The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is a 1966 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood, renowned for its iconic music, stylized violence, and epic depiction of the American Civil War era.

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instanceOf Italian film
Spaghetti Western film
film
character Angel Eyes
Blondie
Tuco
cinematographer Tonino Delli Colli
composer Ennio Morricone
countryOfOrigin Italy
director Sergio Leone
distributor United Artists
editor Nino Baragli
filmingLocation Almería
Burgos
Spain
follows For a Few Dollars More (score)
surface form: For a Few Dollars More
genre Spaghetti Western
Western film
hasClimacticScene three-way duel at Sad Hill Cemetery
hasTheme greed
moral ambiguity
war and its futility
musicFeature use of electric guitar
vocalizations and gunshot effects in score
whistled main theme
notableFor epic depiction of the American Civil War
iconic musical score
stylized violence
originalLanguage Italian
partOf Dollars Trilogy
precedes none
producer Alberto Grimaldi
productionCompany Produzioni Europee Associate
recognizedAs classic of the Western genre
one of the greatest films of all time
releaseDate 1966-12-23
releaseYear 1966
runningTime approximately 161 minutes
screenwriter Agenore Incrocci
Furio Scarpelli
Luciano Vincenzoni
Sergio Leone
setInPeriod American Civil War
settingLocation southwestern United States
surface form: American Southwest

New Mexico Territory
starring Clint Eastwood
Eli Wallach
Lee Van Cleef
subgenre Revisionist Western

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Clint Eastwood notableWork The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Consequence notableWork The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
this entity surface form: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
Ennio Morricone notableWork The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
this entity surface form: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (score)
Sergio Leone notableWork The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
United Artists produced The Good, the Bad and the Ugly