@@WalterMarks1 I mean the pistol sound effects, they don’t sound like that in real life. The noise went on for way too long but I’m guessing they did the best with what they had at the time
The panic in Angel Eye's face as the draw looms nearer is so intense. He begins to realize that both men will likely draw on him and his end is near. Tuco seems wild eyed and waiting on Blondie, meanwhile Blondie seems to be keeping his eye on Angel Eyes. This is really a remarkable scene and some of the greatest art to come out of the 20th century.
Of course Blondie is keeping his eye on Angel Eyes since's Tuco's gun isn't loaded. Not to mention Angel Eyes keeps sliding his hand along his holster towards his gun. Anyways, yeah love this scene and this entire movie!
@@coinraker6497 Yep, Blondie has stacked the deck in his favour, he only needs to worry about Angel Eyes, even if Tuco's gun was loaded we know from earlier in the film that Tuco hates him far more than he does Blondie. It's the ultimate Win/Win scenario!
Totally brilliant 👏 I normally hate films like this but this is an absolute masterpiece 👌 well acted by 3 wonderful actors as of whom 2 of them have now passed..r.i.p...eli wallach and Lee van cleef who were just as fantastic as clint eastwood in everything they did in the good the bad and the ugly can't beat this film it,ll always be my no1
To know Eli Wallach was 50 years old here and still lived long enough to see 12 Years A Slave is truly remarkable. Clint here was barely 36! RIP Cleef and Wallach. Legends.
The location, cinematography, costumes, actors, combined with Ennio Morricone’s soundtrack makes this sequence one of the greatest, and iconic ever captured on film.
Three hours. Three hours of one of the greatest stories set in the Wild West. Three hours of suspense, drama, and epic gunfights. Three hours of trust, betrayal, and revenge. Three hours of blood, sweat, and tears. Three hours of haunting music soaring over the dry, dusty plains. Three hours slowly building up to this, the final moment, the peak of all the action... *The most intense game of Musical Statues ever.* _And one of the greatest one-liners in cinema history._
I love how Blondie is just toying with both Tuco and Angel Eyes. He could have easily shot both Tuco and Angel Eyes when they were both getting into their positions. And he knew that Tuco's gun was empty so he only had Angel Eyes as his lone target. But he let it all play out and Tuco shot at Angel Eyes so he knew he could still trust Tuco. Blondie was holding all the cards and the other two didn't even know it. Like from Sun Tsu's Art of War, a battle is won before it's even fought.
Conversely, Tuco didn't know if he could trust Blondie, he didn't know his gun was empty, and he still took his only shot on Angel Eyes. For all his scheming, Tuco was actually a pretty decent guy when it really counted.
@derekbowen5820 some are bad men, but good people, others are good men but bad people, but the ones you avoid are the ones who are bad men and bad people.
@NatsuDragneel-vj4lx Good men have a code, lines they won't cross, even if criminals. They may steal or lie or even kill for a living, making them bad people, but they have people and causes they care about and things they don't do. They keep their word. Bad men don't have any lines they won't cross. They may be good to the people they care about, but with no code, if you cross them or hurt someone they care about, there's nothing they won't do to hurt you. Bad men who are bad people are the ones with no code, and nothing and no one they care about. They will do anything at anytime to anyone to advance their goals of the moment.
I saw this at a theatre in Boston during its original run and to this day, whenever I watch this scene, I still get palpitations waiting for the conclusion. This is, perhaps, the greatest use of building drama ever used in cinema. Brava Sr. Morricone.
Some critics have poked fun at Maricone for dragging this scene out, the long shots, then the close ups of twitching hands, of darting eyes, and then the music stops and we wait and then the music starts up again and again builds towards a crescendo as the suspense builds and builds, but this was the climax of this hours long epic. It had to be that way. He had to make us feel every second of it. Any less would've been a let down. Maricone was a genius.
