The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Name: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Genre: Western
Released: 1966
Duration: 161 min
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef, Aldo Giuffrè, Luigi Pistilli

1966 · Movie · 161 min

Western

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Scored entertainment-first on WhatSphere's content-balance model 2

Its director stated on the record that "the cowboy picture has got lost in psychology, The West was made by violent uncomplicated men, and it is this strength and simplicity that I try to recapture i…" 1. Taken together, the content-balance model places it entertainment-first at 3 of 100 2. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers above the baseline for White and below it for Black and Hispanic 3.

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Creator statementdirector: "The cowboy picture has got lost in psychology. The West was made by violent uncomplicated men, and it is this strength and simplicity that I try to recapture in my pictures."IMDb Quotes – Sergio Leone source ↗
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Content balanceAdvocacy 3 of 100, tier entertainment-first.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1
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RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: White 96, Black 26, Hispanic 28.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1

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Synopsis

While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.