Ray Watts

I could imagine Frank Drebin saying this if Ed had been shot.

Sorcerer - The Criterion Collection in 4K is coming out in October. Lots of interesting extras including several interviews with Friedkin. Got my pre-order in.

Only you can see me Roger and Michael ... only you.

Would like to see Steve Martin and William Berger play duelling banjos.

Maybe we should claim Kubrick as British :)

or My Name is Nobody? I find Genius a very confusing movie, but Henry Fonda definitely wasn't in it!

I picked up one of those viewfinders from eBay. If it belonged to Sergio it might be worth a thousand times more than I paid for it.

Almeria, sun and cigars, the perfect combination.

I think we heard of Bob Robertson but never seen this one!

Never heard of him!

Looking interesting

Columbo wiped the smile off his face.

In the pic with the greenscreen you can just about make out the house at the Tabernas exit of the N-340

First pic is not from the movie, its the catering team. 😂

At the San Miguel set of Fistful Of Dollars (1964) in Hoyo De Manzanares, originally titled Ray El Magnifico and also Il Magnifico Straniero (The Magnificent Stranger) #spaghettiwestern #sergioleone #clinteastwood #hoyodemanzanares

What a fantastic movie. The abandoned Saltair pavilion was the perfect setting.

Another view from Tabernas castle over the badlands. #Almería #tierradelcine

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I can imagine, it looks amazing. I remember the pepper pots from when I lived near Dudley, interesting to see what lies beneath.

Wow, looks very spooky! Presumably the hole in the ceiling goes up to one of the 'pepper pots' for ventilation?

Mind the gap.

This is how the Sweetwater ranch from Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) looks now in 2024.

Its in both English and Spanish.

I have a website www.fistfuloflocations.com which has Google map links to the locations for the Leone movies.

The Almeria Cine guys produced this guide, also worth checking out their Bluesky posts.
bsky.app/profile/alme...

Definitely worth a visit. Plus the nearby 'Mini Hollywood' theme park which was built for the El Paso set for For a Few Dollars More and used in The Good The Bad and The Ugly. Also nearby is 'Texas Hollywood' which has appeared in many westerns too. Sad Hill up near Burgos is incredible too.

Seems like a lot of trouble to film some goats 😆

"Western Leone" Western film village in Almeria reduced by €300,000 A piece of Spanish film history and the famous 1960s 'spaghetti western' productions directed by Italian director Sergio Leone remains for sale in the Tabernas desert in Almeria.

And its for sale for the tidy sum of 2.5 million Euros!
www.idealista.com/en/news/prop...

Its still there, although the parts of the edges of the building are gone and roof has been replaced. Plus a small town of western building have been constructed. Goes by the name of Western Leone and is open for tourists, also can be hired for filming.

I actually bought that on a day trip to Tijuana, Mexico from one of the many tourist shops there. Still got it, just about fits if I breathe in enough.

a man and woman looking out of a window with the words one day lad all this will be yours below them ALT: a man and woman looking out of a window with the words one day lad all this will be yours below them

... what the curtains?