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Spaghetti Western fans who are looking for something new for them may want to consider the 1972 western/comedy film Man of the East. The movie, directed by Italian filmmaker Enzo Barboni, is now streaming on Prime Video.

The film fits perfectly into the definition of a Spaghetti Western, a genre of low-budget Westerns by European directors mainly produced in Italy in the 1960s and 1970s.Man of The East features Terence Hill as a young Englishman named Sir Thomas Fitzpatrick Philip Moore, who is sent to the American West to become a man - the dying wish of his late father. Three friends of Tom’s father are tasked with helping him find himself, but find that it is more difficult than they thought.

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A Fistful of Dollars remake may pave the way for more remakes of Eastwood's iconic Dollars trilogy, but The Good, The Bad and the Ugly must be left alone. While remaking A Fistful of Dollars may be risky, the film was itself a remake of Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly is one of the best Westerns ever made, and a remake is destined to fare poorly in comparison.

The upcoming remake of Clint Eastwood's A Fistful of Dollars is already generating controversy, but things could turn even uglier if it leads to another big redo. Eastwood is one of the last major stars to make his name with Westerns. Clint Eastwood Westerns were darker and more cynical than those produced during Hollywood's "Golden Era." Eastwood's anti-heroes had no trouble shooting people in the back or acting in dishonorable ways. The star made...

Fans are already petitioning for Scott Eastwood to fill his father's iconic role in the upcoming A Fistful of Dollars remake. Hollywood nepotism may actually benefit the remake project by casting Scott Eastwood in the lead role made famous by Clint. Scott Eastwood, with a solid acting resume and a lineage in Hollywood, seems like the perfect candidate for the role of The Man With No Name.

The announcement that Clint Eastwood movie A Fistful of Dollars is being remade has met with the usual wall of incredulity and scorn from social media, but in amongst the outrage, some fans have already moved on to petition for one particular person to be cast in the role of The Man With No Name. While the new iteration of the Spaghetti Western that spawned the genre is still in early development, and no casting decisions are on the horizon, the name that...

Euro Gang Entertainment is taking on the challenge of remaking Clint Eastwood's classic A Fistful of Dollars. The new movie is in early stages of development, so little is currently known about the film. While remakes can be controversial, even classics like A Fistful of Dollars may find success with a modern twist.

One of Clint Eastwoods best-known Westerns is getting a surprising remake. While it is hard to imagine anyone touching any of Eastwoods genre-defining movies, Euro Gang Entertainment is developing a new take on A Fistful of Dollars, the first in the classic Dollars trilogy that also featured For a Few Dollars More, and, of course, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

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Clint Eastwood's Western stardom started with the Man with No Name in the Dollars Trilogy. Leone's trilogy of films ascends in achievement and excitement, culminating in a grand masterpiece. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly solidified Eastwood's Man with No Name as a legendary screen hero.

While Clint Eastwood achieved success on the Western television series Rawhide, which aired on CBS for eight seasons between 1959 and 1965, he gained international film stardom in Europe as the Man with No Name in Sergio Leones Dollars Trilogy Spaghetti Western film series. Leone never intended for the first installment, A Fistful of Dollars, to be the beginning of a trilogy. The films American distributor, United Artists, saw commercial potential in releasing A Fistful of Dollars and the next two installments, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, as a trilogy and invented the Man...

Guest reviewer Lee Broughton is back with an in-depth look at Sergio Corbucci’s grand ‘Zapata’ Spaghetti Western. Set in post-1900 Mexico, Tony Musante’s rebellious peon wants to be a hero of the revolution but he primarily robs the rich in order to pay the extortionate wages that are demanded by Franco Nero’s interloping Polish mercenary-cum-military advisor. The resultant political allegory is played out on an almost epic scale and is suitably enlivened by the presence of a villainous Jack Palance, a plethora of large scale action scenes, an imaginatively used period car and biplane and a rousing soundtrack score by Ennio Morricone and Bruno Nicolai.

The Mercenary (Il mercenario)

Region B Blu-ray

88 Films The Italian Collection

1968 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 106 min. / A Professional Gun, Il mercenario / Street Date, 8 Jan 2018 / £15.99

Starring: Franco Nero, Tony Musante, Jack Palance, Giovanna Ralli, Franco Giacobini, Eduardo Fajardo, Franco Ressel, Raf Baldassarre, Tito Garcia.

With the release of The Dark Knight Rises and the completion of the Dark Knight Trilogy it had me thinking of where it falls when compared to other classic trilogies. Trilogies used to be reserved for a select few, but now everything has a trilogy. I mean Step Up had a trilogy…until they made another movie and now it’s a quadrilogy. To be fair there is a lot of plot in that series so four movies were absolutely necessary. In fact I’m quite surprised Step Up Revolutions wasn’t split up into two parts. That’s not to say that there aren’t any great ones out there, because there are quite a few and I hope to point out some of those today. I created a list of what I think are the best trilogies ever made. I considered a few things when making this list.

December is Tarantino Month here at Sos, and in the week leading up our January month-long theme of westerns, I thought it would be best to whip up an article spotlighting some films that influenced Tarantino’s long awaited take on the western, Django Unchained. For my money, all of the films listed below are essential viewing for fans of Django Unchained. I’ll be diving deeper into these films come January, but in the meantime, this should hopefully whet your appetite. Enjoy!

Note: This is the second of a three part article.

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The Mercenary (Il Mercenario) (A Professional Gun)

Directed by Sergio Corbucci

Written by Giorgio Arlorio and Adriano Bolzoni

1968, Italy / Spain

Second only to Leone, Sergio Corbucci is the best when it comes to making spaghetti westerns. The man would never take a break, directing Django, The Great Silence, Navajo Joe and The Mercenary within a span of two years.