By his own account, Eli Wallach (Tuco) was almost killed by the train running at speed just inches from his head. Real train, no stunt double. He said it terrified him.
HIGHLY recommend the other two films in this trilogy, "A Fistful of Dollars" (a remake of a classic samurai movie "Yojimbo") and "For A Few Dollars More". I also recommend another Sergio Leone spaghetti western, "Once Upon a Time in The West"
@@crisgriffin3042 I like them all, and feel that all of them have some interesting plot and characters (perhaps "A Fistful of Dollars" is the most basic). For me, all of them are equally interesting on their own merits.
Chronologically Good, the Bad, and the Ugly takes place before the events and timeline of Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More. So the trilogy could still be viewed in this way and make sense.
Eli Wallach was absolutely brilliant in this film as Tuco; stole the show in a stacked cast, even amongst two other phenomenal actors who were excellent in their respective roles. My wife had the privilege of meeting him in a medical setting some years back, close to the end of his life, so he holds a special place in our hearts. Nothing but good things to say about him-true old school gentleman.
Wallach was the bona fide star of the three leads. He was a native New Yorker and huge Broadway and film star and popular character actor. He died at 98 1/2 yoa in 2014. Ann Jackson, his wife of 62 years, was also an award-winning actor who died the same year. RIP to an iconic couple.
I and a bunch of my college buddies, who'd all seen "A Fist ..." and "A Few ...,"" went to it when it opened locally. Despite having seen the first two and having heard the soundtrack for months, we were blown away. Tuco, Angel Eyes and Blondie ruled. Leone and Morricone became hallowed names.
My dad made me watch this back in 1970. Thanks, dad. My number 3 movie of all time. It's like a journey. I typically watch it once a year thanks to the Internet.
@@hungfao Im suprised by King Kong, for me in no particular order, the good, the bad and the ugly ofcourse, Zulu because not only is it entertaining but i believe it to be a true masterpeice of a war film and the Wizard of Oz which I know isnt very popular but I marvel at that film every single time i see it AND it was on Nick Reacts just a few weeks ago which is insane. This youtube channel really fits me but i dont think they should react to Zulu as I dont think its that kind of film but now that youve mentioned King Kong then id like them to react to that film for sure.
@@alexc8209 Those are great movies. 'Zulu' stayed in my brain long after seeing it. Kong is my favorite because of the impact it had on me when I first saw it in 1968. It was the most amazing thing I'd ever seen at that point and it lead me into doing my own stop motion animation films. I got really good at it. Later I learned how innovative that movie was/is. That made it even more of a gold mine for me.
Lee Van Cleef refused to act out the scene where he slaps the woman around to get information out of her despite actress Rada Rassimov telling him it’s okay, it’s just a movie scene so it’s actually a stunt double for the slapping scenes and LVC in the up close shots.
@@SupremeCommanderBaiser - I wouldn't go that far... Expecially starting with his famous quote from November 1965: "I don't think there is anything particularly wrong about hitting a woman, although I don't recommend doing it in the same way that you'd hit a man,". Google for more info regarding his behaviour in later years.
Blondie originally broke up.the partnership because Tuco was talking about wanting a larger percentage and he thought it was only a matter of time until that became an issue. Blondie is a character that tries to be two steps ahead of the other guy.
Also Blondie in a way likes Tuco, doesn't really want to kill him. And in a way learned his mistake from before and leaves Tuco his half and puts enough distance between them so Tuco doesn't get any stupid idea that will force Blondie to kill him.
The movie was filmed in Spain. Perfect locations for a western. The cemetery was created for the movie. The Angel Eyes guy is Lee Van Cleef, legendary actor in the 60s and 70s, also in many westerns. The ugly is Ellie Wallach, he plays the Mexican here but is actually Jewish American! Also a great actor. He plays the bad guy in the Magnificent Seven, another classic western.
More specifically, this was filmed in the Almería Desert in southeastern Spain, where many spaghetti Westerns were made, as well as some scenes in Lawrence of Arabia (1962).
You guys are probably one of my favorite channels because of how much attention and appreciation y’all show to each character. I don’t think I’ve seen someone else appreciate Tucos character as much.
