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The Good The Bad And The Ugly and Once Upon A Time In The West are masterpieces of the Western genre.

Best team ever. Sergio Leone, Clint Eastwood, and Ennio Morricone. Please, by all means check out the other two.

I'd suggest "The Outlaw Josey Wales", both starring and directed by Clint Eastwood. He called it one of the highlights of his career, and also in the Western genre. I'd say it's grittier and more realistic than his spaghetti Westerns, and delves much more deeply into the backstory and emotional trauma of the main character. It helped bring the Western back in the '70s.

The soundtrack for this and the other Leone/Eastwood westerns was composed by Ennio Morricone. The themes are almost their own character in the movies, and are so original and tailored to the films so well. Many excerpts of the Morricone soundtracks are used by other directors in later movies, including Quentin Tarantino. To me, he's a composer on the same level as John Williams.

This movie was inspired by the Japanese movie Yojimbo directed by Akira Kurosawa. Sergio Leone was a fan of the movie and wanted to make his own remake of it. He was also a fan of American westerns. And so it began, what is known today as, the Spaghetti Westerns.

Well, yes, of course it reminds you of BTTF3. It was from this movie that Marty got the inspiration for the "armour". He even calls himself Clint Eastwood.

My cat loves this reaction. 😸💜🤠 But she doesn't like when those cowboys laugh. She gets the crazy idea they're laughing at her.

There is nothing better than a great Clint Eastwood western! It is action packed and it literally grabs your attention and is unrelenting! Five Great stars for this one.

The Dollars trilogy is superb, Jen. Will you be doing the next two?

There are two kinds of people in the world, Jen: those with super adorable ponytails and glasses, and those without.

An incredible trilogy….and Once upon at a time in the West ❤🎉. Spaghetti Western: Italian production (usually filmed in Spain). Ennio Morricone was The best composer in history if u ask me

Yep, in Back to the Future 3 this is were Marty got the idea from for his metal vest, as Biff was watching this exact movie when he confronted him in the hot tub about the almanac. A lot of people miss that scene, and never really notice this movie, or were Marty got the idea from.

Great reaction Jen! There are so many great Clint Eastwood westerns! After the trilogy please get to 'The Outlaw Josey Wales' (1976), 'Pale Rider' (1985), and of course 'Unforgiven' (1992). Thank you!

This reminded you of Back to the future because Biff was watching this movie in the 2nd movie and Marty used the trick in the 3rd movie.

Ennio Morricone is by far my favourite composer in cinema (he was also a serious composer). He and Leone were fans of opera and that comes across in their work together, sometimes playing the score on set so the actors moved in time. In 2007 Tarantino curated a series of Spaghetti Westerns at the Venice Film Festival, and I got to see Il Maestro himself conduct his most famous scores in the Piazza San Marco. Pretty much the highlight of my life! ❤️

Once Upon A Time In The West is my absolute favorite. Music, cast, story... everything.

You are the absolute Queen. You react to the great movies that no one else reacts to.

The score's composer was Ennio Morricone. An absolute legend. Did a lot of Sergio Leone films and a few excellent Brian De Palma films like The Untouchables and Casualties of War.

You should do the whole "The man with no Name" Trilogy: "A fist full of dollars", "For a few dollars more" and "The Good The Bad and The Ugly". I would also recomend "Hang 'Em High" and "Unforgiven".

I've been a life long Star Wars fan and over the last few years started watching George Lucas' influences for Star Wars which deepened my appreciation for the franchise and introduced me to great samurai films from Akira Kurosawa and Spagetti Westerns like the Dollars Trilogy. Eastwood's character here has been cited as an inspiration by Boba Fett's original actor Jeremy Bulloch for the character, and The Mandalorian is inspired by Eastwood as well (other characters in the Dollars Trilogy inspired other Star Wars characters as well) Looking forward to seeing you react to the other films!

Very few actors can pull off the "badass cool loner" persona, but Clint is probably at the top of the list, as besides these westerns, the Dirty Harry series is top shelf as well.

The Leone westerns are, for me, the most atmospheric films ever made. Everything; the locations, sets, imagery (pause the films at any moment and you'll have a great poster!), direction, performances (Eastwood, Van Cleef, Volonte, Wallach....), and Ennio Morricone's masterful, and very unique, music all come together to forge something very special indeed. While The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is definitely the most epic, my personal favourite is For a Few Dollars More. It has so many cool, stylistic moments (which give me an anime vibe), is very focused, we have the awesome pairing of Eastwood and Van Cleef, the excellent villain; Indio etc, but what really sets it apart is the soulful ending backed-up by Morricone's exquisite Addio Colonnello.

