The Captain is truly one of the most fascinating characters Sergio Leone ever put on screen. Hardly any screen time, but so memorable, deep, and sympathetic.
My favourite scene is when Clint comes upon a dying Soldier - a young man - Clint offers him a puff of his cigar and puts his coat over the young man. With Ennio Morricone's poignant music playing in the back ground it's a very moving scene.
This movie was conceived as a prequel for the “Dollars” movies. Clint puts on the dying confederate soldier’s poncho so that at the end of this movie his character matches that of “Fistful.”
I can't even tell you how many times I've seen GBU since January 1968.Never get tired of it made to say except for Clint many of the cast and crew have passed away. The film will stand the test when we are all gone. To all the people have posted here good luck where ever you are ❤Jack in Ottawa👋 Canada 🇨🇦
The Union Captain was barely in the movie but he’s one of the most memorable characters to me. He was instantly likable and clearly is a good man. I loved the anti war message in this film
Fun fact: the explosion we see in the movie is actually the 2nd time the bridge was blown up. The first time it was blown up prematurely by Spanish staf due to some miscommunication before any camera was filming. And since it was all practical effects, they had to build the whole thing from scratch and shoot al the scenes again.
Apparently Leone fired the crewman who caused the miscommunication. The local army offered to help them rebuild the bridge on the condition that the crewman be rehired.
Just watched an interview clip with Clint. He explains the dangerous part of him and Eli being too close, so Leone used two doubles. Clint said assistant camera man almost got killed. Then said "Anytime you're ready C.B., but that was another story". Must be referring to the accidental blowing up 😂
Brilliant movie the good & the bad & the ugly, tuco thought he was to clever for blondie but blondie was always one step ahead of him. Loved the bridge scene where they tie the explosives to the bridge & they tell each other name of the grave. The captain was brilliant in film too
Observe the transition from just a small road route to a massive warzone from 0:53 to 1:15. I personally loved the transition phase there, anyone wouldn't have expected a warzone to be shown there. Brilliant thinking by the Director and Cameraman👍
One of the most memorable shots in the movie. And its magnificence invites the complicity of the movie goer since the dry Mediterranean landscape (filmed in Almeria, Spain) superbly mimics the backdrop of the Battle of Valverde between the Union and the Confederates in Rio Grande, New Mexico.
I’m sure many directors, producers would have cut this interlude as being a detour just prior to the climax. Good thing Sergio Leone knew what he was doing. Great scene that adds so much to the film and the world of these characters.
I remember watching this scene as a little kid. I couldn't understand all of the significance of what was going on. My dad tried to explain it to me, and I got a little bit of it, but it wasn't until years later, when I looked back on it that I really got it. I've only ever seen this particular scene twice: that first time and again just now. I'm pleased that my memory of it from the first time matches almost exactly as this one... more than 35 years later. I've got a pretty good memory, despite the brain damage, but I think even as a kid I knew that something significant happened in that scene and so it stuck with me. Thanks for sharing it.
By far the most memorable, compelling, segment in this film one could argue. A stand-out scene for sure. The civil war as a backdrop added a lot to this film time, and time again.
Couldn't help but laugh at the look on Blondie's face when he realizes the crate he's hiding behind contains dynamite, and also that he's holding the cheroot a little too close to said crate.
I like how the captain told them to destroy the bridge, without telling them to destroy the bridge. He recognized only they could as outsiders. Although a stronger captain might have just done it anyways
I have a headcanon that the Captain knew full well these two maniacs were just guys hoping the cross the river (for whatever reason) and decided to show them exactly what they'd almost volunteered themselves into... what his war had deformed into. Guiding them right to the explosives? Come on...
Kinda 'borrows' from the end of 'The Bridge on the river Kwai', but it works beautifully.The Italians really knew how to make epic westerns . I wish they come back and replace all those CGI comic book films and endless 'franchises',sequels, and reboots!
I think this scene was based on the repeated attacks by both sides on the stone bridge at the battle of Antetiam ,Maryland in 1862. .during the Civil War. It is today known as Burnsides Bridge.