Never clicked so fast. This movie sets the tone in such a brilliant way. You start with this glorious long landscape shot like you would have seen in the classic westerns of the day, that were all about setting and establishing the hard country and the dust and the rolling hills. But it suddenly turns into this insane extreme close up of a man’s face. This isn’t like the Westerns that came before. This is an examination of character, they lead the charge the entire story. It’s entirely told from the perspectives of these three men, directly from their eyes and their faces. In January our local symphony orchestra played an Ennio Morricone concert and it was brilliant.
When Tuco was dragging on the cigar butts, it was to see if he was getting close to Blondie. The umbrella Tuco had was a Parasol. An umbrella is waterproof and a parasol just provides shade from the sun, often with decorative material. It's more of a lady's device, so the use of one by Tuco was an added contrast. Clint had a long running role as Rowdy Yates on the TV show "Rawhide". The spaghetti westerns, "A Fistful of Dollars" and "A Few Dollars More" and TGTBTU made Clint a movie star. The rest, as they say, is history. (Another candidate for best western starring Clint is "The Outlaw Josey Wales".)
Yeah he starts off by finding age old cigars, then more fresh ones, and when he finally finds one that's still burning he knows that he's gotten close to his target.
Your lady pointing out how full of hope Tuco was at the end, had given me a whole new perspective about how I feel at the scene too. I just never thought of it that way before.
Eli wallach is the name of the guy that played ugly a great actor in Hollywood for decades Lee Van Cleef play the bed and was in many westerns including Sergio Leone other spaghetti western with Clint Eastwood what you should watch. Sorry for the spelling. This movie has been one of mine most enduring favorites my entire life. I'm glad you enjoyed.
John Carpenter's Apocalypse Trilogy isnt a direct sequence of films either. Not all trilogies are about building on a single narrative. Some are about themes, or settings. (Think of it like an anthology made up of long format movies.)
in 1969 Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin, and Jean Seberg co-starred in Paint Your Wagon, a musical set in an old West gold mining camp. With it being a musical, Clint and Lee both sang. From which you should be able to figure it's mostly a comedy.
The great and wonderful Eli Wallach, who plays Tuco, told Leone during the set up for the gun shop scene that he didn't know anything about guns. Don't worry, Leone, told him. Make it as you go along. And so Wallach did. The movie was shot in Spain using Italian, Spanish and English-speaking actors, several of whom had also been in the predecessors of this movie, "A Fistful of Dollars" and "For A Few Dollars More" (which introduced "the Bad", Lee Van Cleef, into the mix). All the actors spoke their lines in their native language and they were all dubbed in various languages for the correct market during the editing process. There's a fascinating documentary about the making of the movie where they discuss the care taken with trying to match the lips to the words. In the Prison camp scene, the Italian actor playing the guard commands the musicians to play "piu forte", which means "louder". But "louder" doesn't match the lip movements of "piu forte". The dubbing master and Leone took a lunch break and realized that "more feeling" matches the lip movement pretty well. So they used it. Leone hired van Cleef because, he said, his eyes burn through the screen.
According to popular belief, the Skeleton in the Grave of Arch Stanton was a real skeleton of a Spanish Actress that her daughter rented out to the film makers. It was the actress wish to continue acting even after she was dead.
I remember my first time watching this movie… when Tuco found the cemetery and Ecstasy of Gold started playing, I immediately thought: “Wow, now I understand why it’s considered the greatest movie!”. It has been my favorite film ever since. I think she felt that too! Great reaction.
My favorite scene, too! From the first time I saw it! I love it's dreamlike quality! And, as she pointed out, poor Tuco is like a kid running around there. Completely unique!
17:52 The significance of the cigar is that Tuco is getting closer to Blondie every camp site. Each time he tests the cigar to see how recently it had been smoked. The last cigar was so fresh he could still puff off it, then he catches up. Also, spurs were used primarily to kick their horses with the spikes and "spur" them on to run faster, though ornate spurs were a status symbol as well.
TFW you realize that Tuco is the main character, not Blondie. Seriously, the whole movie always ties back to him. His past, his family, his tenacity, his ineffable self-deceptions... and as a result? You end up sympathizing, and rootin' for him to an extent. And breathe a collective sigh of relief when he gets spared at the end. (Also how annoying is it that Blondie isn't actually blonde?)