You got it right Jen. They're called Spaghetti Westerns because they were produced for the Italian market.

I really love watching your reactions, Jen. They're so fun. There were many spaghetti westerns made in the 60s in Italy or Spain, by Italian directors. The best known was Sergio Leone. I think all of his movies were filmed in Spain, with a mostly Spanish or Italian supporting cast. Although the three films he made with Clint Eastwood are often referred to as the "Dollars Trilogy", Leone has said that they were not meant to be a trilogy when he made them. Although, some of the actors appear in more than one movie, they are three different stories with different characters. I think the best of Leone's Spaghetti westerns is actually one without Eastwood, Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), with Henry Fonda and Charles Bronson. The opening scene, at the train depot, is a classic, and one of the best scenes ever filmed. Some other great classic westerns you should check out are High Noon (1952) with Gary Cooper, the original Magnificent Seven (1960) with Yul Brynner, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, and Steve McQueen, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) with Robert Redford and Paul Newman. For a funny comedy, check out Support Your Local Sheriff (1969) with James Garner. Another more recent western worth watching is Maverick (1994) starring Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster, based on the classic TV series of the same name.

The next in the "trilogy" is "For a Few Dollars More" and will introduce you to Lee Van Cleef. The third, "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" also has Van Cleef in a completely different role and will also introduce you to the great Eli Wallach. The three stories are not connected, even Eastwood's character is not the same although Eastwood pretty much plays them the same way.

Jen you need to find Danish Orchestra performing music from this trilogy. You'll be amazed

you and "popcorn in bed" are my 2 favourite watch along youtubers, many thanks for all your great uploads, from me here across the pond in the UK !!

Great reaction Jen! For us Italians, Leone's movies and Morricone's scores are part of our cultural heritage. When they paired in these spaghetti westerns and worked with Eastwood it was perfect. Many of the banters and dialogues came from Leone's personal experience going to the market in Rome or to the mechanic where people tells jokes and mock other people. Go all in for the trilogy and with time, other Leone's movies.

I admire your willingness to watch a spaghetti western. Sergio Leone was a genius and well studied by every director. You will now notice his influence on modern day flix.

They are called spaghetti-westerns because they were produced by italians, and filmed in Europe with mostly european actors. They were quite different from the american westerns, and mostly thought of as cheap copies. But with especially Sergio Leone's movies they ended up becoming quite influential of their own.

Glad to see you starting these Eastwood westerns, so many good ones. The next two of the dollars trilogy are even better. Spaghetti westerns had primarily Italian cast and crew and were usually filmed in Spain.

Edit: As Jen asked (and tho' she probably already knows now), no, it isn't literally the same character in each Dollars movie. And altho' he was promoted as the Man with No Name, Eastwood's character always has one! Joe, Manco (left-handed, I think), and Blondie. Excitable movie-loving Jen, hooray! Watching a seminal spaghetti western inspired by Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo? This going to be good. Eastwood's laconic anti-hero performance, Leone's (slightly rough here) inspired direction with its looming close-ups, and Ennio Morricone's iconic refrains combine to make a classic.

JEN: Clint's breakthrough role was as Rowdy Yates on Rawhide, a TV western that ran from 1959 to 1965. He starred in all seasons. I grew up watching it on reruns. Good show. You've probably heard the intro to the show as it's covered/parodied in numerous places including in the film Blues Brothers. There's no story connection between the Dollars Trilogy (or Man With No Name Trilogy): A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good The Bad and The Ugly. A Fistful of Dollars is a remake of Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo... without permission. They sued and won, Dollars had to be paid to Yojimbo.

Clint Eastwood's breakout role (out of the Western genre) was "Where Eagles Dare"(1968) which is one of my favorite movies of all time. It was shot on location in Austria: real castle, real snow, real stunts, real explosions, great score, beautiful scenery. Clever story with plenty of suspense, intrique, twists, and action.

Great choice! if you are prepping for Unforgiven, I hope others have suggested High Plains Drifter and Pale Rider, after this trilogy. Enjoy!

I pretty much love every Eastwood western, especially _The Outlaw Josey Wales_ but these Spaghetti Eastwood's are the absolute best.

Awesome that you are reacting to this. One quick note or fun fact if you decided to react to the rest of the series. Some of the same actors will return in the other movies, but in most cases, they aren't playing the same character

A thousand dollars back then is the rough equivalent of twenty five thousand now.

This film was based on a b&w Japanese film "Yojimbo" (the Body Guard) made in the 50s by the famous director Akira Kurosawa. A b&w western you might enjoy is "High Noon".

