Sam and I loved this movie! We can’t wait to complete the trilogy and continue to experience many more Clint Eastwood and Western films! Thank you for the support!
I'll come back and edit this comment as I watch the reaction. Techniscope was a 35 mm widescreen format that worked by only using half the height (two perforations worth) of a normal 35 mm film frame, and no special lenses. So it's a "low fidelity" widescreen format, but on the other hand, you only use half the film stock you would normally, while shooting, so it's a rare case of a widescreen format being actually cheaper to shoot (in terms of negative film stock) than "Academy" ratio or silent ratio or whatever. Put another way, a director could do twice the number of takes for the same footage count. Of course all the developed footage has to be blown up for the release prints, but that's easily done as an added anamorphic and enlargement lens in the striking of the prints.
"The Good, the bad and the ugly", "Once upon a time in the west" and "For a few dollars more" are three further highly suggested spaghetti westerns! All of them from Sergio Leone and with music from Ennio Morricone 😉👍
For a few dollars more, and The good, the bad and the ugly are the sequels to this movie, in that order. They are apparently called The "man with no name trilogy" or the "dollars trilogy".
You forgot , Duck you sucker , also know as , Fist full of dynamite ... Sergio Leone movie with James Coburn and Rod Steiger set to 1913 Mexico . Jack Palance and Bud Spencer , It can be done Amigo , western comedy , 2nd unit director Sergio Leone and they used.some sets built to , Once upon time in the west .
I would add the often overlooked, but brilliant Leone film “Once Upon A Time… The Revolution” (European title) also known as (in the USA) “Duck, You Sucker” or “A Fistful of Dynamite”
@@soulextracter Sequels in name only (pun intended). There is no continuity. That said, there is a scene in The Good, the Bad... that pais off having seen the other two beforehand. Also... Yojimbo. Also never forget Duck you Sucker!. And nobody will ever react to Once Upon a Time in America. Up there with the Godfather trilogy.
Can't wait to see your reactions to "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". For me that is by far the best western and one of the best movies ever made. Perfection
Clint Eastwood plays an avenging ghost in two films: 'High Plains Drifter' and 'Pale Rider!' These were not "spaghetti westerns," but they are some of his best work!
@@TowGunner Outlaw Josie Wales was the last film I saw in our Fox Theatre before it closed its doors for years to come. But I remember that movie as I have no other! The "Missouri Boat Ride" is a favorite scene of mine!
That’s right they weren’t spaghetti westerns and were American made films directed by Clint Eastwood and music by Dee Barton for High Plain Drifter and Lennie Niehaus for Pale Rider where the Spaghetti Westerns “Dollars Trilogy” were directed by Sergio Leone with music by Ennio Morricone.
In the movie "Back to the Future II" this movie is playing on the television when Marty confronts Biff about the sports book. The scene that is playing is when the Eastwood character is wearing a metal plate under his pancho. Later, in "Back to the Future III," Marty uses the name Eastwood and uses a metal stove door under his pancho to save himself from Buford Tannen's attempt to shoot him. Nice.
One idea I recommend is checking out the Akira Kurosawa film Yojimbo, since Fistful of Dollars is considered an unofficial remake of it, and the two have a very interesting legal history with each other. Still, regardless of that, it’d be nice to do a compare and contrast between the two.
I agree, though I don't understand why U.S. cinema needed to 'lift' ideas from other countries' cinema (Hidden Fortress-Star Wars, Seven Samurai-Magnificent Seven and my favourite example The Man with one red Shoe-The Man with one red Shoe). Geeezzz. :)
I wouldn't recommend 'Once Upon A Time In America' to just anyone. It contains some of the best filmmaking in all of cinema, but it almost deserved an x-rating. It was just too real at times and I could see how it could affect a casual viewer unaware of what they're about to see.
The music from the great Ennio Morricone is as important character in the Dollar Trilogy as the Man with No Name. As the Trilogy progresses the movies and the music is getting better and better, the final one is a real masterpiece. Too bad the "Once upon a time in the West" got so few votes, it's Sergio Leone's and Morricone's next movie together. it's not even a western but an epoch dressed as a western. You really shouldn't miss it.
I collected the Morricone soundtrack for The Untouchables on vinyl LP (when the movie was new, 1987) and listened to it often. I always like seeing his name in the credits. A composer of many talents, and deep.
I can't wait for them to meet Tuco, my favorite character in all of film. I trust that by the time they watch The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, they will be hooked enough to watch the true final chapter in the Man with No Name saga, Once Upon a Time in the West. It is a spectacular film.
One thing I appreciate about Sergio Leone westerns, aside from his raw talent as a director, was that he focused a lot on characters utilizing their guile and intelligence to solve problems rather than purely relying on their skill with a gun. It's something you don't see a lot in westerns, even as the genre evolved and matured.
Next RDR(3) Needs list here: -Snake Den -Climbing up (and also with a rope) -mine cart ride like from Temple of Doom -Story board like this.... lies/help/lust/lovers/and revenge (and homeboy gives you explosive that he stole)
You missed one important point: Morricone was DIRECTE|D by Sergio... If music is like this on Sergio music it's because he ASKED Morricone to do this kind of music, and corrected him, he was a enlighten order giver.
As has been previously mentioned, Akira Kurosawa made ‘Yojimbo’ first. He also directed ‘The Seven Samurai’ which was remade as ‘The Magnificent Seven’. Both films are well worth a viewing. Thanks for your reactions, they’re always enjoyable. 😊
This is the movie that made Clint Eastwood a movie star. Up to this point he'd spent 8 years as a character called Rowdy Yates in a tv western called Rawhide. I'm amazed no one has recommended a classic, very violent Sam Pekinpah western called The Wild Bunch. One of the best.
It's really funny to watch Clint Eastwood in Rawhide... he's so young and clean-cut, very different from his grizzled personas in most of his later movies.
Leonardo DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was designed as a less visionary Eastwood, who after losing his western show insists on trying to continue his career through increasingly small guest roles rather than exploring the western boom in Italy.
The Good The Bad and The Ugly is actually what made Eastwood an International star as it was released in United States along A Fistful Of Dollars and For A Few Dollars More were released in US in 1967 even though the first two films were released in Europe in 1964 and 1965 including Italy where filmed and Spain. It’s crazy to think Eastwood technically didn’t become a huge International star star until he was 37 years old.
Going through the comments a lot of people are recommending the Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. He directed 30 films, all of them a masterclass in filmmaking. His movie Seven Samurai is considered one of the best ever made. You can’t go wrong with any one of his movies! Also 16 of his 30 movies starred the great Toshiro Mifune! Considered one of the greatest Japanese actors of all time!
Now you should watch Akira Kurosawa's film Yojimbo (1961). (You said you were interested in more foreign movies.) "A Fistul of Dollars" is a retelling of Yojimbo.
"The Man With No Name" moniker was technically created by the United Artists marketing department for promoting the film in the U.S. and other countries. But the character is genuinely nameless. He just has a different nickname in each film.
Once Upon A Time In The West is the Lawrence Of Arabia of Spaghetti Westerns!! Both in scope and long run time. The 1st 7 minutes you are treated to some the best sound design and 3 popular actors waiting for another they were going to meet. You're never bored by it.
@brobbus0 The Last Days of Pompeii, Co Director (he did most of the shooting) and co writer. My Name is Noboby, Idea, Co director, co writer. Nobodys the Greatest, Co director, Co writer and producer. Once upon a time in the west, ... Revolution and ... in America ist the America Trilogy, the connection is America.
There are three Clint Eastwood westerns I'd recommend: High Plains Drifter (1973), The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), and Pale Rider (1985). Also, Silverado (1985), starring Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Danny Glover, Kevin Costner, and Brian Dennehy.
One of the rare trilogies where the third film is the best of the bunch (and really iconic, to boot). And that's not to knock the previous two films; they're darn good as well.
The genre for this trilogy is called spaghetti westerns because they were filmed in Italy and Spain .The reason the sound effect and voices sound weird and are off a little is because the movies were made without sound and they were dubbed over during post production. The main reason for that was because the actors were from 3 different countries so they were speaking 3 different languages . And this one is a remake of a Japanese movie about a samurai bodyguard , but I don't know about the other two.
