Tag: Sergio Leone

Episode 55 – A Fistful of Dollars

, with special guest:

A Fistful of DollarsHaving just watched Yojimbo, it is time for us to watch the same movie made by another director.  The style of Sergio Leone is vastly different from that of Akira Kurosawa but he brings his own flair to the story of one man trying to clean out a crooked town in A Fistful of Dollars!  Instead of Toshiro Mifune, our protagonist is played by Clint Eastwood.  We compare and contrast the directors and actors who brought this story to life twice.

For our next episode, we are going to watch the same story again! This time, the results are not quite so impressive.  We’ll be watching The Warrior and the Sorceress!

A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
A Fistful of Dollars poster Rating: 7.9/10 (231,106 votes)
Director: Sergio Leone
Writer: Adriano Bolzoni, Mark Lowell, Víctor Andrés Catena
Stars: Clint Eastwood, Gian Maria Volontè, Marianne Koch
Runtime: 99 min
Rated: R
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Released: 18 Jan 1967
Plot: A wandering gunfighter plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge.