Straight to the point, no pretentious meaningless video essay rubbish, just the tutorial I needed. Thank you for this video, it was amazing and you've earned one sub!
Think it’s the best “modern” or “new” western ever made. Rio Bravo is the best “classic” western ever made. Sergio Leone created something so new and different, comparing the two types of westerns is like comparing horror movies with musicals. They each have their place. Just for the record, I don’t think RB rises to the level of a masterpiece the way GBU does. Sorry, Duke.
The whole Dollars trilogy is the greatest Western of all time. This one is my favorite though, such great storytelling and the acting was superb. It's a shame we don't get many of these films anymore.
yep...they are all great and ground breaking. But... back then? 'The Wild Bunch' also came out it was arguably more groundbreaking. Also... don't toss out the modern westerns 'Appaloosa' is fantastic for instance. several niche ones as well like 'old Henry' and the fantastic one with Gina Corano which unfortunately is only available through the daily wire.
I think that it's important to note that what separates the Good (Eastwood) from the Ugly and the Bad isn't made clear until the final duel. All three men appear to be entering a contest that will almost certainly result in their own death, it appears that gold is more important to them than life itself. After the duel the audience sees that Eastwood only entered the contest knowing he had a massive advantage. His life is worth more than gold. That arc follows him thru the trilogy.
Yes, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, is a great movie as well as Leone’s two previous “Dollar” movies: Fistful and For A Few...Screenplay, music score, cinematography, sets, locations, directing, acting, etc. What’s more is I can watch these films many times which indicates they are “classics”. Thank you for your very insightful commentary.
Watched this classic movie every Christmas for the last 35 year's and it's definitely one of the very best movies ever made..2022 and beyond as long as i am still breeding air I'll continue too watch this pure brilliance of a western ever.. Sergio Leone may God bless you for you vision in the doller trilogy and of course the good the bad and the ugly..you were and always be remembered as a legend 🙏🙏🙏
Blondie (The Good), Angel Eyes (The Bad) and Tuco (The Ugly) showed the journey across the film with various themes going around, and even took place during the Civil War. Sergio L. impacted the Western films that NO ONE could ever deny.
In my view the key scene is Tuco confronting Pablo. GBU is actually not about the American Civil War but about Italy in the 1940s. After the end of WW2 Italy was close to a civil war. Tuco's and Pablo's choice - criminal or priest - was the choice of many an Italian youngster.
In the Italian version Blondie's line when Tuco is on his bedside is "I'm gonna sleep tight now that I know my worst enemy is watching over me". That sounds more badass and western-y
@@RajeshKumar-wv5fp Storywise, there's a lot of great stuff in that film, but I think The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is simply perfect. All characters are constantly driven by strong, externally visible goals, and antagonism is through the roof.
One thing I could never understand is how Angel Eyes can move back and forth from his military role to civilian bounty hunter so easily, but other than that still my favorite all time...and Morricone's musical score is more icing on the cake!
Sou brasileiro, ele pode ter conseguido isso se apropriando de documentos e fardamento de cadáveres de militares e falsificando. Ou comprando de quem se apropriou dos documentos e das roupas. No caos da Guerra Civil isso bem que poderia acontecer. Se o roteiro detalhasse estes pormenores poderia ficar muito prolixo e longo demais.
When in the movie does it say that Angel Eyes actually is a Sargeant or whatever rank of petty officer he is in the Union army tho?? I always assumed he was impersonating an officer just so he could get into the Union prison camp because he knew Bill Carson was a Confederate so he thought that was his best bet to find him.
@@spencerantoniomarlen-starr3069 The prison camp scene with the Captain who has gangrene eating away at his leg. He calls Angel Eyes a Sergeant. Tuco does as well as a joke before the torture scene
In screenwriting videos please add "pacing" as one of the secret. It helps us to understand how the writer use pacing in his script and how it works in the movie.. thank you
@@ScriptSleuth Yes, I did notice that also, but the words matched better. How do you like, For a Few Dollars More? I like the music almost as much as Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
@@ScriptSleuth After all these years am just paying attention to details about each movie when it plays on MeTV. My mothers Grand mother was an Eastwood, so I have been doing family research .
