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All tagged a fistful of dollars
My train to the Old West has returned to its station and therefore it is time to consider all the films screened in Gibelwho Production’s Western Marathon, including High Noon, The Searchers, Stagecoach, My Darling Clementine, Rio Bravo, A Fistful of Dollars, Winchester ‘73, and The Wild Bunch. Awards are given out for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting, Best Screenplay, Best Song/Score, Best Direction, and Best Picture.
Inevitably, there comes a time when tradition is subverted and a fresh voice throws convention out the window. For the Western genre, this came in the form of Spaghetti Westerns - Italian filmmakers who adopted the Western genre tropes in their own upstart style. A Fistful of Dollars (1964), directed by Sergio Leone and introducing Clint Eastwood in his first starring film role, was the first commercially successful Spaghetti Western and thrust Eastwood into star status.
