Watch the 'Man With No Name' Trilogy on YouTube

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Watch the 'Man With No Name' Trilogy on YouTube

Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 1:01PM

Trilogies make for good conversation fodder. My preferred trio is the Bourne movies, because the first movie was really good and then the series got better and, inexplicably, even better in round three. That just doesn't happen that much. But you could argue Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, even The Godfather, on the strength of the first two movies.

Not to be overlooked is Sergio Leone's Man With No Name Trilogy, the Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns of the 1960s that were influential in moving the western out of its traditional forms to more complicated heroic figures (or are they heroic at all?) and giving it the kind of narrative and cinematic overhaul the genre desperately needed.

Between now and November 30th, MGM is providing A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly free on YouTube. You can't beat free, of course, and especially in the discussion of trilogies, it's tough to beat the combination of Leone and Eastwood.

A Fistful of Dollars

For a Few Dollars More

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

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This is why I can't wait for the 3rd Batman to see if it joins the best trilogy conversation...

Sunday, November 22, 2009 |

anybody

Sucks..im in the UK due to copyright we cant watch them!!!

Sunday, November 22, 2009 |

FishFish

FishFish, they're on Hulu and IMDb right now. Try there & see if you can watch them.

Friday, December 11, 2009 |

JWS

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