Thanks guys for watching this masterpiece!! I cant wait to see your reaction to this one!! Thanks Thanks Thanks!! The Good The Bad and The Ugly is best one in this trilogy!! Best Western movie ever!! Im going to watch now your reaction and i know im going to enjoy!! Thanks again!! Love you guys!!❤❤❤
Another film you might like is the original Magnificent Seven (1960). The cast has a lot of famous actors and It's an adaptation of another Akira Kurosawa movie (Seven Samurai). The remake (2017 I think) is pretty cool as well and also.has a very recognisable cast.
It really speaks to the universal nature of film that a generation of Italians brought up on old westerns would redefine the genre, while in this case literally plagiarizing a Japanese movie influenced by the same genre! I can only hope though that Yojimbo and Kurosawa's other movies are on your radar after this! Need more people to see the iconic ending of Sanjuro
"First Full of Dollars" was a remake of "Yojimbo" which Kurosawa said was a remake of the 1942 American movie, "The Glass Key" from Dashiell Hammett's novel, The Glass Key, which was also similar to Hammett's novel Red Dawn. It was a low budget movie which was never intended to be seen beyond Southern Italy. Kurosawa wasn't given credit by mistake. No one expected, that "Fistful of Dollars" would become legend, so they weren't careful about such things. Movie makers were most all familiar w/ Kurosawa and his work then, so they weren't actively trying to fool anyone. I totally recommend Kurosawa's "Yojimbo" as well as his "Seven Samurai".
@@anonymes2884 If you are not joking, You are bizarrely divorced from reality. Hammett died 30 years before John Milias' film. Red Harvest is about an outsider playing two sides against each other with much bloodshed. The Red in Red Dawn means Communism. Maybe you should read some Dashiell Hammett. Or are you really a Q@Anon I mess Troll. Hard to say, but you got all your facts wrong. Dashiell Hammett never wrote a novel or a short story called Red Dawn
Spaghetti Westerns like this iconic trilogy are always fun to watch. The rest of the trilogy features Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach, two awesome actors and a fine addition to the series. Other westerns I recommend are Once Upon A Time In the West, 3:10 to Yuma (2007), Last Man Standing, and The Quick and the Dead.
Very enjoyable! If you remember Back to the Future II, Evil Biff is watching this movie in his hot tub. Marty saw the bulletproof "vest" scene before he turned it off. That's why he used the stove door in Part III. Also, I'm disappointed "Silverado" scored so low in the poll. It's my favorite Western, and definitely one to watch!
Not much to add it's a classic, pure and a favorite of mine. Remember these were filmed in foreign countries (Spain and Italy), as a result most of the characters didn't speak English so the dialog was added later in editing. That's why there isn't much dialog but added to the mystic.
I watched this in the theater. Here in LA, Quentin Tarantino owns New Beverly Cinema and a majority of the movies they show is older movies and classics.
Yojimbo . 'Bodyguard') is a 1961 Japanese samurai film directed by Akira Kurosawa. In 1964, Yojimbo was remade as A Fistful of Dollars, a Spaghetti Western directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood
After the Trilogy, the next Western with Clint NEEDS to be "The Outlaw Josey Wales". For sure in his top 5 movies PERIOD of all genres he has done. I see others say you should see "Once Upon A Time In The West" and I totally agree, it is another MUST WATCH WESTERN for anyone that loves or has interest in Westerns. You pretty much can't go wrong with Eastwood's Westerns, of course you will find some better then others but that's true for all movies in general. Joe is just a named Coffin Maker used to have something to call him since he never gives his name.
I suggest to anyone who watches this film to check out Akira Kurosawa's "Yojimbo", which was remade for "A Fistful of Dollars." In fact, Sergio Leone was sued (and he lost) because he didn't give Kurosawa credit.
And, not to underrate Enio'score, he was DIRECTED by Segio too... So if the music is like it is, it's MAINLY because of Sergio Leone... Too many people forget that.
It's a remake, almost note for note, of Yojimbo. But it's awesome on its own. The maker of Yojimbo was inspired by American Westerns, the maker of A Fist Full, was inspired by Yojimbo, these Spaghetti Westerns, in turn inspired American filmmakers to make more westerns. Full circle.
More precisely, Yojimbo is outright based on Dashiell Hammett's "Red Harvest", a Continental Op pulp novel. So if by "inspired" you mean "didn't credit the original writer" then yes.
"For a Few Dollars More" is my favorite film in the Man With No Name trilogy, but my absolute favorite Italian westerns are "Once Upon A Time in the West" and "My Name is Nobody." The former is an epic drama of operatic scale with unforgettable characters - each with his or her own agenda and subplot, a gorgeous musical score, and masterful cinematography. The latter is a funny, exciting and surprisingly touching blend of comedy, action and pathos as an aging gunfighter who wants to quietly fade away and retire to a life of peaceful anonymity runs into a hero worshiping young fan who is extraordinarily skilled with a gun and determined to turn his childhood idol into a legend who will never be forgotten by setting him up to singlehandedly face a gang of "150 purebred sons of bitches" known as The Wild Bunch.
"My name is nobody" is the best western comedy ever. The title recalling the "Man with No Name. The slapstick parody of the gunfight. The secret motivation of the main character. Even Morricone's music is a parody of his famous scores; I heard somewhere it was his favorite of his own music. Not to mention those subtle references like "Wild Bunch" and "Sam Peckinpah. That's a beautiful name in Navajo." Anyways "Wild Bunch" is another great movie with larger-than-life characters, but it's not for the faint hearted. I was disappointed when I saw it together with the "Buch Cassidy ..." got so few votes. Please don't skip them.
This movie was adapted from Akira Kurosawa's film, "Yojimbo" (The Bodyguard). If you don't mind subtitles, it's definitely worth a watch, especially with the great Toshiro Mifune as the lead. 👍👍👍
If you're a Toshiro Mifune fan, try the TV mini-series "Shogun" (1980), based on James Clavell's best selling novel. Filmed on location in Japan with a largely Japanese cast.
The trilogy is great. Leone is a genius. However, his masterpiece is Once Upon A Time In The West. Not only is OUATITW the greatest western movie ever made, it's one of the greatest movies period. So you should definitely see that after these three.
@@Mr.Goodkat Bigger budget, great film, gets a bit lost in the middle. The end, in the cemetery is truly wonderful. OUATITW has no flab or miss-steps in the story, and is better shot and acted. And, the use of the score is better too. Possibly the best use of character themes in any movie, ever.
Imagine seeing this in a theater for the first time when we found out what a spaghetti western was! The scores of Ennio Morricone are used throughout the trilogy. You are right about the twists during the film that keep one on the edge of their seat. The man with no name is an anti hero in my view. Direction and camera work and lighting in these films are top drawer.
Great reaction, this reminds me of my dad all the way! He'd make us sit n watch all these spaghetti westerns when we were itty bitty. I think I was like 5 yrs old lol!!! Clint will always be my favorite! Thanks pop ( R. Valdez)! Love u!
Great Reaction! Thanks. Please React to "Once Upon a time in the West" the Same Director with Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson and Jason Robards. The Same great composer. Better than this trilogy
Came here to say this exact thing. Once Upon a Time in the West holds up better than the dollars trilogy IMO (except *maybe* The Good the Bad and the Ugly), and is just a beautiful piece of work. It is the single essential western.