American westerns are just staged tales about the West. Sergio Leone's westerns, on the other hand, are a dramatic depiction of real life on the frontier, a place where there is no law and people fight like wild animals for a small chunk of meat. Leone's characters are violent, smart, pragmatic, and always in the balance between good and evil, just like real humans. We don't have nasty Indians, just a bunch of European settlers demonstrating how dangerous things are in this wild and dangerous place called America. Leone's films are terrifying, humorous, realistic, brutal, and violent, but they are also epic, brilliant, and, in a nutshell, PURE GENIUS. Watching all of Sergio Leone's films is one of the most rewarding experiences a person can have if they enjoy cinema. Watch all of his films, not just the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, because he deserves it. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Great analyses, sir. Also great are Once Upon A Time in America (and) - The West These Italian writers knew a lot of movies from Europe and America Thet had their own style
This is a wonderful video explaining the basics of screenwriting, in layman's terms. I have been looking for such a video for a long time and can't think of a better movie to use as an example: Thank you Script Sleuth, very well done!
Back when men had testicles and ladies had whatever it is they have, this would come on TV, usually on a Sunday afternoon. I was only 8 or 9 the first time I watched it. I couldn't follow the story line in all it's wonderful detail but it didn't matter. I knew without being told, I had just watched the greatest movie of all time.
I saw the Good The Bad and The Ugly in 1969 when I was 9 years old and I loved it. I still love it 54 years later as a 63 year old. So yes it is the greatest western ever made.
The classiest classic. Excellent narration, rugged terrain and down-to-earth characters, no words to describe the beauty of this film. Thanks for introducing us to the wonderful nuances of the film which I missed
I loved your analysis of the good the bad and the ugly. I’ve long wanted to make a spaghetti western type movie. I especially loved the “reversals” and “story world” which is kinda like minimalist world building. Quick question, did you read it’s screenplay? Cause I can’t find it anywhere.
@@ScriptSleuth Fun fact: there never was a screenplay. Sergio Leone held the story in his head only, he never actually wrote a script. I've never heard of anyone else ever doing that, and it's honestly mind-blowing.
I was expecting that when clint wrote the name on the rock he didnt actually write anything because he didn't actually know. and that the entire time he was bluffing and leading them on just enough to get out of trouble until the end.
I've NEVER seen the scene with Blondie, Angel Eyes and Angel Eyes gang. I guess it's one of the six main deleted scenes that appear in the longest 'extended version'. I should see if I can get a copy.
Yes, that's on of the deleted/restored scenes. Angel Eyes at the confederate "stronghold" and Blondie & Tuco leaving the monastery are the two most important restored scenes, show the wounded, dead, and dying soldiers more and pound in the anti-war subtext of this film.
I just realised some subtext in the movie Q&A, Nick Nolte says to Chapo a coleague in the police force tha he has a "nice kid" after threatening him for talking to internal affairs.
Lee Van Cleef dressed exactly like one of his childhood heroes in two movies “Spaghetti Westerns’ Wyatt Earp. Lee’s costume is a perfect copy of the famous outfit worn by Wyatt Earp in 1881 in Tombstone Arizona. Lee provided his own clothes as did Clint Eastwood. Lee even used a 12 inch barrel Colt like the one used by Marshall Earp. The Hat, Coat, Shirt, Vest, Tie with Tie pin, Boots, Guns every detail is a Tribute to the most famous Lawman-Marshall in American history. John Wayne often said he made all his characters after Wyatt Earp saying every time he walked onto a movie set he pretended to be Wyatt Earp in the way he walked and talked. Clint Eastwood was also influenced by Wyatt and said he fashioned Inspector Harry Callahan “Dirty Harry” after the most famous Lawman Marshall in history… Wyatt Earp.
Love this video, GBU is my second favorite western; my favorite western(and movie for that matter) is Once Upon a Time in The West, could you consider doing a video on it.
@@ScriptSleuth Did you know that Eastwood turned down the lead role that went to Bronson in that movie as he didn`t want to be typecasted after making the man with no name movies, why was Eastwood called blondie in the Good, the bad and the ugly?