Nope. This is more like the Vicksburg entrenchments though I never was there. But I was at Antetiam and that was farm country, very nice, but so pastoral now
@@fredrickhall7039 But at Vicksburg there were no repeated assaults across a bridge,like there weee at Antietam. Its the repeated assaults across a bridge theme that I was referring to.
In the film, they are in New Mexico. The Battle of Valverde, Rio Grande. The Andalusian landscape, very arid Mediterranean, recreates it very accurately.
It’s arguably more reminiscent of the battles of the Italian front of WWI especially when you consider how the massive use of earthwork trenches, machine guns, human wave attacks and pointless loss of life brings to mind the battles of the Isonzo. Which makes sense as these are Italian produced films and the Italian experiences in the Soče/Isonzo River valley has left an indelible mark on the Italian memory of war.
That one chunk in the far right of that shot definitely would’ve killed him had his head been exposed . Tucos actor is lucky too, imagine if that rock hit him with his ass straight up like it was, lol
It’s cool that the captain is almost directly telling them not to enlist, since unlike the rest of the men there, they have a choice to die or not. “Is it bad that I talk to volunteers the way I do? I’ve done a lot worse” is worse than blowing up the bridge according to the higher ups who don’t care about lost lives. Truly ahead of it’s time, sad that conscription wasn’t even abolished when this movie came out.
i never expected to see a war scene in this trilogy 😂 it's really a bizzare journey of blondie and tuco , from cowboy to soldier , cant see that happen
The only thing that didn’t make sense was how close Tuco and Blonde were to over a thousand Union soldiers without seeing or hearing them. The perimeter being less than a football field away was a stretch but from where they left their horses was two mounds of sand that first was perimeter and over the second you could see the river below and a mile wide stretch of the Union army. Every Sergio Leone film I’ve seen was a masterpiece and I wish there could have been more.
If you look closely those are actual explosives, that's why there's so much smoke and less fire, and explosions usually just fly upwards and not spread itself around with fire
This scene utterly resumes to me that neither sides were to gain nothing from this except bloodshed. More than a million lives were breached early due to the Civil War, totally eclipsed by the World Wars that succeded, of which took only a fraction of casualties. This is usually what happened in most Civil War battles: no one declared winner, no viable way to prove who won either.
There's another rendition of "the Strong" that plays when blondie gives the wounded captain a drink during the Branston Bridge battle.I've been looking all over for it.
The cost was low because they used young spanish soldiers during their mandatory mil service, they also built the bridge twice because for mistake they blowed it up for mistake.
Primarily because it’s an Italian production and their impression of war is still deeply haunted by memories of the First World War. Scenes like this were made with the horrors of the Isonzo in mind because that’s what the original Italian audience would naturally envision if you wanted to depict war as a hellish, pointless affair.
The Ukrainian war vets sure would appreciate the bridge plot. Its actually the same, people still die in thousands for worthless board pieces at headquarters.
bridges have always been tactical advantages in wars, whoever holds a bridge denies the other side access, in ww2 for example the germans attempted to blow important bridges to halt the allied advance into their territory, when an army crosses a bridge it is at its most vulnerable because it cannot deploy to face the enemy due to the bridge's narrowness, if you destroy a bridge you force the enemy to detour giving you more time to prepare while he finds a way to cross the river/chasm to get at you, you see why bridges are important?
There a saying: "amateurs study tactics, professionals study strategies, veterans study logistics". Bridges often have a high value in multiple perspectives. Whoever controls them can deny the enemy access to entire regions, or force them to into a choke point, fighting with a disadvantage. Bridges are also invaluable for logistics, crossing natural obstacles that otherwise demand long detours or complex construction works that can put a screeching halt to any military operations for weeks. I'm not familiar with the exact laws, but I certainly wouldn't want to be the culprit of such an action.
From the context I conclude that the captain had got orders concerning his mission there, forbidding him to blow up that bridge. So, the legal aspect of it is military discipline : always follow orders and do not disobey them..
Isn't this storyline about Robert E. Lee and the battle for independence? I'm not an American, but I recall hearing a preacher recounting some the events on the battlefield. Most notably, one of the captains had the war won peacefully, had it not been for the fact that he was a constant drunk!
