A Fistful Of Dollars (Wide Screen)
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A Fistful Of Dollars (Wide Screen)

Production Year: 1964 - Westerns - Director: Sergio Leone - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over

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A Fistful Of Dollars [1964] [1967]
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stardom. Before director Sergio Leone picked him
out, Clint had played only a few bit parts in
features plus his role as Rowdy Yates in the TV
Western series Rawhide...
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Eastwood) who wanders into a town torn apart by
greed, corruption, and revenge. The clever,
tough-talking gunslinger then plays the town's two
feuding families off each other for his benefit.
As members of each family are planted in the
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heavier. This violent remake of Akira Kurosawa's
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sequels--FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE and THE GOOD, THE
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starred Eastwood, featured Ennio Morricone's
distinctive musical compositions, and were
directed--in a wonderfully gritty style--by Sergio
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Leone tapped him in 1964 to score a low-budget,
European-produced Western remake of Kurosawa's
Yojimbo starring an American TV actor named Clint
Eastwood. The film's worldwide success would make
all three men international stars. For his part,
Morricone ratcheted his work (which until then had
been largely pedestrian) up several notches,
virtually inventing a new set of Western
film-music clichés in the process. Though Leone's
film is cold and often brutal, the coloration of
Morricone's music is ironically warm and human.
"Titoli" displays the whistling prowess of early
Morricone collaborator Allessandro Allesandroni
set against an insistent Spanish guitar riff,
while other elements of what would soon become one
of Morricone's many scoring formulas fall into
place: oddball percussion and bells, a
Ventures-esque electric guitar, and the gruff
chants of the Cantori Moderni. "Theme from 'A
Fistful of Dollars'" also displays Morricone's
magnificent writing for trumpet, his favorite
instrument. The composer has said he was trying to
evoke European as well as American folk influences
in this work, setting primitive flutes and drums
against square-dance fiddles, stately solo oboe,
and trumpet alongside a plaintive harmonica--did
Morricone invent world music? Though the score
proper comprises just seven cues (the film's
low-budget dictum forcing the composer to opt for
quality over quantity), this reissue of RCA's
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Dollars Suite," a surprisingly successful re-edit
of the score's most important pieces. The phrase
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Leone tapped him in 1964 to score a low-budget,
European-produced Western remake of Kurosawa's
Yojimbo starring an American TV actor named Clint
Eastwood. The film's worldwide success would make
all three men international stars. For his part,
Morricone ratcheted his work (which until then had
been largely pedestrian) up several notches,
virtually inventing a new set of Western
film-music clichés in the process. Though Leone's
film is cold and often brutal, the coloration of
Morricone's music is ironically warm and human.
"Titoli" displays the whistling prowess of early
Morricone collaborator Allessandro Allesandroni
set against an insistent Spanish guitar riff,
while other elements of what would soon become one
of Morricone's many scoring formulas fall into
place: oddball percussion and bells, a
Ventures-esque electric guitar, and the gruff
chants of the Cantori Moderni. "Theme from 'A
Fistful of Dollars'" also displays Morricone's
magnificent writing for trumpet, his favorite
instrument. The composer has said he was trying to
evoke European as well as American folk influences
in this work, setting primitive flutes and drums
against square-dance fiddles, stately solo oboe,
and trumpet alongside a plaintive harmonica--did
Morricone invent world music? Though the score
proper comprises just seven cues (the film's
low-budget dictum forcing the composer to opt for
quality over quantity), this reissue of RCA's
original vinyl soundtrack features "A Fistful of
Dollars Suite," a surprisingly successful re-edit
of the score's most important pieces. The phrase
is overused, but this is truly a seminal film
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A Fistful Of Dollars [1964] [1967] A Fistful Of Dollars [1964] [1967]
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stardom. Before director Sergio Leone picked him
out, Clint had played only a few bit parts in
features plus his role as Rowdy Yates in the TV
Western series Rawhide. Leone cast him for his
stillness and physical presence, famously
remarking that when Michelangelo was asked what he
had seen in a particular block of marble, he said
Moses, but that what he, Leone, saw in Eastwood
was just that, a block of marble. Leone also
claimed that it was he who gave the character his
trademark cigar and poncho, though Eastwood has
said he brought his own wardrobe to Italy. Whoever
takes credit, A Fistful of Dollars (Per un pugno
di dollari in Italian) was an extraordinary
success when launched in Italy in 1964. Eastwood
had to wait longer for it to be a hit in the USA. 
The film was based on Kurosawa's 1961 samurai
picture Yojimbo, but Leone had forgotten to clear
the copyright. Eventually a deal was done, but A
Fistful of Dollars was not released in the USA
until 1967. It scored an equally resounding
success, as did its sequels in the Dollar Trilogy,
For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and
the Ugly. The advertising campaign promoted
Eastwood's character, laconic, amoral, dangerous,
as The Man with No Name (though in the film he's
clearly referred to as Joe), and audiences loved
the film's refreshing new take on the Western
genre. Gone are the pieties about making the
streets safe for women and children (women are
virtually absent from the Trilogy). Instead it's
every man for himself. Striking too was a new
emphasis on violence, with stylised, almost
balletic gunfights and baroque touches such as
Eastwood's armoured breastplate. The popularity of
the Dollars films had a marked influence on the
Hollywood Western, for example Sam Peckinpah's The
Wild Bunch, but its most enduring legacy is Clint
Eastwood himself, still in action at the age of
70. --Edward Buscombe
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A Fistful Of Dollars (Special Edition) [1964] A Fistful Of Dollars (Special Edition) [1964]
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stardom. Based on Akira Kurosawa's 1961 samurai
picture Yojimbo, it scored a resounding success
(in Italy in 1964 and the U.S. in 1967), as did
its sequels, For a Few Dollars More and The Good,
the Bad and the Ugly. The advertising campaign
promoted Eastwood's character--laconic, amoral,
dangerous--as the Man with No Name (though in the
film he's clearly referred to as Joe), and
audiences loved the movie's refreshing new take on
the Western genre. Gone are the pieties about
making the streets safe for women and children.
Instead it's every man for himself. Striking, too,
was a new emphasis on violence, with stylized,
almost balletic gunfights and baroque touches such
as Eastwood's armoured breastplate. The Dollars
films had a marked influence on the Hollywood
Western--for example, Sam Peckinpah's The Wild
Bunch--but their most enduring legacy is Clint
Eastwood himself. --Edward Buscombe
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stardom. Based on Akira Kurosawa's 1961 samurai
picture Yojimbo, it scored a resounding success
(in Italy in 1964 and the U.S. in 1967), as did
its sequels, For a Few Dollars More and The Good,
the Bad and the Ugly. The advertising campaign
promoted Eastwood's character--laconic, amoral,
dangerous--as the Man with No Name (though in the
film he's clearly referred to as Joe), and
audiences loved the movie's refreshing new take on
the Western genre. Gone are the pieties about
making the streets safe for women and children.
Instead it's every man for himself. Striking, too,
was a new emphasis on violence, with stylized,
almost balletic gunfights and baroque touches such
as Eastwood's armoured breastplate. The Dollars
films had a marked influence on the Hollywood
Western--for example, Sam Peckinpah's The Wild
Bunch--but their most enduring legacy is Clint
Eastwood himself. --Edward Buscombe
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Get Off Your Horse and Eat Your Pasta
Review of A Fistful Of Dollars (Wide Screen) by Mauri