Spaghetti western: Because of the director, the composer, much of the crew and cast, and the filming locations. A lot of the smaller roles are filled by Italians and Spaniards, speaking their respective languages which were dubbed into English.

This is the first movie my dad and I went to see together!! After that dad and I went to see “every “ Clint Eastwood movie together!!Became our thing!! Love Clint , especially all the “Dirty Harry “ movies!!

This is actually a remake of a Japanese Samurai movie called Yojimbo, from the famous director Akira Kurosawa. You might find it interesting to see how closely this follows the original.

I enjoyed your flute, beat boxing. 🤣

After you watch the Eastwood trilogy, you need to experience a classic western from the 40s or 50s to get an idea of the roots of westerns. The Big Country is a good choice, it has all the elements on an epic scale, including a love story.

On the DVD I have for this, they added the made-for-TV intro in the special features. They made a special intro that aired before the movie aired on TV for the first time. At the time movies and shows didn't have protagonists that weren't clearly morally good. So they made this intro (that did not star Eastwood obviously) to make Eastwood's character seem like he was sent by the American government to sort out the problem with the two gangs.

A movie like this couldn't be made in the US because of the Hays Code, a code the prohibited certain things. A Fistful of Dollar was made outside of the US so did not need to comply with the code and was very sucessful. Only a few years later the hays code was dropped.

Jen, that character was famously called 'The Man With No Name." All 3 of the trilogy are stand alone movies.

Classic movie. Hope you are having an great and awesome day Jen ❤

John Wayne movies are the real old school classic Westerns, so this was seen as a revisionist Western at the time.

A serious classic. One of the few movies (with the other two) I’ve kept on dvd. Clint’s work through the 60s and 70s is pretty consistently good.

Jen, a Spaghetti Western but with a sense of humor made in the same era: 'THEY CALL ME TRINITY' (If you see and like that movie, it was popular enough that they made a sequel. The sequel is 'THEY STILL CALL ME TRINITY').

Jen: The ill-considered sequel is based in a small town in Germany. Title? A FISTFUL OF DEUTSCHMARKS

They are called spaghetti westerns, because they were made by an Italian film company in Europe, some scenes in Italy, some in Spain

The director, composer and production team were all Italian, but the spaghetti westerns were shot in Murcia in south Spain, in Europe's only desert. The whitewashed buildings are typical of the area. The next one, For a Few Dollars More, is my personal favourite of the trilogy, but my favourite Clint western is The Outlaw Josey Wales, which he also directs.

I have been to the set of this movie many times. The set is still active today as a very popular theme park. They have a show there which features a shootout with amazing stunt actors and they play the music from this movie throughout the show on loudspeakers for the crowds of about 100+ people. The theme park also has a very cool zoo and a water park. If you are ever in the south of Spain I'd highly recommend visiting it :) Oasys Mini Hollywood theme park in Almeria, Spain...

Gian Maria Volonte was revealed in the role of Ramon

The whole trilogy is a rise in complexity. In the first movie, there is basically only one hero with an antagonist and the story flows simply. In the second movie, there are two heroes and of course, that means more story element and more entanglement. In the third movie, there are essentially three heroes, although that can be discussed. Length of the movies is also directly tied to it, as well as the budget increase each time. Just a perfect trilogy really.

Okay but if we're starting a spaghetti western series Once Upon a Time in the West is a must watch

Loved your reactions to this amazing Clint Eastwood western, Jen. Incredible to think that Clint Eastwood was struggling to find work and was thinking about giving up acting, when he was offered this Spaghetti western.

So this movie was such a big hit in Italy Leone called Eastwood and said he wanted to do another movie with him. Eastwood was like, "I haven't even seen the first one yet, I don't know if it's any good." Leone sent Eastwood a copy of the film in Italian because they hadn't done the voiceovers yet. Eastwood invited a bunch of friends over to view it, asking them to give their opinion on whether he should work with the director again. After watching this movie, even though none of them could understand what was being said in it, Eastwood's friends all said, "you have got to work with this guy again. Definitely do the second movie!"

"A Fistful of Dollars" was good, "A Few Dollars More" is even better. "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" is just an outright epic classic! A 'Spaghetti Western' is a low-budget film produced by Italian directors (hence the “spaghetti” connection) and filmed in Europe, primarily in Almería and the Tabernas Desert. (source: Google) Clint Eastwood was a rising star after the 'Spaghetti Trilogy' and went on to make a series of "Dirty Harry" movies and two comedies "Every Which Way But Loose" (1978) and "Any Which Way You Can" (1980) all of which are really good too but a real fav Eastwood for me is "Kelly's Heroes" (1970). Another good reaction Jen, glad to see you covering the older movies. 😎👍🏻

Back in the day Revolvers weren't double action like now where you could just pull the trigger, you had to cock it before each shot which is why we see the classic hammer slaps like here when they shoot in quick sucsession.

