A Fistful Of Dollars (DVD) > Reviews

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 ... Read review

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 ... Read review

Advantages: CLassic Stuff
Disadvantages: Not enough extra stuff

...some films that are only a couple of years old can look. After the opening sequences, when the actors started to speak for the first time, I found their accents difficult to understand at first but soon adapted to their 'Mexican' accents. Originally the film used only one American actor, Clint Eastwood, and all the other members of the cast were Italian and their voices were dubbed over so that 'English' speakers could understand. The Dubbing process ... Read review

Advantages: original format
Disadvantages: letterbox size

The first proper spaghetti Western, A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS follows a nameless drifter who plays two feuding families off each other to his own reward. As members of each family are put in the ground, the stash in his pockets gets heavier and heavier. this violent remake of akira kurosawa's joyimbo made clint eastwood a star and not before time. this is one of leone's first outings as director, who later went on to direct the masterpiece once upon a ... Read review