Now THIS is how westerns should be made!! I was a toddler when this movie came out, but I remembered it vividly. Now 50 years later, "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly" is STILL one of the greatest cinema masterpieces of all time and is no match for all the other crap you see coming out of Hollywood these days.
Never get tired of watching this scene, the tension is fantastic.!!! The fact that Tuco is instantly likable but totally untrustworthy throughout the film is unforgettable.
Ya i thought so too. They guy had some uncanny humor at times too, but yeah, i thought he was likeable. All in all this movie is badass. Seen it when it first came out, and to this day when it comes on, ill still watch it over and over. The part that was funny was when poor tuco had the noose around him and then yelling BLOOOOOOOOOONDIEEEEEEEE! lol
I love how Blondie doesn't even need to explain, he just says he's gonna write the name on the rock and Tuco and Angel Eyes instantly know "okay, we're gonna have a 3 way mexican standoff then"
Mum and dad went to the cinema. My much older brother let me stay up to watch this with him. As an 11 year old what a wonderful night that was. Thanks Alan.
I certainly agree about Eli Wallach and the Oscar, and Sergio Leone, but they could never win with a spaghetti western, not in America. But for a scene made by music and the eyes of the actors I have to go for the duel in For a Few Dollars More. Same director, same composer, and two of the same actors. Only a hair difference but for me that just takes it.
56 years ago. 56 goddam years ago and still one of the finest endings to a movie ever made. 3 men staring each other, sizing each other with the most amazing background score. So simple yet so iconic. I'm 39 and have been obsessed with this since I was a kid.
When you see this movie for the first time, I can guarantee you these are the most nerve wrecking minutes of your life so far! You can just feel the intense moment. The hunt for the treasure. The duality of men. I mean: Shit does not get more tense than this scene in any movie. EVER!
...if you haven't had your fill of Lee van Cleef, Eastwood, and a Mexican bandito shooting it out in a stone circle in the previous movie. Even the musical watch tune reappears at 5:14! And did you notice in this movie that Clint appears without the poncho that he wore throughout A Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More? In fact, he picks it up from a post-battle scene of carnage and slings it on just before the scene shown above, which indicates that this movie is a prequel to the others.
When Tuco is running through the graveyard looking for the grave of Arch-Stanton. The music, direction, everything is just magnificent. I still get goosebumps watching it.
What's brilliant about this film, and what cements it as an epic, is just how long it goes on for. It comes to a point where even the audience is starting to feel exhausted as they go along this state-spanning journey. But then, the last three scenes of the movie hit; the graveyard, the duel, and the noose. With these last 20-or-so minutes, it reaches one of the greatest climaxes in cinematic history, where you can't bear to look but you don't dare look away. Sergio Leone was a genius of the industry, and is right to be remembered and have his legacy upheld as some of the greatest works put to the silver screen. Bravo.
So true. I watched this for the first time just last week and during this scene I almost felt like I was part of the standoff lmao. I didn't even want to blink.
This scene, as well as the others, is a film technique used to create suspense that actually came 20 years prior to this film. Alfred Hitchcock's theory of suspense. That it is not found in the climax itself, but in the anticipation of it. Essentially, the longer the build up, the more suspense.
The outcome was never in doubt. The Bad couldn't pick his target and wasted his focus. The Ugly had no ammo from the beginning. The Good was just that good.
What no one appreciates about this movie is how it is a cleverly disguised anti-war film. The civil war going on in the background hangs like a dark cloud over the mood of the picture. Here in this scene is a reflection on all the loss that has plagued the nation in the form of a giant graveyard. It's the most overwhelming form of subtlety I have ever seen in a film. The audience is so cought up in the pursuit of the treasure that the horrors of the bigger picture never take the forefront but the more I see this movie the more I am compelled to see it as a haunting critique of the devastation of war.
Or maybe it shows how even as war goes on people live their greedy lives and try to exploit it. Or maybe it's coincidence and there really isn't any meaning, it just helped create the plot to a story.
