A quick heads-up for Sergio Leone and Clint Eastwood fans. All three of their "Man with No Name" westerns are now up on Hulu for free viewing. Hulu is only going to have these movies up until the end of November, so don't waste time, pilgrim. You can watch all three films right here.
A Fistful of Dollars originally followed the trend of remaking Akira Kurosawa's samurai films as westerns. I say trend, but really there was only, what, The Magnificent Seven? Fistful uses the plot of Kurosawa's Yojimbo as its premise, then reshapes it into Leone's own signature style. Then came the pseudo-sequel, For a Few Dollars More. Leone never meant for the three films to be a trilogy, but it just turned out that way due to Eastwood's same look and acting style in all three. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly is a prequel of sorts, since it takes place during the Civil War and Eastwood has yet to acquire the famous poncho at the beginning of the film. I always flip-flop between this and Once Upon a Time in the West as my favorite Leone (or favorite western, really).
A Fistful of Dollars
A stranger in San Miguel becomes involved in a vendetta between two families. Playing one family against the other, he rescues a beautiful woman from captivity.
For a Few Dollars More
Clint Eastwood is the 'Man With No Name,' who teams up with equally lethal Lee Van Cleef in pursuit of a sadistic killer and his band of desperadoes in this non-stop action classic.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Clint Eastwood portrays the invincible 'Man With No Name' in a lethal pursuit of $200,000 in Confederate money. Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach also star in this renowned western.
