Even before I began appreciating acting or knew any of the words to describe it, I was rewatching a scene from the Good, the Bad and the Ugly, and I was struck be the notion that Eli Wallach's acting was spectacular. It's no wonder he has more screen-time than the other characters. His acting is a treat, more appealing than a slutty banana.
I think it is more than that. I feel Eli studied all his film scripts very closely and fully related to the words, which drew in the audience's attention. He never dead-panned his scripts.
I would agree. Eli had that real "Joker" feel of the west as Clint always had that no fear and kept the tough squint eyed look we love. Eli brought comedy to otherwise serious film. Tuco was my favorite character because of the comedic play he brought to the film.
Clint Eastwood always played the same character with his ducktail haircut and ruined a lot of movies. John Wayne also played the same character over and over again but at least his haircut was appropriate before the 1950s.
I love The Good, The Bad And The Ugly but as magnificent a movie as it is the highlight of the film is The Ecstasy Of Gold sequence. It was Tuco's film so it was fitting that he was the one searching for the grave. Blondie and Angel Eyes are too stoic but Tuco is more passionate and enthusiastic so it wouldn't have worked without him.
Not to mention the greatest soundtrack of all time. Thanks to Ennio Morricone. Once Upon a Time in the West is another great soundtrack by Morricone. The use of Fuzz guitar is somehow fitting for a period nearly 100 years before the Fuzztone was invented. Brilliant!
I was glad he won the Oscar in his own right, for The Hateful Eight. To me, a career one like he got earlier is a hollow award, whenever it's given. He should have won at least 2 times before as well.
Yep, soundtrack for Handful of Dollars, a Few more, and Good, Bad, Ugly, was great! Love good Spanish guitar! And you know, obviously Morricone's compositions were MORE than just Spanish guitar. Love him man!
The funny thing about Wallach's ad lib, "When you gotta shoot, SHOOT! Don't TALK" is that it's actually applicable to HUNDREDS of films, in multiple genres! Every time I see a film villain yakking at the good guy before killing him, that line is always what comes to mind! The Bond films are particularly guilty of this!
That was a preoccupation of Eastwood’s. He always hated the way western heroes illogically gave the villains every opportunity to kill them and were totally unrealistic. He said Jimmy Cagney’s villain in White Het was his inspiration, and why he always asked directors to let him shoot people in the back, refuse to let them monologue and buy time, or just take them out without ever seeing him coming. “I watched Cagney shoot a guy in the trunk of a car while eating a chicken leg and thought, That guy’s got a lot o’ nerve, I wanna’ do that.”
@@AAWT : Yeah, even while I enjoyed Skyfall, I watched the bit with Blofeld showing off all his gadgets and, “monologuing,” and couldn’t help mentally inserting dialogue from the Austin Powers movies. We all wind up playing the role of Doctor Evil’s son. “Just shoot the guy now!?”
@@OneofInfinity. All three of the stars get knocked off one by one by a female wokist who monologues during the entire movie against the 'Patriarchy'.🙄
I would have liked to see a sequel if for no other reason to see what happened to tuco I don't imagine we would be able to hang on to the money for too long
When its all said and done I have to agree that The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is probably the best movie in history... I've watched it countless times and I found something new every time.. It's realistic, its funny, its epic, it's brilliantly acted and directed, it's full of suspense, and last but not the least - it has THE BEST movie score in history, period.
I saw this film in a drive-in cinema Hawaii in 1968. I will always remember the shiver that went up my spine with the theme music reverberating around all the cars parked in front of the giant screen. Magic!👍😎🇦🇺
@@samr.england613 It was a unique experience. The one I visited a few times as a kid also had a swingset so you could watch the movie without a car, and not even sitting on an uncomfortable bench. I suspect the reason they were killed off is that it made it too easy for people to watch the movie without paying.
I also saw it at a drive in and hadn’t seen the first two. I was there with Lana and was paying more attention to her than the movie, though watching it out of one eye. It kept grabbing my attention, especially with the music. This was something very different from any western I’d ever seen and I was a fan of westerns. Anything that could pull me away from that little beauty has to be given some attention.
The Good, the bad and the ugly was a masterpiece. Nothing following it could add more to the legacy. Imagining ANYBODY else in those roles seems inconceivable. They were flawless.
@@Bernie8330 Lee Van Cleef is kinda like Arnold Schwarzenegger, they are a perfect fit for a villain but they keep casting them as a protagonists because of their popularity
Kind've like, "Alien", "Patton", (original) "Star Wars", "Logan's Run", "Godfather", "Jaws", "The Exorcist", "Die Hard", "Pulp Fiction", "Django Unchained", and many, many more films!
Like where Tuco is watching Clint dying of thirst crawling in the desert sun. Then Tuco learns that Clint heard where the gold is buried and suddenly is concerned about Clints health.
@@samr.england613 Well compared to Clint Easwood now we are still all only spring chickens. lol If I live to be 90 I will be a happy man. Or 98 like Eli Wallach who was still mobile and telling stories and making jokes until the very end. :-) Two remarkable men really.
Sergio Leone did a wonderful job with the Civil War scene while giving homage to the fallen soldiers. I watched this movie dozens of times since I was a kid and would always doze off during this scene being that the movie was really long then wake up during the cemetery scene. But when I watch it now, the part where Clint Eastwood gives a dying soldier a puff of his cigar was truly touching and convinced me Leone really did his research and captured the human side and tragedy of such immense loss of life that was the Civil War.
