The ecstacy of gold.

The ecstacy of gold is my favorite clip from my favorite movie, ''the good the bad and the ugly'', which was released first in december 23 1966 in Italy.
About the movie:
The Trio

The Good (Blondie).Clint Eastwood as Blondie: The Good, a subdued, cocksure bounty hunter who competes with Tuco and Angel Eyes to find the buried gold in the middle of the two warring factions of the American Civil War. Blondie and Tuco have an ambivalent partnership. Tuco knows the name of the cemetery where the gold is hidden, but Blondie knows the name of the grave where it's buried, forcing them to work together to find the treasure. In spite of this greedy quest, Blondie's pity for the dying soldiers in the chaotic carnage of the War is evident. "I've never seen so many men wasted so badly," he laments. Rawhide had ended its run in 1965 and at that point none of Clint Eastwood's Italian films had been released in the United States. When Leone offered him a role in his next movie it was the only big film offer he had but the actor still needed to be convinced to do it. Leone and his wife traveled to California to persuade Eastwood. Two days later, he agreed to make the movie and would be paid $250,000 plus 10% of the profits from the North American markets -- a deal that Leone was not happy with.
Lee Van Cleef as Angel Eyes: The Bad, a ruthless, unfeeling mercenary named "Angel Eyes" Sentenza who kills anyone in his path. When Blondie and Tuco are captured while posing as Confederate soldiers, Angel Eyes is the Union sergeant who interrogates them and tortures Tuco, eventually learning the name of the cemetery where the gold is buried, but not the tombstone. Angel Eyes forms a fleeting partnership with Blondie, but Tuco and Blondie turn on Angel Eyes when they get their chance. Originally, Leone wanted Charles Bronson to play Angel Eyes but he had already committed to The Dirty Dozen (1967). Leone thought about working with Lee Van Cleef again: "I said to myself that Van Cleef had first played a romantic character in For a Few Dollars More. The idea of getting him to play a character who was the opposite of that began to appeal to me."
Eli Wallach as Tuco: The Ugly, Tuco Benedito Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez, a comical, oafish, fast talking bandit who is wanted by the authorities. Tuco manages to discover the name of the cemetery where the gold is buried, but he doesn't know the name of the grave - only Blondie does. This state of affairs forces Tuco to become reluctant partners with Blondie. The director originally considered Gian Maria Volonté for the role of Tuco, but felt that the role required someone with "natural comic talent". In the end, Leone chose actor Eli Wallach based on his role in How the West Was Won (1962), in particular, his performance in "The Railroads" scene. Leone met with Wallach in L.A. who was skeptical about playing this type of character again, but after Leone screened the opening credit sequence from For a Few Dollars More, Wallach said: "When do you want me?" The two men got along famously, sharing the same bizarre sense of humor. Leone allowed Wallach to make changes to his character in terms of his outfit and recurring gestures. Both Eastwood and Van Cleef realized that the character of Tuco was close to Leone's heart, and director and Wallach became good friends. Van Cleef observed, "Tuco is the only one of the trio the audience gets to know all about. We meet his brother and find out where he came from and why he became a bandit. But Clint's character and mine remain mysteries."

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[lagoonguy]

I keep coming back to this. You can't film a 4 minute scene like this today - all the XBOX teen crowd would find it too boring. But this holds the action very well, it's still one of my favorite scenes ever put on film.

[edinostroza]

So 240p, we meet again...

[paradeToday]

This part of the movie can still bring me to tears. And I've seen it Many times.

[24charliechip]

@lagoonguy im a teenager and play on xbox and im a girl... this is one of my fave movies i love this song sooooooooo much:)))))

[ChainGang194]

Brock Lesnar

[numbnutsXD1]

@lagoonguy im 16 and play xbox almost all the time, and yet i LOVE movies like this, my collection is extensive :D

[68blues]

So, you are born in the 50's. In your teens there is a genre of movies called 'dollar films'

You go to see them, it is very hard to hang on to the music as there is no easy way to record it.

It is easy to remember the cool character with no name.

Then you discover youtube, suddenly you have the music from the dollar trilogy at your fingertips.......absolutely superb.

[gojirametallica]

@lagoonguy thats a lie, this is one of my favorite movies and one of my favorite scenes and i play xbox and im a teenager

[XaiiNSTiiNCT]

@lagoonguy please don't make generalisations like that I Myself am a teen and love this + i am in the "XBOX crowd"

[Agustin950161]

@TheMstechsupport I said it all crosses

[TheMstechsupport]

@Agustin950161 Are you fucking retarded?

[Agustin950161]

0:41 Master of puppets