Yes to finishing the trilogy, and Pale Rider, High Plains Drifter, Josey Wales and Once Upon a Time in the West. But nobody ever mentions another Leone/Morricone classic with De Niro and James Woods, Once Upon a Time in America?

The spaghetti western bit came from where they were filmed it was part of Europe that resembled the old west.

If you want an excellent Clint Eastwood western that's not part of the Dollars trilogy, I can't recommend The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976). It's one of the best westerns ever made, and Eastwood also directs.

Welcome to Sergio Leone, a master of the gritty 'spaghetti western' 🍝🤠! With Ennio Morricone composing the score and Clint on the screen, it's a formula for magic. Few Dollars More and Good Bad & Ugly are equally good (GBU is my fave of the trilogy). For some non-Leone Clint Westerns - Two Mules For Sister Sara, Hang Em' High, High Plains Drifter

More westerns! More! :D

A classic, good choice Jen.

Jen, don't miss the Clint Eastwood 'Dirty Harry' quintology!

Oh Jen So fun to watch a movie with you‼️‼️

Love the reaction, can't wait for The Good, The Bad And The Ugly. I'd also look at The Magnificent 7, The Professionals, Once Upon A Time In The West, The Wild Bunch and a John Wayne film perhaps my favourite Rio Bravo?

Murray and Eastwood!! doesn't get any better

Parts of this were filmed in the Tabernas Desert in Spain. I lived there from 2000-2010 and the town they built for it is now a western theme park called Oasys Tabernas (previously Mini Hollywood when I lived there)

Especially fun watching with Jen's enthusiasm! ... alternate re-title Back To The Western Part 4, didn't realize how much inspiration BTTF3 took from the town scenes as well Clint' Eastwood's role.

Ennio Morricone's music for the "dollars" trilogy is next level. All three movies are good, but "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" is probably the best. This movie is also a remake of the Kurosawa movie "Yojimbo", and a surprisingly faithful one (though the Kurosawa version is a samurai movie). Leone's spaghetti westerns were shot in Italy, mostly in Italian but really in whatever languages the cast spoke. So Clint Eastwood would be speaking in English, but most of the actors would be speaking Italian, and then they just dub over it all. Aside from the Dollars movies, you might give "High Plains Drifter" a try (it's very weird).

Clint Eastwood, Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone. The recipe for the perfect western. Btw, that duel scene in the beginning was kinda controversial, because you never saw the gun shooting people before.

Hell yeah Jen, I'm so happy you're doing these movies! All three movies have amazing music, it's the same composer who scored The Thing, Ennio Morricone.

The first in the DOLLARS TRILOGY or sometimes called Man With No Name Series.

In combat handgun training they say that a handgun exists to protect you until you can get to your rifle or shotgun. So in answer to your question, a long gun is always better.

A Spaghetti Western is a western made by the Italians, usually shot in Spain, and with a cast from everywhere. The actors would speak whatever language, so Eastwood's speaking English, Gian Maria Volonte is speaking Italian, etc. The whole movie would then be dubbed over into the language for its country of release. So there isn't any version of these westerns that haven't been dubbed. Spaghetti Western was intended as a slur by American critics, but later became pretty much a brand name and a selling point, a distinction between the more reserved and less brutal American westerns and those being made in Europe. You should definately continue the Dollars trilogy as they keep getting better and bigger.

Clint Eastwood is hitting 3 digits in less than a decade and still as prolific as ever

Jen Before Clint Eastwood took his famous role of this movie plus others, there were other actors up for the role with last one, Richard Harrison (Dumbledore of 1st Harry Potter) suggested Clint Eastwood for the role to director, Sergio Leone. Fact is that Clint Eastwood played cowboy named Rowdy Yates of CBS' series, Rawhide from 1959 to 1965

Pistol (these are all revolvers) 13:50 versus rifle. Rifle is generally better for targets beyond 20 yards or so. Pistols are the best in close quarters. Pistols are generally faster to reload, depending.

Ennio Morricone was almost a one man industry as far as music for Italian movies. During the 60s, it wasn’t unusual for him to compose music for a dozen movies per year or more. Westerns, romance, horror, war movies, bible epics, he did it all.

Soundtrack for many of the westerns of this time including "Fist Full Of Dollars", "For a few dollars more", "The good the bad and the ugly" was done by Ennio Morricone. All of them very recognizable. This series goes under the title of "The Man With No Name".