Yes Leone was a brilliant director and a character in his own right. He made a masterpiece despite numerous problems on set with the language barrier and no money to pay for things during production etc etc. lol Because of this members of the cast were on the verge of leaving and multiple times. lol Most swore NEVER to work with him again. lol
As talented & as accomplished an actor as Gian Maria Volonte was (he was superb in ‘For A Few Dollars More’ & ‘Face to Face’), I’m glad that he didn’t get the chance to play The Bad / Angel Eyes in The Good, The Bad & The Ugly. Nobody other than Lee Van Cleef could have done justice to that role. Cleef was a BADASS in every way & was a bigger name than Volonte! And I’m soo happy that Eli Wallach (instead of Charles Bronson) played The Ugly. WALLACH ABSOLUTELY OVERSHADOWS EASTWOOD & OWNS THAT FILM.
Sorry my friend..I think, according to this video Gian was supposed to take angel eyes while Bronson was planned for being Tuco. not the opposite. Anyway I am glad too that this iconic master piece only remains among these three giant actors. Clint ,Lee and Wallace.
To see Clint, Eli and Lee cameo as the 3 gunmen in the beginning would have been shocking and amazing at the same time! It would still be regarded as a classic I think.
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly is one of my all time favorite films. It was masterfully created and the parts played by all characters were just perfect. I would have loved seen a sequel. I suppose that it is too late now.
Poor Eli brushing with death with the run away horse and the train incident. He must have been a great horseback rider, a mile with his hands tied behind his back? WowI can’t think of anyone contributing more than Eli in this fantastic film. RIp Eli, we miss you.
@@samr.england613seeing how the train scene and the bridge explosion were filmed without stunt doubles, I’m willing to wager that wallach was on that horse
@@samr.england613 if i remember correctly there’s an interview somewhere that confirms the train near-accident (or wallach wrote about it in his autobiography). Regarding the bridge explosion I’m not entirely sure, now that you mention it.
The three films (Spaghetti Westerns) placed Mr. Eastwood on the map and were the turning point in his career that made him a bankable actor and created his future success in both acting and directing, not to mention producing his own films.
I am sooo glad that Sergio Leone slithered his way ad lib to get this movie made !!! This movie is an Epic masterpiece !! And Tuco will live in my memory as long as I have one !!! God bless those who made this Great, Great western !!
Yes he had an amazing long life and he was still mobile and funny and cracking jokes until the very end. He was an amazing man as well as a great actor.
Sometime in the 80's, a local movie theatre held a "Spend A Day With Clint Eastwood" show: all three "Dollars", and "Hang Em High". The theatre was PACKED!
I saw that movie over 100 times during it's original theatrical release. Back in the olden days, there were no videos or DVD's and it was as good as gone for a long time so I watched it a lot ! Then videos and DVD's came out and I still watch it. Best score and best director award go to ...
Yup moviegoers were GIANTS that walked the Earth back then. No stupid VHS and DVD. You had to go back to the movie house or drive-in. You can't tell kids that anymore. They have no idea.....no idea.🤣
Oh God! The 1960s and 70s are now referred to as the, "Olden Days"? My dad was born in 1932, and he referred to the 1920s and BEFORE, as the, "Olden Days"! Jesus beloved Christ, how time flies! (Notice that dad didn't refer to his OWN time as the old days!)
My favourite scene was after being hell bent on revenge and killing him very cruelly and slowly the way Tuco's menacing demeanour totally changed as soon as he knew that blondie knew the name on the grave ? lol Don't die blondie. I'm your friend ? Fantastic acting and this instant total transformation was amazing to see. :-)
I've always been obsessed with Spaghetti Westerns which is weird because I'm not much of a fan of regular westerns. I'm also a huge fan of Akira Kurosawa and the whole Samurai/Chambara genre so Fist Full Of Dollars and the Dollars trilogy was a marriage made in heaven as far as I'm concerned. Add a soundtrack by Ennio Morricone and it just doesn't get any better than that!
This movie blew my mind when I snuck a peek at it without being allowed by my parents, back when I was around 11. Dad had a VHS of it and it had an 18 rating, so it was too good an opportunity to miss out when they were out of the house. Eli Wallach did steal the show, though I remember being fond of Clint and in awe of Lee van Cleef too. They are my fav movie icons to this day and this movie is close to the top, only surpassed (in my opinion) by the amazing "Once Upon a Time in the West".
My mom was a professor of political science and history, a highly educated and sophisticated woman, very cultured, genteel Southern lady, all that.... But she absolutely LOVED the character of Tuco! The "bad boy". It's so funny and fascinating! Women, that is, just saying. I reckon we men often like the, 'bad girls" too. As Eagles guy put it: "I've been lookin' for the daughter of the Devil himself, I've been lookin' for an angel in white, but I need both!"
The final cemetary scene music was one of coolest if not one of the best scores ever for a western. Its still played today 55 years later on mens aftershave commercials.
This was the first movie I ever saw Eli Wallach in. The next time I saw him he was playing Benjamin Franklin. My 8 year old mind was blown. It really taught me how actors can get deep into a role.
I wasn’t around when this move was out in theaters, but got to see a screening of it at a theater in the early 2000’s. The theater even had those old wooden seats. The audio also sounded very old school. The whole experience gave me chills.
You'd think having seen this flick at age 12 in 1970 it would become a bit droll 53 years later? Not so, as I've aged I've looked deeper into the performances and script. It really is a master piece to this very day.
Best western ever!!! As long as it on, everytime I see it on, I watch it, record it, can't help it. And Eli killed it, he had more screen time than anyone, he really was the star, and hella funny. So many memorable lines.
I've always found it amazing that, IMO, and apparently yours, too, the best Westerns ever made were directed by an Italian, and filmed in the deserts of Spain! (And Sergio Leone, the director, showed nit and grit, horseshit and flies, mud and grime, buck teeth and facial scars, made it real!) Unlike many silly Hollywood productions and portrayals of the Old West, where everybody has perfect teeth, they're all clean and 'nice and friendly', you know, the bs John Wayne version of the American Old West, which is not total, but bullshit in many respects.
