A Fistful Of Dollars (1964) Movie Info
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | A Fistful of Dollars |
| Director | Sergio Leone |
| Screenplay Writer | Víctor Andrés Catena, Jaime Comas Gil, Sergio Leone |
| Based on | Yojimbo by Akira Kurosawa |
| Lead Actor | Clint Eastwood |
| Cast | Clint Eastwood, Gian Maria Volonté, Marianne Koch |
| Genre | Western |
| Release Date | September 12, 1964 (Italy) |
| Duration | 1h 39m (99 minutes) |
| Budget | ~$200,000 (estimated) |
| Language | Italian, English |
| Country | Italy, Spain, West Germany |
A Fistful Of Dollars (1964) Movie Rating
| Platform | Rating |
|---|---|
| IMDb | ⭐ 7.9 / 10 |
| Rotten Tomatoes (Critics) | 🍅 98% Tomatometer |
| Rotten Tomatoes (Audience) | 🍿 91% Popcornmeter |
| Metacritic | 🎬 65 / 100 |
| Letterboxd | ⭐ 4.0 / 5 |
Short Summary
The first of Clint’s Spaghetti westerns that changed the genre forever.
Review
Prior to Clint Eastwood’s three-film series with Italian director Sergio Leone, the Western was pretty much the most standard of genres with a very few exceptions such as High Noon. Leone and Eastwood changed the game with this lean, amoral movie that features a man with no name, and the two groups he places himself between in order to profit – yes, it’s the same plot as Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo, but with material that good, I don’t blame any of the participants at all.
What marks this as a defining film in the genre is the lack of exposition from any of the characters – The Man With No Name is a man of very few words, and when others talk to him, it’s only to give the barest bones of the situation. It’s up the audience to figure out the relationships between them all and multiple viewings lets you really see how truly f**ked up the little town he’s wandered into is – greed, pride, and the desire for revenge fuel this movie and set the stage for Eastwood’s Oscar™ winning Unforgiven.
My opinion
Just One word Excellent movie till date.
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