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 Sergio Leone decided to contract him for the first of what would subsequently be known as the "Spaghetti Westerns," "A Fistful of Dollars," in 1964. His depiction of "The Man with No Name" would eventually define his whole acting career and propel him to stardom.[([[https://screenrant.com/clint-eastwood-man-no-name-cast-part-story/|Screenrant]])] Sergio Leone decided to contract him for the first of what would subsequently be known as the "Spaghetti Westerns," "A Fistful of Dollars," in 1964. His depiction of "The Man with No Name" would eventually define his whole acting career and propel him to stardom.[([[https://screenrant.com/clint-eastwood-man-no-name-cast-part-story/|Screenrant]])]
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 +===== Recorded In Spain =====
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 +The location where the films were shot is still used as an entertainment venue in the Spanish city of Almeria. The attraction is appropriately named "Mini-Hollywood," and in addition to the village and bar where the movies were made, a performance is staged every day.[([[https://moviesmadeinspain.com/category/period/|moviesmadeinspain]])]
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 +===== Success =====
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 +The Spaghetti Westerns were released in the United States for the first time in 1967, and they were an instant financial hit. "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly," which made Clint Eastwood an immediate international cinematic star.[([[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Clint-Eastwood|Britannica]])]
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 +===== Headline =====
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 +Despite the fact that "The Man with No Name" was the role that launched his acting career, he was quite fortunate to land it. He wasn't the first pick, and he only got a shot because James Coburn (renowned for "The Great Escape") demanded $25,000 and Charles Bronson believed the writing for "A Fistful of Dollars" was one of the worst he'd ever read.[([[https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=e6x7AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA122&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false|Google Books]])]
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 +===== Fistful Of Dollars Is A Remake =====
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 +Clint Eastwood's breakthrough film was a remake of "Yojimbo," a Japanese film released just a few years earlier in 1961.[([[https://www.flavorwire.com/483644/how-kurosawas-yojimbo-became-leones-fistful-of-dollars|Flavorwire]])]
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