The Good, the Bad, the Weird

The Good, the Bad, the Weird
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈
Revised RomanizationJoeun nom, nappeun nom, isanghan nom
McCune–ReischauerChoŭn nom, nappŭn nom, isanghan nom
Directed byKim Jee-woon
Written byKim Jee-woon
Kim Min-suk
Produced byKim Jee-woon
Choi Jae-won
StarringSong Kang-ho
Lee Byung-hun
Jung Woo-sung
CinematographyLee Mo-gae
Edited byNam Na-yeong
Music byDalpalan
Jang Young-gyu
Production
companies
Barunson Co. Ltd.
Grimm Pictures[1]
Distributed byCJ Entertainment
Release dates
  • 24 May 2008 (2008-05-24) (Cannes)
  • 17 July 2008 (2008-07-17) (South Korea)
Running time
139 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguagesKorean
Mandarin
Japanese
BudgetUS$10 million[2]
Box officeUS$44.3 million

The Good, the Bad, the Weird (Korean좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈) is a 2008 South Korean Western action film directed by Kim Jee-woon and starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun, and Jung Woo-sung.[3][4][5] The film is inspired by the 1966 Italian Spaghetti Western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

The film premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and had a limited release in the U.S. on 23 April 2010.[6] It received positive reviews with critics praising the action, the cinematography and the direction. The film marks the second collaboration between actor Lee Byung-hun and director Kim Jee-woon, who had previously collaborated on the action drama A Bittersweet Life (2005) and would later do so again in Kim's I Saw the Devil (2010).

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  3. ^ Wong, Grace (November 26, 2008). "Korean idol Lee Byung-hun makes waves overseas". CNN. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
  4. ^ "Kim Jee-woon on a Loving Homage to the Masters". The Chosun Ilbo. August 1, 2008. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
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  6. ^ Brown, Todd (March 23, 2010). "At Long Last, A US Trailer And Release Date For Kim Jee-woon's THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE WEIRD". Twitch Film. Retrieved May 16, 2014.