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The Captain is truly one of the most fascinating characters Sergio Leone ever put on screen. Hardly any screen time, but so memorable, deep, and sympathetic.
The Captain hung on painfully until his last breath to hear the good new, then stop fighting and leaving in peace.
Yeah I always loved how he actually fought with his men instead of hiding behind them.
He really was a great character. I love his drunken banter he has with Blondi and Tuco. This movie was definitely an anti war movie
Thinking the same
A great soldier, patriot and totally tired about all those mess, called civil war.
My favourite scene is when Clint comes upon a dying Soldier - a young man - Clint offers him a puff of his cigar and puts his coat over the young man. With Ennio Morricone's poignant music playing in the back ground it's a very moving scene.
This movie was conceived as a prequel for the “Dollars” movies. Clint puts on the dying confederate soldier’s poncho so that at the end of this movie his character matches that of “Fistful.”
I just came to see that scene this morning while drinking my coffee. I randomly wanted to watch it. Great touching scene of compassion.
Mine too
Glad the Captain was able to hear his dream come true !! Love this movie. RIP Dad. Was our favorite movie.
This scene was pretty much a mini-movie within the movie. I forgot how darn good it was!
Thank you pop for letting me watch this with ya as a kid. Rip father. Caballero para siempre
I can't even tell you how many times I've seen GBU since January 1968.Never get tired of it made to say except for Clint many of the cast and crew have passed away. The film will stand the test when we are all gone. To all the people have posted here good luck where ever you are ❤Jack in Ottawa👋 Canada 🇨🇦
The Union Captain was barely in the movie but he’s one of the most memorable characters to me. He was instantly likable and clearly is a good man. I loved the anti war message in this film
Yes. And a great acting by Aldo Giuffrè
same for me
Sure!
Thank you for your brilliant performances! Rest in peace Eli Wallach! ❤
The background music in this movie was a story in its self.Great score!
all the sad little trumpets make wanna cry for my fallen comrad and father
@@michaelguardadomay they all sleep in peace
I loved this part because im a history nerd and i love the union outfits,the muskets and navy colts
Fun fact: the explosion we see in the movie is actually the 2nd time the bridge was blown up. The first time it was blown up prematurely by Spanish staf due to some miscommunication before any camera was filming. And since it was all practical effects, they had to build the whole thing from scratch and shoot al the scenes again.
Apparently Leone fired the crewman who caused the miscommunication. The local army offered to help them rebuild the bridge on the condition that the crewman be rehired.
Just watched an interview clip with Clint. He explains the dangerous part of him and Eli being too close, so Leone used two doubles. Clint said assistant camera man almost got killed. Then said "Anytime you're ready C.B., but that was another story". Must be referring to the accidental blowing up 😂
CGI be getting crazy
Brilliant movie the good & the bad & the ugly, tuco thought he was to clever for blondie but blondie was always one step ahead of him. Loved the bridge scene where they tie the explosives to the bridge & they tell each other name of the grave. The captain was brilliant in film too
When an Italian film director makes a better Civil War scene than any American director.
Observe the transition from just a small road route to a massive warzone from 0:53 to 1:15. I personally loved the transition phase there, anyone wouldn't have expected a warzone to be shown there. Brilliant thinking by the Director and Cameraman👍
So did I. It’s pretty amazing when the camera pans right and you just see how huge those trenches and fortifications are
One of the most memorable shots in the movie. And its magnificence invites the complicity of the movie goer since the dry Mediterranean landscape (filmed in Almeria, Spain) superbly mimics the backdrop of the Battle of Valverde between the Union and the Confederates in Rio Grande, New Mexico.
Especially with tuco saying how great his sense of direction is 10 feet from a major battlefield
My favourite moment in the film.....where the dying captain hears the bridge blown up and his little smile.....gives me goosebumps
He outlived the bridge. It's amazing how invested we all get in that accomplishment for all the little amount of screentime that the captain's got.