Absolutely seconding this request 👍 Once Upon A Time In The West is an ultimate slowburn with powerful payoffs. Very different in structure than the dollars trilogy films, but still carrying that signature Dollars trilogy feel of the one-two punch that is Sergio Leone's camerawork and Ennio Morricone's music. I know "The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly" (TGTB&TU) is the most popular out of the Ennio Morricone spaghetti westerns, but I think "Once Upon A Time in the West" (OUATITW) deserves to be remembered on that same legendary film level. TGTB&TU is definitely more of an adventure film and is more overall fun considering the humor and element of constant tension of mistrust that Tuco brings, but I would argue that OUATITW is more of an emotionally powerful film. Both films aim to do different things and nail what they're going for, so at the end of the day it's truly just a subjective decision on which film you say is your favorite, but the main takeaway is that OUATITW is absolutely worth watching alongside the Dollars trilogy 🤠👍 For anyone who read this whole comment, thanks for coming to my TED talk 😂😅
4:55…that classic Eastwood grimace is due to the cigar he has…he said he got these cigars from a little shop over in Italy, where this was filmed, and that the taste of the cigar was so bitter it naturally made his face like that
Enjoyed this reaction and am looking forward to the other two movies in the trilogy. Please consider also watching Once Upon a Time in the West. It doesn't have Eastwood in it, but it's by the same director, Sergio Leone, and the same composer, Ennio Morricone. I personally think it's the best of Leone's westerns. It's pure cinema. It is one of my favorite movies and I would love to see your reaction.
16:04 Samantha: "That's really big money!", TBR: "Right! Were dollars always that big?". This is an excerpt from wikipedia about the US. dollar sizes. "The 'large-sized notes' issued before 1928 measured 7.42 in × 3.125 in (188.5 mm × 79.4 mm), while small-sized notes introduced that year measure 6.14 in × 2.61 in × 0.0043 in (155.96 mm × 66.29 mm × 0.11 mm)."
One winter, I was laid off and living alone, and I decided to set some sort of record for watching "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" the most consecutive nights in a row. I like that movie that much! I was shooting for a whole month, but had to stop after the 10th night (it's a long movie!). I even named my pet cockatiel Tuco. Er, my way of saying there's movie greatness ahead!
You've taken your first step into the wonderful world of spaghetti westerns.... the BEST westerns. I agree with Fools Gold who posted before- Once Upon a Time in the West is a MUST WATCH. So is Duck You Sucker (A FistFul of dynamite). Neither are Eastwood films but they are as good (if not better).
One thing I appreciate about the Dollars trilogy is that the Man with No Name never has a love interest, he's just there to make money or solve some problem. He's very mysterious but has layers of character hidden beneath like with the line about how he knew someone like the woman before but no one was around to help. The movies keep getting better as they go on.
Another excellent Eastwood western is one of his very early Directorial efforts (shortly after Play Misty for me) and that is “The Outlaw Josey Wales” It was also one of the films preserved in the National Archives too and definitely worth a watch.
The dvd commentary is great on this film. 'Fistful' changed not only the Western genre but revolutionized filmmaking in general. There's 3 theme park towns in Spain that tourists visit that were used in the filming of hundreds of Spaghetti Westerns during the 60's and 70's.
I loved ALL Eastwood's Westerns growing up; his Dirty Harry movies, especially the 2nd, as well as Kelly's Heroes which is a blast. For me though, my fave Eastwood movie of all time is 'Where Eagles Dare'. The plot twists, the cast, the cinematography, the whole movie is fried gold!!!! Oftern considered the best war movie of its time. Doubt we'll ever see a reviewer choose that tho', even though i reckon you'd absolutely love it.
I loved all of the legendary classic WW2 movies. Where the eagle dares is one of those.... Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, the Gestapo, the ultimate location, the spy play, the end vertigo fights... Love it all.
Yojimbo! Seven Samurai! Rashomon! This is a good film it’s true, and a far better Kurosawa adaptation than the Magnificent Seven, but PLEASE react to some Kurosawa. You will see how one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema influenced countless other film makers. Spielberg. Scorsese. Leone. Coppola. George Lucas. Tarantino. The list goes on and on. He’s THAT important.
The actor who played Ramone is an Italian actor who preferred to play characters in Italian political films of the 60s and 70s.He did not like playing criminals in these dollars films,but as all ways it's a paying job.
once upon a time in the west is the Best spaghetti Western ever made , wish u would react to that one. Stars Charles Bronson and Henry Fonda . (Henry Fonda's First Bad Guy Role)
Ennio Morricone's soundtrack was as much of a character as the actors, and began a great musical tradition. Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Westerns had one thing that nobody has commented on/noticed. The people in these Westerns look like Real People you'd see in Old West pictures of the time. They come in all sizes, colors, and go from ugly to (sorta) beautiful unlike Hollywood Westerns, where everybody looks like a fresh-and-clean-from-wardrobe Movie Star.
The movies have no continuity, the director didn't consider them a trilogy, American marketers when translating the titles changed them to sound like one was a sequel to the other (fistful of dollars, for a few dollars more) it was all just to encourage people to see them both. Clint Eastwood is a different person in all three and has a (different) name in all three, he acts similarly just like how John Wayne acts similarly in all his films but it doesn't mean it's the same guy. Also even if it were a trilogy, the final entry "the good, the bad & the ugly" would be a prequel because the civil war is going on in it but one of the tombstone's in the cemetery in fistful has a date of death on it after the war was over.
I just watched these movies for the first time and was trying to figure out if they were supposed to be chronological or kind of stand alone while I was watching the sequels. In the last one, the clothes he’s given at the POW camp are the ones he’s wearing in this movie. Also, at the end of the last one he picks up the poncho he’s wearing in this one and wears it. I thought that was pretty cool
Fistfull of Dollars and the other "spaghetti westerns" are credited with making Clint Eastwood a star. Fun fact: Bruce Willis made a remake of FOD called Last Man Standing it was set in the 1930's during the great depression.
Last Man Standing is actually a credited remake of Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo. Fistful of Dollars is an uncredited, almost scene for scene remake of Yojimbo.
This, itself a 'remake' of another film (Yojimbo), was remade with Bruce Willis in a more modern setting (1920s, I think), as Last Man Standing. Oh, and once you've enjoyed the trilogy, also check out the orchestral performances of the scores by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra on TH-cam, very enjoyable.
Fun fact: Medieval armour was proofed against various weapons, including firearms. This was done by literally firing into the breastplate. The dent left behind was the proof mark that the cuirass was able to wistand impact from a firearm. Hence "bullet proof."
"The Man With No Name" thing... I think that's just a title given to the trilogy. He's got a different name in each of the three, if I'm not mistaken. And the movies aren't really even connected. I don't even think he's playing the same person in each of the three.
The funny thing is I only watched this movie once, and I liked it, but the next two are so incredibly better, I hope you'll watch them. Especially For a Few Dollars more is my favorite Western ever. As a side point I hope you'll watch Pale Rider at some point, that's one of the greatest.
Ramon was played by Gian Maria Volonte, one of the all-time great Italian actors. He'll be back as a different villain in For a Few Dollars More (a lot of the supporting actors appear as different characters in the next two films).
@@internetidentity3917 yeah, his name is Mario Brega. He even turns up as a gangster in the opening of Once Upon a Time in America (he's clean shaven so he's hard to revognize).
Great reaction! My brothers & I still quote this trilogy. Eastwood didn't speak Italian & Leone didn't speak English, but they sure made a great pair! Shane is my favorite western, please consider it 🙏
One thing I think is fair, there's another name associated with many Eastwood western's from this period, Ennio Morricone. He's the man behind the sound track, an unmistakable style that you'll notice as you watch more. He's a Legend.
Great reaction . Each move gets better. The good the bad and the ugly would have to be one of the greatest western ever made . And it’s music score is fantastic Although the man with no name series is a trilogy they are all standalone movies and in each movie he has a name . Joe , Manko and Blondie Can’t wait to watch Your reaction to the others
None of those are names so much as _labels_ though, things people call him rather than his name - "Joe" is just a generic placeholder for a "gringo" whose name you don't know, "Manco" means something like "one-armed" (because he specifically uses one hand for almost everything in FaFDM) and "Blondie" is obviously just another generic placeholder, like "Red" for a redhead. Eastwood's character in all three movies has no actual name.
In Spaghetti Westerns, everyone spoke in their own language, Italian, Spanish, English, German etc and then it was dubbed into the different languages to fit each viewing market. This film made Clint a star in Europe then after 'For a Few Dollars More' and 'Good, Bad and the Ugly' his Euro popularity catapulted him to stardom here in the U.S.
A lot of what you liked about this movie came directly from Yojimbo, which this is almost a shot-for-shot remake of at times. If you liked this at all, you really gotta watch Yojimbo! Akira Kurosawa's Samurai films are the basis for so many Westerns. The main actor in Yojimbo, Toshiro Mifune is one of the greats! Also, if you like Westerns, check out some John Ford movies! For some reason they are getting overlooked these days.
