THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY - "The Ecstasy Of Gold" Ennio Morricone

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo) (1966), is the concluding part of Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy. It is not only the most graphic of the three, but also surpasses the compassion and dark humour of its predecessors. The plot centres around three gunslingers competing to find a fortune in buried Confederate gold amid the violent chaos of gunfights, hangings, Civil War battles and prison camps. Leone pays homage to the Hollywood western while revising its cherished traditions. Moreover, the story's deceptive simplicity allows Leone to interweave strands of communal and individual drama, which he throws into shocking relief against the bloody futility of the American Civil War. The genre had never witnessed such stylised violence, yet, while Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach unflinchingly accept it, Clint Eastwood can still spare some humanity for a dying soldier. Superbly scored by Ennio Morricone, this proved to be the benchmark for Euro/Spaghetti Westerns until Leone outdid himself with "Once upon a Time in the West" (1968).

Trivia:
Although Clint Eastwood is usually top-billed in this film's credits, Eli Wallach has the most screen-time.

In the scene where the bridge is blown up, and Tuco and Blondie are hunkered down behind sandbags waiting for the explosion, Clint Eastwood's career came within 2 feet of ending prematurely. A fist-sized piece of rock shrapnel from the explosion slams into the sandbag right next to Eastwood's head (watch it to see the rock flying in).

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Clint-Eastwood
• Lee-Van-Cleef
• Eli-Wallach
• Euro-Western
• Spaghetti-Western
• Angel-Eyes
• Blondie
• Tuco
• Bill-Carson
• Mexican-standoff
• Sad-Hill-Cemetery
• Arch-Stanton
• The-Rat
• rotoscoping

[okfiction]

The name of thIs clip could be :

"THE ECSTASY OF A TRAILER"

Some much choice to pick up few good scenes in that movie ...

BRAVO !

[Soundtrackcollector]

Many thanks Fairman.

[xanglat]

Thank you for Lee van Cleef !

Your work is good !

[Soundtrackcollector]

@xanglat gracias amigo.

[gBlackadder]

Very proffessional Creation ...Excellent Montage ...

[Soundtrackcollector]

@gBlackadder

Gracias amigo.

[danielnator]

How does this video only have 2,301 views! Unbelievable! Excellent video, you captured the essence and feel of the film perfectly, magnificent selection of clips and the best part of the whole soundtrack which overall is very good. Nice job!

[BeaumontsBrainsOut]

Great Tribute dude!

[BradBrassman]

Love that Eli Wallach scene in the bath: "when you gotta shoot, shoot; dont talk."

[judy16272]

WATCHING THESE MOVIES AS A CHILD I DID NOT REALIZE UNTILL NOW THAT I'M OLDER THAT THESE MOVIES MADE THE MEXICAN LOOK LIKE A PATHETIC SAVAGE THAT ALWAYS LOST THE BATTLES JUST SO CLINT E COULD BE THE WESTERN HERO. STILL IT IS A CLASSIC MOVIE THAT I LOVE.

[Mochimino]

very great,i like the little effects here and there, very professional !

[nighteyes18jp]

Wow this just blew me away! So good!! Can you tell me what software you used to edit it? Sony? Avid?

[Lankastersss]

amazing!

[goodbadanduglypoker]

Fantastic!

No digging for you my friend.

[TheScorpionworld]

My favourite movie of all time. It should be the official trailer of the good the bad and the ugly.

[Dasreich43]

@sitithesecond

Russia Civil War was more bloody than the American.

[kupferbolzen07]

Once again - very nice!!