Fist Full of Dollars (Review)

The hugely influential A Fistful of Dollars launched the careers of star Clint Eastwood, director Sergio Leone, and composer Ennio Morricone. Essentially a remake of Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo, the film was one of the first low-budget, Italian-made "spaghetti westerns" to reap a significant amount of money and develop a cult following in the U.S. marketplace. Though John Ford's 1956 film The Searchers marked the of end the traditional western, Leone's "Man with No Name" trilogy ushered in a new, highly stylized version of the genre, revitalizing it in the late 1960s. Dollars and its companions, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, are raw portrayals of suffering and violence which blur the lines of good-versus-bad. Eastwood's cold, squinting, anti-hero is at the heart of the new amorality; it would be a role that would influence the rest of his career. For Leone, the trilogy would be a training ground for his masterpiece, the big-budgeted Once Upon a Time in the West. Morricone went on to become one of the most prolific, instantly recognizable composers in movie history. ~ Brendon Hanley, All Movie Guide

A Fist Full Of Dollars Beatsheet

1. Opening Image: A man arrives at a Mexican Border.

2. Theme Stated: All about money and Greed

3. Set-up: So they showed the money and made them want it

4. Catalyst: So then they made him mad and made him want the money even more.

5. Debate: So both gangs wanted the money and that's how the conflict started.

6. Break into: Was that they had the shoot out and they had to see who gets the money

7. B Story: Is when the child wants to get back to his mother.

8. Fun and Games: So they have a fast paste fight that kind of solves the problem.

9. Midpoint: The guys are constantly fighting and going on.

10. Bad Guys Close In: Is when they find out which one is going to get the movie for sure.

11. All Is Lost: Is when the gangs know that they have lost the fight and the money goes to (NO Name)

12. Dark Night of the Soul: So then the gang comes back and tries to get the money once again.

13. Break into: So then everyone started to get alone.

14. Finale: Is when he has on a metal plate that kepps him from getting shot.

15. Final Image: He left on a donkey.

Rio Bravo

Beat Sheet

PROJECT TITLE: Rio Bravo
GENRE: Action/Western

1. Opening Image (1): A drunk enters a saloon

2. Theme Stated (5): The drunk wants something to drink

3. Set-up (1-10): Joe sees dude eyeing his glass

4. Catalyst (12): He throws a silver dollar into a cup to mock him.

5. Debate (12-25): They started fighting

6. Break into 2 (25) The sheriff stops the fight.

7. B Story (30): Burdette shoots the guy in the stomach

8. Fun and Games (30-55): The sheriff walks into a saloon

9. Midpoint (55): The sheriff arrests Burdette for the murder of the person he shot

10. Bad Guys Close In (55-75): Dude shoot the gun out of Burdette's hand

11. All Is Lost (75): Chance knocks out Burdette with a rifle

12. Dark Night of the Soul (75-85):

13. Break into 3 (85): The rancher's men break try to break into the place to help Burdette escape

14. Finale (85-110): They all have a shootout

15. Final Image (110): They capture everybody.



Review: For anybody that likes action movies with a western setting mixed with action, violence, shocking things, and John Wyane then you should check this movie out. It's about a guy named Burdette who gets arrested b a sheriff for committing a murder in the saloon. The ranchers men try to help save and rescue him but before they try to they end up in a shootout with the guards of the building. I'm not really into these kind of movies but from what I watched it was actually alright.