@@nickreacts6394It was the older son, a teenager, who was killed by 'The Bad' in the opening of the movie. The younger son was outside and saw him when he was coming and he obviously saw the boy. He looked at the photograph in the house with the parents and saw two boys, so he was expecting the older son to pop up after he shot the father.
Much of it was filmed in southern Spain, including the finale in the cemetery - - which wasn't a real cemetery, of course. After the movie finished the sets were allowed to fall to pieces and decay, but the cemetery got restored because of tourist interest in the movie.
My father's family is from the South of Spain, and it's one of many reasons he loved this movie. Many westerns were filmed in Spain during this time because a lot of the country looked like the Old West, and filming there was cheap at the time. In the movie "Red Sun", which had scenes filmed in Spain, there's section that made us all smile: Toshiro Mifune, playing a Japanese man in the Old West, alongside and often opposite Charles Bronson, remarks that he loves the mountains in this area because they remind him of home. And so: Japan is invoked in the Old West via the mountains of Spain. Toshiro Mifune was in "Seven Samurai", which was the inspiration for "The Magnificent Seven", which costarred Bronson, by the way. "Red Sun" is not a topnotch movie, but I enjoy it.
The graveyard scene is just perfect- the music is on another level, the camera work-looks simple but really artistic. It's almost like a mini-movie, aside form the main story. Nick said he wants to watch it again. We out here have seen it 20 times, or more, so join the crowd (if you have time)!
Fun fact: The movie was filmed in spain and the bridge scene had to be shot twice. When they first blew up the bridge they weren't satisfied with how it looked so Fransisco Franco ordered the Spannish army to rebuild it over night so that they could shoot the scene again.
One of the 'spaghetti westerns'. In an interview, Clint said the director didn't speak English and he didn't speak Italian. Most of the actors didn't speak English; but, the got 'er done. There are so many classics you need to see I don't even know where to begin. Check out the theme done by the Danish Symphony Orchestra. It is very interesting. The only mistake Blondie made was not taking Bad's horse. Eli Wallach played Tuco. Lee Van Fleet was the Bad. Watch the original, 1960, "The Magnificent Seven". The 1953 John Wayne movie "Hondo". Clint Eastwood's "The Outlaw Josie Wales".
Iconic. So iconic it's now the cliche. Young people think that all westerns have always been like this, when in fact Leone's movies revived the genre, shattered the cliches, and took things to a new level. Eastwood's character is truly the first antihero in Western cinema. The only earlier films that even hint in this direction are Budd Boetticher's westerns with Randolph Scott. Young folks should also know that these films were considered extremely violent, and the critics hated them at the time. Watch any 50s westerns - there are trillions of them, and many are damned good - and you'll see the difference Leone made. Its was filmed in Almeria, Spain. Recently a group of fans located the site of Sad Hill Cemetery, restored it, and it's now a tourist attraction.
One of the greatest Spaghetti Westerns. This was filmed in Spain. Also that old cemetery was run down , and they recently had it re done to it's orig version from back in the day.
Eli Wallach won over countless viewers, I followed his career loosely over the years but when I saw him in his later years in a bit part in Keeping The Faith (2000) had me recollecting this role and many other roles since, it warmed my heart. I will always have a place in my heart for him. God rest his soul.
You're totally right, but actually "umbrella" just means "little shadow" in Latin. So in its literality it serves the same purpose as a parasol, which is Latin/French for "to shield from the sun". In German it's easier to distinguish: Regenschirm ("rain shade/shield") and Sonnenschirm ("sun shade/shield"). 🙂
If you live in a city where it gets really hot in the summer? Use a dark umbrella as a parasol on a hot day, and count the number of times people on the street pause to go: "Damn, that's a good idea..." (Usually averages about 6 people an hour if you're out for a decent walk.)
@@ephraimwinslow parasols are not waterproof. If it's waterproof it's an umbrella. If you threw water at a parasol the water woud go through the fabric of the parasol, unlike what happens with an umbrella. Throughout the years parasols started being used less and less, and as a result most people started calling parasols umbrellas as well since they are very similar. To avoid confusion most manufacturers and retailers just decided to associate the name at the usage people give to the item, and now we're here. Nobody is going to care if you use one name or the other, but I just thought that it would be good to at least make sure that people know the correct difference.
