Just saw this in the theatre the other night. Rod Stiegers voice/accent in this movie sounded like a precursor to Pacino's Tony Montana. If Al Pacino saw this movie he must have lifted it. Some of the facial expressions were even the same. It was pretty bizarre to watch.
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No. Eli Wallach's accent is a proper Mexican accent. If you watch Treasure to the Sierra Madre, you'll see how spot on it is. Rod's for some reason sounded more Italian.
shareExactly! Only 2-3 people in this thread realized that Rod Steiger's accent is really ITALIAN not mexican/cuban/Tony Montana or whatever! It's clear right from the start of the movie and in very few instances later on does it sound remotely mexican-spanish. Who knows why. Maybe as someone here suggested he picked it up from Leone. Plus the fact that most of the crew spoke italian to one another all day didn't help either.. I don't know all I know is he spoke italian-american.
As for Coburn he did a better job with his irish but far from perfect.
That said I liked this movie though Leone was not in his best form. He himself had set the standards too high.
Exactly! Only 2-3 people in this thread realized that Rod Steiger's accent is really ITALIAN not mexican/cuban/Tony Montana or whatever! It's clear right from the start of the movie and in very few instances later on does it sound remotely mexican-spanish. Who knows why. Maybe as someone here suggested he picked it up from Leone. Plus the fact that most of the crew spoke italian to one another all day didn't help either.. I don't know all I know is he spoke italian-american.
-> Only 2-3 people in this thread realized that Rod Steiger's accent is really ITALIAN not mexican/cuban/Tony Montana or whatever!
I didn't even realize that this was Rod Steiger. I assumed it was an Italian actor, speaking in his native accent. Maybe the crew's speech rubbed off on him, and ruined any attempts he may have made to do a Mexican accent.
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I thought Steiger's accent veered from Mexican (realistic or not) to russian at times. I found it a bit distracting.
As an Irish person Coburn's Oirish accent grated at the start but I think he played it down as the film went as I noticed it less and less.
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I agree. Steiger's accent was confusing but for the most part was italian.
shareNot only Pacino's accent which you are spot on but his whole character. Stieger even lifts that character from his his own in Al Capone. The panning scene from the shooting gallery to the poster with Juan watching the executions looked like inspiration for several Scarface scenes. I can imagine Bergman, DePalma and Pacino, maybe Stone, sitting around watching this in pre-production.
I love when filmmakers do this. It gives films companion pieces and something to to tell those who don't know.