Much as I love all the big stars of these movies, Eli Wallach is my favorite actor in any movie he's in, hands down. I had no idea he wasn't the first choice in GB&U, and can't imagine the movie without him.
I wouldn't want to see another film, but an audiobook of "the good the bad and the ugly 2" with an old Tuco hunting down Blondies grandson that is narrated by Clint Eastwood and maybe with dialogue acted by other actions does sound effing amazing.
In November of 1977 having watched TGTB&TU on TV I had a t-shirt made up of the Arch Stanton grave marker. I wore it first chance I had to my classes at Nassau Community College on Long Island. Had 2 professors and about 5 or 6 fellow classmates remark that they loved the shirt. Never thought I’d get that reaction but just goes to show how popular that film was in 1977 and today!
Much of the success of the scantily plotted and highly atmospheric Dollars Trilogy came from the genius sound tracks by Italian composer Ennio Morricone. The awesome music was the only way that all the posing, and eyeballing each other, and other atmospherics instead of action and plot could possibly have succeeded. Tuco running through the graveyard? That was just background for Morricone's Ecstasy of Gold. Half the movie was brilliant MTV 20 years before MTV.
Here, I thought I was the only one who loved this movie. This was one of the best Western movies Eastwood ever made and I can remember going to the one-screen Movie theater in our small town, I can still smell the popcorn. I'm glad I watched this because there was so much I never knew about the making of this movie. Man did he make the right call to rebuild that bridge.
Love this channel. Westerns are my favorite (read a lot of them also). And your essays are outstanding. Thank you. Looking forward to watching this one.
The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly is my all time favourite movie, and I agree that Wallach stole the show. I've lost count the number of times I've watch this movie over the years.
I saw this movie at the highway 39 drive in in the late '60s in So. Calif. It was a memory I'll never forget. I fell in love with Clint's movies and have seen them all.
Eastwood having a different nickname in the three movies, just add to the mythos of the character, he is transient, you know nothing by the end of the movies. You know more about Tuco, Angel Eyes, the Colonel, Indio or Ramon, but Manco/Joe/Blondie? nothing else then that he is a ruthless killer, who can sometimes be surprisingly kind hearted ( saving Marisol, giving the dying soldier a smoke and a blanket) . That mystery makes him such a memorable character imho.
From David A.Wood: Thank you very much for critiquing my third favorite Western movie, Sergio Leone's "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly." I quite simply love this movie as I have faithfully seen it ever since 1974 when I was 10-years-old. I always enjoy the cinematic critiques that are shown on UA-cam. Please do keep up the good work! Goodbye for now and have a nice Holiday Season 2023.
Iconic as was the trilogy .. High plains Josey Wales ....all quite good but not in the same league ..for Eli and Lee were critical counterparts that made The Good- The Bad and The Ugly ,a true masterpiece
So good to see comments praising Eli Wallach. He has always been the film for me. Even when I was a young boy and love Sergio's films, Eli was the character that stayed in my mind after this movie. His scenes were outstanding. One of the states greatest character actors.
Eastwood not being 'Fleshed Out' is correct but it lead to more mystique for his character. This was one of the best all time movies, full of humour sarcasm and close camera character vision.
I'm so glad I found your channel. TGB&U is one of my all time favourite movies, and one of the few that I have watched multiple times. I remember going to the cinema to see Fist Full of Dollars with some school friends when I was 16 years old, and we were all completely blown away. The Spaghetti Western immediately took on cult status for us, and was all we talked about for ages after seeing each movie. You mentioned an argument involving Lee Van Cleef in a previous video, so I am going to go find that as soon as I post this comment. You can count me as a new subscriber as well.
Your comment reminded me of going to watch movies with school friends around when we were teenagers. So much fun ! So I can understand how you guys must have felt/enjoyed/had fun.
The non-sequitur I will never forget is that we know Clint's character to wear a serape. In the famous "get three coffins ready" scene of FFoD, he flips it up to reveal his gun, and the men on the fence realize he's serious. Yet in GB&U, it is not until he walks across the remnants and bodies of the battle, near the film's end, that he picks the serape up from a fallen soldier and puts it on, suggesting this is a prequel. It's also said that Colonel Mortimer is a former army officer in FFDM, and why would he be left to his own devices unless the civil war was over? Again, it makes GB&U, which occurs during the war, appear to be a prequel to the other two movies. Intended? I don't know. Leone didn't care? Perhaps.
The value of this exceptional movie should be shared as follows: 25% to the writer, 25% to the director, 25% to the cast, 25% to the composer. Having forgotten the last one is a big mistake.
Using the term, spaghetti, western in my mind is a derogatory term. In fact, it slanders Italian art. This is one of the 10 best movies of all time it stands on its own, and has some of the most incredible music. Let’s just all treated as the phenomenal work of art it is.
You are correct. "Spaghetti Western" was a deliberately derogatory term originated (I believe) by the New York Times to mock the Leone westerns. Critics were dismissive of Leone at the time. (I'm old and remember). Variety called them, "Italoaters", which wasn't much better.
I watched this movie when it was first released...I sat front row centre and watched it twice( you could stay and watch the movie all day long back then )... as to Eli Wallach being put in harms way...in the scene where Lee Van Cleef tosses the shovel... it really looks like he almost hit Wallach in the head with it....
If given a choice between watching today's movies all day long, and having to watch the G,B, and the U all day long? Well sir, I hope you know the answer to that! :)
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly is not one of the best spaghetti westerns, but one of the top 5 best westerns of all time. There are two types of Spaghetti Westerns: Sergio Leone's and the others. These two categories should not be mentioned as one. It must be specified whether it is Leone or not.
I also enjoyed the Spaghetti Westerns of the other Sergio from that era (Corbucci) who made Django and The great silence. Leone is my favorite but Corbucci had some good movies in the genre as well.