Advantages: Music and style
Disadvantages: none

...it seemed he had invented a new genre in cinema. These low-budget westerns filmed in Europe featuring mainly European actors, with their propensity for theatrical violence were seen by the fans of the traditional western as a cheap tawdry imitation of a classic film genre. BACKGROUND Sergio Leone cut his teeth in cinema by making the so-called 'sword and sandal' epics in Italy in the late fifties and early 60's along with other future 'spaghetti' ...
...turn they were part of a long tradition of 'epic' films going back to the silent era such as Cabiria (1913) and Quo Vadis (1912). The style and attitude of the filmmaking involved in these films was to clearly influence the later Leone westerns. Leone was not the first person to make European Westerns, As far back as 1925 the French novelist Blaise Cendars had written a novel based on the California gold rush and the early pioneer John Sutter. The ... Read review

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27.07.2000
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Fistful of fun
Review of A Fistful Of Dollars (Wide Screen) by cityskyblue

Advantages: Good enjoyable film
Disadvantages: ends too soon

...in mostly Spain as are a lot of the spaghetti westerns. Has with most dvds that have films from the older films the dvd menu is pretty basic and admittedly not much of a selling point, but trust me you do not need gimmicks when the film is this good. Shown in widescreen along with my home cinema system it is just like watching at the cinema ( without the expensive refreshments). Brief background. Fistful of dollars was the first film within the ...
...man with no name. But a close friend suggested he try a little known actor called Clint Eastwood. Most of the production team gave themselves English and Americanised names so as to make it more appealing to an American audience. The main cast and crew. Director Sergio Leone - Changed his name to Bob Robertson for the American release and made all his crew do the same. Used a lot of his trade marks in this film such as the extreme close up and periods ... Read review