@@nickreacts6394 this one is the most well known (deservedly so) but my favorite is For a Few Dollars More. One thing to know if you watch the other films is that it's not a continuous storyline, they're all standalone. It's debatable if Clint Eastwood's character (who has a different name each movie) is the same guy in all 3 or not. So if you see returning actors, they're playing different characters than they were the last time you saw them. For example, "The Bad" in this movie is in a Few Dollars More but playing a different character.
@@nickreacts6394 Watch first "A Fistful of Dollars", then "For a Few Dollars More" and finally watch "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" in its entirety. At this point you will be ready for the absolute masterpiece "Once Upon a Time in the West" with Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale and Jason Robards At the end of all this you can say that you have seen the birth of a different western genre, very rich, innovative and full of suggestions and with the music of Ennio Morricone which is its plot. itself, the Italian western by Sergio Leone... leave the spaghetti on the plate and if you like it, eat it. Greetings.
Spaghetti Westerns were Italian, filmed in Spain, based on the movies of the great Japanese film maker, Akira Kurosawa, who made Japanese movies based on American Westerns! If you watch Kurosawa's "Yojimbo" then the Clint Eastwood's "A Fistful of Dollars", you'll see how closely it follows the story, characters, etc., just transferred from Samurai Japan to the Old West...
the genre might be inspired by Kurosawa films but the only Spaghetti westerns that are based on Kurosawa films are A Fistful of Dollars and Django (both remakes of Yojimbo).
This was an Italian production ("spaghetti western") and filmed in Spain. Sad Hill cemetery was not a real cemetery, but they restored the filming location to look like a cemetery. And you can visit it, north of Madrid. Eli Wallach (Tuco) was a big star at the tine, and got top billing.
I Got 5 Other Great Clint Eastwood Westerns to watch 1 A Fistful of Dollars 1964 2 For A Few Dollars More 1965 Both are Part of the Dollars Trilogy With The Good Bad and the Ugly 3 The Outlaw Josey Wales 1976 4 Pale Rider 1985 my personal favorite 5 Unforgiven 1992 I'm sure you will Love Those Movies
All 3 characters played a great role, but there is something raw about the scenery, and basically there is never a dull moment. Eli Wallach (TUCO) stole the movie, and was an epic character with great comedy. This would be my favorite western of all time, and one of the greatest ever ! The cemetary is preserved by local volunteers in Spain and can be visited. you can still see the first gravestone where Tuco rolls into it. Thanks for a great appraisal of a genuine classic masterpiece!!
An awesome movie, I can't recall how many times I have seen it, but it never gets old. Clint Eastwood and Eli Walach in particular have amazing chemistry. Iconic, classic, a movie which truly qualifies for any such description
"The Ugly" was Eli Wallach, he was one of the great actors of all time - but never got famous to the level of an A star (the same with Jason Robards - who was great in another Western of that time "Once Upon a Time in the West". Eli Wallach was great in the movie "Babydoll" also - a classic 50 Black and white, that seems to have been forgotten by all today - not one reaction to it yet, and i check every few months.
This was Eastwood's 14th appearance in movies! His big Spaghetti Westerns started with his 12th movie, A Fistful of Dollars (1964), continues with For a Few Dollars More (1965), then this one (1966), then Hang 'Em High (1968). His first movie was literally a creature feature, Revenge of the Creature (1955), out two years before I was born! BTW there's a great YT video of the Danish Symphony Orchestra performing the soundtrack for this movie, worth a watch!
Eastwood played cowhand Rowdy Yates in the TV series "Rawhide" 1959-1965. The show had one of the greatest theme songs in TV History, and all the kids around here could sing it by heart!
This has to be the best movie ever made. It has everything, what a great movie should have. Great direction, great acting, great score, great filming locations. Loved your reaction. P.S.: Eli Wallach didn´t know much about revolvers. His assembly of the revolver was complete improvisation. + He was almost killed by the train, which he used to cut the chain on the handcuffs.
The actor who plays " Angel Eyes " was also in another Clint Eastwood movie. Also he was in a movie with Kurt Russell in the 80's called " Escape From New York ".