Its such a classic movie. And the Morricone music is just, amazing!!! Its somehow good taste. There is so little actualy on the screen. But it somehow tells a lot! Strugles of a man in a world! Also. Three is a charm!!!
Thanks for the most interesting and informative "behind the scenes" video I've ever watched. I'm especially pleased it covered my all-time favorite serious oater (Blazing Saddles tops the cowboy comedies) from ANY continent. It even provided the ringtone for my phone.
Nothin'. Just a random thought while I was typing. Hence the parentheses. Why are those "so-called" Spaghetti Westerns? The term has become a genre identifier as much as noir, romcom, etc.
7:37 I always took it as part of the twist at the end when they show each of their titles. You realize that the good is the good because he’s just good at what he does.
This Movie is my most favourite of all time, my second favourite is "The Unforgiven".....so happen's to be another Clint Eastwood movie.....l am also a fan of Lee Van Clif
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You see, in this world there are two kinds of people, my friend: those who love this movie and those who adore it.
... there are* two kinds of people ...
@@einundsiebenziger5488 true
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That's fucking briliant
And the third kind of people think its runtime is simply too long
Eli Wallach should have received an Academy Award for his performance. A fantastic actor, it's a rotten shame he never even received a nomination.
For a while I thought he was of Mexican descent like myself , HE NAILED IT!!
What a shame. Thank goodness he wasn't accused of cultural appropriation.
Even before I began appreciating acting or knew any of the words to describe it, I was rewatching a scene from the Good, the Bad and the Ugly, and I was struck be the notion that Eli Wallach's acting was spectacular. It's no wonder he has more screen-time than the other characters. His acting is a treat, more appealing than a slutty banana.
Cos it was made outside the sphere of Hollywood and the academy didn’t like that
Definitely so
The Good, Bad, Ugly IS THE BEST western I have ever seen. And I have seen so many.
Have you seen two too many?
Once upon a time in the west is a close second
@@stellviahohenheim I liked it more than Good, bad, ugly
The reason why Eli is so fun to watch is because Clint maintains his stoic character so perfectly. So the dynamic is magnified.
The straight man and the clown, Abbott and Costello, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
I think it is more than that. I feel Eli studied all his film scripts very closely and fully related to the words, which drew in the audience's attention. He never dead-panned his scripts.
I would agree. Eli had that real "Joker" feel of the west as Clint always had that no fear and kept the tough squint eyed look we love. Eli brought comedy to otherwise serious film. Tuco was my favorite character because of the comedic play he brought to the film.
Clint Eastwood always played the same character with his ducktail haircut and ruined a lot of movies. John Wayne also played the same character over and over again but at least his haircut was appropriate before the 1950s.
@@fuglbird "Ruined a lot of movies..." You are a joke. Go play with your yo-yo and leave this discussion to mature people.
There's a reason why there's never been a remake of this film because it's just too good, unbeatable
Well, it's just too good, bad and ugly to be remade.
A remake most likely would destroy the movie careers of those trying it. You dont mess with the sacred.
It will contain an all female cast.
Fully Agreed! And if someone tries it and it became a Flop, the Careers of the Director and Actors are unrepairable destroyed.
Very true-this is a film that stands above so many other westerns.
One of the best scenes in film is the scene with Tuco running around the cemetery looking for the grave while "The Ecstacy of Gold' plays. Brilliant
I love The Good, The Bad And The Ugly but as magnificent a movie as it is the highlight of the film is The Ecstasy Of Gold sequence. It was Tuco's film so it was fitting that he was the one searching for the grave. Blondie and Angel Eyes are too stoic but Tuco is more passionate and enthusiastic so it wouldn't have worked without him.
Not to mention the greatest soundtrack of all time. Thanks to Ennio Morricone.
Once Upon a Time in the West is another great soundtrack by Morricone. The use of Fuzz guitar is somehow fitting for a period nearly 100 years before the Fuzztone was invented. Brilliant!
I was glad he won the Oscar in his own right, for The Hateful Eight. To me, a career one like he got earlier is a hollow award, whenever it's given. He should have won at least 2 times before as well.
Yep, soundtrack for Handful of Dollars, a Few more, and Good, Bad, Ugly, was great! Love good Spanish guitar! And you know, obviously Morricone's compositions were MORE than just Spanish guitar. Love him man!
yup, some good songs came from those samples
Once upon a time in America also a classic score
What about the soundtrack to Fistful of Dynamite very sad tune but very catchy and reflects the characters of the film
The funny thing about Wallach's ad lib, "When you gotta shoot, SHOOT! Don't TALK" is that it's actually applicable to HUNDREDS of films, in multiple genres! Every time I see a film villain yakking at the good guy before killing him, that line is always what comes to mind! The Bond films are particularly guilty of this!
That was a preoccupation of Eastwood’s. He always hated the way western heroes illogically gave the villains every opportunity to kill them and were totally unrealistic. He said Jimmy Cagney’s villain in White Het was his inspiration, and why he always asked directors to let him shoot people in the back, refuse to let them monologue and buy time, or just take them out without ever seeing him coming. “I watched Cagney shoot a guy in the trunk of a car while eating a chicken leg and thought, That guy’s got a lot o’ nerve, I wanna’ do that.”
And for those who are a bit slow on the uptake, Austin Powers/Dr. Evil drove the point home.
HE STARTS MONOLOGUING!
Bond villains to have a tendency to wine and dine their adversary every single time for as long as is needed for him to come up with a way to escape.
@@AAWT : Yeah, even while I enjoyed Skyfall, I watched the bit with Blofeld showing off all his gadgets and, “monologuing,” and couldn’t help mentally inserting dialogue from the Austin Powers movies. We all wind up playing the role of Doctor Evil’s son. “Just shoot the guy now!?”
Thank god we didn't get a sequel. A masterpiece like this is too valuable to risk sullying.
Specially in the age we are living in.
