The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1983 and MGM Home Entertainment in 1990. The film was first released on DVD by MGM Home Entertainment in 1998. The special features contain 14 minutes of scenes that were cut for the film's North American release, including a scene which explains how Angel Eyes came to be waiting for Blondie and Tuco at the Union prison camp. In 2002, the film was restored with the 14 minutes of scenes cut for US release re-inserted into the film. Clint Eastwood and Eli Wallach were brought back in to dub their characters' lines more than 35 years after the film's original
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Cleef. "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" was marketed as the third and final installment in the "Dollars Trilogy", following "A Fistful of Dollars" and "For a Few Dollars More". The film was a financial success, grossing over $25 million at the box office, and is credited with catapulting Eastwood into stardom. Due to general disapproval of the Spaghetti Western genre at the time, critical reception of the film following its release was mixed, but it gained critical acclaim in later years. "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" is now seen as one of the greatest and most