Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Ennio Morricone | ... | Self | |
James Hetfield | |||
Joe Dante | |||
Clint Eastwood | |||
Sergio Leone | ... | Self (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 | ||
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Daniel Jeffery | ... | Self (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 have to admit, that since I just casually listen to Metallica and never attended a concert of theirs (my bad of course), I never realized how much they obviously love that Sergio Leone movie. But they are not alone with that love as this documentary shows. There are quite a lot of people out there and they summoned (or gathered) to find one of the films most iconic "set" (which of course was filmed on location in ... Spain).
Very engaging and at times also a behind the scenes to the movie itself, this documentary will give anyone who remotely loves the movie something to cheer on. Now not everyone could be there when they did something monumental. Something that took a lot of time and dedication. But they were rewarded - with this documentary and some choice words after completing the "task". As another reviewer stated - very touching indeed