@@OneofInfinity. All three of the stars get knocked off one by one by a female wokist who monologues during the entire movie against the 'Patriarchy'.🙄
@@Kitty-CatDaddy 🤣🤣😢😢👍👍 Agreed!!!!
You are probably right.
I would have liked to see a sequel if for no other reason to see what happened to tuco I don't imagine we would be able to hang on to the money for too long
When its all said and done I have to agree that The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is probably the best movie in history... I've watched it countless times and I found something new every time.. It's realistic, its funny, its epic, it's brilliantly acted and directed, it's full of suspense, and last but not the least - it has THE BEST movie score in history, period.
Quinton Tarantino has called The Good, The Bad and The Ugly "the greatest achievement in cinematic history".
best of ALL time...pls....played the cassett many times through the 70s myself' but the score is a top five
I saw this film in a drive-in cinema Hawaii in 1968. I will always remember the shiver that went up my spine with the theme music reverberating around all the cars parked in front of the giant screen. Magic!👍😎🇦🇺
I was 5 years-old in '68, but that's a great memory man!
Never went to a drive-thru, as they were all out of biz by the time I was 16 or so...
@@samr.england613 It was a unique experience. The one I visited a few times as a kid also had a swingset so you could watch the movie without a car, and not even sitting on an uncomfortable bench.
I suspect the reason they were killed off is that it made it too easy for people to watch the movie without paying.
I remember some drive-in movies. Don't remember the movie itself, I was busy in the back seat. 😉😇😊
I also saw it at a drive in and hadn’t seen the first two. I was there with Lana and was paying more attention to her than the movie, though watching it out of one eye. It kept grabbing my attention, especially with the music. This was something very different from any western I’d ever seen and I was a fan of westerns. Anything that could pull me away from that little beauty has to be given some attention.
Eli was the star of the film, a brilliant actor. The film is a classic, great ending. Even the music is unforgettable. ❤️
He ruined the film.
Eli Wallich is numero uno! Number One!
@@MarkHarrison733Don't talk rubbish!
The Good The Bad & The Ugly is not only the best western movie of all time it’s one of the greatest movies of all time. It’s a masterpiece.
The Good, the bad and the ugly was a masterpiece. Nothing following it could add more to the legacy.
Imagining ANYBODY else in those roles seems inconceivable. They were flawless.
I can't imagine anyone else in the role of Angel Eyes than Lee Van Cleef.
And yet it's the only time I ever saw him play a bad guy.
@@Bernie8330 Lee Van Cleef is kinda like Arnold Schwarzenegger, they are a perfect fit for a villain but they keep casting them as a protagonists because of their popularity
A film that gets better with each viewing, and that wonderful film score cements it as one of the best movies ever made.
Kind've like, "Alien", "Patton", (original) "Star Wars", "Logan's Run", "Godfather", "Jaws", "The Exorcist", "Die Hard", "Pulp Fiction", "Django Unchained", and many, many more films!
Eli was epic in this movie, I remember more of his lines than Clint or Lee. He was also a master of mixing evil and comical.
My mom was a highly educated, genteel Southern lady, and she loved Tuco! The, 'bad boy' thing, appeals even more, perhaps, to educated ladies!
Like where Tuco is watching Clint dying of thirst crawling in the desert sun. Then Tuco learns that Clint heard where the gold is buried and suddenly is concerned about Clints health.
Tuco is not one dimensional, that made his character so strong. He isn’t just comical. He’s also someone to fear. And someone with a past.
Every now and again I take that film off the shelf and watch it again: it is just as good today as it was over half a century ago.
Try not to remind us of how old we now are! :)
@@samr.england613 Lol :D
@@samr.england613 Well compared to Clint Easwood now we are still all only spring chickens. lol If I live to be 90 I will be a happy man. Or 98 like Eli Wallach who was still mobile and telling stories and making jokes until the very end. :-) Two remarkable men really.
Sergio Leone did a wonderful job with the Civil War scene while giving homage to the fallen soldiers. I watched this movie dozens of times since I was a kid and would always doze off during this scene being that the movie was really long then wake up during the cemetery scene. But when I watch it now, the part where Clint Eastwood gives a dying soldier a puff of his cigar was truly touching and convinced me Leone really did his research and captured the human side and tragedy of such immense loss of life that was the Civil War.
Yes Leone was a brilliant director and a character in his own right. He made a masterpiece despite numerous problems on set with the language barrier and no money to pay for things during production etc etc. lol Because of this members of the cast were on the verge of leaving and multiple times. lol Most swore NEVER to work with him again. lol
As a kid I watched this movie every week, I loved it so much. I even turned the whole thing into a comicbook, drawing every scene from memory.
" There are two kinds of people in this world Tuco. Those with loaded guns.......and those who dig!!! YOU DIG"!!!!!!!! Monumental classic!!!!!!!!
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As talented & as accomplished an actor as Gian Maria Volonte was (he was superb in ‘For A Few Dollars More’ & ‘Face to Face’), I’m glad that he didn’t get the chance to play The Bad / Angel Eyes in The Good, The Bad & The Ugly. Nobody other than Lee Van Cleef could have done justice to that role. Cleef was a BADASS in every way & was a bigger name than Volonte! And I’m soo happy that Eli Wallach (instead of Charles Bronson) played The Ugly. WALLACH ABSOLUTELY OVERSHADOWS EASTWOOD & OWNS THAT FILM.
Sorry my friend..I think, according to this video Gian was supposed to take angel eyes while Bronson was planned for being Tuco.
not the opposite.
Anyway I am glad too that this iconic master piece only remains among these three giant actors.
Clint ,Lee and Wallace.
@@muhsinalhameed6408 No, according to this video, it was Gian lined up for Tuco, and Bronson to play Angel Eyes.