5:03 this silence is pure art. You get caught up in the music and spectacle, then nothing. Puts you right in their shoes. This is what they hear. Just outstanding.
The movie is pure art. Acting, , the dialogues, the camera, the story, the soundtrack - if you are allowed to only watch one film in your life, it has to be this.
Westerns are my favorite movie genre. I've collected them for years and now I have a huge library full. Of all the great ones that I have, if I had to choose only one that I could keep, this would be it. Long live this great western The Good The Bad and The Ugly 👍
@@dodgers4121 Well you just can't beat them spaghetti westerns. They are all great for sure. I lean towards The Good The Bad and The Ugly because I'm just addicted to the dialogue in that film thanks to the outstanding performance by Eli Wallach. So many classic lines with a touch of dark humor. I remember how big this flick was when it premired at the drive-ins back in the day. I own this movie in every format you name it and I never get tired of watching it. Of all the movies I have in my western movie library, if I could only keep one, this is it. As far as Once Upon A Time In The West, Charles Bronson was outstanding as well as Fonda. Got this one in my movie collection also. They just don't make em like they use to 👍
@@TS-wh4ey My top 3 not in any order : 1) The Searchers (John Ford) 2) Once upon a time in the west 3) The Good The Bad and The Ugly. I really like also "The Long Raiders" (Walter Hill)
There are two kinds of people in this world, those that make fantastic movies and those that don't, this my friends is the definition of brilliant art.
My favorite thing about their acting is their little unspoken mannerisms when they interact. Like when Tuco reaches for gun when Blondie shows up, but Blondie shows his first and Tuco just shrugs like “Ya know I had to”
Agreed. It reminds me of animals. They don't speak English, or any other common language, so they naturally rely on body language. It's fascinating watching a predator size up prey, who is watching and sizing up the predator, all before the fight begins.
One day, when I was about 13 and my brother 11 our dad said to us, "The Good, The Bad, And the Ugly is on tv today, and we're going to watch it". Thinking of corny John Wayne westerns (though I regret those thoughts now, The Searchers and Stage Coach are amazing), we whined "Aw Dad, we don't wanna watch no stupid westerns". "This is different" was all he said, and Holy Christ was he right. I couldn't get enough of spaghetti westerns after it. And the music! Who cares if the extras mouths didn't speak the sound that was coming out of their mouths, my gosh this film is brilliant. I can watch this scene and Ecstasy of Gold forever.
7:52 If you look closely, there's another empty grave next to the one Angel Eyes falls in. I always just considered it a random thing since it is a war cemetery that just had a very large battle fought next to it. Now I see it as something else entirely. Those two graves were dug by Angel Eyes for Blondie and Tuco so he could dispose of their corpses when they found the gold and he killed them both. The fact that he already had a shovel just furthers my theory. That meant he had beaten them to the cemetery and was just waiting around like a vulture for them to show up and reveal the grave filled with the gold. I'd bet the grave he slid into was the one meant for Blondie. Damn this movie is deep on every level!
That's a very interesting theory. In fact when the 3-way standoff is just about to start, you can see a black horse tied up. In the movie, only Angel Eyes rode a black horse. So this strengthens your theory. But then again, it was the early 17th century, and there were robbers and bounty hunters. And then there was this man who is evil personified who shoots down his own employer in cold blood and gives out a sinister laugh. He also sadistically destroys a family. As karma may have it Angel Eyes was destined to die fighting for the gold. The same gold which he found out from a man whom he shot down mercilessly. The final scene can be termed as "Death of Angel Eyes".
I love how Tuco and Blondie's relationship changes throughout the whole course of the movie. It is one of the greatest westerns of all time. I want to add I love the actor who played Angel Eyes.
I'm thankful that I went into this movie trying to avoid as many spoilers as possible, because hot damn, the entire climax and finale had me on the edge of my seat the entire time.
3:50. Scenes like these cannot be imagined without the brilliant compositions of the great Italian genius composer Ennio Morricone. His compositions managed to create the real atmosphere, to give the real emotions in the various scenes of the films. He has created true masterpieces for these films.
