Three tough bastards (Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef) are all on the trail of a buried fortune while the Civil War rages around them.
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Seeing this movie at The Egyptian for my 21st birthday is easily one of the top 10 greatest moments in my life. I don't care that most of my friends fell asleep, my eyes were glued to the screen for every frame. Yeah it's long, but that's the point. This is the Western elevated to the level of Opera. Everything about this movie is BIG and LOUD. BIG characters, BIG emotions, BIG music viewed on a BIG screen with the volume cranked all the way to 11. There's a reason Metallica opens their live shows with this song:
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