I’m sure many directors, producers would have cut this interlude as being a detour just prior to the climax. Good thing Sergio Leone knew what he was doing. Great scene that adds so much to the film and the world of these characters.
O.
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We already got the war insert when they previously got taken prisoner. This second scene wasn’t needed
"Can you help me live a little longer Doctor? ... I'm expecting some good news"
I remember watching this scene as a little kid. I couldn't understand all of the significance of what was going on. My dad tried to explain it to me, and I got a little bit of it, but it wasn't until years later, when I looked back on it that I really got it.
I've only ever seen this particular scene twice: that first time and again just now. I'm pleased that my memory of it from the first time matches almost exactly as this one... more than 35 years later. I've got a pretty good memory, despite the brain damage, but I think even as a kid I knew that something significant happened in that scene and so it stuck with me. Thanks for sharing it.
Civil war was horrific, this seen is only a small bit...
5:36 "Why not really blow it up, Captain?" --- My favorite line.
Great movie, great music score, great cinematography, great acting, great story, and great directing.
I love how the Captain is able to die in peace when he sees that godforsaken bridge explode in a million pieces
He didn't see it.
he did hear it indeed@@randymillhouse791
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@@randymillhouse791 He probably heard it.
That was hella serious bridge boom. Tuco almost caught some stones with his ass there😂
Captures the pathos of that war without losing it's edge or the hard felt sentiment on each side.
My favorite scene of this amazing master piece of a film, a true one.
I will never know why but these Spaghetti westerns were so good.
It was the genius of the director, beside his movies the other spaghetti westerns are pretty much low level movies
Acting
Most of them were cRap out of of the Leone ones. There are exceptions like The Big Gundien and The Great Silence.
this battle scene is the best I've seen in any movie
"Never seen so many men wasted so badly" - perfect summation of almost every war.
By far the most memorable, compelling, segment in this film one could argue. A stand-out scene for sure. The civil war as a backdrop added a lot to this film time, and time again.
Couldn't help but laugh at the look on Blondie's face when he realizes the crate he's hiding behind contains dynamite, and also that he's holding the cheroot a little too close to said crate.
Also, you can shoot holes in dynamite and set it on fire and it won't go off. You have to use a blasting cap. Hollywood distorts everything for drama.
Tuco's wince when he caught on only helped.
Aldo Giuffre did such an excellent job in his short time portraying the Captain.
Pulitzer Prize winning novelist and film critic described this as the best Civil War battle scene yet filmed (his comment dates from 2003).
Absolute brilliant! Genius
One of the greatist movies and western film ever❤
I like how the captain told them to destroy the bridge, without telling them to destroy the bridge. He recognized only they could as outsiders. Although a stronger captain might have just done it anyways
The scene just after this with the dying soldier really hit me hard.
Me too.
The Captain reminds me how much simple humanity can always be found in the most terrible places.
I have a headcanon that the Captain knew full well these two maniacs were just guys hoping the cross the river (for whatever reason) and decided to show them exactly what they'd almost volunteered themselves into... what his war had deformed into. Guiding them right to the explosives? Come on...
I personally never saw a commander go into battle like that and I'm a war veteran. Good man.
This is a great section of the movie. I cannot think of the dynamics of these two characters in any other movie. Very Interesting!
Kinda 'borrows' from the end of 'The Bridge on the river Kwai', but it works beautifully.The Italians really knew how to make epic westerns . I wish they come back and replace all those CGI comic book films and endless 'franchises',sequels, and reboots!
So, it takes an Italian director practically no time at all to sum up the tragedy of the "civil" war, as well as deliver an iconic movie to boot?
So many great scenes in this film. The Captain was so pivotal in showing what a brutal war this was. The greatest western ever made.
16:57 that rock
A real fckng blast back form the 60's production!
Roblox physics
I know...Eli Wallach was probably like "I'm brave enough to be funny" and that rock came within 3 feet of changing his life.
At least the Captain died with a smile on his face after hearing the good news
The Captain stole this scene , until Blondie noticed the dynamite whilst smoking 😅
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I think this scene was based on the repeated attacks by both sides on the stone bridge at the battle of Antetiam ,Maryland in 1862. .during the Civil War. It is today known as Burnsides Bridge.
