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Is Sergio Leone-Clint Eastwood's Classic Movie A Fistful Of Dollars Getting A Remake? Here's What Report Says
Sergio Leone and Clint Eastwood's classic, A Fistful Of Dollars, is set for a movie remake from Euro Gang Entertainment.
A Fistful of Dollars, a classic Sergio Leone and Clint Eastwood film, is set for a movie remake. This remake will be produced by Euro Gang Entertainment, a company founded by Hollywood veterans Gianni Nunnari and Simon Horsman, Italian production vet Enzo Sisti, and the Rome-based Jolly Film. The movie tells the story of a wandering gunfighter who plays rival families in a town tangled by greed, pride, and revenge.
A Fistful of Dollars is getting a remake
A Fistful of Dollars, a 1964 Western film directed by Sergio Leone, stars Clint Eastwood as The Man with No Name, a gunfighter who pits two feuding small-town families against each other in a conflict-ridden area. The film's leading cast includes Gian Maria Volonte, Marianne Koch, Wolfgang Lukschy, and Sieghardt Rupp.
According to Deadline, the remake is in development and will be produced by Euro Gang Entertainment, Italian producer Enzo Sisti from FPC, and Rome-based Jolly Film. The plot and casting details are yet to be revealed.
Sisti spoke about his initial thoughts on the film, as did Euro Gang Entertainment co-founders Gianni Nunnari and Simon Horsman. He said, "I am delighted to partner with Gianni again having just worked with him on Those About to Die and with Simon on the remake of this classic film, which created a whole new sub-genre in film spawning over 500 European westerns."
A Fistful of Dollars spawned a trilogy, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, all of which are iconic moments in Eastwood's career. Remaking A Fistful of Dollars, particularly for its iconic nature, would be a challenging task. The trilogy marked a significant moment in Eastwood's career.
The movie was part of the spaghetti Western genre, a European film style that often subverted Hollywood Western tropes. The Fistful of Dollars trilogy, starring Leone as the genre's grandfather, is considered the cornerstone of the mid-'60s spaghetti Western era, despite cultural shifts since then.
A brief about A Fistful Of Dollars
The story follows when an unnamed stranger arrives at the little town of San Miguel, on the Mexico–United States border. Silvanito, the town's innkeeper, tells the Stranger about a feud between two smuggler families vying to gain control of the town: the Rojo brothers, and the family comprising the town sheriff, John Baxter, his matriarchal wife, Consuelo, and their son, Antonio.
To make money, the Stranger decides to play these families against each other. He demonstrates his deadliness to both sides by shooting four men with ease, including the three who insulted him as he entered the town. The Stranger witnesses the Rojos massacre a detachment of Mexican soldiers escorting a chest of gold and comes up with a plan.
He takes two of the dead bodies to a nearby cemetery and props them up to make them appear alive. He sells information to both factions, claiming two Mexican soldiers survived the attack. Each faction races to the cemetery, the Baxters to get the supposed survivors to testify against the Rojos, and the Rojos to silence them. They engage in a gunfight, with Ramón "killing" the supposed survivors and Esteban capturing Antonio Baxter.
The Stranger searches the Rojo hacienda for gold and accidentally knocks out Marisol, who is taken to the Baxters. They arrange to return her to the Rojos in exchange for Antonio. Marisol's son and husband approach her, and Ramón orders Rubio to kill her husband, Julio.
Silvanito and the Stranger deter Rubio, and Marisol is ordered to return to Ramón and her husband. Ramón accuses Julio of cheating and takes Marisol as collateral. Later, the Stranger kills the guards, frees Marisol, and wrecks her house to create an attack by the Baxters. He gives money to Marisol and urges her family to leave town.
The Rojos discover that the Stranger freed Marisol, but they capture and torture him. They set fire to the Baxter home, killing everyone, including women and children. With the help of local coffin maker Piripero, the Stranger escapes town and recuperates in an abandoned mine.
When Piripero informs him that Silvanito has been captured and tortured by the Rojos, he confronts them. With a steel chest plate hidden beneath his poncho, he taunts Ramón to "aim for the heart" and shoots Ramón's weapon, killing Don Miguel, Rubio, and other Rojo men. He uses the last shot to free Silvanito, who is hanging from a rope by his hands.
After challenging Ramón to reload his rifle faster than he can reload his revolver, the Stranger shoots and kills him. Esteban Rojo aims for the Stranger's back from a nearby building but is shot dead by Silvanito. The Stranger bids Silvanito and Piripero farewell and rides away from town.
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