The music was made first so the script was written to the soundtrack and thats why some scenes linger longer then necessary, because they have yo stretch it out till the song ends
Im 75 and this is my fav All Time movie i saw in /66 and loved watching with anyone who never saw never dreaming technology would spawn this entertaining podcast genre Ill be watching more with you You both get it so well I heard dont know how true but Woman died and asked in will to put her bones in a movie and Leone used her bones in Arch Stanton Grave So many great stories about this iconic movie Genre and Era
Quentin Tarrantino is a HUGE Leone fan. He even brought Ennio Morricone out of retirement to do pieces for at least three of his movies. In _Inglorious Basterds_ the opening sequence were we meet Hans Lada was very much influenced by "Bad's" introduction in this movie.
The chimes that were playing during the last gunfight in the circle were a throwback to the second movie….Col Mortimer’s pocket watch. See the movie to find out more……For A Few Dollars More…….Cheers
Leone drew inspiration from 1940s Italian realism and 1950s Kurosawa's filmmaking, but both he and Morricone were steeped in opera in the Italian tradition - and that's how this feels at times (even more so with the masterful follow-up, Once Upon A Time In The West, where some scenes were shot with Morricone's score being played on set, so the actors moved in time). Eastwood had gone to Italy to get movie work after becoming a TV star in Rawhide. Van Cleef had done similar, but Wallach was an established actor, having trained with Brando on stage and screen in the 1950s, which is why he steals the show. Although most is filmed around Almería in Southern Spain, Sad Hill Cemetery was constructed in the north, near Burgos. There's a great documentary (Sad Hill Unearthed, which was on Netflix) about fans restoring the location 50 years on, which you can now visit (but don't tell the car hire company cos the roads into the mountains are pretty rough!).
I really enjoyed your review, and your summary of the film was by far the best I've seen in this type of format. You have a very good dynamic together.
its not an umbrella. its a parasol. used to protect one from direct sunlight. usually used by proper, upper class young ladies i guess so they wouldn't sweat so much. sergio leone specialized in westerns but he made an epic gangster film called "once upon a time in america" (1984) which had a great ensemble cast that starred de niro, james woods and a young jennifer connolly. for another GREAT western of this era no one reacts to watch "little big man" (1970) starring dustin hoffman and directed by arthur penn. coincidentally, penn also directed "bonnie and clyde" (1967) the film that brought the gangster genre into the modern age. thanks for video.
I think getting tenned was more a conceren for upper class ladies as tenned skin was not yet a beauty standared because it was asssociated with working class/farmers. Bale skin/ distinguished paleness. Also to prevent heat strokes i guess.
Top notch of a film making, the music, the cinematography, the acting, the raw depiction of the wild west, everything about it, saw it when I was 11 back in the late 80s, loved it then and still love it now and always will. Great reaction.
The reason, why he puffs the cigars around the campfires, during he hunting "The Good": He is testing, wether he comes closer to him. The last one was still smoking.
There are many things in this movie : The director didn't call " Action ! " and they blew up the bridge by accident. Also the part where Tuco goes into the gun store , he told the director " I Don't Know anything about putting guns together ". The director told him " Just pretend like you know what you're doing ".😂😂😂
Finally some people reacting to this master piece. It is one of my favourite movies. I watched both in English and Italian and both versions are amazing. This movie has so many layers to it. The last huaaahuaahuaa in Italian sounds amazing as he shouts "figlio di puttan..."uaaauaaauaaaa
When Clint Eastwood won his academy award for The Unforgiven he thanked the two men who made his career possible; Sergio Leone (The Good The Bad and the Ugly) and Don Siegel (Dirty Harry).
The Italians: Sergio Leone (director) and Ennio Morricone (musician). The Americans: Clint Eastwood (the good), Lee Van Cleef (the bad) and Eli Wallach (the ugly). The locations: Spain.
Now you need to watch Once Upon A Time In The West - it was director Sergio Leone's next western after this and it's every bit as iconic. A more serious film (but still has some incredible moments of humour to it), it's like the opposite side of the coin to this film.
Highly recommend ‘Once Upon a Time in the West.’ It’s his best western ever! Also, recommend ‘Once Upon a Time in America.’ Also, Ennio Morricone is the composer. Super famous composer known for his unique scores. Another film I love with one of his scores is called ‘My Name is Nobody.’ The cinematography of these films is legendary. Sergio Leone liked to play with visuals rather than rely on dialogue.