@@muhsinalhameed6408You better watch this again…
Watch the doc again… Bronson was supposed to play angel eyes…
Fist Full was Eastwood's movie. Few Dollars More was Van Cleef's movie, and G B U was Wallach's movie.
Never want any kind of sequel to this great movie....don't mess with perfection. Thanks
Even after 60 years this movie is still a masterpiece and one of the best movies put on screen ever
To see Clint, Eli and Lee cameo as the 3 gunmen in the beginning would have been shocking and amazing at the same time! It would still be regarded as a classic I think.
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly is one of my all time favorite films. It was masterfully created and the parts played by all characters were just perfect. I would have loved seen a sequel. I suppose that it is too late now.
Technically the good the bad and the ugly is a prequel to a fist full of dollars and a few dollars more
Please don’t ask for one…they’re ruining everything now days
@@meanQueen1215you are so right … we have this masterpiece, no one should ever make a sequel..
Yep. It's too late now. Unless, God forbid, effing Disney gets a hold of it!
"How about Baby Tuco?"
"Great Idea, we'll make millions!!"
Chanting in unison, "Baby Tuco, Baby Tuco, Baby Tuco!"
Poor Eli brushing with death with the run away horse and the train incident. He must have been a great horseback rider, a mile with his hands tied behind his back? WowI can’t think of anyone contributing more than Eli in this fantastic film. RIp Eli, we miss you.
Eli wrote an autobiography. He preferred to work on the stage but did movies for the money.
I don't know, but, it could've been a stunt-man doing these things. Don't get me wrong, love Eli Wallach's acting.
@@samr.england613seeing how the train scene and the bridge explosion were filmed without stunt doubles, I’m willing to wager that wallach was on that horse
@@RealHogweed How do you know that the two scenes were filmed without stuntmen? Just asking. Or did I miss something here in the thread?
@@samr.england613 if i remember correctly there’s an interview somewhere that confirms the train near-accident (or wallach wrote about it in his autobiography). Regarding the bridge explosion I’m not entirely sure, now that you mention it.
My candidate for best Western of ALL time. Perfect in every sense of the word.
Good that they left it alone. Making a pilgrimage to 'Sad Hill cemetery' is the only thing I have on my bucket list.
Eli was the real star of that movie. Still in my top five films of all time.
Poor judgment, but strangely that's the twisted way people see it today.
I watched the whole Man With No Name trilogy and Good Bad and Ugly is so fantastic, I loved it, Eli and Eastwood had such an amazing chemistry.
"God's not on our side, because he hates idiots."
favourite line from the movie, it's philosophical AND hilarious.
- ...id...id...id....
- Idiots. It's for you.
The three films (Spaghetti Westerns) placed Mr. Eastwood on the map and were the turning point in his career that made him a bankable actor and created his future success in both acting and directing, not to mention producing his own films.
I am sooo glad that Sergio Leone slithered his way ad lib to get this movie made !!! This movie is an Epic masterpiece !! And Tuco will live in my memory as long as I have one !!! God bless those who made this Great, Great western !!
This was the film of my youth. Nothing can surpass it.
Eli obviously had nine lives, so it's amazing that he lived to the age of 98.
Yes he had an amazing long life and he was still mobile and funny and cracking jokes until the very end. He was an amazing man as well as a great actor.
A masterpiece doesn't need a sequel.
The Trilogy rests forever as Masterpieces.
Sometime in the 80's, a local movie theatre held a "Spend A Day With Clint Eastwood" show: all three "Dollars", and "Hang Em High". The theatre was PACKED!
The greatest western of all time... no argument
I saw that movie over 100 times during it's original theatrical release. Back in the olden days, there were no videos or DVD's and it was as good as gone for a long time so I watched it a lot ! Then videos and DVD's came out and I still watch it. Best score and best director award go to ...
Yup moviegoers were GIANTS that walked the Earth back then. No stupid VHS and DVD. You had to go back to the movie house or drive-in.
You can't tell kids that anymore. They have no idea.....no idea.🤣
BUNS OF STEEL from sitting in theater seats
Oh God! The 1960s and 70s are now referred to as the, "Olden Days"? My dad was born in 1932, and he referred to the 1920s and BEFORE, as the, "Olden Days"! Jesus beloved Christ, how time flies! (Notice that dad didn't refer to his OWN time as the old days!)
only thing I've watched more than this movie is the trailer park boys
... during its* release (it's = it is) ...
A fourth Dollar film couldn't have lived up to this epic film, I'm glad there wasn't a final sequel.
This is my all time favorite movie. My favorite scene being after Blondie rescues Tuco for the second time and leaves him stranded in the desert.
My favourite scene was after being hell bent on revenge and killing him very cruelly and slowly the way Tuco's menacing demeanour totally changed as soon as he knew that blondie knew the name on the grave ? lol Don't die blondie. I'm your friend ? Fantastic acting and this instant total transformation was amazing to see. :-)
I've always been obsessed with Spaghetti Westerns which is weird because I'm not much of a fan of regular westerns. I'm also a huge fan of Akira Kurosawa and the whole Samurai/Chambara genre so Fist Full Of Dollars and the Dollars trilogy was a marriage made in heaven as far as I'm concerned. Add a soundtrack by Ennio Morricone and it just doesn't get any better than that!
This movie blew my mind when I snuck a peek at it without being allowed by my parents, back when I was around 11. Dad had a VHS of it and it had an 18 rating, so it was too good an opportunity to miss out when they were out of the house. Eli Wallach did steal the show, though I remember being fond of Clint and in awe of Lee van Cleef too. They are my fav movie icons to this day and this movie is close to the top, only surpassed (in my opinion) by the amazing "Once Upon a Time in the West".
You watched 2 films too many.
@@JB-yb4wn Haven't we all.
@@almost_harmless I think you missed the subtle joke :)
@@ridley8340 Probably :D
@@ridley8340that's from Charles Bronson in the train track scene
Great film. Eli Wallach was definitely the best character (and actor) in the film.
I named my kitten TUCO after a certain character in this movie
Hearing that he wasn't meant to be there gives me chils. He literally stole it. This whole movie was his story.
And Lee van Cleef.
Very true-Tuco is definitely the most sympathetic character in the movie.
My mom was a professor of political science and history, a highly educated and sophisticated woman, very cultured, genteel Southern lady, all that.... But she absolutely LOVED the character of Tuco! The "bad boy". It's so funny and fascinating! Women, that is, just saying. I reckon we men often like the, 'bad girls" too. As Eagles guy put it: "I've been lookin' for the daughter of the Devil himself, I've been lookin' for an angel in white, but I need both!"
the greatest Western ever made....period
The final cemetary scene music was one of coolest if not one of the best scores ever for a western. Its still played today 55 years later on mens aftershave commercials.
The Ecstasy of Gold!
and an opener of many metallica shows !
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This was the first movie I ever saw Eli Wallach in. The next time I saw him he was playing Benjamin Franklin. My 8 year old mind was blown. It really taught me how actors can get deep into a role.
Hé hated it? I call it the best western ever. It’s a masterpiece!
The Good , The Bad,and The Ugly movie was a masterpiece. It is best left alone and no sequels.
I wasn’t around when this move was out in theaters, but got to see a screening of it at a theater in the early 2000’s. The theater even had those old wooden seats. The audio also sounded very old school. The whole experience gave me chills.
You'd think having seen this flick at age 12 in 1970 it would become a bit droll 53 years later?
Not so, as I've aged I've looked deeper into the performances and script. It really is a master piece to this very day.
I am 66 now and I think exactly like you do about it. :-)
This, Tombstone, and Lonesome Dove are my favorite westerns. Always a treat to watch this with friends and lots of popcorn!
Best western ever!!! As long as it on, everytime I see it on, I watch it, record it, can't help it. And Eli killed it, he had more screen time than anyone, he really was the star, and hella funny. So many memorable lines.
I've always found it amazing that, IMO, and apparently yours, too, the best Westerns ever made were directed by an Italian, and filmed in the deserts of Spain! (And Sergio Leone, the director, showed nit and grit, horseshit and flies, mud and grime, buck teeth and facial scars, made it real!) Unlike many silly Hollywood productions and portrayals of the Old West, where everybody has perfect teeth, they're all clean and 'nice and friendly', you know, the bs John Wayne version of the American Old West, which is not total, but bullshit in many respects.
Lee Van Cleef was my absolute favorite. So cool.
Much as I love all the big stars of these movies, Eli Wallach is my favorite actor in any movie he's in, hands down. I had no idea he wasn't the first choice in GB&U, and can't imagine the movie without him.
There wouldn’t have been a movie without Wallach
I wouldn't want to see another film, but an audiobook of "the good the bad and the ugly 2" with an old Tuco hunting down Blondies grandson that is narrated by Clint Eastwood and maybe with dialogue acted by other actions does sound effing amazing.
In November of 1977 having watched TGTB&TU on TV I had a t-shirt made up of the Arch Stanton grave marker. I wore it first chance I had to my classes at Nassau Community College on Long Island. Had 2 professors and about 5 or 6 fellow classmates remark that they loved the shirt. Never thought I’d get that reaction but just goes to show how popular that film was in 1977 and today!
Much of the success of the scantily plotted and highly atmospheric Dollars Trilogy came from the genius sound tracks by Italian composer Ennio Morricone. The awesome music was the only way that all the posing, and eyeballing each other, and other atmospherics instead of action and plot could possibly have succeeded. Tuco running through the graveyard? That was just background for Morricone's Ecstasy of Gold. Half the movie was brilliant MTV 20 years before MTV.
Saw all 3 in.1967.I was 14 and they were the greatest movies I had ever seen and still are
Here, I thought I was the only one who loved this movie. This was one of the best Western movies Eastwood ever made and I can remember going to the one-screen Movie theater in our small town, I can still smell the popcorn. I'm glad I watched this because there was so much I never knew about the making of this movie. Man did he make the right call to rebuild that bridge.
Really? You thought you were the only one who loves this film? Come on OneEyedBat! Get real!
Love this channel. Westerns are my favorite (read a lot of them also). And your essays are outstanding. Thank you. Looking forward to watching this one.
Thank you, this means a lot!
The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly is my all time favourite movie, and I agree that Wallach stole the show. I've lost count the number of times I've watch this movie over the years.
I saw this movie at the highway 39 drive in in the late '60s in So. Calif. It was a memory I'll never forget. I fell in love with Clint's movies and have seen them all.
'When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk'. Greatest line ever.
Eastwood having a different nickname in the three movies, just add to the mythos of the character, he is transient, you know nothing by the end of the movies. You know more about Tuco, Angel Eyes, the Colonel, Indio or Ramon, but Manco/Joe/Blondie? nothing else then that he is a ruthless killer, who can sometimes be surprisingly kind hearted ( saving Marisol, giving the dying soldier a smoke and a blanket) . That mystery makes him such a memorable character imho.
What an informative video😊. Thanks. I have stopped counting the No of times I have watched this movie. Greatest of the triology👍🏼!
Great movie. My favorite western. Scene where Tuco runs between graves with Morricone music give me chills every time.
From David A.Wood: Thank you very much for critiquing my third favorite Western movie, Sergio Leone's "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly." I quite simply love this movie as I have faithfully seen it ever since 1974 when I was 10-years-old. I always enjoy the cinematic critiques that are shown on UA-cam. Please do keep up the good work! Goodbye for now and have a nice Holiday Season 2023.
Iconic as was the trilogy ..
