"Favorite Spaghetti Western?" Topic

Not sure if this has already been asked, but "Fistful of Dollars" is on right now. One my favs, although fairly long to watch, is "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". These movies don't necessarily have be ones with The Man with No Name, nor ones directed by Leone.

Hard to pick a fave, so I'll say all of the above plus "For a Few Dollars More" and "Once Upon a Time in the West". I'm sure I'll be reminded of more as the thread progresses :-)

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

Best of the bunch, seen it loads of times including on one memorable occasion on the big screen at the Scala cinema in London – the final faceoff was just fantastic on a 40' high screen….

I can't take 'For a Few Dollars More' seriously after the Comic Strip spoof.

Hard to choose between "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" and "Once Upn a Time in the West", SL's two most 'epic' films kind of hog the spotlight.

"My Name is Nobody": I like Terence Hill. That Fonda feller is pretty good, too.

Allen

I've always enjoyed Fist Full of Dynamite.

A Few Dollars More, Fistful of Dollars(though the original Yojimbo is much better) and the Good the Bad and the Ugly.

Once Upon a TIme in the West

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and A Few Dollars More. The GBU finale is classic cinema, the opening scene with Lee Van Cleef in AFDM is great, especially the girl in the bath tub!

I have a soft spot for The Great Silence and Django – both directed by Sergio Corbucci.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly if I have to choose.

Mark

Fistful of Dollars and A Few Dollars More, but The Good, the Bad and the Ugly has the best gunfight scene ever.
The Trinity movies with Terence Hill are a lot of fun.

I kind of like Red Sun, the Samurai western with Charles Bronson and Toshiro Mifune. Also, Two Mules for Sister Sarah is a lot of fun.

David S.

Not sure Two Mules would be spaghetti though… Eastwood's own company produced it.

GBU, best "spagetti" western

"Guns for San Sebastian" had both Quinn & Bronson – alas, Clint stole the spotlight.

Django!

"GBU, best "spagetti" western"

Spaghetti is the generally accepted proper spelling. Both are accepted in usage, though spaghetti is usually the predominantly listed form in dictionaries.

It's all about the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. That is the ultimate spaghetti western. THAT was the big budget spectacular. Of course, Ennio Morricone's music just tops it all off in a way that I just cannot describes. I have the soundtrack to it as well and enjoy it immensely. It had the gold, the battle scene (nice epic shots there), the physical beatdowns, marksmanship beyond compare and lots of iron in the form of irony. Oh yeah, and the classic showdown.

Oh, it's also all about Arch Stanton. ;P

Uhhh… I thought a Spaghetti western was a TV series not a movie.

Gunsmoke has to be the best of them all.

The Rifleman was one I watched religiously

mjc

Spaghetti westerns – surely called that because they were produced in southern Europe (mainly Spain rather than Italy though!).

Good the Bad and the Ugly got to be the best. Closely followed by Once Upon A Time In The West.

Spaghetti Western is a phrase coined for the genra of western films typified by those directed by Sergio Leone. Generally, they were produced by Italian film companies, with Italian as the spoken languge, then dubbed in English and other languages for international distribution.

Leone himself directed some of the most famous.

I just watched Fistful and Few Dollars more a week ago-
I didnt enjoy For a Few Dollars More that much for some reason, although I'm sure I'd seen it before. I did watch one right after the other if that makes a difference.

I love Pale Rider and High Plains Drifter, and the Good the Bad and the Ugly.

Virtual- When you say Italian was the spoken language, did Eastwood speak Italian as well?

High Plains & Pale Rider are not really Spaghetti westerns. The Trinity movies, Django, Sabata trilogy and the Man with No Name were ' Spaghetti' westerns. Some of Clint's early US movies were obviously influenced by the Italian movies though.

"did Eastwood speak Italian as well?"

Yes, he is fluent in Italian.

High Plains Drifter and Pale Rider (and Outlaw Josey Wales) are indeed Malpaso productions (Eastwood's company) directed by Eastwood himself. Two Mules is from Malpaso, but not directed by Eastwood. Joe Kidd and Hang'um High are a US films but not from Malpaso.

The Good The Bad and The Ugly is the best in my mind. It has Union and Confederate troops, a big battle, and so many western themes all brought together.

And the music is superb. Owe owe ooooo..da.da.da. owe owe oo da da DA

Winchester 73 has to be one of the best all round westerns. Again the late unpleasantness hangs heavy in the story line.

Bill

GBU is the best and it was an epic. As others have mentioned, the soundtrack was also great.

Rule number one…. Virtualscratchbuilder should never ever post on TMP without appropriate dosages of coffee.

GBU = Good, Bad and the Ugly. duh.

""GBU, best "spagetti" western"

"Spaghetti is the generally accepted proper spelling. Both are accepted in usage, though spaghetti is usually the predominantly listed form in dictionaries."

In my stupor, I read GBU as "Just Between Us". Double Duh. Duh. See what not having the coffee lense does? See what grading graduate student papers day in day out does?

Sorry for the totally useless response.

Once upon a time in the West, without a doubt.

No they are called Spaghetti Westerns because they were sponsored by . . . guess what? . . . Spaghetti manufacturers.

If you can't remember this, you don't know what you are talking about.

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Hard to decide a favorite. When flipping through the channels and any of them are on I'll stop and lose a few hours.

~OD

My favorite is also 'Once Upon A Time in the West.' The opening credits serve as a terrific mini-film all on their own!

Cheers,
Scott

Good, Bad and Ugly because it Tuco in it; an ab/fab character. I think of his wit and wisdom constantly. "If you need to shoot, shoot, don't talk."

Outside of Sergio Leone I always had a soft spot for "Sabata"

But when 'blondie' reads out the note that says "see you later idiots", he turns to Tuco and tells him "its for you".

Tuco did not have a monopoly on wit and wisdom!

dont really think ole Clint spoke Eye-tye do ya? He spoke his lines in English while the other dudes answered in Italian. Thought The Silence was a great movie and the music even better.