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Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Il Buono, il brutto, il cattivo

Sergio Leone


  • Country: Italy/Spain/West Germany
  • Year: 1966
  • Language: Italian
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  • Runtime: 180 min.

Propelled by Ennio Morricone's iconic whistle and wah-wah score, Sergio Leone's legendary "spaghetti western" quickly apportions its titular trio: the Good (Clint Eastwood), a cheroot-smoking gunfighter with no name; the Bad (Lee Van Cleef), a cold-blooded bounty hunter incongruously named Angel Eyes; and the Ugly (Eli Wallach), a chicken-chawing Mexican bandito with a lust for life (and death), battling both each other and the Union and Confederate armies in their search for a treasure buried in a graveyard.

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screening times

    • Sunday November 14
    • 12:30:00 PM
    • Tiff Bell LightBox 3

Note: indicates Premium Screening.

official description

Propelled by Ennio Morricone's iconic whistle and wah-wah score, Sergio Leone's legendary "spaghetti western" quickly apportions its titular trio: the Good (Clint Eastwood), a cheroot-smoking gunfighter with no name; the Bad (Lee Van Cleef), a cold-blooded bounty hunter incongruously named Angel Eyes; and the Ugly (Eli Wallach), a chicken-chawing Mexican bandito with a lust for life (and death), battling both each other and the Union and Confederate armies in their search for a treasure buried in a graveyard. Telescoping from vast vista to intense close-up in the bat of an eye and turning the de rigueur gunfights into operatic, minutely choreographed montages of eyes, hatbrims and twitching trigger fingers, Leone slyly revamped the western genre with hyperbolic violence and wildly flamboyant style, influencing generations of directors from Hollywood to Hong Kong, from Tarantino to Johnnie To.

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