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15.03.2007
Fistful of $$$ For Clint
Review of A Fistful Of Dollars (Wide Screen) by flashpointz

Advantages: great character, cult film
Disadvantages: cheesy music

...say that I have been a Clint Eastwood fan for years and I love nothing better than relaxing in front of an old Western on TVs. Fistful of Dollars was "the big one" in Clint Eastwood's career. It put him on the map as a cult hero figure. Lots of action, good short to the point lines and a plot you can follow. He was able to give the audience a true grit-eating, swearing, smoking, bad guy shooting, tough guy - 'the Man with no Name'. He did everything ...
...he went on to play a similiar character in his other 'Spaghetti-westerns', of course and you can even see where 'Dirty Harry' came from. Anyway the famous trilogy Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and 'Half a Sixpence' were all..(sorry just couldn't resist that last one - could you really see Clint starring opposite Tommy Steele ????)..made Eastwood the huge box office star he still is to this day ... Read review

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09.08.2000
A Fistful of Winners
Review of A Fistful Of Dollars (Wide Screen) by wemstalker

Advantages: The whole thing
Disadvantages: nothing

...the best westerns ever made. A Fistful of Dollars sees Clint Eastwood take on the role as the man with no name for the first time. He rides into a town that has been torn apart by two warring families, the Baxter’s and the Rojo’s, instead of making a sharp exit he plays the two families against each other and attempts to get rich into the bargain. Directed by Sergio Leone this movie is a classic and even makes you forget about the dubbing. ...
...the film, feeling the character was better not saying a great deal. I for one most certainly have to agree with him, Eastwood’s screen presence in this picture is awesome. A Fistful of Dollars – A Classic Western that deserves to be watched time and time again. Wemstalker. ... Read review

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24.02.2001
The entrance of the Man with no name
Review of A Fistful Of Dollars (Wide Screen) by harj123

Advantages: Sergio leones stylish direction,atmospheric music and Eastwoods cool persona
Disadvantages: Dialogue little bit raw in places

A fistfull of dollars was released way back in 1964 and at the time was unlike any western before it.It was shot in Italy and featured a tv actor Clint eastwood[RAWHIDE] in the lead role supported by a cast of italian actors led by Gia mario Volanta.The film was directed by then unknown Italian director Sergio leone.Not a lot was expected of the film and it opened to poor reviews with crictics calling it violent,immoral and a shoddy western.However ...
...that it was to launch a new style of western and cinema.This was where style and action with minimalist dialogue,would become the norm in many films.Upon its release it caused a sensation in Europe,for its style and pacing,Eastwoods cool antihero and became a surprise success.It was to be followed by two hugely successful followups in For a few dollars more [1965] and good bad ugly[1966]. The plot of Fistfull is heavily inspired by the japanese ... Read review

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A Fistful Of Dollars (Wide Screen)

Main specs

Actor(s): Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch, John Wels, W. Lukschy

Director(s): Sergio Leone

Genre: Westerns

Classification: 15 years and over

Production Year: 1964

Running Time: 1 hour 38 minutes

Video Category: Feature Film

Plot: The first collaboration between Eastwood and Leone. The story of the man with no name, who tries to turn a gang feud to his own advantage.

Remake Of: Yojimbo ( 1961 Japan )

DVD Description

The first true spaghetti Western, A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS follows a nameless drifter who plays two feuding families off each other to his own benefit. As members of each family are planted in the ground, the gold in his pocket gets heavier and heavier. This violent remake of Akira Kurosawa's YOJIMBO made Eastwood a star.

Release details

DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)

Studio(s): MGM ENTERTAINMENT; CINRAM LOGISTICS

Release date: 07/02/2000

No of Discs: 1

Catalogue No: 16169 DVD

Editor: Roberto Cinquini

Barcode: 5050070000283

Screenwriter: Sergio Leone, G. Schock, Duccio Tessari, Victor A. Catena

Cinematographer: Massimo Dallamano

Composer: Ennio Morricone

Producer: Giorgio Papi

Author: Sergio Leone

Writer: Sergio Leone

Languages

Main Language: English

Subtitle Language: English

Hearing Impaired Language: English

Technical information

Special Features: Interactive Menu Screens, Chapter Search, Original Theatrical Trailer, 8 Page Film Guide, Digitally Remastered, Uncut Version

Aspect Ratio: 2.35 Wide Screen

Sound: Mono

Dubbing Sound: Mono English

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