Fistful of Dollars, A
Date: 1964
Director: Sergio Leone
Production Company: Constantin, Jolly, Ocean
Storyline:
Drifter plays off both sides in a town feud per un pugno di dollari with terminal consequences.
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- Capture 1
- 24 Dec 2010
Clint rides into "San Miguel."
This is now the hotel Cortijo de Sotillo, just north of San Jose, Capo de Gata, Spain where exteriors of the approach to "San Miguel" were shot. SJ
- Capture 2
- 24 Dec 2010
Reverse shot looking north
Looking away from the Mediterranean coast which is only a couple of miles away. Only the hills in the background help here. SJ
- Capture 3
- 24 Dec 2010
Now suddenly "San Miguel" is Los Albaricoques several miles further inland and seen in greater detail in the sequel For A Few Dollars More
This hamlet celebrates its moment of cinematic fame. This street once called calle Rodalquilar is now calle Clint Eastwood. A lot has changed but that one window building in the middle ground to the right is a giveaway. SJ
- Capture 4
- 24 Dec 2010
Another reverse shot. "Adios, amigo"
Same road as above. SJ
- Capture 5
- 24 Dec 2010
Last shot of Los Albaricoques: the apricots.
At the east end of calle Clint Eastwood. SJ
- Capture 6
- 06 Oct 2024
Now the rest of San Miguel, the centre of the action and a location switch to outside Madrid.
Hans captured the background hills of the set nicely. (SJ)
- Capture 7
- 06 Oct 2024
hoyo de Manzares to be precise
Hans panned right to find a pylon. (SJ)
- Capture 8
- 06 Oct 2024
Translates as the hollow of apples: it was a set. Reverse pov.
Hans turned around to find a distinctive match on the horizon on the right. (SJ)
- Capture 9
- 06 Oct 2024
Reverse pov of the set.
Hans again captured the hills in the background. (SJ)
- Capture 10
- 06 Oct 2024
The Rojos' slaughter at the river: filmed at aldea de Fresno, ash village near Madrid.
Hans opted for this spot. (SJ)
- Capture 11
- 06 Oct 2024
The cemetery nearby.
Another pylon intrudes onto the scene for Hans... I've deliberately included the pylon to help other visitors to the site. (SJ)
- Capture 12
- 06 Oct 2024
Back to Almeria near Tabernas. Some hard riding in rugged countryside.
Hans found the rock formation. Quite close to For a Few Dollars More cap 21. The rambla is east of the N-340A as it runs alongside the A-92, north-east of Gádor. (SJ)
- Capture 13
- 24 Dec 2010
Back to San Jose, same place as fist001, where Koch is imprisoned.
Same building, same hillside. SJ
- Capture 14
- 09 Aug 2019
Some more hard riding near Tabernas.
Roger Auclair, with Paul, found the riverbed near the A-92, very close to The Good the Bad and the Ugly captures 9 & 10, snapped in 2014. (SJ)
- Capture 15
- 12 Apr 2012
Clint mops up back in the set near Madrid.
Hans took this noting that the same appears in For a Few Dollars More cap6. (SJ)
- Capture 16
- 06 Oct 2024
And leaves behind a trail of bodies.
Hans captures the line of hills on the horizon but the foreground is void of buildings and bodies. (SJ)