The Clint Eastwood Star Collection (Fistful of Dollars / For A Few Dollars More / The Good, The Bad and The Ugly / Hang 'em High) |  | Actors: Clint Eastwood, Wolfgang Lukschy
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Sales Rank: 1527
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 4
Running Time: 507 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.8
MPN: 115523
UPC: 883904155232
EAN: 0883904155232
ASIN: B002M9WW3A
Release Date: November 3, 2009
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Studio: Tcfhe/mgm Release Date: 11/03/2009 Run time: 721 minutes
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My husband enjoyed these February 1, 2010
Diana Burlew (Lowman , NY)
I got my husband the Dirty Harry set for Christmas then he wanted Clint Eastwood's westerns so these were perfect.
 The Clint Eastwood Star Collection DVD Review January 16, 2010
Manny M. Agah
The three Spaghetti Westerns in this collection don't need additional reviews, since most folks are familiar with them. Hang'em High is just OK and nothing special. Please note that the cover of the box set states that the running time for The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is 161 minutes; however, this is not true. The actual running time of this film on this DVD set is 180 minutes, which apparently is the restored version of the original film. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly in this set is a 2.35:1 widescreen with excellent picture and sound quality and enhanced for the widescreen TVs. For a Few Dollars More is also a 2.35:1 widescreen, but it is not enhanced for widescreen TVs.
An affordable set for casual Eastwood fans January 1, 2010
Jimmy L. (USA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
The 4-movie "Clint Eastwood Collection" is a nice DVD set for the casual Eastwood fan or the Eastwood novice. Three of the four films are Sergio Leone's acclaimed "Dollars Trilogy" or "Man With No Name Trilogy". These Italian-produced films include A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS (1964), FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (1965), and THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (1966), all starring Clint Eastwood as a cigar-chomping wayward gunslinger. The fourth film in this set is HANG 'EM HIGH (1968).
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About the DVDs:
The movies are packaged in a normal (clear) plastic keepcase, which is slipped into a cardboard box. The case holds all 4 discs (one for each film) on two double-sided hinged trays. A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS shares a tray with FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE, and the other two films share the second tray, one disc on each side.
The discs themselves offer little else except the movies. Other than theatrical trailers, the only bonus feature in the set is an audio commentary for THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY.
A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS (1964) and HANG 'EM HIGH (1968) come on double-sided discs, with the widescreen presentation on one side and the cropped fullscreen version on the other. The other two movies come on single-sided discs (widescreen format), with a picture on the top side.
I've done research and found out that THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY is the new 178-minute version, featuring a few restored original scenes that were missing from English-language versions of the film and had to be dubbed in 2003 by the older actors. Although the box gives the running time of 161 minutes, the DVD version IS the 178-minute "restored" version.
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About the films:
Leone's "Dollars Trilogy" is pretty popular. Some of the classic "spaghetti westerns" of the 1960s, filmed without sound by Italian production companies and then dubbed in various languages for international release. The movies in the trilogy get bigger and better each time.
FISTFUL OF DOLLARS has Eastwood as a mysterious poncho-wearing traveler who plays two rival families against each other in a small southwestern town.
FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE has a poncho-clad Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef as mysterious bounty killers after the same man, a ruthless bandit who's escaped from prison.
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY, currently ranked #4 on IMdB's Top 250, follows three men (Eastwood, Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach) through the southwest during the Civil War in their search for buried gold.
The movies are gritty and violent and full of expert gunslinging and epic showdowns. But they're also entertaining watches. (UGLY, in particular, is full of dark humor.) And the films include memorable scenes and feature Ennio Morricone's iconic music.
I have not seen HANG 'EM HIGH (yet), but I understand that it is an American production and another one of Eastwood's classic westerns.
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Conclusion:
"The Clint Eastwood Collection" contains four of Eastwood's classic westerns, most notably the entire "Dollars Trilogy", and should make a nice gift for the casual Eastwood fan or the Eastwood beginner. But the DVDs don't offer anything special. I know each of the Leone movies has its own 2-disc DVD featuring audio commentaries and a second disc of bonus documentaries and featurettes. A true Eastwood collector might prefer the 2-disc DVDs, offered separately. But for someone on a budget, this affordable set contains four movies for the price (and space) of one. It's a pretty good set, as long as you understand what you're getting.
 Clint Eastwood, in the Beginning December 24, 2009
L. Cabos (planet earth)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
The films that launched a screen icon, Clint Eastwood. The Dollars Trilogy and HANG 'EM HIGH -- his first film on return to America. Of the Leone films FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE remains my favorite. The first pairing of Eastwood as the mysterious "Manko" and Van Cleef as Col. Mortimer has a wonderful chemistry -- Mortimer taking an almost father interest in his fellow "bounty killer". In HANG 'EM HIGH Clint plays a man wrongfully hung for horse threat and left for dead. Big mistake: "Next time you hang a man make sure you finish the job." It's producer would go on to launch HAWAII 5-O and directed by tv vet (and with Eastwood on RAWHIDE) Ted Post ( BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES & MAGNUM FORCE).
An inexpensive way to see these films August 29, 2009
calvinnme (Fredericksburg, Va)
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
This set includes the following films:
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Hang 'Em High (1968)
The first three in the list are Eastwood's Sergio Leone Trilogy and come in two disc editions if you are up for something higher priced in The Sergio Leone Anthology (A Fistful Of Dollars / For A Few Dollars More / The Good, The Bad And The Ugly / Duck, You Sucker), and in single disc editions in The Man with No Name Trilogy (A Fistful of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly).
Hang 'Em High is the film Eastwood did after the Sergio Leone films made him famous. He is a man who is hung for a theft he did not commit and who is rescued from death by a passing sheriff. Most of the remainder of the film is Eastwood's strong silent type tracking down the men who did him wrong. It is a good film, but not as strong as the Sergio Leone Trilogy, so you may or may not think this set is a good bargain.
Since all of these films have been released before, that is probably the reason for the low price and for the fact that the films are on four discs instead of just two. This is the all too familiar boxset created by a repackaging of stock in these slim economic times that have become even slimmer for classic film releases.
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