So pleased that you watched and enjoyed this one! Look forward to your reactions to A Few Dollars More and The Good, The Bad & The Ugly. All classic films and so many memorable moments. Sergio Leone, Ennio Morricone and Clint Eastwood achieved something really special in this trilogy. Also loved that Back to the Future 2 and 3 gave a nod to A Fistful of Dollars.
It's a minor point, but Eastwood's character really was "the man with no name." In this film, the characters called him "Joe" because it's a typical American name, and he was a gringo. It's similar to the way Europeans frequently called American soldiers "Joe" during World War II. In the credits for this film he's listed as "Joe," but that's not his name.
on "inside the actor's studio, eastwood tells it differently. it was "joe" in the script and it always was his name until the public started using the term "man with no name trilogy". he's called "blondie" in the third one, but it still said "joe" in the script, and as far as leone and eastwood are concerned, thats his name.
@@ice-iu3vv That's interesting but i'm inclined to quote another great Western - "This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." :). In other words, once a film is out in the world, what the director, stars and even script say isn't _necessarily_ the last word IF the film can justifiably be interpreted differently (I always have in my mind "Blade Runner", where the director and star disagree on even the fundamental nature of the main character. "Star Wars" is another example, where the creator attempted to change the movie's reality decades after release).
@@ice-iu3vv It was the US distributor that coined the phrase "Man with No Name trilogy". The movies aren't actually connected by the same character, but because they all starred Clint Eastwood it was a marketing ploy to connect the movies to sell them to US audiences. I think in the first movie his name is Joe, in the second movie he is called Manco (Italian for Lefty) and in the third movie they call him Blondie (even though I don't think he has blond hair at all). Since the last two sound more like nicknames than actual names, its easy to believe that he is a man with no name. The fact that multiple actors return in different roles across the "trilogy", even though some of them died in one of the other movies also makes it difficult to see these movies as a true trilogy.
@@YouHaventSeenMeRight That's the key really IMO. IF (deliberate big "if" :), you view him as the same character in all 3 movies then you can easily justify "Joe" being a generic placeholder for "guy whose name I don't know". But if you view them as a loosely linked set of films on a theme (like e.g. the "Cornetto Trilogy") then you can easily justify "Joe" as simply being his name in AFoD and _not_ in the other two movies (where he either has no name, or is _literally_ called "Manco/Manko/Monco" - depending on which credit you believe - in FaFDM and "Blondie" in TGtBatU).
I first saw this as a teenager and I remember it having such a different, edgy tone compared to other Westerns I’d seen. Now I’m almost 50 and after seeing many Westerns this is still my favorite. *Great reaction Schmitt’s!*
A Fistful of Dollars remains my favorite film of the "trilogy." I keep coming back to this movie more so than the other two films. This first film has a charming simplicity, yet the characters don't feel simple. There's something unique that stands out about all of them: "Joe", Marisol, Ramon, Silvanito, Esteban, Consuela, the Coffinmaker. Simple story, complex characters. As far as other Leone Westerns, I put Once Upon a Time in the West up there with A Fistful of Dollars.
Great reaction commentary! Great understanding/attention to detail ; I appreciate all y' all's appreciation. Looking forward to the rest of the trilogy. After the trilogy hope you get to "The Outlaw Josey Wales" (Eastwood 1976)
Bruce Willis starred in another remake of Yojimbo called "Last Man Standing" (1996), set in the Prohibition era. It's interesting to compare the three.
There’s a very good reimagining remake of this film staring Bruce Willis, called last man standing. It’s awesome it’s the same plot line only set in the 1920s. Check it out it’s overlooked and highly underrated.
This trilogy is amazing and so influential for film makers from tarantino to Spielberg. Sergio Leone was a true master and despite the quality of this trilogy his real masterpieces for me are once upon a time in the west and once upon a time in America (gangster movie not a western). The morricone soundtrack undoubtedly enhances the superb cinematography.
Sam and I loved this movie! We can’t wait to complete the trilogy and continue to experience many more Clint Eastwood and Western films!
Thank you for the support!
Check this out...it's the soundtrack th-cam.com/video/Hnt8M_80udo/w-d-xo.html
I'll come back and edit this comment as I watch the reaction.
Techniscope was a 35 mm widescreen format that worked by only using half the height (two perforations worth) of a normal 35 mm film frame, and no special lenses. So it's a "low fidelity" widescreen format, but on the other hand, you only use half the film stock you would normally, while shooting, so it's a rare case of a widescreen format being actually cheaper to shoot (in terms of negative film stock) than "Academy" ratio or silent ratio or whatever. Put another way, a director could do twice the number of takes for the same footage count.
Of course all the developed footage has to be blown up for the release prints, but that's easily done as an added anamorphic and enlargement lens in the striking of the prints.
this movie is based onn a Samurai movie call Yojimbo
Ennio Morricone was a total genius composing the soundtrack.
High Plains Drifter is a great Western with and Directed by Clint Eastwood
"The Good, the bad and the ugly", "Once upon a time in the west" and "For a few dollars more" are three further highly suggested spaghetti westerns! All of them from Sergio Leone and with music from Ennio Morricone 😉👍
and High Plains Drifter
For a few dollars more, and The good, the bad and the ugly are the sequels to this movie, in that order. They are apparently called The "man with no name trilogy" or the "dollars trilogy".
You forgot , Duck you sucker , also know as , Fist full of dynamite ... Sergio Leone movie with James Coburn and Rod Steiger set to 1913 Mexico .
Jack Palance and Bud Spencer , It can be done Amigo , western comedy , 2nd unit director Sergio Leone and they used.some sets built to , Once upon time in the west .
I would add the often overlooked, but brilliant Leone film “Once Upon A Time… The Revolution” (European title) also known as (in the USA) “Duck, You Sucker” or “A Fistful of Dynamite”
@@soulextracter Sequels in name only (pun intended). There is no continuity. That said, there is a scene in The Good, the Bad... that pais off having seen the other two beforehand. Also... Yojimbo. Also never forget Duck you Sucker!. And nobody will ever react to Once Upon a Time in America. Up there with the Godfather trilogy.
Can't wait to see your reactions to "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". For me that is by far the best western and one of the best movies ever made. Perfection
Agreed 100%
I thought it was one of the most boring.
@@Gutslinger Opinions are like Assh*les. Everybody has one.
Clint Eastwood plays an avenging ghost in two films: 'High Plains Drifter' and 'Pale Rider!' These were not "spaghetti westerns," but they are some of his best work!
Outlaw Josey Wales
@@TowGunner Outlaw Josie Wales was the last film I saw in our Fox Theatre before it closed its doors for years to come. But I remember that movie as I have no other! The "Missouri Boat Ride" is a favorite scene of mine!
nice spoilers
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That’s right they weren’t spaghetti westerns and were American made films directed by Clint Eastwood and music by Dee Barton for High Plain Drifter and Lennie Niehaus for Pale Rider where the Spaghetti Westerns “Dollars Trilogy” were directed by Sergio Leone with music by Ennio Morricone.
Ennio Morricone was a total genius composing the soundtrack.
In the movie "Back to the Future II" this movie is playing on the television when Marty confronts Biff about the sports book. The scene that is playing is when the Eastwood character is wearing a metal plate under his pancho. Later, in "Back to the Future III," Marty uses the name Eastwood and uses a metal stove door under his pancho to save himself from Buford Tannen's attempt to shoot him. Nice.
One idea I recommend is checking out the Akira Kurosawa film Yojimbo, since Fistful of Dollars is considered an unofficial remake of it, and the two have a very interesting legal history with each other. Still, regardless of that, it’d be nice to do a compare and contrast between the two.
I agree. As much as I like this film, I like Yojimbo better.
"unofficial remake" lol
Yojimbo is great
I agree, though I don't understand why U.S. cinema needed to 'lift' ideas from other countries' cinema (Hidden Fortress-Star Wars, Seven Samurai-Magnificent Seven and my favourite example The Man with one red Shoe-The Man with one red Shoe). Geeezzz. :)
They need to watch Yojimbo!