Nope. This is more like the Vicksburg entrenchments though
I never was there. But I was at Antetiam and that was farm country, very nice, but so pastoral now
@@fredrickhall7039 But at Vicksburg there were no repeated assaults across a bridge,like there weee at Antietam. Its the repeated assaults across a bridge theme that I was referring to.
In the film, they are in New Mexico. The Battle of Valverde, Rio Grande. The Andalusian landscape, very arid Mediterranean, recreates it very accurately.
It’s arguably more reminiscent of the battles of the Italian front of WWI especially when you consider how the massive use of earthwork trenches, machine guns, human wave attacks and pointless loss of life brings to mind the battles of the Isonzo. Which makes sense as these are Italian produced films and the Italian experiences in the Soče/Isonzo River valley has left an indelible mark on the Italian memory of war.
Fun fact: it is said that Clint eastwood was nearly killed in this scene by a piece of debris.
That one chunk in the far right of that shot definitely would’ve killed him had his head been exposed . Tucos actor is lucky too, imagine if that rock hit him with his ass straight up like it was, lol
They were both almost killed - very lucky they weren’t - Eli was almost killed filming several other scenes as well
@@Badhands55Eli Wallack was an underestimated great actor,always played his role to perfection
I was looking for this comment ha ha! Truly committed to the bit. I bet when they watched it after they breathed a sigh of relief. Great scene!
@@andrewdunne1735he jumped from a moving train
It’s cool that the captain is almost directly telling them not to enlist, since unlike the rest of the men there, they have a choice to die or not. “Is it bad that I talk to volunteers the way I do? I’ve done a lot worse” is worse than blowing up the bridge according to the higher ups who don’t care about lost lives. Truly ahead of it’s time, sad that conscription wasn’t even abolished when this movie came out.
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Definitely Sharon Eli Wallach play The Fantastic scenes in this great movie his facial expressions you are fantastic
i never expected to see a war scene in this trilogy 😂 it's really a bizzare journey of blondie and tuco , from cowboy to soldier , cant see that happen
The next scene was blondy kicking him down by
his butt to wake him up, I was waiting for that.
16:58 Clint Eastwood was very close to death
I love this scene ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Anyone see the car go by at 15:28 just above Clints right shoulder - Time Travelers perhaps?
Yeah I saw that. You got a good eye for detail.👍
Probably just Marty Mcfly and the Doc
you were probably the first to notice this friend
a DeLorean for sure
Back to the future vibes
Amazing scene!
The best movie of all time
The only thing that didn’t make sense was how close Tuco and Blonde were to over a thousand Union soldiers without seeing or hearing them. The perimeter being less than a football field away was a stretch but from where they left their horses was two mounds of sand that first was perimeter and over the second you could see the river below and a mile wide stretch of the Union army. Every Sergio Leone film I’ve seen was a masterpiece and I wish there could have been more.
Imagine being those guys on the cannons and the rolling machine guns just watching all your brothers rushing in to die in the battle.
Look how close Emes came to the two stand-ins! Lethal... Eli Wallach nearly died three times during the making of the film 😮
I knew an explosion was coming but I was unprepared for how powerful it was.
Top notch work on blowing up that bridge. I don't think that was a miniature.
Typically Leone, nothing and then everything…truly wonderful scene from a truly wonderful film.
If you save your breath, I feel a man like you can make it.
“… but what I lack is the gutts”
🔥bomb explodes🔥
Captain doesn’t even move
Definition of doing a good thing for bad reasons. Also, "I've never seen so many men wasted so badly" is one hell of a statement
Why do explosions in these old movies sound and look so much more realistic than the ones in modern movies?
Because they are usually real
If you look closely those are actual explosives, that's why there's so much smoke and less fire, and explosions usually just fly upwards and not spread itself around with fire
Why do people not know the difference between than and then?
@@dennisneo1608 English is not my native language.
This scene utterly resumes to me that neither sides were to gain nothing from this except bloodshed. More than a million lives were breached early due to the Civil War, totally eclipsed by the World Wars that succeded, of which took only a fraction of casualties. This is usually what happened in most Civil War battles: no one declared winner, no viable way to prove who won either.
