One of the best film trilogies
These are classic films and the DVD set is a fantastic buy. The movies on offer are brilliant entertainment and great examples of westerns. This is a brilliantly enjoyable collection of films and well worth owning.

eastwoods finest hours
what can i say the best trilogy ever!
the best acting ever!
the best directing ever!
the best film music score ever!
the list is endless seriously though i own hundreds of dvds and if someone asked me which was my favourate, this triolgy would win hands down.
in the past 20 years people have talked about how great the back to the future trilogy was and the star wars trilogy, jurassic park trilogy, lord of the rings trilogy etc but in modern day cinema not alot of the old classics get mentioned.
before eastwood came along westerns always had ratings so kids could watch them with there parents until a fistful of dollers came along sending shock waves throughout the world of cinema in the 1960s with an adult rating, showing the true grit of a typical cowboy neither good or bad.
eastwood acts as a bounty hunter with no name in all three films setting out the role in which he was born to play, if your a fan of westerns then you should already own this trilogy, if your new to westerns then this is a great start, to me alot of old films are tiresome and boring but you always get the odd one which is timeless and never gets old like these three classics.

Amongst The Best Films Ever Made
I'm just wondering as to how much detail I should provide about these classic films, because chances are that anyone looking to purchase this box set will have already seen them in their original format. The films speak for themselves, and so you'll just have to watch them to appreciate them, because frankly, no review can epitomize the quintessential quality of film-making within this trilogy. I've read elsewhere that some people thought the restoration process desecrated the quality and enjoyment of the originals. I own both the original and remastered sets, and I think that they did a good job revamping the picture, sound, and implementing the new footage and voice overs. Ultimately, the new footage corrects a couple of continuity problems endemic to the original versions, particularly for The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly. Well worth buying, you shan't be disappointed.

Leone made a second trilogy.
The second trilogy also had an almost silent, nicknamed, Eastwood like character:
1) Once Upon a Time in the West, Charles Bronson, with Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, Claudia Cardinale. Set in the middle 1880's, usually considered Leone's best.
2) Once Upon a Time the Revolution (C'era una volta la rivoluzione)(but released as A Fistful of Dynamite, and alternately as Duck,You Sucker!) Charles Bronson with Rod Steiger. 1910's-1920's. A real favorite of mine, very political movie.
3) Once Upon a Time in America, Robert Di Niro with James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Tuesday Weld. 1910's-1940's. A masterpiece gangster film.

just fab!
I recieved this box set for christmas - its brilliant! Even the extra bits are interesting - especially the 'then & now' photos.

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