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VHS : A Fistful of Dollars |
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780792841005
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 079284100X
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date: May 04, 1999
Running Time: 102 minutes
Sales Rank: 20725
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: January 18, 1967
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com essential video:
A Fistful of Dollars launched the spaghetti Western and catapulted Clint Eastwood to stardom. Based on Akira Kurosawa's 1961 samurai picture Yojimbo, it scored a resounding success (in Italy in 1964 and the U.S. in 1967), as did its sequels, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. The advertising campaign promoted Eastwood's character--laconic, amoral, dangerous--as the Man with No Name (though in the film he's clearly referred to as Joe), and audiences loved the movie's refreshing new take on the Western genre. Gone are the pieties about making the streets safe for women and children. Instead it's every man for himself. Striking, too, was a new emphasis on violence, with stylized, almost balletic gunfights and baroque touches such as Eastwood's armored breastplate. The Dollars films had a marked influence on the Hollywood Western--for example, Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch--but their most enduring legacy is Clint Eastwood himself. --Edward Buscombe
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - One of my favorite westerns. A timeless classic
Excellent movie. Lots of shooting. Clint Eastwood makes his debut of "The Man With No Name". Although most people credit "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly" as being the best film out of the trilogy, I disagree. This film has a lot more action (don't get me wrong, The Good The Bad, And The Ugly was also an excellent movie). Along with Open Range, this is my favorite western. A Fistful Of Dollars is a must for any western fan.
Rating: - How Leone & Eastwood Started Winning Audiences Worldwide
The wait was quite long for the remaining 3 remastered Leone movies. These DVDs had been out in the UK/Region 2 for since 18 April 2005, 2+ years (5 June 2007.)
A Fistful of Dollars is the least of the 3 Dollars films but is still great. The best being For A Few Dollars More then GBU then Fistful. It is still a classic movie. I love the actors: Eastwood, "Johnny Wels" Volante, the innkeeper and the coffin maker. I also love the climax and that cool water tower. The Morricone ... Read More
Rating:  - 3 stars out of 4
The Bottom Line:
A clever updating of Yojimbo, "Fistful" sometimes reveals its low-budget origins but is certainly worth a look for anyone who enjoys westerns.
Rating:  - Just Another Spaghetti Western...
If you have already watched Sergio Leone's other western movies like 'For a Few Dollars More' or 'Once Upon A Time In The West', you better avoid this one. Sheer repeat. Only unique feature is Ennio Morricone's music. Rest, just another western movie based on a small town of a single road. Setting is not that ambitious in this one.
Eastwood is also all the same - not able to escape the sheer monotonous look of the other western movies of Leone. He does not look to have even a clear agenda in this ... Read More
Rating: - Brilliant western
This is the first Spaghetti western and a superb film. Both Clint Eastwood and Sergio Leone are on top form and the storyline, dialogue and action are tremendous.
A classic.
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