Sergio Leone's films progressively got better and better and this was just his first. Make sure to check out 'Once Upon A Time In The West' for sure.
His second he made a sword and sandal movie prior Colossus of Rhodes
Yes, definitely Once Upon A Time In The West..one of my favorites
And 'Once Upon a Time in America'
I wouldn't recommend 'Once Upon A Time In America' to just anyone. It contains some of the best filmmaking in all of cinema, but it almost deserved an x-rating. It was just too real at times and I could see how it could affect a casual viewer unaware of what they're about to see.
"You brought 2 too many." Probably the only line in cinema greater than "My mistake, 4 coffins"
The music from the great Ennio Morricone is as important character in the Dollar Trilogy as the Man with No Name. As the Trilogy progresses the movies and the music is getting better and better, the final one is a real masterpiece.
Too bad the "Once upon a time in the West" got so few votes, it's Sergio Leone's and Morricone's next movie together. it's not even a western but an epoch dressed as a western. You really shouldn't miss it.
I collected the Morricone soundtrack for The Untouchables on vinyl LP (when the movie was new, 1987) and listened to it often. I always like seeing his name in the credits. A composer of many talents, and deep.
Check out the Danish National Symphony Orchestra TH-cam vids of these scores. Amazing!
I can't wait for them to meet Tuco, my favorite character in all of film. I trust that by the time they watch The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, they will be hooked enough to watch the true final chapter in the Man with No Name saga, Once Upon a Time in the West. It is a spectacular film.
@@gishgali8354 I grew up to love Tuco over many rewatches. Once you gain sympathy for the character he is just the best!
Someone has to play it. Unless you just wanna flip through the sheet music.
One thing I appreciate about Sergio Leone westerns, aside from his raw talent as a director, was that he focused a lot on characters utilizing their guile and intelligence to solve problems rather than purely relying on their skill with a gun. It's something you don't see a lot in westerns, even as the genre evolved and matured.
Next RDR(3) Needs list here:
-Snake Den
-Climbing up (and also with a rope)
-mine cart ride like from Temple of Doom
-Story board like this.... lies/help/lust/lovers/and revenge
(and homeboy gives you explosive that he stole)
"I love the music so far"..... The name is Morricone, Ennio Morricone. The most legendary composer of them all.
I always thought it was Beethoven.... :-)
You missed one important point: Morricone was DIRECTE|D by Sergio... If music is like this on Sergio music it's because he ASKED Morricone to do this kind of music, and corrected him, he was a enlighten order giver.
As has been previously mentioned, Akira Kurosawa made ‘Yojimbo’ first. He also directed ‘The Seven Samurai’ which was remade as ‘The Magnificent Seven’. Both films are well worth a viewing. Thanks for your reactions, they’re always enjoyable. 😊
This is the movie that made Clint Eastwood a movie star. Up to this point he'd spent 8 years as a character called Rowdy Yates in a tv western called Rawhide. I'm amazed no one has recommended a classic, very violent Sam Pekinpah western called The Wild Bunch. One of the best.
Yes. I grew up not being interested in Westerns, and ‘The Wild Bunch’ is the movie that got me interested in Westerns.
It's really funny to watch Clint Eastwood in Rawhide... he's so young and clean-cut, very different from his grizzled personas in most of his later movies.
Leonardo DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was designed as a less visionary Eastwood, who after losing his western show insists on trying to continue his career through increasingly small guest roles rather than exploring the western boom in Italy.
The Wild Bunch was on the poll that this won, I'm sure they'll be doing it at some point, which will be fun to see.
The Good The Bad and The Ugly is actually what made Eastwood an International star as it was released in United States along A Fistful Of Dollars and For A Few Dollars More were released in US in 1967 even though the first two films were released in Europe in 1964 and 1965 including Italy where filmed and Spain. It’s crazy to think Eastwood technically didn’t become a huge International star star until he was 37 years old.
Going through the comments a lot of people are recommending the Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. He directed 30 films, all of them a masterclass in filmmaking. His movie Seven Samurai is considered one of the best ever made. You can’t go wrong with any one of his movies! Also 16 of his 30 movies starred the great Toshiro Mifune! Considered one of the greatest Japanese actors of all time!
Interestingly, they remade his Seven Samurai film into an American Western- The Magnificent Seven. But yeah, legendary art film director no doubt.
@@barrycohen311 Both are wonderful films. But Samurai is probably the better.
@@barrycohen311 Fistful of Dollars is a Kurosawa remake as well.
@@auckalukaum Thanks...I did not know...
Now you should watch Akira Kurosawa's film Yojimbo (1961). (You said you were interested in more foreign movies.) "A Fistul of Dollars" is a retelling of Yojimbo.
"The Man With No Name" moniker was technically created by the United Artists marketing department for promoting the film in the U.S. and other countries. But the character is genuinely nameless. He just has a different nickname in each film.
Oh guys the director did a fourth western a stand alone. Once apon a time in the west . Amazing, female protagonist.
Once Upon A Time In The West is the Lawrence Of Arabia of Spaghetti Westerns!! Both in scope and long run time. The 1st 7 minutes you are treated to some the best sound design and 3 popular actors waiting for another they were going to meet. You're never bored by it.
The beautiful Claudia Cardinale😍
@@frankgesuele6298 beautiful indeed, and she is wonderful in in , and soundtrack. ( chefs kiss) not to forget the othrr cat
Once upon a time in the west is part of the america trilogy, not a "stand alone".
Also he did 7 western.
@brobbus0
The Last Days of Pompeii, Co Director (he did most of the shooting) and co writer.
My Name is Noboby, Idea, Co director, co writer.
Nobodys the Greatest, Co director, Co writer and producer.
Once upon a time in the west, ... Revolution and ... in America ist the America Trilogy, the connection is America.
This trilogy is hands down one of my favourites. Other Clint Eastwood films that are great are Hang 'Em High & The Outlaw Josey Wales
I love Pale Rider too.
Let’s not forget High Plains Drifter
Coogans bluff is very underrated Clint movie.
Josey Wales is still one I have to watch!
There are three Clint Eastwood westerns I'd recommend: High Plains Drifter (1973), The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), and Pale Rider (1985). Also, Silverado (1985), starring Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Danny Glover, Kevin Costner, and Brian Dennehy.
Check out ',Once upon a time in the west,'
Charles Bronson, Henry Fonda, Jason Robarts,.. classic spaghetti western
I recently watched The Outlaw Josey Wales for the first time. WOW. Must see.
"the good, the bad & the weird" - wonderful korean high-end blockbuster inspired by these classics
One of the rare trilogies where the third film is the best of the bunch (and really iconic, to boot). And that's not to knock the previous two films; they're darn good as well.
Yeah, the third isn’t just then best of the bunch…it’s completely next level. I can’t imagine seeing that happen again
Amen my brother
Yep, The Good The Bad And The Ugly is THE spaghetti western.
One thing I feel is that this is a trilogy in reverse. The last set before the other 2.
The genre for this trilogy is called spaghetti westerns because they were filmed in Italy and Spain .The reason the sound effect and voices sound weird and are off a little is because the movies were made without sound and they were dubbed over during post production. The main reason for that was because the actors were from 3 different countries so they were speaking 3 different languages . And this one is a remake of a Japanese movie about a samurai bodyguard , but I don't know about the other two.
Also dubbing was a standard way of doing dialog in Italian movies for a long time.
Thanks guys for watching this masterpiece!! I cant wait to see your reaction to this one!! Thanks Thanks Thanks!! The Good The Bad and The Ugly is best one in this trilogy!! Best Western movie ever!! Im going to watch now your reaction and i know im going to enjoy!! Thanks again!! Love you guys!!❤❤❤
Filmed in my mother's homeland of Andalucia, Spain!
Another film you might like is the original Magnificent Seven (1960). The cast has a lot of famous actors and It's an adaptation of another Akira Kurosawa movie (Seven Samurai). The remake (2017 I think) is pretty cool as well and also.has a very recognisable cast.
I love these movies cant wait for the other 2 reactions The Outlaw Josie Wales is another great Clint Eastwood western.
