My Name Is Nobody
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Movie Reviews of My Name Is Nobody
Movie Review: VERY ENTERTAINING FILM
Summary: 5 Stars
While a couple of other films that Sergio Leone was involved with - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and Once Upon A Time In The West - are, in my opinion not just cinematic masterpieces in the western genre, but brilliant in any genre, this film is just very, very entertaining.
Clearly, screen legend Henry Fonda enjoyed his film experience on Once Upon A Time In The West so much that he elected to make another film that Leone was involved with.
In the movie, Fonda plays aging gunfighter lawman / legend Jack Beauregard, who sees the rough-and-tumble west of the 1860's -1880's fading away and being replaced by a more "civilized" west of the late 1890's / turn of the century. It's not dissimilar to the same theme of the Wild Bunch and Monte Walsh - older men who see the times shifting beneath their feet.
In this film, Fonda decides that it's best to make a graceful exit and take a slow boat to Europe.
But Nobody - played by Terrance Hill - has other ideas. He admired Beauregard as a young boy (you could almost see young Nobody reading dime novels about his "hero") and decides that he can't just fade away - he has to go out in a blaze of glory.
There are some very, very funny moments in the film - how about the the drinking and shooting skills scene in the bar where he slaps the bald gunfighter silly. Or Squirrel with the grinding teeth..??
And throughout the film, Ennio Morricone provides another brilliant soundtrack. Sertiously, could this man make a bad musical score - I don't think so.
Leone doesn't get any directing credits for this film - the goes to somebody else.
But clearly you can see his fingerprints all over this movie. You almost get the feeling that after making The Good The Bad and The Ugly and Once Upon A Time In The West, he sat back and realized that he had created his materpieces. These were his gold medal winning performances.
Now, now he could relax and make a western that was a labour of love - an entertaining project made for fun.
And it certainly succeeds on that level.
This is a very entertaining and fun film to watch - highly recommended. You don't even have to like westerns to love this film.
Movie Review: Sergio Leone's farewell to the Western
Summary: 5 Stars
While this film was directed--for-the-most-part--by Tonino Valerii, it is absolutely true that Sergiuo Leone directed a few scenes in this film. There is a book by Sir Christopher Frayling that pinpoints them, I suggest buying it if you love Leone like anyone who loves spaghetti westerns does. Released in 1974, this was a production by Leone from his own idea--a comedic send-up of spaghetti westerns, and westerns in-general.
It says a lot that six-years after "Once Upon a Time in the West," Henry Fonda enthusiastically joined in the making of what I believe was HIS final western.
If you love westerns--especially ones with a little humor--you could do much worse than to experience this film. From the incredible vistas of both Alermia, Spain, to the towering-caps of Monument Valley, to the hilarity of the character "Nobody"
(an in-joke lampooning Leone's "Man with no name"), this is as good as it gets. The grit, the mud, the dust, and the honor of those who made the Old West memorable are all present. There is hatred, there are villains, but this is a film to be enjoyed.
After the grimness of his Westerns, it strikes me that Leone simply wanted to leave on a note of levity and humor. A message that "life goes-on," and that any ending is also a beginning. But, I leave you with Leone's most important message of his last films: that there is nothing more important than friendship, and that we underdogs (everyone who isn't with the destroyers) had better stick-together.
The quality of this DVD is pretty good, almost pristine. However, since many of us are new to older-cinema in this cleanly-scrubbed digital-age of home entertainment, some will complain about minor-wear to 30+ year-old film-materials. There isn't anything to complain about here, especially considering the great price for a long-lost western that has never, ever looked so good. It is doubtful that it even looked this good in the theaters when it was released. Simply having a high-definition, widescreen transfer of this film is enough. Viva Valerii!! And viva Sergio Leone, may he rest-in-peace.
Movie Review: Unusual but instantly classic Western
Summary: 5 Stars
Tonino Valerii was Sergio Leones cinematographer of choice, and it is assumed that Sergio Leone directed at least some of this wonderful Western, in addition to his stated 'producer' role.
The style, the trademark Ennio Morricone music, the nostalgia for disappearing times and the locations all are familiar Leone staples, but this movie showcases humour and more script than we normally expect from him.
Be aware that this is a comedic take, but done so subtly and charmingly by Nobody (played by the perfect cast blonde blue eyed Terence Hill) and his interplay with Henry Fonda, that it never gets in the way of the style and story.
Henry Fonda represents the old West, and maybe even the old Western, who is planning to move to Europe and live out the rest of his years. Nobody is the character who appears a buffoon and simple minded but is actually possibly the smartest of them all, and maybe the fastest on the draw. His desire is to see his hero go down not fading away into old age, but in a blaze of glory..
Right down to the finale, the interchanges between them are touching as well as bringing a smile to your face, and while occasionally the humour is more slapstick than you might be used to, overall you are left with a nostalgic glow from the heartwarming ending.
If you like Westerns, or if you like Leone, or even if you just like something a little different, then this is a must see.
Movie Review: Nobody is not Trinity but better.
Summary: 5 Stars
I am sure that if you are looking at this then you are a fan of the trinity movies. The Nobody character is based on Trinity but with much more refined. Terence Hill's Nobody has a certain directness and is a much fuller character. Henry Fonda's career in spaghetti westerns often gets overlooked and that is a real shame. If you compare this to his portrayal of Wyatt Earp then you can see that the love of the western never left him. This is much more the Fonda that one loves rather than the villian in "Once upon a Time in The West" (itself a great film). I love showing this to people that have never seen it. They usally like it and then I move on the the Trinity films.Movie Review: The wild west was never this wild
Summary: 5 Stars
The wild west was never this wild, but it`s a film that is great fun. Half western, half western spoof. A fun romp in an old west
that never was with Fonda`s character playing straight man to Hill`s character with no name. The film spoofs gunfighters, The Wild
Bunch, and the cinamatic version of the old west in general.
It all works pretty well. It doesn`t press too hard on the funny gags, or try to be a serious western either. Who would have thought
that a light hearted film about gunfighters and a band of murderous theives could work this well, but it does.