its most enduring legacy is Clint Eastwood himself, still in action at the age of 70. --Edward Buscombe

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English
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Region 2
Mono English
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Interactive Menu Screens
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Clint, 12 Jan 2002
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Made in 1964, 'A Fistful of Dollars' together with 'For a Few Dollars More' and 'The Good, The Bad and The Ugly', introduced a new kind of hero, in a new type of setting. From the moment The Man With No Name rode into the small town of San Miguel on his mule, it was clear to audiences all over the world that a new style of western had been created. Directed by Sergio Leone, and adapted from the samurai film 'Yojimbo', this film would influence generations to come.
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9 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Clint Eastwood + Western = Brilliant Film, 22 Jan 2004
If you like westerns then there is only one message I need to give you about this film. BUY IT NOW. This film, along with the others in the series ('For a Few Dollars More' and 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'), created a new level of western which has only been matched by a few other classics. Sergio Leone (director) creates a drifter who is one of the most charismatic characters I have ever seen and has selected a perfect cast to compliment an incredible script.

Anyone who sees 'For a Fistful of Dollars' will be unable to deny that Clint Eastwood was born to star in this film. He makes the entire film become not only believable but alive with pure style. The dialogue is excellent and well presented throughout erasing any doubt that this is one of the great westerns of all time. From the moment this film begins till the time the final showdown takes place you won't be able to look away making this film a very worthy buy on DVD.

In conclusion there can only be two reasons to not buy this product. Either you already own the DVD or you intend to buy the box set of the entire series. If neither of these apply then but this film now.

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6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars The first spaghetti western.., 13 Jul 2003
This review is from: A Fistful Of Dollars [VHS] [1967] (VHS Tape)
Although I believe this important film is inferior to the two other movies in Sergio Leone's spaghetti western trilogy,I can still truly respect it's groundbreaking effect on cinema.It made stars out of the director,former tv actor Clint Eastwood and of course Ennio Morricone,one of the most influential men in film soundtracks to this day.Its a basic enough plot-rehashed in thousands of latter day imitations-Clint's anti-hero (the man with no name) rides into town to get rid of a bunch of bad guys. That's when you start to mine gold-featuring unremitting violence for it's era,it is a taut and exciting operation with dark humour-startling shoot-outs directed with style and considerable panache aided by a gritty Eastwood performance,accented by Morricone's haunting,quirky score.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A dvd of entertainment.
I remember seeing these spaghetti westerns in the 70'S and, even though I was young and unaware of this great big world, I was fascinated by the raw realism and aggressiveness of... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars One for your collection
This is a great Film. With a fantastic sound track. This is definitely worth buying one of the coolest films ever made. A+++++++++++++++++++
Published 3 months ago by Malcolm Reynolds

5.0 out of 5 stars From ` Rowdy` To Quiet
Clint Eastwood who was the rising young star in the late fifties T.V. western Series Rawhide playing Rowdy Yates emerged as the man with no name in several classic westerns on the... Read more
Published on 23 Feb 2007 by Mr. A. Craddock

4.0 out of 5 stars spaghetti freak
it's one of these " havetohaveit's" in one's collection ....
not the greates of storylines but soooooo many unforgetable moments or "clichés" in this great movie .. Read more
Published on 6 May 2004 by fredpok

2.0 out of 5 stars Great film, not sure about quality
A great film, although the weakest of the three. I bought this DVD, only to find that the quality of the sound wasn't great and the picture dodgy, in places. Read more
Published on 10 Jan 2004 by tspencerj

3.0 out of 5 stars Classic and influential western
Sergio Leone's reworking of Akira Kurosowa's magnificent 'Yojimbo' is a highly influential piece of filmmaking, and certainly a classic on many levels. Read more
Published on 13 Oct 2002 by hlgrffths

4.0 out of 5 stars Flawed template for Leone's later western epics
From the opening gun battle (get three coffins ready) - (my mistake, four coffins) to the final showdown with Ramone, this movie rattles along, never losing pace. Read more
Published on 31 Jul 2000 by sh0reline

4.0 out of 5 stars This movie can be rated as one of the best western classics.
Clint Eastwood is as stylish and charming as usual. This movie is almost equal to the other two movies in the dollar series. Read more
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