THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY

“An improbable masterpiece — a bizarre mixture of grandly operatic visuals, grim brutality, and sordid violence that keeps wrenching you from one extreme to the other.” —Chicago Tribune “One gets the sense that [Leone] felt he had to burn the western to the ground first in order to build something new and spectacular.” —Film Comment Sergio Leone brought grand opera and western adventure together with a tough, cynical, noir-inspired view of the old West. In this, his most perfect statement, he has the benefit of a perfect cast. Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and (UT grad) Eli Wallach. Ennio Morricone provides the epochal musical score.