It really speaks to the universal nature of film that a generation of Italians brought up on old westerns would redefine the genre, while in this case literally plagiarizing a Japanese movie influenced by the same genre! I can only hope though that Yojimbo and Kurosawa's other movies are on your radar after this! Need more people to see the iconic ending of Sanjuro
"First Full of Dollars" was a remake of "Yojimbo" which Kurosawa said was a remake of the 1942 American movie, "The Glass Key" from Dashiell Hammett's novel, The Glass Key, which was also similar to Hammett's novel Red Dawn. It was a low budget movie which was never intended to be seen beyond Southern Italy. Kurosawa wasn't given credit by mistake. No one expected, that "Fistful of Dollars" would become legend, so they weren't careful about such things. Movie makers were most all familiar w/ Kurosawa and his work then, so they weren't actively trying to fool anyone.
I totally recommend Kurosawa's "Yojimbo" as well as his "Seven Samurai".
@@sparky6086 Dashiell Hammett's novel is RED HARVEST. Red Dawn is an 80s movie. The Glass Key is a wholly different plot.
@@wadeheaton123 Though surely I can't be alone in now wanting to see Dashiell Hammett's take on "Red Dawn" ? :)
@@anonymes2884 If you are not joking, You are bizarrely divorced from reality. Hammett died 30 years before John Milias' film. Red Harvest is about an outsider playing two sides against each other with much bloodshed. The Red in Red Dawn means Communism. Maybe you should read some Dashiell Hammett. Or are you really a Q@Anon I mess Troll. Hard to say, but you got all your facts wrong. Dashiell Hammett never wrote a novel or a short story called Red Dawn
@@anonymes2884 You do know that Hammett served time in prison for his "Red" political leanings.
Spaghetti Westerns like this iconic trilogy are always fun to watch.
The rest of the trilogy features Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach, two awesome actors and a fine addition to the series.
Other westerns I recommend are Once Upon A Time In the West, 3:10 to Yuma (2007), Last Man Standing, and The Quick and the Dead.
Agreed 100% with all those.
Very enjoyable! If you remember Back to the Future II, Evil Biff is watching this movie in his hot tub. Marty saw the bulletproof "vest" scene before he turned it off. That's why he used the stove door in Part III. Also, I'm disappointed "Silverado" scored so low in the poll. It's my favorite Western, and definitely one to watch!
Not much to add it's a classic, pure and a favorite of mine. Remember these were filmed in foreign countries (Spain and Italy), as a result most of the characters didn't speak English so the dialog was added later in editing. That's why there isn't much dialog but added to the mystic.
I watched this in the theater. Here in LA, Quentin Tarantino owns New Beverly Cinema and a majority of the movies they show is older movies and classics.
That sounds like something that Tarantino would do, love it.
Yojimbo . 'Bodyguard') is a 1961 Japanese samurai film directed by Akira Kurosawa. In 1964, Yojimbo was remade as A Fistful of Dollars, a Spaghetti Western directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood
After the Trilogy, the next Western with Clint NEEDS to be "The Outlaw Josey Wales". For sure in his top 5 movies PERIOD of all genres he has done. I see others say you should see "Once Upon A Time In The West" and I totally agree, it is another MUST WATCH WESTERN for anyone that loves or has interest in Westerns. You pretty much can't go wrong with Eastwood's Westerns, of course you will find some better then others but that's true for all movies in general. Joe is just a named Coffin Maker used to have something to call him since he never gives his name.
I suggest to anyone who watches this film to check out Akira Kurosawa's "Yojimbo", which was remade for "A Fistful of Dollars." In fact, Sergio Leone was sued (and he lost) because he didn't give Kurosawa credit.
It's good to see the channel react to Sergio Leone's films. He's one of my favorite film directors.
And, not to underrate Enio'score, he was DIRECTED by Segio too... So if the music is like it is, it's MAINLY because of Sergio Leone... Too many people forget that.
It's a remake, almost note for note, of Yojimbo. But it's awesome on its own. The maker of Yojimbo was inspired by American Westerns, the maker of A Fist Full, was inspired by Yojimbo, these Spaghetti Westerns, in turn inspired American filmmakers to make more westerns. Full circle.
More precisely, Yojimbo is outright based on Dashiell Hammett's "Red Harvest", a Continental Op pulp novel. So if by "inspired" you mean "didn't credit the original writer" then yes.
@@snorpenbass4196 cool! Ty.
"For a Few Dollars More" is my favorite film in the Man With No Name trilogy, but my absolute favorite Italian westerns are "Once Upon A Time in the West" and "My Name is Nobody." The former is an epic drama of operatic scale with unforgettable characters - each with his or her own agenda and subplot, a gorgeous musical score, and masterful cinematography. The latter is a funny, exciting and surprisingly touching blend of comedy, action and pathos as an aging gunfighter who wants to quietly fade away and retire to a life of peaceful anonymity runs into a hero worshiping young fan who is extraordinarily skilled with a gun and determined to turn his childhood idol into a legend who will never be forgotten by setting him up to singlehandedly face a gang of "150 purebred sons of bitches" known as The Wild Bunch.
Once Upon a Time in the West is definitely my favorite classic western.
"My name is nobody" is the best western comedy ever.
The title recalling the "Man with No Name. The slapstick parody of the gunfight. The secret motivation of the main character. Even Morricone's music is a parody of his famous scores; I heard somewhere it was his favorite of his own music.
Not to mention those subtle references like "Wild Bunch" and "Sam Peckinpah. That's a beautiful name in Navajo."
Anyways "Wild Bunch" is another great movie with larger-than-life characters, but it's not for the faint hearted. I was disappointed when I saw it together with the "Buch Cassidy ..." got so few votes. Please don't skip them.
Same. Mortimer is such a bad sob
Once Upon a Time in The West is the best movie in Space Time...
They call me trinity
This movie was adapted from Akira Kurosawa's film, "Yojimbo" (The Bodyguard). If you don't mind subtitles, it's definitely worth a watch, especially with the great Toshiro Mifune as the lead. 👍👍👍
Which is really cool, because Yojimbo was a samurai movie inspired by westerns!
If you're a Toshiro Mifune fan, try the TV mini-series "Shogun" (1980), based on James Clavell's best selling novel. Filmed on location in Japan with a largely Japanese cast.
Kurosawa sued and won because of this…
@@paintedjaguar Not much Mifune in that series, unfortunately.
@@bmw128racer Mifune's one of the three leads and plays the titular Shogun. It's as much his story as Blackthorne's.
The trilogy is great. Leone is a genius. However, his masterpiece is Once Upon A Time In The West. Not only is OUATITW the greatest western movie ever made, it's one of the greatest movies period. So you should definitely see that after these three.
The Good, the bad and the ugly is better.
@@Mr.Goodkat Bigger budget, great film, gets a bit lost in the middle. The end, in the cemetery is truly wonderful. OUATITW has no flab or miss-steps in the story, and is better shot and acted. And, the use of the score is better too. Possibly the best use of character themes in any movie, ever.
"Aim for the heart Ramon!"
Imagine seeing this in a theater for the first time when we found out what a spaghetti western was! The scores of Ennio Morricone are used throughout the trilogy. You are right about the twists during the film that keep one on the edge of their seat. The man with no name is an anti hero in my view. Direction and camera work and lighting in these films are top drawer.
Great reaction, this reminds me of my dad all the way! He'd make us sit n watch all these spaghetti westerns when we were itty bitty. I think I was like 5 yrs old lol!!! Clint will always be my favorite! Thanks pop ( R. Valdez)! Love u!
Great Reaction! Thanks. Please React to "Once Upon a time in the West" the Same Director with Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson and Jason Robards. The Same great composer. Better than this trilogy
Came here to say this exact thing. Once Upon a Time in the West holds up better than the dollars trilogy IMO (except *maybe* The Good the Bad and the Ugly), and is just a beautiful piece of work. It is the single essential western.
