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Within 16 days it will be Eli Wallach`s 93th birthday. (December 7, 1915)
(Tuco)

Trivia

Release date: December 23, 1966

The film was shot in Spain. The war scenes were shot at the banks of the river Arlanza. Source / More (Book)

Killing counter:
Blondie kills 9 men
Tuco kills 6 men
Angel eyes kills 3 men.

Clint Eastwood: (Blondie) asked Sergio Leone: “Where are you going to stand when the explosion comes? [The bridge]. If you’ll stand right here, I’ll do the scene;.”. But Leone didn’t want to be close to the explosion, so Eastwood refused and Leone had to use doubles. Source / More (Book)

In 1968 Hugo Montenegro who ’sang’ the title song produced a big hit.

Dynamite used to blow up a bridge was invented by Alfred Nobel in 1867, two years after the Civil War ended.

In the theatrical trailer, Angel Eyes is The Ugly and Tuco The Bad, which is the reverse of their designations in the actual film.

Eastwood supplied his own wardrobe including the gun belt he wore in the TV series Rawhide.

Leone offered the role of Angel Eyes to Charles Bronson, but he had just signed to make The Dirty Dozen (1967). Source / More (Book)

The original Italian title was Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (The good, the ugly, the bad). The title shuffled to The good, the bad and the ugly for international release. Source / More (Book)

The American Civil War was fought in the United States from 1861 until 1865 between the Northern states (referred to as the USA) and 11 Southern states, (the Confederate States of America). Source / More (Web)

Encyclopedia:
The term “Wild West” refers to life in Western North America during the 19th century, especially between 1860 and 1890.

Bio

Clint Eastwood

Movie news:

This week 15 years ago A perfect world premiered (November 24, 1993)

Born:

May 31, 1930

After graduating from high school, Clint worked as a logger, steel-furnace stoker, and gas pumper. He settled in Hollywood in 1955 as a small-time actor, but it was in Italy that he found his fortune. The Sergio Leone dollar trilogy catapulted Eastwood into stardom.

In 1971, Frank Sinatra turned down the part of detective Harry Callahan, in Dirty Harry, and the role was offered to Clint. This was the first of a series of action films in which he played laconic and dangerous heroes.

From the nineties Clint started directing movies (Unforgiven, Mystic river, Million dollar baby) and he gradually won the respect of the critics. Nowadays Clint's ability to craft a compelling film is beginning to eclipse his legendary status as an actor.

Academy awards:

2005 Won Best Director for: Million Dollar Baby (2004)
2005 Won Best Picture for: Million Dollar Baby (2004)
2005 Nominated Best Actor for: Million Dollar Baby (2004)
2004 Nominated Director for: Mystic River (2003)
2004 Nominated Best picture for: Mystic River (2003)
1995 Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
1993 Won Oscar Best Director for: Unforgiven (1992)
1993 Won Oscar Best Picture for: Unforgiven (1992)
1993 Nominated Best Actor for: Unforgiven (1992)

Selected Movies:

• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
• Unforgiven (1992)
• Mystic River (2003)
• Million Dollar Baby (2004)
• For a Few Dollars More (1965)
• A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
• Dirty Harry (1971)
• The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)

Books:

Michael Munn -> Clint Eastwood: Hollywood's Loner (1992)
Boris Zmijewsky and Lee Pfeiffer -> The Films of Clint Eastwood (1993)
Richard Schickel -> Clint Eastwood (1996)