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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.
As children, Leone and composer Ennio Morricone were classmates
January 3, 1929
April 30, 1989
As the son of a film-industry pioneer, Leone entered Italian films at 18 and worked for years as an assistant to Italian directors as well as American directors.
Towards the end of the 1950s he started writing screenplays, and began directing after taking over The Last Days of Pompeii (1959) in mid-shoot after its original director fell ill. He chose The Colossus of Rhodes (1961) for his directing debut.
In 1964 Ennio single-handedly invented the "spaghetti Western" with A Fistful of Dollars his remake of Yojimbo starring Clint Eastwood. His next two films - For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - completed "The Dollars Trilogy", with each film being more financially successful than its predecessor. All three films featured remarkable scores by the Italian composer Ennio Morricone.
Finally, Leone in 1984 created his last masterpiece, Once Upon a Time in America. The film is nearly four hours long, and was badly butchered for American release.
Christopher Frayling -> Sergio Leone: Something to Do With Death
Michael Carlson -> Sergio Leone (2001)
Oreste De Fornari and Charles Nopar -> Sergio Leone: The Great Italian Dream of Legendary America (1997)
Robert Cumbow -> Once Upon a Time (1991)
