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One of Clint Eastwood’s famous “spaghetti Western” films, “A Fistful of Dollars,” is getting a remake thanks to the help of Hollywood and Italian veterans in the movie-making industry. In a statement from Hollywood veteran Gianni Nunnari (300) and Simon Horsman of Euro Gang Entertainment, alongside Italian production veteran Enzo Sisti (Ripley) of FPC, and Rome-based Jolly Film (which produced the original movie), they said they were thrilled at the prospect of remaking one of Sergio Leone and Eastwood’s classic films, Deadline noted. “I am delighted to partner with Gianni again having just worked with him on ‘Those About to...

Dating all the way back to the very birth of American cinema in the 1910s, the western genre was pioneered by national filmmakers like John Ford, Howard Hawks and Sam Peckinpah, releasing such respective classics as The Searchers, Rio Bravo and The Wild Bunch. Though, after decades of dominance, by the 1960s, the genre had become stiff, with the arrival of Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone shaking up generations of stuffy cowboy tales. Inspired by Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, Leone brought an iconic style to his Western trilogy that included A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and his...

Opening scene and gunfight from the Leone classic Once Upon a Time in the West.

Once Upon A Time In The West is a rare film. The movie is over 40 years old, was snubbed by critics (including Roger Ebert) and shunned by audiences on its release, but Sergio Leone's follow-up (but not sequel to) The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is now a staple of even commonplace stores in the Louisville area, like Wal-mart or Target. On IMDB.com's list of the 250 highest user-rated films, it places #20. And that's not just with the general public. Film critics now often cite this as one of the best motion pictures of all time. What...

5:30 pm A Fistful of Dollars An amoral gunman (Clint Eastwood) works both sides of a divided Western town. 8:00 pm For a Few Dollars More Two gunmen form an uneasy alliance to hunt down an outlaw. 11:00 pmThe Good, the Bad and the Ugly A drifter (Clint Eastwood), a bandit (Eli Wallach) and a bounty hunter (Lee Van Cleef) want gold.