High plains
Josey Wales ....all quite good but not in the same league ..for Eli and Lee were critical counterparts that made The Good- The Bad and The Ugly ,a true masterpiece
Eli Wallach as Tuco is my favourite role in a movie.
So good to see comments praising Eli Wallach. He has always been the film for me. Even when I was a young boy and love Sergio's films, Eli was the character that stayed in my mind after this movie. His scenes were outstanding. One of the states greatest character actors.
Im glad they didn't make a part 2 .
I really think it would have had a bad influence on The GOOD , BAD , and UGLY .
What a masterpiece !
Absolutely fascinating. A masterpiece film with many strange and amazing backstories.
Eastwood not being 'Fleshed Out' is correct but it lead to more mystique for his character. This was one of the best all time movies, full of humour sarcasm and close camera character vision.
I have been a fan of this movies for decades but learned several new things about it from watching this video! Excellent UA-cam video production!👍
The sheer creative productivity some people have - to build something from absolutely nothing - is astounding.
1 Thing I know, this is 1 of the best movie ever made.
I'm so glad I found your channel. TGB&U is one of my all time favourite movies, and one of the few that I have watched multiple times. I remember going to the cinema to see Fist Full of Dollars with some school friends when I was 16 years old, and we were all completely blown away. The Spaghetti Western immediately took on cult status for us, and was all we talked about for ages after seeing each movie. You mentioned an argument involving Lee Van Cleef in a previous video, so I am going to go find that as soon as I post this comment. You can count me as a new subscriber as well.
Your comment reminded me of going to watch movies with school friends around when we were teenagers. So much fun !
So I can understand how you guys must have felt/enjoyed/had fun.
The Godfather of Western's. This is one of the best movies ever
Absolutely my favorite all time western.
The non-sequitur I will never forget is that we know Clint's character to wear a serape. In the famous "get three coffins ready" scene of FFoD, he flips it up to reveal his gun, and the men on the fence realize he's serious. Yet in GB&U, it is not until he walks across the remnants and bodies of the battle, near the film's end, that he picks the serape up from a fallen soldier and puts it on, suggesting this is a prequel.
It's also said that Colonel Mortimer is a former army officer in FFDM, and why would he be left to his own devices unless the civil war was over? Again, it makes GB&U, which occurs during the war, appear to be a prequel to the other two movies. Intended? I don't know. Leone didn't care? Perhaps.
So well done this is so compelling to watch
Carry on your fantastic work 👏
Thanks a lot!
The value of this exceptional movie should be shared as follows: 25% to the writer, 25% to the director, 25% to the cast, 25% to the composer. Having forgotten the last one is a big mistake.
Absolutely brilliant film - perfect errors included! One of the top 10 greatest of all time. May be the greatest Western
Using the term, spaghetti, western in my mind is a derogatory term. In fact, it slanders Italian art. This is one of the 10 best movies of all time it stands on its own, and has some of the most incredible music. Let’s just all treated as the phenomenal work of art it is.
You are correct. "Spaghetti Western" was a deliberately derogatory term originated (I believe) by the New York Times to mock the Leone westerns. Critics were dismissive of Leone at the time. (I'm old and remember). Variety called them, "Italoaters", which wasn't much better.
When Angel Eyes threw the shovel at Tuco in the cemetary, it almost hit him in the head. The soundtrac alone was a masterpiece
I watch this movies many times over and over and i can still watch,there is something in those spaghetti westerns
Hands down the best Western of all
I watched this movie when it was first released...I sat front row centre and watched it twice( you could stay and watch the movie all day long back then )... as to Eli Wallach being put in harms way...in the scene where Lee Van Cleef tosses the shovel... it really looks like he almost hit Wallach in the head with it....
yep, that shovel scene is cool. I noticed that too.
Yeah if happens today every actors would’ve burst in tears!
If given a choice between watching today's movies all day long, and having to watch the G,B, and the U all day long? Well sir, I hope you know the answer to that! :)
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly is not one of the best spaghetti westerns, but one of the top 5 best westerns of all time. There are two types of Spaghetti Westerns: Sergio Leone's and the others. These two categories should not be mentioned as one. It must be specified whether it is Leone or not.
I also enjoyed the Spaghetti Westerns of the other Sergio from that era (Corbucci) who made Django and The great silence. Leone is my favorite but Corbucci had some good movies in the genre as well.
Its such a classic movie. And the Morricone music is just, amazing!!!
Its somehow good taste. There is so little actualy on the screen. But it somehow tells a lot!
Strugles of a man in a world!
Also. Three is a charm!!!
This could have been another Italian Western but Leopne turned it into s Masterpiece
Thanks for the most interesting and informative "behind the scenes" video I've ever watched. I'm especially pleased it covered my all-time favorite serious oater (Blazing Saddles tops the cowboy comedies) from ANY continent. It even provided the ringtone for my phone.
What in the eff does Mel Brooks', "Blazing Saddles" have to do with Leone's so-called, 'Spaghetti Westerns'?
Nothin'. Just a random thought while I was typing. Hence the parentheses. Why are those "so-called" Spaghetti Westerns? The term has become a genre identifier as much as noir, romcom, etc.
@@markglass9123 TMK, they were called Spaghetti Westerns because they were directed by an Italian and filmed in the deserts and semi-deserts of Spain.
Love the cemetery shootout scene. So well crafted by Leone.
The music of this movie will live on for longer than the movie itself, that is proof of the mastery in instrumentation!
One of my all time favorite. A masterpiece👍✌️
7:37 I always took it as part of the twist at the end when they show each of their titles. You realize that the good is the good because he’s just good at what he does.
On my channel you can find a detailed analysis of "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"
This Movie is my most favourite of all time, my second favourite is "The Unforgiven".....so happen's to be another Clint Eastwood movie.....l am also a fan of Lee Van Clif
... so happens* (third person, no apostrophe!) Lee van Cleef*