@@markant9534 The man with no name is a marketing ploy someone at United Artists came up with after the three movies were released in Italy and Spain. Eastwood's character is Joe in the first one released in 1964, Monco in the second released in 1965 and Blondie in the third released in 1966. United Artists bought the rights to release in America in 1966 and asked if they had another and Luciano Vincenzoni, a writer working with Sergio Leone, said they had another about three men chasing a box of gold... but that wasn't entirely true. No firm plans existed to make a third film. But United Artists said they would pay for half of it making the budget much more than before and he told Sergio and they got to work on a script and shooting interiors in Rome and exteriors in Spain began in April of 1966 and the film came together quickly with four guys working on the strip and Morricone struck gold with the music. That is why GB&U is a much grander and larger film and it's excellent. Everything just came together beautifully and has no signs of a film that had short prep time. United Artists began releasing the English versions of the three films in January 1967. Sergio wanted his favorite actor Henry Fonda for the Bad then Charles Bronson when Fonda said no and Bronson turned it down. Clint said none of the bigger actors had heard of Sergio including Eli Wallace who was shown some of the other films and decided to do it even though he had never heard of Sergio and he only knew Clint Eastwood for a TV series. Clint wasn't a movie star when these movies were made but they made Clint a star. Clint then talked Sergio into offering the Bad to Lee Van Cleef even though it is a completely different character than For A Few Dollars More so they could get busy. Lee Van Cleef had appeared in a few episodes of Rawhide and Clint said he use to see Lee around at Universal years ago when Lee was one of the many character actors in Hollywood taking as many secondary roles in feature films and television series as Lee could get. Lee Van Cleef showed up at his meeting with Sergio Leone for For A Few Dollars More wearing a western hat and a raincoat and Sergio, running out of time to find an American actor who would appear in For A Few Dollars More, saw Van Cleef out the window approaching his hotel and told his people " He looks perfect! Give him the money and tell him to be in Rome Monday. I'm not even going to talk with him. If I do I may change my mind." He had Clint signed again but had no luck getting any of the American actors he had in mind until he remembered Lee Van Cleef in a 1952 gangster film called Kansas City Confidential. Van Cleef needed the money and Sergio was suppose to start shooting interiors Monday at a studio in Rome so they hooked up quickly. After those three films did so well in the United States, Sergio was then able to get Henry Fonda and Charles Bronson for his next film but Clint Eastwood turned him down as Clint thought he had done enough foreign films and wanted to go back to Hollywood and now that he had a box office name, do U.S. productions. The first one Hang 'Um High was for United Artists and they wanted Sergio to direct exactly what Clint wanted to get away from. But Clint's new production company was involved too so Clint got Ted Post who had directed several Rawhide episodes to direct the film:)
well done, it's an outstandin' movie indeed. Are there no copyright problems, if you do a documentary like this? Or did you ask permission? Just curious.
Under Fair Use law you're allowed (in theory) to use short clips for education purposes. But the studios still come down on TH-cam creators because they want that ad revenue.
@@ScriptSleuth - Ah, thank you for explaining that. I didn't know if it was something that happened at TH-cam when they transcoded your video or something else.
Tuco had to make the movie he was the bad guy yo!..blondie and Angel eyes were the good guys 😇 just like Indio did playing another great pistolero in the movie "for a few dollars more"! Sergio Leone gets mad props like a cop!
@@ScriptSleuth I mean both movies do but to each is own. Like The main Six original Avengers have Character arcs in the movie and strong self-actualizations in the final act. That it just my opinion.
I find it odd that he would place OUATITW as number 2 and seemingly put it down as long winded or meandering. It felt like he spent an equal amount of time praising as bashing it. That said I agree with his list except to switch the number 1 and 2 positions.
@@ScriptSleuth Yep. Another thing: Sergio used to have material read TO him aloud. That's huge. Don't know how it applies to GBU, but it offers a huge insight into how his mind worked. The man was a Storyteller.
Straight to the point, no pretentious meaningless video essay rubbish, just the tutorial I needed. Thank you for this video, it was amazing and you've earned one sub!
God, I hope none of my videos ever comes off as pretentious. I'm so glad it was useful for you!
