Shortly after the 1964 western For a Fistful of Dollars, Sergio Leone asked screenwriter Luciano Vincenzo to write a sequel. So it appears on the screens from next year and for a few more dollars.
The film features two rival hunters, “One Penguin” and Colonel Douglas Mortimer, who decide to team up to stop a brutal and insane bandit. Having just escaped from prison, he is about to rob a bank. But their motivations are not at all the same…
On screen, Gian Maria Volonte perfectly plays the role of the antagonist, who confronts the main duo created by Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef – who nevertheless left the cinema after a serious car accident.
Filmed on a relatively modest budget ($600,000), And for a few more dollars It collected 14 million copies in Italy, making it the number one Italian box office of 1965. The feature film grossed over $15 million in the United States, and over $4 million in France.
Thanks to this success, Sergio Leone completed his “Dollar Trilogy” in 1966 with “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”. Not content with launching Clint Eastwood’s career internationally, the filmmaker also revolutionized the Western genre, which was then in decline.
His Spaghetti Westerns transformed the Hollywood Western into gritty, realistic tales whose heroes are the worst crooks. He reinvented the film grammar of the genre by transforming the spectacular and sublime landscapes of the American West into haunting and unsettling landscapes.
Finally, The Dollar Trilogy also features iconic dialogues, anthology sequences, and Ennio Morricone’s original soundtrack, fitting so well with the story that it becomes a character in itself.
on AlloCine, And for a few more dollars Has an average viewer rating of 4.3/5.
And for a few more dollars By Sergio Leone with Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonte…
from the age of 10
Tonight on France 3 at 21:10.
Source: Allocine
Rose James is a Gossipify movie and series reviewer known for her in-depth analysis and unique perspective on the latest releases. With a background in film studies, she provides engaging and informative reviews, and keeps readers up to date with industry trends and emerging talents.