After watching these 3 films you realise how much you've heard his music without noticing. The end of a few dollars when the song started again more is probably my absolute favourite
Tuco trying to fire his weapon and realizing Blondie set him up! The suspense is real in this scene. After all these years since its release, it still stands the test of time for a great cinematic masterpiece! The trilogy is well worth the sit-down. Just grab a few buckets of popcorn, a 6 pack of beer (your choice) and enjoy the experience again and again.
I can't help it: I have to say it: THE GREATEST Ending scene to a movie that has ever been filmed. The greatest actors, the greatest music and the greatest scenario that has ever been filmed. The facial expressions of all three of them are killer, as the music reaches a crescendo.
yes I agree...I remember had copied it on to a blank vhs tape and he use to show it to me when I was real little cause it was his favorite movie..I loved it but as I got older I realized that yeah it's probably the best movie and movie soundtrack ever
Alfred, i would say a 100% perfect movie. All 3 were fucking a perfect storm!!.i have watched this movie for 40yrs. The music was the cream on the cake!!
I love how you can see slight flinches and fear building in the other two, while Eastwood just remains completely calm. I reckon that was intentional psychological warfare on part of his character.
+Benjamin Drinkwater It's so damn good.... No @#$&ing GC to ruin the movies back then. Just simple, character driven epicness! So much happens with so little... The build up.... It's @#$*ing magic!
+David J only 1 man needed to be killed. Toco was not the threat. Blondie just had to take his time and shoot in a hurry so he could have Toco to dig at the right plot. if he died. all was lost.
In this world there are two kinds of people my friend, those with loaded guns, and those who dig - you dig. Instantly one of the greatest movie qoutes of all time.
Everything about this film is exceptional. The acting and the camera work are fantastic. I especially love the original score that Ennio Morricone composed for this film. It is phenomenal.
Oh man, no matter how many times I have watched this ending and know how it is going to end, the suspense and buildup to the climax never stops getting to me. And Blondie pranking Tuco and Tuco's final words to his former partner never stop being hilarious and feeling well-deserved. Excellent cinematography work, superb musical score, and sublime writing detailing the folly of man and his greed. _This film has it all._
Clint Eastwood , Eli Wallace , and Lee Van Cleef were all brilliant. As a little boy , staying up until 2am to watch this movie with my Dad , this one scene made me appreciate the art of film making. The real stars , I always thought , were Director Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone. Masterful.
Wow! 😲 That is some outstanding trumpet playing beginning at 04:20 It takes a really gifted trumpeter to reach that level of proficiency. Each note is clear and sharp, and flawlessly played with vibrato from one note to the next. 😊 🎺 🎶
Just got to love Tuco. He’s the only one we get to know; his parents, his brother, and why he became who he is. You could almost say he’s the main character.
Tuco is a Real Bandito in this moovie...thinking only about his personal advantage in every situation...thinking only about money...a great performance
Interesting Fact: The skeleton found by Tuco inside the wrong coffin at Sad Hill Cemetery, was a real human skeleton. A deceased Spanish actress who wrote in her will she wanted to act even after her death.
The most intense movie scene of all times. The casting, the script, the music, the overall experience is something we will never experience again. This movie is without a shadow of a doubt the best western ever created.
3:03--what great steel-string guitar! Then at 4:20--the piercing trumpet marks the grand finale...Great Italian music in the Western genre--it will never be surpassed...Nor will we likely ever see an all-star cast and perfect script like this again...
One of the greatest sequences of suspense ever made. The editing, the cinematography, the acting without words and Marricones score. Just and epic piece of art.
