До начала просмотра совершенно не имела понятия, что эти три фильма связаны - не сюжетом, а тем что в истории кино это известно как "The Dollars Trilogy".
А также спагетти вестерн подаривший известность жанру, который на тот момент уже имел определенное количество фильмов.

Мы с братом посмотрели сначала второй фильм, потом я прочитала обо всем этом и следом мы посмотрели третий, и вот сейчас первый.
Честно говоря, по сравнению с двумя следующими частями, этот фильм меня ни разу не впечатлил.



This has been described as the first "spaghetti western", but when this film was made, there had already been about 25 such westerns produced in Italy.
This was, however, the first to receive a major international release.

Filmed in 1964, but not released in the US until 1967.

читать дальшеClint Eastwood helped in creating his character's distinctive visual style.
He bought the black jeans from a sport shop on Hollywood Boulevard, the hat came from a Santa Monica wardrobe firm and the trademark black cigars came from a Beverly Hills store.
Eastwood himself cut the cigars into three pieces to make them shorter. Eastwood himself is a non-smoker.

Clint Eastwood's trademark squint was caused by the combination of the sun and high-wattage arc lamps on the set.

After considering Henry Fonda, director Sergio Leone offered the role of the Man With No Name to James Coburn, who proved too expensive.
Charles Bronson then turned it down after describing it as the "worst sсript I have ever seen".
Third choice Richard Harrison also declined the role but pointed Leone in the direction of Rawhide (1959).
Leone then offered the part to "Rawhide" star Eric Fleming, who turned it down but suggested his co-star Clint Eastwood for the part. The rest, as they say, is history.

Because this was an Italian/West German/Spanish co-production, there was a significant language barrier on the set.
Clint Eastwood communicated with Sergio Leone and the Italian crew mostly through stuntman Benito Stefanelli, who also acted as an unofficial interpreter for the production.

Clint Eastwood's contract for Rawhide (1959) prohibited him from making movies in the United States while on break from the series.
However, the contract did allow him to accept movie assignments in Europe.

Gian Maria Volonté reportedly did not get along with Sergio Leone, who found Volonté's theatrical acting style and arrogant on-set manner tiresome.
Volonté tried to become friendly with Clint Eastwood, but the language barrier and political differences
(Eastwood was a conservative Republican, while Volonté was a committed leftist) prevented their striking up a rapport.

This was the first time that Sergio Leone and composer Ennio Morricone worked together.
Initially Leone was not keen on using Morricone for this film. Lacerenza's initial trumpet performance of the score made Leone quickly set aside any reservations.
Leone and Morricone, who had known each other since 3rd grade, would develop a close working relationship that would last through all of Leone's future films.

A remake of Yôjinbô (1961), which itself was based on the as yet unadapted 1929 novel "Red Harvest" by Dashiell Hammett.
In fact, the film's US release was delayed when "Yojimbo" screenwriters Akira Kurosawa and Ryûzô Kikushima sued the filmmakers for breach of copyright.
Kurosawa and Kikushima won, and as a result received 15% of the film's worldwide gross and exclusive distribution rights for Japan,
Taiwan and South Korea. Kurosawa said later he made more money off of this project than he did on Yôjinbô (1961).