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Ennio Morricone | |||
James Hetfield | |||
Joe Dante | |||
Clint Eastwood | |||
Sergio Leone | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
Álex de la Iglesia | |||
Sergio Salvati | |||
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Joseba del Valle | ||
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David Alba Romero | ||
Sergio García Hernández | |||
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Diego Montero | ||
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Eugenio Alabiso | ||
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Stephen Leigh | ||
Daniel Jeffery | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
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Carlo Leva |
In 1966 the Spanish Army built a huge cemetery with 5000 graves in Burgos for the final sequence in the film "The Good the Bad and the Ugly". After the shooting, the whole place was left behind and for 49 years, nature covered every tomb. In October 2015 a group of film fans decided to start digging and under 3 inches of ground they found the original paved circle. For months, people from all around Europe traveled to Sad Hill to unearth and rebuild the place. Sad Hill Unearthed is the amazing story behind one of the most iconic locations in film history. It explores the dreams and motivations behind the fans but also the transformation of art, music and film in a substitute for religion.
I feel very much with the association and it is (to me) easy to understand why this is a heartfelt labor of love. The feeling of achievement must be strong, also in regards to the appreciation they got from the original involved. I hope to visit the place, I knew it existed but I also thought it was in the state before restoration... now it is very much worth the visit.
The only gripe with the documentary is the space they give Hetfield and Metallica, of course as a sponsor he will be interviewed but giving him seemingly more space as an individual than the people that were there, the people conscripted to build the cemetery and the original editors? I don't know.