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Bice Valerian (mother) Sergio Leone (Italian: [ˈsɛrdʒo leˈoːne]; 3 January 1929 – 30 April 1989) was an Italian filmmaker, credited as the pioneer of the spaghetti Western genre. [1][2] He is widely regarded as one of the most influential directors in the history of cinema. [3][4][5][6] Leone's film-making style includes juxtaposing ...
The spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone 's filmmaking style and international box-office success. [1] The term was used by foreign critics because most of these Westerns were produced and directed by Italians. [2]
Spaghetti. Spaghetti (Italian: [spaˈɡetti]) is a long, thin, solid, cylindrical pasta. [1] It is a staple food of traditional Italian cuisine. [2] Like other pasta, spaghetti is made of milled wheat, water, and sometimes enriched with vitamins and minerals. Italian spaghetti is typically made from durum -wheat semolina. [3]
Canned spaghetti—short lengths in tomato sauce—was available long before rings were introduced. [4] Ring-shaped canned pasta was introduced in 1965 by the Campbell Soup Company under the Franco-American brand, by marketing manager Donald Goerke, nicknamed "the Daddy-O of SpaghettiOs", [5] as a pasta dish that could be eaten without mess.
This list of spaghetti Westerns includes Western films, primarily produced and directed by Italian production companies between 1913 and 1978. For a list of non-Italian produced European Westerns, see the list of Euro-Western films. In the 1960s, the spaghetti Western genre grew in popularity. Films, particularly those of the influential ...
Box office. $38.9 million. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Italian: Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo, literally " The good, the ugly, the bad ") is a 1966 Italian epic spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood as "the Good", Lee Van Cleef as "the Bad", and Eli Wallach as "the Ugly". [ 9 ]
Dollars Trilogy. The Dollars Trilogy (Italian: Trilogia del dollaro), also known as the Man with No Name Trilogy (Italian: Trilogia dell'Uomo senza nome), is an Italian film series consisting of three Spaghetti Western films directed by Sergio Leone. The films are titled A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965) and The Good ...
They've made viewers laugh, cry, and jump from their seats in fright. ... As an actor, Eastwood's tough-guy appeal first dazzled audiences in spaghetti Westerns in the 1960s and then with his ...