Absolutely seconding this request 👍 Once Upon A Time In The West is an ultimate slowburn with powerful payoffs. Very different in structure than the dollars trilogy films, but still carrying that signature Dollars trilogy feel of the one-two punch that is Sergio Leone's camerawork and Ennio Morricone's music. I know "The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly" (TGTB&TU) is the most popular out of the Ennio Morricone spaghetti westerns, but I think "Once Upon A Time in the West" (OUATITW) deserves to be remembered on that same legendary film level. TGTB&TU is definitely more of an adventure film and is more overall fun considering the humor and element of constant tension of mistrust that Tuco brings, but I would argue that OUATITW is more of an emotionally powerful film. Both films aim to do different things and nail what they're going for, so at the end of the day it's truly just a subjective decision on which film you say is your favorite, but the main takeaway is that OUATITW is absolutely worth watching alongside the Dollars trilogy 🤠👍 For anyone who read this whole comment, thanks for coming to my TED talk 😂😅
Absolutely! This and G,B,U are two of the best movies ever made. Not just westerns, but greatest movies.
Yes yes yes
4:55…that classic Eastwood grimace is due to the cigar he has…he said he got these cigars from a little shop over in Italy, where this was filmed, and that the taste of the cigar was so bitter it naturally made his face like that
guinea stinkers
"Joe" is like "Dude" in westerns
Biff is also watching this movie in BTTF 2 to foreshadow it happening BTTF 3!
Enjoyed this reaction and am looking forward to the other two movies in the trilogy. Please consider also watching Once Upon a Time in the West. It doesn't have Eastwood in it, but it's by the same director, Sergio Leone, and the same composer, Ennio Morricone. I personally think it's the best of Leone's westerns. It's pure cinema. It is one of my favorite movies and I would love to see your reaction.
16:04 Samantha: "That's really big money!", TBR: "Right! Were dollars always that big?". This is an excerpt from wikipedia about the US. dollar sizes.
"The 'large-sized notes' issued before 1928 measured
7.42 in × 3.125 in (188.5 mm × 79.4 mm),
while small-sized notes introduced that year measure
6.14 in × 2.61 in × 0.0043 in (155.96 mm × 66.29 mm × 0.11 mm)."
One winter, I was laid off and living alone, and I decided to set some sort of record for watching "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" the most consecutive nights in a row. I like that movie that much! I was shooting for a whole month, but had to stop after the 10th night (it's a long movie!). I even named my pet cockatiel Tuco.
Er, my way of saying there's movie greatness ahead!
josey wales and pale rider are my fave clint westerns, well worth a watch
You've taken your first step into the wonderful world of spaghetti westerns.... the BEST westerns. I agree with Fools Gold who posted before- Once Upon a Time in the West is a MUST WATCH. So is Duck You Sucker (A FistFul of dynamite). Neither are Eastwood films but they are as good (if not better).
One thing I appreciate about the Dollars trilogy is that the Man with No Name never has a love interest, he's just there to make money or solve some problem. He's very mysterious but has layers of character hidden beneath like with the line about how he knew someone like the woman before but no one was around to help.
The movies keep getting better as they go on.
One of the great spaghetti westerns. I highly encourage you to check out 'Once Upon a Time in the West' for another great cinematic experience.
Another excellent Eastwood western is one of his very early Directorial efforts (shortly after Play Misty for me) and that is “The Outlaw Josey Wales”
It was also one of the films preserved in the National Archives too and definitely worth a watch.
One the greatest movies ever made
Best western ever: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly!
Great western, but with all due respect, I can't concur with it being the best.
{Even Outlaw Josie Wales and The Unforgiven were a bit better.}
@@matthewgrand4791 Sorry Mathew, I can't concur. Tom J had the right of it, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is the superior fil for me.
The dvd commentary is great on this film. 'Fistful' changed not only the Western genre but revolutionized filmmaking in general. There's 3 theme park towns in Spain that tourists visit that were used in the filming of hundreds of Spaghetti Westerns during the 60's and 70's.
I loved ALL Eastwood's Westerns growing up; his Dirty Harry movies, especially the 2nd, as well as Kelly's Heroes which is a blast. For me though, my fave Eastwood movie of all time is 'Where Eagles Dare'.
The plot twists, the cast, the cinematography, the whole movie is fried gold!!!! Oftern considered the best war movie of its time. Doubt we'll ever see a reviewer choose that tho', even though i reckon you'd absolutely love it.
I loved all of the legendary classic WW2 movies. Where the eagle dares is one of those.... Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, the Gestapo, the ultimate location, the spy play, the end vertigo fights... Love it all.
When they laughed about his mule, and he looked up with the cigar in his mouth, that might as well been the reaper with that face he made.
After the trilogy if you continue with Eastwood westerns you have to check out Pale Rider and The Outlaw Josey Wales.
Love the extreme close ups of the rugged faces with light eyes.
So much character in those shots.
Those worn out/hard life stares.
Yojimbo! Seven Samurai! Rashomon! This is a good film it’s true, and a far better Kurosawa adaptation than the Magnificent Seven, but PLEASE react to some Kurosawa. You will see how one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema influenced countless other film makers. Spielberg. Scorsese. Leone. Coppola. George Lucas. Tarantino. The list goes on and on. He’s THAT important.
The actor who played Ramone is an Italian actor who preferred to play characters in Italian political films of the 60s and 70s.He did not like playing criminals in these dollars films,but as all ways it's a paying job.
once upon a time in the west is the Best spaghetti Western ever made , wish u would react to that one. Stars Charles Bronson and Henry Fonda . (Henry Fonda's First Bad Guy Role)
When your friends know just what to get you “I got you a present, it’s dynamite”
Ennio Morricone's soundtrack was as much of a character as the actors, and began a great musical tradition.
Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Westerns had one thing that nobody has commented on/noticed. The people in these Westerns look like Real People you'd see in Old West pictures of the time. They come in all sizes, colors, and go from ugly to (sorta) beautiful unlike Hollywood Westerns, where everybody looks like a fresh-and-clean-from-wardrobe Movie Star.
The movies have no continuity, the director didn't consider them a trilogy, American marketers when translating the titles changed them to sound like one was a sequel to the other (fistful of dollars, for a few dollars more) it was all just to encourage people to see them both.
Clint Eastwood is a different person in all three and has a (different) name in all three, he acts similarly just like how John Wayne acts similarly in all his films but it doesn't mean it's the same guy. Also even if it were a trilogy, the final entry "the good, the bad & the ugly" would be a prequel because the civil war is going on in it but one of the tombstone's in the cemetery in fistful has a date of death on it after the war was over.
I just watched these movies for the first time and was trying to figure out if they were supposed to be chronological or kind of stand alone while I was watching the sequels. In the last one, the clothes he’s given at the POW camp are the ones he’s wearing in this movie. Also, at the end of the last one he picks up the poncho he’s wearing in this one and wears it. I thought that was pretty cool
Fistfull of Dollars and the other "spaghetti westerns" are credited with making Clint Eastwood a star. Fun fact: Bruce Willis made a remake of FOD called Last Man Standing it was set in the 1930's during the great depression.
Ha! I was going to mention "Last Man Standing".
Last Man Standing is actually a credited remake of Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo. Fistful of Dollars is an uncredited, almost scene for scene remake of Yojimbo.
This, itself a 'remake' of another film (Yojimbo), was remade with Bruce Willis in a more modern setting (1920s, I think), as Last Man Standing. Oh, and once you've enjoyed the trilogy, also check out the orchestral performances of the scores by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra on TH-cam, very enjoyable.
I agree with the comments. Once upon a time in the west is one of the best films ever. Seven Samurai is also a must see.
I look forward to you watching The Good, The Bad and the Ugly……truly one of the all time great westerns.
Fun fact: Medieval armour was proofed against various weapons, including firearms. This was done by literally firing into the breastplate. The dent left behind was the proof mark that the cuirass was able to wistand impact from a firearm. Hence "bullet proof."
Fun fact:Medieval armors was not bulletproof 🤣
Except plate armor wasn’t bullet proof…
"The Man With No Name" thing... I think that's just a title given to the trilogy. He's got a different name in each of the three, if I'm not mistaken. And the movies aren't really even connected. I don't even think he's playing the same person in each of the three.
Please do Once Upon a Time in the West. Even better than the dollars trilogy.