There's another rendition of "the Strong" that plays when blondie gives the wounded captain a drink during the Branston Bridge battle.I've been looking all over for it.
Amazing that there were so many Gatling Guns portrayed in this scene, compared to reality
Sergio Leone was the Picasso of Directors.
love this part
Arts and littérature could be useful, when so true, ugly and good ! The good & the ugly, so well explained here ! Like in a chinese idéogramme !
Great movie! But you just have to place your Gatling Guns at the choke points… along with artillery.😂
Mr. captain scored everything that's it .
9:03 amazing line
did you know the spanish had to blow up that bridge twice
Bom filme
4:03 "Names Don't Matter" scene is cut 😞
That captain is most good guy?
imagine the added cost to the production to film this scene... but the movie wouldn't have been the same without it.
The cost was low because they used young spanish soldiers during their mandatory mil service, they also built the bridge twice because for mistake they blowed it up for mistake.
Hmm...missing something 😊 No CGI
I want some of that dynamite 😂
Idk any battle this magnitude that took place in the southwest. This movie is so historically inaccurate but great at the same time.
Primarily because it’s an Italian production and their impression of war is still deeply haunted by memories of the First World War. Scenes like this were made with the horrors of the Isonzo in mind because that’s what the original Italian audience would naturally envision if you wanted to depict war as a hellish, pointless affair.
Esse filme é muito bom 👍👍🙂
15:28 there is a car behind the trees
The Ukrainian war vets sure would appreciate the bridge plot. Its actually the same, people still die in thousands for worthless board pieces at headquarters.
What happened to the untethered and unhobbled horses they rode in on?🤔
Either they fleed by the around army patrol or they took them for carrying army's supplies and gathered them in a place with other working horses.
Captain Flasheart at 4:20, there.
Is the scene in the fellowship of the rings in lothlorien with gimli being startled by the elves inspired by this one? It looks like it
17:10 Me finally dying in peace after watching Rockstar release GTA VI and a RDR1 Remaster
Its Tuco's Ass who gives meaning to the scene
Is there somebody knowledgeable about law and history, who can explain the reason why blowing up the bridge was such a bad crime?
both sides need it to travel across after the fighting is over
bridges have always been tactical advantages in wars, whoever holds a bridge denies the other side access, in ww2 for example the germans attempted to blow important bridges to halt the allied advance into their territory, when an army crosses a bridge it is at its most vulnerable because it cannot deploy to face the enemy due to the bridge's narrowness, if you destroy a bridge you force the enemy to detour giving you more time to prepare while he finds a way to cross the river/chasm to get at you, you see why bridges are important?
Gotta keep the war going, there's money in it.
There a saying: "amateurs study tactics, professionals study strategies, veterans study logistics". Bridges often have a high value in multiple perspectives. Whoever controls them can deny the enemy access to entire regions, or force them to into a choke point, fighting with a disadvantage. Bridges are also invaluable for logistics, crossing natural obstacles that otherwise demand long detours or complex construction works that can put a screeching halt to any military operations for weeks. I'm not familiar with the exact laws, but I certainly wouldn't want to be the culprit of such an action.
From the context I conclude that the captain had got orders concerning his mission there, forbidding him to blow up that bridge. So, the legal aspect of it is military discipline : always follow orders and do not disobey them..
They sure got in a pickle at the branston bridge
Isn't this storyline about Robert E. Lee and the battle for independence? I'm not an American, but I recall hearing a preacher recounting some the events on the battlefield. Most notably, one of the captains had the war won peacefully, had it not been for the fact that he was a constant drunk!
6:10 the attack begins
16:53
Jesus Christ. It’s insane how close that piece of shrapnel came to hitting Clint and Eli, the director was a lunatic!
how much did that bridge cost to build ?
Captains aren't in charge of that many men
If the higher officers are killed and more aren't easily brought in they can be
When I really think of it... why didn't blonde kill tuko when tuko told blondy they were close to the graveyard?
They just dont make movies like this anymore!