The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1966, R, 176 min.
Directed by Sergio Leone, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Eli Wallach.

This is the quintessential spaghetti western and also concludes Leone’s great trilogy, which began with Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More. Long, funny, and featuring one of Ennio Morricone’s greatest scores, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is a sheer pleasure to watch. This restored version includes 15 minutes of previously unseen footage and a Dolby Digital soundtrack.

This article appears in August 25 • 2000.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.