The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
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While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.
What critics thought
Now considered one of the great Westerns ever made, Leone's film was actually a flashpoint on release — critics who dismissed it for violence and the 'spaghetti Western' label have been thoroughly overturned by decades of popular and critical reappraisal. The gap between its hostile initial reception and its current near-universal standing is itself part of the film's legend.
“must be the most expensive, pious and repellent movie in the history of its peculiar genre”
Renata Adler·The New York Times
“temptation is hereby proved irresistible to call The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, now playing citywide, The Bad, The Dull, and the Interminable, only because it is”
Charles Champlin·Los Angeles Times
Genres
Adventure, Drama, Western
Cast & Crew
DirectorSergio Leone
StarringClint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef, Aldo Giuffrè, Luigi Pistilli
ComposerEnnio Morricone
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.
What critics thought
Now considered one of the great Westerns ever made, Leone's film was actually a flashpoint on release — critics who dismissed it for violence and the 'spaghetti Western' label have been thoroughly overturned by decades of popular and critical reappraisal. The gap between its hostile initial reception and its current near-universal standing is itself part of the film's legend.
“must be the most expensive, pious and repellent movie in the history of its peculiar genre”
Renata Adler·The New York Times
“temptation is hereby proved irresistible to call The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, now playing citywide, The Bad, The Dull, and the Interminable, only because it is”
Charles Champlin·Los Angeles Times
Genres
Adventure, Drama, Western
Cast & Crew
DirectorSergio Leone
StarringClint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef, Aldo Giuffrè, Luigi Pistilli
ComposerEnnio Morricone
Rent/Purchase