Theres no way you need a tutorial to watch a movie…💀🤣
@@Angel-Otkscreenwriting genius
For me The Good, The Bad And The Ugly is the best western ever made. It's literally a masterpiece.
Agreed!
It's the best movie ever made.
No Argument Here
Think it’s the best “modern” or “new” western ever made. Rio Bravo is the best “classic” western ever made. Sergio Leone created something so new and different, comparing the two types of westerns is like comparing horror movies with musicals. They each have their place. Just for the record, I don’t think RB rises to the level of a masterpiece the way GBU does. Sorry, Duke.
I prefer For Few Dollars More.
This is one of the greatest movies of all time,not just westerns. And definitely the best finale of all time,nothing can match it.
Ah, the final of La Dentelliere does. While a completely different genre it uses many of the techniques described in this video.
The whole Dollars trilogy is the greatest Western of all time. This one is my favorite though, such great storytelling and the acting was superb. It's a shame we don't get many of these films anymore.
It really is...
Don't forget High Plains Drifter and my personal favorite A Fistful of Dollars
One of the best trilogy as well, honestly for me personally it's this and Nolans batman trilogy
yep...they are all great and ground breaking. But... back then? 'The Wild Bunch' also came out it was arguably more groundbreaking. Also... don't toss out the modern westerns 'Appaloosa' is fantastic for instance. several niche ones as well like 'old Henry' and the fantastic one with Gina Corano which unfortunately is only available through the daily wire.
Personally, I have felt for years that the best Westerns are the ones set in Mexico 🇲🇽
Sergio + Ennio + Clint = Magic 💫
I think that it's important to note that what separates the Good (Eastwood) from the Ugly and the Bad isn't made clear until the final duel. All three men appear to be entering a contest that will almost certainly result in their own death, it appears that gold is more important to them than life itself. After the duel the audience sees that Eastwood only entered the contest knowing he had a massive advantage. His life is worth more than gold. That arc follows him thru the trilogy.
It's a great point you make: there was no need for him to free Tuco except through kindness.
Yes, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, is a great movie as well as Leone’s two previous “Dollar” movies: Fistful and For A Few...Screenplay, music score, cinematography, sets, locations, directing, acting, etc.
What’s more is I can watch these films many times which indicates they are “classics”.
Thank you for your very insightful commentary.
Thanks for your comment!
The good, the bad and the ugly is not only My favorite western of all times but My top favorite movie of all times
Watched this classic movie every Christmas for the last 35 year's and it's definitely one of the very best movies ever made..2022 and beyond as long as i am still breeding air I'll continue too watch this pure brilliance of a western ever.. Sergio Leone may God bless you for you vision in the doller trilogy and of course the good the bad and the ugly..you were and always be remembered as a legend 🙏🙏🙏
Blondie (The Good), Angel Eyes (The Bad) and Tuco (The Ugly) showed the journey across the film with various themes going around, and even took place during the Civil War. Sergio L. impacted the Western films that NO ONE could ever deny.
Truth! 👊
In my view the key scene is Tuco confronting Pablo. GBU is actually not about the American Civil War but about Italy in the 1940s. After the end of WW2 Italy was close to a civil war. Tuco's and Pablo's choice - criminal or priest - was the choice of many an Italian youngster.
@@marknieuweboer8099 Thanks for the insight!
In the Italian version Blondie's line when Tuco is on his bedside is "I'm gonna sleep tight now that I know my worst enemy is watching over me". That sounds more badass and western-y
The best script analysis on the best movie.
Thanks, Mohamed!
My stories are just OK. The best do involve the audience. One of my screenwriting teachers said "make me care". You must do that as well.
@@scottslotterbeck3796 Yes and yes.
its not only the greatest western of all time but also one of the greatest films of all time
True, and true! 🙂
@@ScriptSleuth sir
plz make your next video on my favorite actor
James Stewart
Its a wonderful life
@@RajeshKumar-wv5fp Already been done, exclusive for patrons: patreon.com/scriptsleuth
@@ScriptSleuth i wanna ask you one question
is Sergio Leone's Once upon a time in west better than good,bad and the ugly?
@@RajeshKumar-wv5fp Storywise, there's a lot of great stuff in that film, but I think The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is simply perfect. All characters are constantly driven by strong, externally visible goals, and antagonism is through the roof.
