Cannes to pay tribute to 50th anniversary of 'spaghetti western' — reuters.com

CANNES France (Reuters) - A restored print of the pioneering 1964 Italian-made spaghetti western "A Fistful of Dollars" will be screened on the closing day of the Cannes Film Festival with director Quentin Tarantino as host, the festival announced on its website. "To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the birth of the Spaghetti Western in 1964, the Festival de Cannes will be showing 'A Fistful of Dollars' directed by Sergio Leone that same year and starring Clint Eastwood and Gian Maria Volonte," the posting said.

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