The extended cut (original 1966 premiere version) is the best. It fills some of the gaps in the story, as when Tuco picks up his friends or why he suddenly calls himself Carson.
The thing to remember is what others have said, is this is the third of s trilogy. The first, A Fist Full of Dollars you see alot more of Blondie and why hes good. The second, A Few Dollars More you are introduced to the Bad and you get some of his back story. This was Tuco's time. And a perfect ending for all involved. Great reaction guys! If you can, make time for the first two.
It's been said numerous times in the comments, but you should definitely add * "Once Upon a Time in the West" * to the list. It stars Charles Bronson, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, and Claudia Cardinale. IMHO this is Sergio Leone's finest film.
I was a sailor on the Far East for 20 years,my son is married to a Thai Nurse,so I know why you are so happy and smile a lot,God bless You and Her... :-)
Great reaction to a fabulous movie. Thanks! Here are some of the best movies from the past: "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951 NOT the 2008 remake), “Fahrenheit 451,” "Forbidden Planet," "It Happened One Night," "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," “The Man on the Flying Trapeze” (only 65 min.), "Miracle on 34th Street (1947 NOT the remake)," "North by Northwest," "Once Upon a Time in the West," "The Pink Panther," "Rear Window," "Rio Bravo," "Some Like it Hot," "Stalag 17," "The Time Machine (1960 version)," "2001: A Space Odyssey (hard to understand without reading the book)," "Vertigo" There is no movie in that list which doesn't deserve an A+ .
After many, many rewatches (and not paying much attention to Blondie, since, I confess, Clint Eastwood never did much for me), I began to notice that Blondie has a significant character arc: he begins not much different from Angel Eyes or Tuco: not as greedy or inhumane as Angel Eyes, several times more cerebral than Tuco, but just as self-interested, and not particularly affected by the brutality around him. His outlook, I think begins to change while witnessing the scene between Tuco and his brother, and then listening to Tuco's fabric of lies. Something about this has touched him. He may not know it, but his understated concern for Tuco in the torture section is an indication that he's taken a step forward. Another big step for him comes while they watch the battle at the bridge, after listening to the captain (who was the character who touched most when watching this on broadcast tv as a child). Blondie comments, during the battle that he's never seen so many men wasted for so little. I wonder if the Blondie at the start of things would have made this reflection. Empathy expands a little more in the ruined house with the wounded soldier. And during the standoff at the end, oh, there's SO much going on! But late into it, we get a quick glimpse of Tuco's eyes going to Blondie, and that tiny nod from Blondie ... which Angel Eyes catches. He knows who Blondie's target is going to be. (yes, Lee van Cleef had lost part of his finger due to an accident). At any point in the Sad Hill section, Blondie could have killed Tuco, and maybe the Blondie after the gang scene and before the brother scene would have done so for self preservation. Instead, he simply throws a scare into Tuco so that he won't come after him .... and is sure to leave him with his share of the money instead of taking all but the rope as he had before. The movie bears up under lots of rewatches: you get something new out of each one.
The 'Dollar Trilogy' is a prime example, how a good director starts and gets better with each movie. Sadly you jumped the gun watching the last of the three first. Still, the first is also a prime example on how to adapt a movie as it's essentially a remake of the samurai movie 'Yojimbo'. Sergio Leone kept from the samurai movie what worked in a western and only changed what didn't. As good as 'The Good...' is, it has a contender as Leone's best. 'Once Upon a Time in the West' (1968) is that. A detail many overlook is that while Clint Eastwood is a great actor, he is also a great director. You could say he learned a lot from Sergio Leone and being in the 'Dollar Trilogy'. And a little fun fact. The bridge got blown up twice. They let the army commander that was in charge of the extras from the army give the signal. But he wasn't familiar with the movie making lingo and gave the order when no camera was rolling. Thankfully no one got hurt. Embarrassed he had his men rebuild the bridge a second time so it wouldn't strain the movie's budget and they blew it up again. This time with the camera's rolling. Someone (I think fans) have recreated the cemetery in the original location in Spain. It even has a 'shadow' of Blondie.