Absolutely, the greatest!
Best Western that will be released. Kudos for Eil Wallace and Ennio Morricone :)
The music is what everyone remembers the most. GOAT.
Why doesn’t this have more views? Really Amazing work
Thanks for the nice comment! The views are coming slowly but surely.
One thing I could never understand is how Angel Eyes can move back and forth from his military role to civilian bounty hunter so easily, but other than that still my favorite all time...and Morricone's musical score is more icing on the cake!
I'm guessing it's because his commanding officer was on his deathbed.
Sou brasileiro, ele pode ter conseguido isso se apropriando de documentos e fardamento de cadáveres de militares e falsificando. Ou comprando de quem se apropriou dos documentos e das roupas. No caos da Guerra Civil isso bem que poderia acontecer. Se o roteiro detalhasse estes pormenores poderia ficar muito prolixo e longo demais.
In the script, Angel Eyes actually comes across a dead Sergeant in a canyon. He ends up stealing his clothes and taking his place
When in the movie does it say that Angel Eyes actually is a Sargeant or whatever rank of petty officer he is in the Union army tho?? I always assumed he was impersonating an officer just so he could get into the Union prison camp because he knew Bill Carson was a Confederate so he thought that was his best bet to find him.
@@spencerantoniomarlen-starr3069 The prison camp scene with the Captain who has gangrene eating away at his leg. He calls Angel Eyes a Sergeant. Tuco does as well as a joke before the torture scene
The G.O.A.T of Westerns ❤
Great job on this!!! It’s my favorite movie of all time!
Thanks for watching, Claus!
In screenwriting videos please add "pacing" as one of the secret. It helps us to understand how the writer use pacing in his script and how it works in the movie.. thank you
Interesting suggestion!
This is the film that got me into screenwriting.
I can definitely see why! 🙂
Me too my first one was a western
What do you think? Is The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly the greatest western of all time?
Yes
You know it.
@@ABT212 Awesome avatar! I love it!
No question. the suspense in every scene is unreal!
@@L_shaba7 Agreed! It's one of those movies where, if it were on TV, you'd have to stop whatever you're doing and watch.
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Thanks! Hope it's useful to you!
Once I got used to the dubbed voices of the Italian actors, this movie is at the top of my favorite list. Thank you.
It sounds like even the English-speaking actors recorded their lines in ADR. Goes to show that a lot can be overlooked when the story is excellent!
@@ScriptSleuth Yes, I did notice that also, but the words matched better. How do you like, For a Few Dollars More? I like the music almost as much as Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
@@jackcallahan2799 I think For a Few Dollars More is excellent, and isn't talked about enough. In my opinion, a far superior story than Fistful.
@@ScriptSleuth After all these years am just paying attention to details about each movie when it plays on MeTV. My mothers Grand mother was an Eastwood, so I have been doing family research .
Oh, wow! Very cool.
Oh, i thought this video was years old but i just realized its one day old
All i can say this is one of the best videod about one of the best movies
Thanks for watching!
It was amazing. Thank you
Another great analysis!!! Lots of information here for such a great movie! Thank you!
You're welcome, Konstantinos. Thanks for watching!
TGTBTU and Once Upon a Time in the West are the two best westerns of all time.
American westerns are just staged tales about the West. Sergio Leone's westerns, on the other hand, are a dramatic depiction of real life on the frontier, a place where there is no law and people fight like wild animals for a small chunk of meat. Leone's characters are violent, smart, pragmatic, and always in the balance between good and evil, just like real humans. We don't have nasty Indians, just a bunch of European settlers demonstrating how dangerous things are in this wild and dangerous place called America. Leone's films are terrifying, humorous, realistic, brutal, and violent, but they are also epic, brilliant, and, in a nutshell, PURE GENIUS. Watching all of Sergio Leone's films is one of the most rewarding experiences a person can have if they enjoy cinema. Watch all of his films, not just the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, because he deserves it.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Great analyses, sir.
Also great are
Once Upon A Time in America (and) - The West
These Italian writers knew a lot of movies from Europe and America
Thet had their own style
This is a wonderful video explaining the basics of screenwriting, in layman's terms. I have been looking for such a video for a long time and can't think of a better movie to use as an example: Thank you Script Sleuth, very well done!