The funny thing is I only watched this movie once, and I liked it, but the next two are so incredibly better, I hope you'll watch them. Especially For a Few Dollars more is my favorite Western ever. As a side point I hope you'll watch Pale Rider at some point, that's one of the greatest.
based on the movie yojimbo. and a masterpiece.
Ramon was played by Gian Maria Volonte, one of the all-time great Italian actors. He'll be back as a different villain in For a Few Dollars More (a lot of the supporting actors appear as different characters in the next two films).
The big, grisly looking guy is hard to mistake for anyone else.
@@internetidentity3917 yeah, his name is Mario Brega. He even turns up as a gangster in the opening of Once Upon a Time in America (he's clean shaven so he's hard to revognize).
Great reaction! My brothers & I still quote this trilogy. Eastwood didn't speak Italian & Leone didn't speak English, but they sure made a great pair! Shane is my favorite western, please consider it 🙏
Yes, Shane !
Or "Pale Rider" if they wanted to stay on the Eastwood kick (not as good as "Shane" IMO but i've certainly seen worse "remakes").
One thing I think is fair, there's another name associated with many Eastwood western's from this period, Ennio Morricone. He's the man behind the sound track, an unmistakable style that you'll notice as you watch more. He's a Legend.
Great reaction . Each move gets better. The good the bad and the ugly would have to be one of the greatest western ever made . And it’s music score is fantastic
Although the man with no name series is a trilogy they are all standalone movies and in each movie he has a name . Joe , Manko and Blondie
Can’t wait to watch Your reaction to the others
None of those are names so much as _labels_ though, things people call him rather than his name - "Joe" is just a generic placeholder for a "gringo" whose name you don't know, "Manco" means something like "one-armed" (because he specifically uses one hand for almost everything in FaFDM) and "Blondie" is obviously just another generic placeholder, like "Red" for a redhead.
Eastwood's character in all three movies has no actual name.
You two will LOVE the next two in the series. Complete classics (especially Good, Bad, and the Ugly). Enjoy!
Highly recommend checking out Yojimbo and Sanjuro from Akira Kurosawa since those were direct influences on the Dollar Trilogy.
Sanjuro doesn't get enough love, better than Yojimbo in my opinion
In Spaghetti Westerns, everyone spoke in their own language, Italian, Spanish, English, German etc and then it was dubbed into the different languages to fit each viewing market. This film made Clint a star in Europe then after 'For a Few Dollars More' and 'Good, Bad and the Ugly' his Euro popularity catapulted him to stardom here in the U.S.
A lot of what you liked about this movie came directly from Yojimbo, which this is almost a shot-for-shot remake of at times. If you liked this at all, you really gotta watch Yojimbo! Akira Kurosawa's Samurai films are the basis for so many Westerns. The main actor in Yojimbo, Toshiro Mifune is one of the greats!
Also, if you like Westerns, check out some John Ford movies! For some reason they are getting overlooked these days.
So pleased that you watched and enjoyed this one! Look forward to your reactions to A Few Dollars More and The Good, The Bad & The Ugly. All classic films and so many memorable moments. Sergio Leone, Ennio Morricone and Clint Eastwood achieved something really special in this trilogy.
Also loved that Back to the Future 2 and 3 gave a nod to A Fistful of Dollars.
the good the bad and the ugly is a great movie , i remember going to see the movie as a young man ,
Eastwood's "High Planes Drifter" ('73) and "The Outlaw Josey Wales" (' 76) are fantastic!
It's a minor point, but Eastwood's character really was "the man with no name." In this film, the characters called him "Joe" because it's a typical American name, and he was a gringo. It's similar to the way Europeans frequently called American soldiers "Joe" during World War II. In the credits for this film he's listed as "Joe," but that's not his name.
on "inside the actor's studio, eastwood tells it differently. it was "joe" in the script and it always was his name until the public started using the term "man with no name trilogy". he's called "blondie" in the third one, but it still said "joe" in the script, and as far as leone and eastwood are concerned, thats his name.
@@ice-iu3vv I missed that! Thanks for the correction!
@@ice-iu3vv That's interesting but i'm inclined to quote another great Western - "This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." :).
In other words, once a film is out in the world, what the director, stars and even script say isn't _necessarily_ the last word IF the film can justifiably be interpreted differently (I always have in my mind "Blade Runner", where the director and star disagree on even the fundamental nature of the main character. "Star Wars" is another example, where the creator attempted to change the movie's reality decades after release).
@@ice-iu3vv It was the US distributor that coined the phrase "Man with No Name trilogy". The movies aren't actually connected by the same character, but because they all starred Clint Eastwood it was a marketing ploy to connect the movies to sell them to US audiences. I think in the first movie his name is Joe, in the second movie he is called Manco (Italian for Lefty) and in the third movie they call him Blondie (even though I don't think he has blond hair at all). Since the last two sound more like nicknames than actual names, its easy to believe that he is a man with no name. The fact that multiple actors return in different roles across the "trilogy", even though some of them died in one of the other movies also makes it difficult to see these movies as a true trilogy.
@@YouHaventSeenMeRight That's the key really IMO. IF (deliberate big "if" :), you view him as the same character in all 3 movies then you can easily justify "Joe" being a generic placeholder for "guy whose name I don't know". But if you view them as a loosely linked set of films on a theme (like e.g. the "Cornetto Trilogy") then you can easily justify "Joe" as simply being his name in AFoD and _not_ in the other two movies (where he either has no name, or is _literally_ called "Manco/Manko/Monco" - depending on which credit you believe - in FaFDM and "Blondie" in TGtBatU).
I first saw this as a teenager and I remember it having such a different, edgy tone compared to other Westerns I’d seen. Now I’m almost 50 and after seeing many Westerns this is still my favorite.
*Great reaction Schmitt’s!*
Will once again nominate “Silverado”, as that Tombstone style, hugely stacked cast, big western epic. Surprisingly funny too.
I'd go a step further and nominate the Costner trilogy - Silverado, Dances With Wolves, and Open Range. Three different perspectives on the Old West.
A Fistful of Dollars remains my favorite film of the "trilogy." I keep coming back to this movie more so than the other two films. This first film has a charming simplicity, yet the characters don't feel simple. There's something unique that stands out about all of them: "Joe", Marisol, Ramon, Silvanito, Esteban, Consuela, the Coffinmaker. Simple story, complex characters. As far as other Leone Westerns, I put Once Upon a Time in the West up there with A Fistful of Dollars.
Great reaction commentary! Great understanding/attention to detail ; I appreciate all y' all's appreciation. Looking forward to the rest of the trilogy. After the trilogy hope you get to "The Outlaw Josey Wales" (Eastwood 1976)
Definitely "The Outlaw Josey Wales".
My second favorite Eastwood western after "Unforgiven".
The Outlaw Josey Wales is my favourite Eastwood film
I love this movie! However, it is a remake of the Japanese movie YOJIMBO by Akira Kurosawa. I highly recommend this one also. Very good review btw.
Bruce Willis starred in another remake of Yojimbo called "Last Man Standing" (1996), set in the Prohibition era. It's interesting to compare the three.
Beat me to it
It wasn't a remake, it was a rip-off. Sergio Leone even got sued by Kurosawa.
"I like the soundtrack already" at the beginning of the movie's intro is a perfectly fitting reaction to Ennio Morricone.
There’s a very good reimagining remake of this film staring Bruce Willis, called last man standing. It’s awesome it’s the same plot line only set in the 1920s. Check it out it’s overlooked and highly underrated.
YES!!! I left an identical comment on another reaction channel that watched this film. One of Bruce Willis best movies IMO.
Yeah they need to watch it. Imo Last Man Standing is better than this. Love them both though.
Your outros are the best I’ve seen. Thanks you guys!
Love your reactions! For a non-western film starring, directed, and produced by Clint Eastwood I highly recommend Gran Torino.
Absolutely, 100%.
This trilogy is amazing and so influential for film makers from tarantino to Spielberg. Sergio Leone was a true master and despite the quality of this trilogy his real masterpieces for me are once upon a time in the west and once upon a time in America (gangster movie not a western).
The morricone soundtrack undoubtedly enhances the superb cinematography.