Luciano Vincenzoni (born c.1920) is an Italian screenwriter and one of Italy's most respected writer's for film known in Italy as the "Script doctor"[1]. He has written prolifically for some 65 films between 1954 and 2000. Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

He is probably best known in world cinema for his script writing of Sergio Leone's For a Few Dollars More (1965) and the The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in 1966 but also wrote for a great number of other Spaghetti westerns. Vincenzoni was also able in the business side of film making and his strong relations with popular and important people in the industry helped him to sell FDM to the European vice-president of United Artists. During the bargaining session, in front of Sergio Leone, he made an on the spot deal for the upcoming The Good the Bad and the Ugly, which was then just a vague idea in his mind at the time. Vincenzoni had started to develop the story all the way back from his earlier film, called "La Grande Guerra" (1959), about three men in the American Civil War. Even the everfamous "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" title was his idea, which he created on the spot. That bargaining success led to all the members of the Leone Core Team, including Vincenzoni, becoming an instant millionaire. Sergio Leone (January 3, 1929 – April 30, 1989) was an Italian film director who is considered by many to be on the short list of the greatest film directors of all time. ... For a Few Dollars More (Per qualche dollaro in piu) is a 1965 film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... This article or section contains a plot summary that may be overly long, confusing, or ambiguous. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Movie poster for Once Upon a Time in the West Spaghetti Western is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western film that emerged in the mid-1960s, so named because most of them were produced by Italian studios. ... The current United Artists logo (a variant was used during the 1980s). ... Sergio Leone (January 3, 1929 – April 30, 1989) was an Italian film director who is considered by many to be on the short list of the greatest film directors of all time. ... The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... A mansion on Diamond Head Road in Honolulu near Diamond Head State Park. ...

He always had an important role in Leone collaboration, as a middle man, a kind of presentation interface of Leone to the outside world. In the stress of handling all these complicated business affairs, he argued with Leone many timesleone.com/classic/articles/vince.html. In his opinions, after the huge monetary success of Dollars films, Leone never felt comfortable seeing Vincenzoni sharing the profit with him. So, then came a rift between two friends for some years.

Vincenzoni was interviewed on the Special DVD version of the Dollars films, in a behind the scenes look at each film.

Films

His screenwriting credits also include:

• Death Rides a Horse
• Malèna
• The Birds, the Bees and the Italians
• Seduced and Abandoned
• Orca (film)
• A Fistful of Dynamite
• Once Upon A Crime
• Raw Deal (1986 film) - an action film starring Schwarzenegger

Death Rides a Horse (aka Da uomo a uomo, or As Man to Man) is a 1968 spaghetti western directed by Giulio Petroni, written by Luciano Vincenzoni, and starring Lee Van Cleef and John Philip Law. ... Malèna is a 2000 Italian drama/romance film starring Monica Bellucci and Giuseppe Sulfaro. ... Seduced and Abandoned (or Sedotta e abbandonata) is a 1964 Italian language comedy film directed by Pietro Germi. ... Orca is a 1977 horror film directed by Michael Anderson and produced by Dino De Laurentiis and starring Richard Harris and Charlotte Rampling. ... A Fistful of Dynamite is a 1971 film by Sergio Leone (original Italian title: Giù la testa; also known as Duck, You Sucker and Once Upon a Time … The Revolution). ... Once Upon A Crime is a 1992 ensemble comedy starring, among others; Richard Lewis, John Candy, Jim Belushi, Cybil Shepherd and Ornella Muti. ... Raw Deal is an action film, released on Friday, June 6, 1986, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. ... Action films, or movies, are a film genre, where action sequences, such as fighting, stunts, car chases or explosions, take precedence over elements like characterisation or complex plotting. ... Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian-American actor, politician, bodybuilder, and businessman, currently serving as the 38th Governor of California. ...

See also

• Sergio Leone

Sergio Leone (January 3, 1929 – April 30, 1989) was an Italian film director who is considered by many to be on the short list of the greatest film directors of all time. ...

External links

• http://www.fistful-of-leone.com/classic/articles/vince.html
• Luciano Vincenzoni at the Internet Movie Database