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A Fistful of Dollars
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| Rated:
R |
1964 |
Color |
100
min. |
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| Starring:
Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch,
John Wels, W. Lukschy, S.
Rupp, Joe Edger |
| Director:
Sergio Leone |
| Written
by: Jaime Comas, Peter
Fernandez, Sergio Leone |
| Produced
by: Harry
Colombo & George Papi |
| Story
by: A.
Bonzzoni & Víctor Andrés Catena |
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| Music:
Ennio Morricone |
Movie
Co.: MGM-UA |
| Production
Co.: Constantin Film Produktion GmbH, Jolly Film, Ocean Films |
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| Awards:
There are no American awards for this film, but in 1965, Ennio Morricone
won the Silver Ribbon award for Best Score from the Italian National
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There are a few interesting things about this film.
1.) The so-called "Man With No Name" Series:
-in A Fistful of Dollars, his name was Joe
-in For A Few Dollars More, his name was Monco
-in The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, his name is Blondie
Why do they call it "The Man with No Name" Series, when
Clint's playing three different men with three different names?
Interesting.
2.) Gian Maria Volonte (a.k.a.
John Wels) plays the main bad guy in both Fistful and Few More.
He plays Ramone, the sharp-shooting head of the Rojos family in Fistful,
and Indio, the gang leader and mad gunman in Few More. He's
great in each role, but it's kind of strange seeing two different movies
with the same good guy (Eastwood) and bad guy (Volonte).
3.) Not only is Clint Eastwood the star of this film, he also
worked as an unaccredited writer for this film, and the "Western
Advisor." Already he was showing that he could be much more
for a movie than just an actor. He would later go on to direct
films of his own.
4.) A Fistful of Dollars is based on Yojimbo, a
Japanese samurai film written by Ryuzo Kikushima and co written and
directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is suspected that Yojimbo is
based on Dashiell Hammett's novel Red Harvest,
although Kurosawa denies it. Whatever the case, I strongly suggest
that if you like this film (or just dig old samurai films) you should
check out Yojimbo which is available in our store.
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