1977: CLINT EASTWOOD and SERGIO LEONE talk WESTERNS | The Man With No Name | Movies | BBC Archive

"I really wanted James Coburn, but he was too expensive... we got Clint for $15,000."
Sergio Leone and Clint Eastwood are interviewed about working together on Leone's classic spaghetti western films of the 1960s, including A Fistful of Dollars and The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
Clint Eastwood: "My agent in Los Angeles called me up... and asked me if I would like to go to Europe and make an Italian-German-Spanish co-production of a remake of a Japanese film in the plains of Spain - and I said 'not particularly'."
"The script was in English, very strange English... a lot of the dialogue was a little bit on the shaky side. I liked it though and I felt that maybe a European approach would give the western a new flavour - because I thought it had been in a very stagnant period at that point."
Sergio Leone: "My films are basically silent films, the dialogue just adds some weight."
Clint Eastwood and Sergio Leone interviews with Iain Johnstone.
Clips taken from The Man With No Name: Clint Eastwood.
Originally broadcast 23 February, 1977.
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[@Zontar82]

the best western movies with the best soundtrack ever

[@43bikeguy]

What a great partnership that changed westerns. Eclectic doesn't do it justice but it worked so well.

[@kdizzle901]

His best film doesn’t even have Clint

[@sebastianalegria3401]

When A Fistful of Dollars by Leone was released, it meant the birth of two stars, who were Ennio Morricone and Clint Eastwood. It resulted in the famous Dollar trillogy, which ended with The Good, the bad and the ugly, which was my dad's favourite western film, who passed away a long time ago. Actually, he is the reason why I'm a huge fan of Western genre since I was a kid.

[@hilaryepstein6013]

For the sake of $15,000 Clint Eastwood became a film star!

[@kdizzle901]

The Good The Bad and The Ugly he was paid 250,000

[@Medjmedjbakhou]

15000 not 10000

[@Medjmedjbakhou]

​@@kdizzle901it was like millions today

[@hilaryepstein6013]

@@Medjmedjbakhou Yes, thank you. I've changed it.

[@TheDennys21]

$15,000 in 1964 is $148,425 today. Clint would have become a star either way but i guess he wouldn't be as big without Sergio. Those were very different times, movie stars today are like: i want 25 million or no deal!

[@sj460162]

Always good to see Clint off camera speaking honestly about his incredible career

[@johnlemon2916]

Sergio and Clint are only born a year apart but this video tells a different story.

[@dstfno]

It's the first time I've heard Clint's normal way of speaking. I've always thought that the grunting mumbling he does while in character was his real voice :)

[@user-nw5kn4jx7v]

Yes, the Deus Ex voice.

[@tonymontana4284]

This audio in this video is messed up.

[@robertcjonesesq8241]

My bridges tend to blow up 🤣😂🤣

[@abalrizqi]

I love this classic. Thanks to BBC

[@BoaJuve]

Sergio + clint Legend.

[@Sum_Ting_Wong]

Wow he was 47 years old here

[@infinitydreamzz]

He looks extremely good for that age

[@jasonayres]

Clint Eastwood. For a Few Thousand Dollars Less.

[@rojhasan548]

😂 the sequel "For a few dollars more" must've been aptly named for Clint Eastwood

[@nomiddlenamenmn427]

It looks like Clint is in beautiful Carmel-by-the-Sea. Great video about a masterpiece.

[@vhscopyofseinfeld]

Love that place. Had the luck of being stationed in Monterey.

[@onlyme219]

Wonderful movies, the success I believe is the dialog was minimal and the movies could be understood in any county

[@davedogge2280]

2:42 I went to that set in 2000 which was a theme park back then and it wasn't really authentic, it looked like the original set had been torn down and made into something from Blackpool Pleasure Beach. Also around the back it had a mini zoo with animals in depressingly small cages. The place is surrounded by a mini white sand desert also. It was weird, they even put on a cheesy cowboy show several times throughout the day.

[@stefank7144]

Sergio knew now to make westerns, its funny two best westerns of all time are directed by him...good bad ugly and once upon... and the music ohh my.. coudnt have been better..marriccone was genius

[@zackmorzey]

I want more of this

[@pressureworks]

Seems like there's alot more footage of both interviews ???

[@davedogge2280]

Clint Eastwood for $15,000 to do 'A Fist Full Of Dollars' ? You couldn't get a Warhammer 40K miniatures army for that amount ! Emperor's Inflation !

