And for some other dollar : a fruitful “association”
After showing up in For a handful of dollarsThe taciturn traveler incorporated by Clint Eastwood, decorated in a poncho and a cigar, returns And for some other dollar. Second part of the dollar trilogy which will be followed by the masterpiece The good, the brute and the ugly A year later, the 1965 film presents three characters who will be led to meet, combine their strengths and compete.
First of all, there is Colonel Douglas Mortimer (Lee Van Cleef), a formidable Bonuse hunter armed with the teeth that continues the contracts and hides a heavy secret. Then there is the trigger of Monco (Clint Eastwood), a vagabond that has no problems merge with the furniture and that knows how to perfectly smell the money. Finally, there is “The Indian” (Gian Maria Vanontè), a ruthless criminal who has just escaped from the prison who is preparing a break for the bank of El Paso, where the safer and more garnished safe in the south -west of the United States.
For several reasons, Mortimer and Monco embark on the “Indian” track. After testing himself, They decide to associate each other to give us more possibilities against the bandit And to his gang.
A complicated period for Lee Van Cleef
Violated, fun and benefiting from the unforgettable division of Ennio Morricone, And for a few dollars It is a more successful film of its predecessor. Report The first collaboration between Sergio Leone and Lee Van Cleefwhich therefore interprets the sergeant Sentinzo The good, the brute and the ugly. When the Italian director called him, the actor crossed a complicated period. His propensity for the bottle There is talk and the actor is satisfied with small roles in the soap opera, apart from an apparition in The man who killed Liberty avalanche.
When Sergio Leone comes to talk to him spontaneously to offer him a role in his western, Lee Van Cleef does not believe it. The time when films like it The law of the lawn, established of the accounts in OK Corral AND Blood in the desert There happened to us after being revealed by The train will whistle three times It appears far away.
A “completely drunk” and angry actor
DuringAn interview with Cenk KiralSpecialist in Sergio Leone, the consnarist ofAnd for some other dollar Luciano Vincenzoni tells the meeting between the director and the actor:
It was a rainy day in Los Angeles, which is very rare. (Sergio Leone) He wanted Robert Ryan for the role, but Ryan refused to play the colonel. So Sergio Leone was almost desperate. It was a Wednesday and the shooting should have started in Rome the following Monday. (…) He was in a bar to drink a coffee, sitting with Ottavio Oppo (the production manager, note of the editor), who spoke English. The door opened and a great man who transported a waterproof and a black hat entered, completely drunk. He went to see the bartender and asked him a bourbon.
Sergio Leone recognized Lee Van Cleef, who remembered having seen The train will whistle three times And in many American films. And he tried to talk to him. Lee Van Cleef was drunk and got angry with him. Over the past five years, he had just worked because he was an alcoholic. He thought Leone was making fun of him.
Which is absolutely not the case. After the arrival of his agent, Lee Van Cleef accepts the role of Colonel Mortimer. The recovery is very good, Luciano Vincenzoni Sale Describe the actor as a “angel”. The project completely relives his career. Subsequently, the actor continues the films, Saba ha New York 1997passing The race of the 7 mercenaries AND The Brutus, the foal and the karate.
Source: Cine Serie
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