My latest pick in my series of films I think should have been nominated for an Oscar, is the 3rd and final film of Sergio Leone’s “Dollars” trilogy: “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” (AKA “Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo.”) None of the films in the trilogy were nominated for any Oscar, but I think this last one is particularly deserving.
“The Good the Bad and the Ugly” is the quintessential Western film with an unforgettable, classic, 3-man show down at the end. The film is currently ranked #4 in IMDB’s list of top 250 movies of all time, as ranked by tens of thousands of film lovers. Quentin Tarantino has stated that this movie is “the greatest achievement in the history of cinema.” Besides Tarantino, the great Leone has had an enormous influence on directors such as Sam Peckinpah, John Woo, and of course, Clint Eastwood, who dedicated his movie “Unforgiven” “to Sergio and Don.”