That's so great! I'm glad you found it useful.
Getting captured by the Union army was definitely the biggest bruh moment of the movie.
Tuco was caught slipping.
You deserve more views mate
Say more
Gonna pass you to my film class
Cheers, David! Hope the class finds it useful.
Back when men had testicles and ladies had whatever it is they have, this would come on TV, usually on a Sunday afternoon. I was only 8 or 9 the first time I watched it. I couldn't follow the story line in all it's wonderful detail but it didn't matter. I knew without being told, I had just watched the greatest movie of all time.
This is the movie that made me fall in love with Sergio Leone films.
Always remember: Never pick up a shovel unless you have a loaded gun.
I LOVED THIS VIDEO.
Good to hear, David! 🙂
Informative video, keep up the GREAT work
Thanks, Waleed!
The first time I saw the Leone films the music was a big part. I had never heard anything like it in a movie
Brilliant video, man. My plan was to do something useful tonight but now I have to watch the movie again.
@@juremustac3063 Thanks for watching! Sorry to ruin your evening 😅
Love you sir...
Aw, shucks!
I saw the Good The Bad and The Ugly in 1969 when I was 9 years old and I loved it. I still love it 54 years later as a 63 year old. So yes it is the greatest western ever made.
No argument from me!
The classiest classic. Excellent narration, rugged terrain and down-to-earth characters, no words to describe the beauty of this film. Thanks for introducing us to the wonderful nuances of the film which I missed
Glad you enjoyed the video!
My favorite movie 🍿
Underrated channel
Cheers.
Great video.
Thanks for watching, Bobby!
Love your videos! Keep it up!
Thanks, Jack! Hope you're doing well.
"When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk.”
That's my mom's favorite line in the whole movie!
I loved your analysis of the good the bad and the ugly. I’ve long wanted to make a spaghetti western type movie. I especially loved the “reversals” and “story world” which is kinda like minimalist world building. Quick question, did you read it’s screenplay? Cause I can’t find it anywhere.
I haven't. I would love to find a copy.
@@ScriptSleuth Fun fact: there never was a screenplay. Sergio Leone held the story in his head only, he never actually wrote a script. I've never heard of anyone else ever doing that, and it's honestly mind-blowing.
YES, IT IS THE GREATEST WESTERN EVER MADE. NOT EVEN CLOSE !!!
I agree! (Although I really love For a Few Dollars More, too.)
I was expecting that when clint wrote the name on the rock he didnt actually write anything because he didn't actually know. and that the entire time he was bluffing and leading them on just enough to get out of trouble until the end.
greatest movie of all time.
No argument from me! 🙂
Best film ever, best musical score use ever.
Can't really argue with either statement!
I was 15, saw GBU in the theater in 1968. Once I was old enough to shave, have worn the Angel Eyes mustache and stubble look 99% of my life.
I've NEVER seen the scene with Blondie, Angel Eyes and Angel Eyes gang.
I guess it's one of the six main deleted scenes that appear in the longest 'extended version'. I should see if I can get a copy.
Yes, that's on of the deleted/restored scenes. Angel Eyes at the confederate "stronghold" and Blondie & Tuco leaving the monastery are the two most important restored scenes, show the wounded, dead, and dying soldiers more and pound in the anti-war subtext of this film.
I just realised some subtext in the movie Q&A, Nick Nolte says to Chapo a coleague in the police force tha he has a "nice kid" after threatening him for talking to internal affairs.
Yes! That is a great example. Great movie, too!
Lee Van Cleef dressed exactly like one of his childhood heroes in two movies “Spaghetti Westerns’ Wyatt Earp. Lee’s costume is a perfect copy of the famous outfit worn by Wyatt Earp in 1881 in Tombstone Arizona. Lee provided his own clothes as did Clint Eastwood. Lee even used a 12 inch barrel Colt like the one used by Marshall Earp. The Hat, Coat, Shirt, Vest, Tie with Tie pin, Boots, Guns every detail is a Tribute to the most famous Lawman-Marshall in American history. John Wayne often said he made all his characters after Wyatt Earp saying every time he walked onto a movie set he pretended to be Wyatt Earp in the way he walked and talked. Clint Eastwood was also influenced by Wyatt and said he fashioned Inspector Harry Callahan “Dirty Harry” after the most famous Lawman Marshall in history… Wyatt Earp.
