The man who made Clint Eastwood squint finally gets his close-up.
The life and work of one of the great masters of Italian cinema, Sergio Leone (1929-89); a rich and fascinating portrait through unpublished testimonies of collaborators, actors, directors and critics who reconstruct every aspect of his creative activity.
Production
Rare behind-the-scenes footage of the Dollars trilogy.
Acting
Leone's widow Carla spills decades of untold stories.
Direction
Prats channels his subject's operatic sensibility.
Director
Carles Prats
Tonino Delli Colli
Self - DOP
Christopher Frayling
Self - Historian
Sergio Donati
Self - Screenwriter
Luca Verdone
Self - Filmmaker
Conrado San Martín
Self - Actor
Alessandro Alessandroni
Self - Musician
Fernando Di Leo
Self - Filmmaker
Gianni Garko
Self - Actor
Marianne Koch
Self - Actress
Florestano Vancini
Self - Filmmaker
Ennio Morricone
Self - Musician
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Leone's original career plan? Selling his father's film distribution business. The cinema gods intervened.
The documentary reveals Leone shot the climactic cemetery scene in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly without a completed script—he 'composed' it like music.
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