My favorite Eastwood western is the outlaw Josie whales … so badass

It's worth watching all 3 of these movies and after that, watching Once upon a time in the west, all are classic movies and the budget and quality gets better with each one. It's also recommended you watch them in order.

Best line in all the entire series is the line about the Mule apology lol. "My Mule he just don't get it...he thinks you are laughing at him" lol

The old joke is that cowboy boots are pointy so you can get the bugs that hide in the corner. The best sensible explanation I've heard is it makes it easier to put your foot in a stirrup.

Great! Reaction! You get it. The man with no name is an avenging spirit of the West, who can survive great punishment and brings vengeance to the evil and usually destroys everything at the same time. Don't Forget "High Plains Drifter" and "Pale Rider" also feature the same enigmatic man with no name.

My top 5 aspects about this movie: 1. The Music 2. The Music 3. The Music 4. The Music 5. Clint Eastwood

His character is "The man with no name" for the whole series -- but Eastwood revealed in an interview that on his script his character was called Joe. :0)

A lot of good flms in the Eastwood portfolio. Well worth going through them. Do not miss Million Dollar Baby if you have not seen it. Im shocked how many people have not seen that movie. Amazing!

Before Arnold, Chuck, Jean-Claude, Mel, Sly, Kurt et al. - there was Clint - the ultimate smoothe bad-ass and cool as fuck action hero. This film made him an international movie star overnite - shot in Spain and thru out Europe on a shoe-string budget (and an obvious language barrier - he couldn't speak Italian nor Spanish - hence the dialogue in the film sparse - as well as the next 2 films) Clint was on hiatus from his hit TV Western RAWHIDE where he was a supporting character (this film was his first entry into leading man territory and the risk paid off ten fold!) Inspired by Japanese Samurai films like YOJIMBO (one of Clint's personal faves) the collaborated with Sergio Leone on the shaping the film into place. The trilogy is arguably one of cinema's greatest and influenced so many filmmakers since. I knew you'd love this Jen and I know you'll love the rest. Eastwood would go on to stardom and eventually as a director (his first was PLAY MISTY FOR ME - which I recommend and also a pre-cursor to FATAL ATTRACTION - and yes you s/see that too). Clint's career as both actor & producer/director is impeccable (a few clunkers but his Westerns and the Dirty Harry films are all prime examples of stars in their elements. The term for the subgenre 'spaghetti Western' means an Italian made film of an American classic genre. The climactic showdown (shoot for the heart Ramon) indeed was used in BACK THE FUTURE III (and the running joke of Marty calling himself Clint Eastwood - as well as when he & Doc are at the drive-in and he is first shown in his cowboy costume there are 2 sci-fil '50s film posters REVENGE OF THE CREATURE & TARANTULA which Clint had cameos in his earliest of his career. Both films - like BACK TO THE FUTURE - were produced by Universal Pictures. :D

"Always makes me nervous when people put guns in their pants so they might just shoot their weiner off" - Jen Murray Hi Jen 🙋‍♂️ The reason why they're called spaghetti westerns is because they were filmed and directed by someone from Italy. They were a lot cheaper to produce also. Hope you watch the rest of the "Dollars Trilogy," also called Man with no name trilogy (A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly). They don't really link up story wise, other than Clint being a loner. They also share same actors to play different roles, so it might get confusing if you think of them as a typical sequel. Other westerns by Clint, Pale Rider (1985), Hang'em High (1968), The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976). Also yes, Marty Mcfly got the idea from this movie. In Back to the Future 2, when Marty first interrupts Biff in the hot tub, to question him about the sports almanac. Biff, along with his two lady friends are watching this movie, A Fistful of Dollars, on the TV. You even see the part where Clint reveals the armor plate, before Marty tosses the TV remote into the hot tub. Also also, back then, hammers on guns had to pulled back manually. Then when you squeeze the trigger, the hammer slams shut, thus hitting and firing the bullet. So yes, the man was moving fast when firing those rounds. Anyway, that's enough jabber jabber. Thanks Again Jen 🙋‍♂️🍾🥂🍾

This movie did have 'Back To The Future' connection, showing clips of this movie in 'Back To The Future II'. Also remember Marty not only took on the name of Clint Eastwood, but dressed like his character and used the armored heart defense in 'Back To The Future III'.

23:20 time mark. "Some people just want to watch the world burn." Alfred to Bruce Wayne in THE DARK KNIGHT.

They are speaking Italian these were all filmed in Italy, that’s why they’re spaghetti westerns.🤔

Really liked this one! Thank you Jen!