Lee Van Cleef is just spectacular in all the westerns I've seen him in.
"Idiots , it's for you" 🤣🤣
Not only is it the greatest western ever, it's also the greatest movie ever. And IMBd is just a ranking compiled by Americans.
simply yes.
Angel Eyes may be a nasty piece of work, but he kills a lot fewer than the other two and is the only one whocalways keeps his word
Love this video, GBU is my second favorite western; my favorite western(and movie for that matter) is Once Upon a Time in The West, could you consider doing a video on it.
Consider it considered.
@@ScriptSleuth Did you know that Eastwood turned down the lead role that went to Bronson in that movie as he didn`t want to be typecasted after making the man with no name movies, why was Eastwood called blondie in the Good, the bad and the ugly?
@@markant9534 The man with no name is a marketing ploy someone at United Artists came up with after the three movies were released in Italy and Spain. Eastwood's character is Joe in the first one released in 1964, Monco in the second released in 1965 and Blondie in the third released in 1966. United Artists bought the rights to release in America in 1966 and asked if they had another and Luciano Vincenzoni, a writer working with Sergio Leone, said they had another about three men chasing a box of gold... but that wasn't entirely true. No firm plans existed to make a third film. But United Artists said they would pay for half of it making the budget much more than before and he told Sergio and they got to work on a script and shooting interiors in Rome and exteriors in Spain began in April of 1966 and the film came together quickly with four guys working on the strip and Morricone struck gold with the music. That is why GB&U is a much grander and larger film and it's excellent. Everything just came together beautifully and has no signs of a film that had short prep time. United Artists began releasing the English versions of the three films in January 1967. Sergio wanted his favorite actor Henry Fonda for the Bad then Charles Bronson when Fonda said no and Bronson turned it down. Clint said none of the bigger actors had heard of Sergio including Eli Wallace who was shown some of the other films and decided to do it even though he had never heard of Sergio and he only knew Clint Eastwood for a TV series. Clint wasn't a movie star when these movies were made but they made Clint a star. Clint then talked Sergio into offering the Bad to Lee Van Cleef even though it is a completely different character than For A Few Dollars More so they could get busy. Lee Van Cleef had appeared in a few episodes of Rawhide and Clint said he use to see Lee around at Universal years ago when Lee was one of the many character actors in Hollywood taking as many secondary roles in feature films and television series as Lee could get. Lee Van Cleef showed up at his meeting with Sergio Leone for For A Few Dollars More wearing a western hat and a raincoat and Sergio, running out of time to find an American actor who would appear in For A Few Dollars More, saw Van Cleef out the window approaching his hotel and told his people " He looks perfect! Give him the money and tell him to be in Rome Monday. I'm not even going to talk with him. If I do I may change my mind." He had Clint signed again but had no luck getting any of the American actors he had in mind until he remembered Lee Van Cleef in a 1952 gangster film called Kansas City Confidential. Van Cleef needed the money and Sergio was suppose to start shooting interiors Monday at a studio in Rome so they hooked up quickly. After those three films did so well in the United States, Sergio was then able to get Henry Fonda and Charles Bronson for his next film but Clint Eastwood turned him down as Clint thought he had done enough foreign films and wanted to go back to Hollywood and now that he had a box office name, do U.S. productions. The first one Hang 'Um High was for United Artists and they wanted Sergio to direct exactly what Clint wanted to get away from. But Clint's new production company was involved too so Clint got Ted Post who had directed several Rawhide episodes to direct the film:)
Butterbean at 12:31!
Tuco is the greatest 👌🏻🔥
Still awesome mate, take care friend.
15:18 Made me wonder if something broke in my speakers.
oh by the way, you should do a video on the Searchers too
You can thank TH-cam's restrictive measures for that one. 😉
Also: The Searchers, great movie!
well done, it's an outstandin' movie indeed. Are there no copyright problems, if you do a documentary like this? Or did you ask permission? Just curious.
