Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966)
Movie: Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966)
“Blondie (The Good) is a professional gunslinger who is out trying to earn a few dollars. Angel Eyes (The Bad) is a hit man who always commits to a task and sees it through, as long as he is payed to do so. And Tuco (The Ugly) is a wanted outlaw trying to take care of his own hide. Tuco and Blondie share a partnership together making money off Tuco’s bounty, but when Blondie unties the partnership, Tuco tries to hunt down Blondie. When Blondie and Tuco comes across a horse carriage loaded with dead bodies, they soon learn from the only survivor (Bill Carson) that he and a few other men have buried a stash of gold in a cemetery. Unfortunately Carson dies and Tuco only finds out the name of the cemetery, while Blondie finds out the name on the grave. Now the two must keep each other alive in order to find the gold. Angel Eyes (who had been looking for Bill Carson) discovers that Tuco and Blondie meet with Carson and knows they know the location of the gold. All he needs is for the two to lead him to it. Now The Good, The Bad and The Ugly must all battle it out to get their hands on $200,000 worth of gold. Written by Jeremy Thomson”
- Director: Sergio Leone
- Release Date: 29 December 1967 (USA)
- Run Time: 161 min | France:186 min (dubbed version) | Spain:182 min | UK:180 min (re-release) | 179 min (2005 DVD Special Edition) | Finland:142 min (1984) (cut version)
- Country: Italy , Spain , West Germany
- Genre: Action , Adventure , Western
Tagline: They formed an alliance of hate to steal a fortune in dead man's gold
Trivia: The film was shot with a process called Techniscope. This process means that you can shoot without an anamorphic lens, and only use half as much film as you would normally use. The Techniscope process places two widescreen frames on a single 35 mm frame.
Goofs: Crew or equipment visible: When the rhythmic music stops and Tuco is choking after screaming “Blondie”, a person walking to the left can be seen on the left side of Tuco’s face. You can also see a sun reflection on something carried by the person.
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