Incredible sequence. Felt like it went on for hours only for it to only be a few minutes. That’s real suspense! While A Few Dollars More is my most favorite western of all time, this is the greatest sequence in a western of all time
+simran jabbal I remember seeing this for the first time as a kid. My dad and I watched this and For A Few Dollars More one Saturday during a blizzard.
was allowed to stay up late one night many years ago to watch the "western " been hooked on music since. no other ending will ever beat this musically. OUATITW close second brilliant
Even though the Italian director didn't know much about U.S. history, I.E. the Civil War or Our Geography; This was still one of the greatest westerns of all time with an Iconic Soundtrack!
What makes this movie so amazing is the combination of cinematography, storyline, soundtrack, characters in the actor that portrayed them. There has not been a film, since that captured this balance since and this was before all the advances in technology, a masterpiece never to be replicated again.
Notice Blondie takes a neutral position for the gun fight, with the sun to his right and slight to his rear and that Angel Eyes takes the most advantageous position for the gunfight, with the sun directly behind him. This leaves Tuco in the worst position for the gun fight, with the sun directly in his eyes. Small details that stay true to each character's personality trait.
Actually angel eyes was in a bad position not marksman wise but because on one side tuco is there to shoot him and on other blondie. Both of them did not care if he was alive so it makes him in a uncomfortable position to shoot
@@20_mihir48 As angel eyes saw the world, it was every man for himself, why would he have the capacity as a psychopath to think blondie and tuco had any kind of kinship?
In my humble opinion, this is the greatest scene in film history. People 5000 years later can watch this and still say these 3 were the best in the world. But one thing stands out that made this movie the greatest Western: Eli Wallach aka Tuco. Without his presence, this would've just been another movie.
it is not man. it is one of the best. james bond has some great scenes. for a few dollars more also beats it( this was taken from that one actually--it seems). indiana jones last crusade is brilliant in the ending. kill bill is ridiculous. once upon a time in the west. no country for old men( no ending). that is on top of my head. ah, dr strange love,full metal jacket all have great ending scenes. lolita too. war films( from lord of the rings to omar mukhtar have great ending scenes. lawrence of arabia has telling scene. this one is deliberate conclusion( story written to do that). day of the jackal has that kind of tense ending. all action films save the best for the last( original mad-max!) normally tom cruise does that: his films have that kind of finally scenes.
@@king_has_no_clothskul8635 i wouldn't really give them a tag as best or worst. And I'm really happy to see you didn't write any superhero film as a good ending. i wasted my time once arguing with a person who like Avengers Endgame. but all scenes are greats
@@except_nothing YES, DARK KNIGHT HAS BRILLIANT ENDING( FROM JOKERS LAST TALK). there are plenty of films. super-hero movies also have great ending. it is film and it has to be fantastic. dirty harry has great ending. bruceless last fight in return of the dragon is great. terminator 2 and 1 both are awesome. hitchcock movies: vertigo has great ending though abrupt, lawrence of arabia is great all the way. this film is up there too. I have seen way too many movies to recall. I am one of the most prolific watcher of movies in the history of mankind. slowed down for few years now. barring people who study movies it is hard to beat me. i wanted to see all hollywood since the time of release: you kidding me? i stopped that project(300*75=25000 movies*100 minutes!). there are other language movies too. the french,italians,argentine know whats up! oh: the great escape is fine too. roman polanski has some brilliant finishes: cul de sac!
Epic movie, surreal acting, fantastic actors. There will never be anything better! The music makes chills run up and down your spine. Thank you to all who brought us such great entertainment! 👍👌🙂💯😁
Serge Zed Elli definitely stood out in this movie, and I agree with you that mr Wallach was in the spot light most of the time and was the heart of this film as far as the actors. R.I.P. Elli
barriolimbas Yes I agree,…playing Tuco was his best performance. He bought that character to life, and carried that movie. He made you want to rout for him,..even though he was bad, and had his dark side.
There's actually a moment when Tuco looks across from him and Blondie slightly nods at him, signaling that he's going for Angel eyes. Not him. It's very slight though. 6:43
Glory to ENNIO, without his music this movie would as stupid as it may sound, it would be totally different. Suspense, drama, great acting, the phrases. A cinematography treasure.