Under Fair Use law you're allowed (in theory) to use short clips for education purposes. But the studios still come down on TH-cam creators because they want that ad revenue.
HEY SCRIPT SLEUTH! YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE?! JUST ANOTHER GREAT SCREENWRITING CHA--[WAILS]
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The audio cuts out at 15:21 and comes back in at 15:33.
Yup, had to cut the audio so I didn't get a copyright strike.
@@ScriptSleuth - Ah, thank you for explaining that. I didn't know if it was something that happened at TH-cam when they transcoded your video or something else.
I really liked it. Can you make reservoir dogs next time?
Added to the list!
thank you so much GL
Tuco had to make the movie he was the bad guy yo!..blondie and Angel eyes were the good guys 😇 just like Indio did playing another great pistolero in the movie "for a few dollars more"! Sergio Leone gets mad props like a cop!
one of My favmovie
One of My favdirector
One of My favacter
One of My fav music director
one of My favscreen play
one of My favcinemotographer
Agreed on all counts!
Also, it’s kinda funny to see Tuco doing the cross because his actor, Eli Wallach, was Jewish.
Exactly, playing a Mexican man.
Great, subbed
Awesome, thank you! Welcome to the family.
Rango is the best western
Rango's look is influenced BIG time by Leones world. THE MAN WITH NO NAME APPEARS AS A ANGEL FOR RANGO
One of the best
greatest movie ever
Best movie of all fucking time
It is the greatest
I find it interesting you didn’t bring in the score. Many a score elevate a movie and the score in this one certainly did that.
The score is truly amazing, for sure! But I'm limiting my channel to only the screenwriting. 🙂
Unequivocally, the best Western in the world.
@@ainsleylucky3511 No arguments from me on that one!
Please make on---- once up on a time in west movie
I'd say Once Upon a time in the West, High Noon, and The Searchers.
High Noon is definitely on the list.
Will you do Avengers Endgame or Infinity War?
If a film has screenwriting merit, it's a possibility!
@@ScriptSleuth I mean both movies do but to each is own. Like The main Six original Avengers have Character arcs in the movie and strong self-actualizations in the final act. That it just my opinion.
What about the music?
The music is absolutely fantastic, of course, but I'm just focusing on the screenwriting.
OST isn't necessarily important to screenwriting.
The remake off korean movie is so good
Good Bad & weird.
Waiting for HEAT to be covered.
Ooh, that's a good one!
@@ScriptSleuth one of my all time favs.
I like Clint Eastwood and his movies.
Agreed!
The spaghetti westerns have so much atmosphere and the music as well.
@@scottslotterbeck3796 These films would be impoverished without the operatic majesty of Morricone's music!
I find it odd that he would place OUATITW as number 2 and seemingly put it down as long winded or meandering. It felt like he spent an equal amount of time praising as bashing it. That said I agree with his list except to switch the number 1 and 2 positions.
The only real problem with this film is when they ask you your favorite movie, it is a pain in the butt to write out!
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It's not a Western per se. Historical fiction. Masterpiece beyond genre.
Whilst I love the trilogy it holds a special place in my heart but the searchers and true grit original is better the same as hang them high
you mean the 1969 version? Because personally, I'd argue that the 2010 version is better. But, y'know, you do you.
I hope you talk about Lawrence D'Arabia.
Definitely on the list!
@@ScriptSleuth Do you think Omar Sharif was a good actor?
@@markant9534 Definitely.
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Here's the big secret: Don Quixote.
Is Tuco supposed to be Sancho Panza?
@@ScriptSleuth Yep. Another thing: Sergio used to have material read TO him aloud. That's huge. Don't know how it applies to GBU, but it offers a huge insight into how his mind worked. The man was a Storyteller.
It’s about 3 serial killers
But is it a Samurai Story?
@@NodDisciple1 That, too!
@@ScriptSleuth Vid on that plz?
Is this the greatest Western of all time? I'm afraid so buddy.
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Imb rating are a joke!!
Is "The Good The Bad and The Ugly" the best WESTERN of all time? It might be the best MOVIE of all time if you ask me!
I have no argument against that!