For a Few Dollars More [Blu-ray]

Director: Sergio Leone

Overview

This pulse-pounding follow-up to Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars brings back Clint Eastwood as the serape-clad, cigar-chewing "Man With No Name." Engaged in an ongoing battle with bounty hunter Col. Douglas Mortimer (Lee Van Cleef), the Man joins forces with his enemy to capture homicidal bandit Indio (Gian Maria Volont?). Both the Eastwood and Van Cleef characters are given understandable motivations for their bloodletting tendencies, something that was lacking in A Fistful of Dollars. In both films, however, the violence is raw and uninhibited -- and in many ways, curiously poetic. Leone's tense, tight close-ups, pregnant pauses, and significant silences have since been absorbed into the standard spaghetti Western lexicon; likewise, Ennio Morricone's haunting musical score has been endlessly imitated and parodied. For a Few Dollars More was originally titled Per Qualche Dollaro in Pi?; it would be followed by the last and best of the Man with No Name trilogy, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/02/2011
UPC:	0883904236443
Original Release:	1965
Rating:	R
Source:	Mgm (Video & Dvd)
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:12:00
Sales rank:	17,525

Special Features

The Christopher Frayling Archives: For a Few Dollars More; Feature commentary by noted film historian Sir Christopher Frayling; A new standard - Frayling on For a Few Dollars More; Back for More - Clint Eastwood remembers For a Few Dollars More; Tre Voci: For a Few Dollars More; For a Few Dollars More - A look at alternate scenes and releases; Location comparisons; 12 radio spots; Original theatrical trailers

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Clint Eastwood	The Man With No Name
Lee Van Cleef	Col. Douglas Mortimer
Mario Brega	Indio's Gang
Luigi Pistilli	Indio's Gang
Klaus Kinski	Hunchback
Jose Egger	Old Man,The Old Man
Rosemarie Dexter	Sister,Mortimer's Sister
Mara Krup	Hotel Manager's Wife
Aldo Sambrell	Indio's Gang
Benito Stefanelli	Indio's Gang
Sergio Leone	Actor
Roberto Camardiel	Actor
Luis F. Rodriguez	Actor
Panos Papadopoulos	Actor
Diana Rabito	Actor
Giovanni Tarallo	Actor
Mario Meniconi	Actor
Lorenzo Robledo	Actor
Werner Abrolat	Actor
Gian Maria Volont?	El Indio,Indio
Joseph Scheidegger	Actor
Tom?s Blanco	Actor
Dante Maggio	Carpenter in cell with El Indio
Rom?n Ariznavarreta	Half-Shaved Bounty Hunter
Joseph Bradley	El Paso Tavern Keeper
Jos? Canalejas	Chico, Member of Indio's Gang
Mara Krupp	Mary - Hotel Manager's Beautiful Wife
Jes?s Guzm?n	Carpetbagger on Train
Jos? Marco	'Baby' Red Cavanaugh
Antonio Molino Rojo	Frisco, Member of Indio's Gang
Nazzareno Natale	Paco Member of Indio's Gang
Aldo Ricci	Actor
Enrique Santiago	Miguel, Member of Indio's Gang
Sergio Mendiz?bal	Actor
Kurt Zips	Actor
Gian Maria Volonte	Actor
Ennio Morricone	Composer

Technical Credits

Sergio Leone

Fulvio Morsella

Luciano Vincenzoni

Sergio Leone	Screenwriter
Fulvio Morsella	Screenwriter
Luciano Vincenzoni	Screenwriter
Alberto Grimaldi	Producer
Alfredo Fraile	Producer
Giovanni Corridori	Special Effects

Editorial Reviews

Produced between 1964 and 1966, the films in director Sergio Leone's Man with No Name trilogy -- A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly -- were not released in America until 1967. The rapid succession of releases belied Leone's significant growth between each installment. Though A Fistful of Dollars was skillful and original, the production values were notoriously cheap and the characters were not fully realized. For a Few Dollars More improves on just about every aspect of the previous film, honing the mythic quality of the players. Leone elevates his style to another level; his operatic vision is in full flower here. Though clearly performing in the same minimalist style, Clint Eastwood significantly masters the subtleties of his gritty, nihilistic character. Watch for famed German actor Klaus Kinski as the hunchback who has a match struck on his neck by Lee Van Cleef.