[@Rr0gu3_5uture]

Considering it was near the start of his career, and in 2023 money that's $147k. I'd say he was hardly paid peanuts.

[@davedogge2280]

@@Rr0gu3_5uture Emperor's Inflation !

[@AT-yg4nk]

Can’t think of another director that would attempt to make a “trilogy” in which none of the movies have anything to do with each other!?? I’ve always justified it in my head as “It’s the same people and locations, but in 3 separate universes and these are the events that happened.” It’s a bold move and is risky, but damn if he didn’t catch lighting in a bottle on this one! Turned out to be one of the greatest “trilogies” of all time!

[@thomascuriel7611]

Well, i think in "The Trilogy of Colours" of polish Krzysztof Kieslowski

[@Yungbeck]

I had no idea he wanted Coburn for the role! Thanks for the upload

[@joebloggs8636]

Actually,Eric Fleming the star of Rawhide in which Clint was his second in charge was wanted by Leone..the story true or not is Eric recommended Clint for the role.

[@tonymontana4284]

Charles Bronson wanted more money so they turned him down, Leone did work with Coburn and Bronson eventually.

[@presley007]

Is the full documentary available?

[@Panos-du9om]

🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

[@NoPrivateProperty]

he only had like three baby momma's during this interview. would go nuts second half of life

[@euclideszoto997]

Sergio eventually got Fonda and Coburn for other movies.

[@spankflaps1365]

Take a slug of this Captain, and keep your ears open…

[@garcia4717]

i guess coburn was a bigger star in 1964 than eastwood. worked out great for the trilogy.

[@mariaeloisapichiorri8749]

Ma quanto sei BONO!!!!!

[@antoniomontanaro50]

Calma signora

[@paulvon2378]

Eastwood much better than Jimmy Coburn.

[@gnulinux5108]

A quanto ne so, i quattrini per finanziare il film non sono stati sganciati solo dalla Germania, ma in misura equa tra quest'ultima, Italia e Spagna. Un film costato pochissimo ma che ha fatto record d'incassi in tutto il mondo. E il film, accidenti a voi! non è un remake di Jojimbo di Kurosawa essendosi quest'ultimo ispirato, a sua volta, ad un romanzo di Dashiell Hammett, _Red harvest_ . Leone, ha solo tratto spunto da quel film per farne un western alla maniera italiana. Con questo film a basso costo ha resuscitato il western, che già languiva da un po, e rinverdito, e ha creato un personaggio a dir poco mitico, come Clint Eastwood, che ai tempi era uno semisconosciuto attore americano impegnato in serie televisive di scarso successo in America.

[@lorenzodeluca9202]

Per la verità copiò il film di Kurosawa in diverse inquadrature e situazioni che nel racconto Red harvest non c'erano, infatti Kurosawa fece causa alla produzione e la vinse.

[@giuppolo6730]

@@lorenzodeluca9202 A Kurosawa non fregava nulla se Leone gli copiava il film, anzi era pure contento perchè lo riteneva un omaggio. A fare causa fu la Toho, e soltanto perchè i produttori europei avevano assicurato Leone di aver avvisato i giapponesi, quando invece non era vero.

[@lorenzodeluca9202]

@@giuppolo6730 secondo i produttori papi e colombo invece fu leone a copiare senza avvisarli. Ormai tutto è avvolto nella leggenda.

[@mickeyscott7479]

Eastwood is an American Treasure. It's too bad that modern Hollywood doesn't take note.

[@steveswangler6373]

take note of what? Clint Eastwood is a master movie maker and actor. just as many others are. Eastwood is an icon in movie making. his politics leave much to be desired. talking to an empty chair like Barack Obama wasn't doing the work? where are the right wing idiots that looked the other way when trump spent most of his time on his own golf courses, charging tax payers 3-4 times more than standard for the Secret Service to rent carts or hotel rooms?

[@mickeyscott7479]

@@steveswangler6373 weak talking points. You tried.

[@leostawicki7283]

He really wanted Charles Bronson and Henry Fonda...

[@mariaeloisapichiorri8749]

Cosa rispondere al suo commento.....??? Lei è proprio piccolo......!!!!

[@zaftra]

odd voice he has

[@joebloggs8636]

You are a Simpleton

[@pressureworks]

Seems like there's alot more footage of both interviews ???

[@sprint955st]

I want to see the rest too. Talking about the bridge there is a scant reference to ‘a subsequent film’ er you mean The Good, The Bad and The Ugly?!?! If only they knew then what we know now.

[@paulvon2378]

a lot more