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Mood:
- AtmosphericStylizedSuspensefulCaptivatingEmotionalTense
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Plot:
- Mysterious CharacterVengeanceHaunted By the PastDangerHeroesMind and SoulRivalryLone Wolves more...
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Genres:
- WesternSpaghetti WesternActionDrama
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Time/Period:
- 19th CenturyOld West
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Place:
- USASmall Town
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Audience:
- Boys' Night
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- Award WinnerClassicCritically AcclaimedEssentialMasterpiece
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Style:
- Ensemble CastEpic
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- SeriousRealistic
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Score:
- Orchestral
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Flag:
- Violent Content
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Once Upon a Time in the West, 1968
Italian
Italy, USA
Profile of Once Upon a Time in the West
The mood of Once Upon a Time in the West is stylized, atmospheric, and captivating. The plot centers around a mysterious character, being haunted by the past, and vengeance. It is a western, drama, and action movie. Stylistically, Once Upon a Time in the West is a spaghetti western, is epic, and stars an ensemble cast. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in a small town. Once Upon a Time in the West is set in the USA. It happens in the Old West and in the 19th century. The musical score is orchestral. Once Upon a Time in the West is known for being a classic, essential viewing, and a masterpiece. It is especially suggested for a boys' night. Note that it includes violent content.
Summary of Once Upon a Time in the West
Morton (Gabriele Ferzetti), the power-hungry owner of a railroad company, hires Frank (Henry Fonda, playing against type), a gunfighter without a conscience, to kill anyone who stands in the way of the completion of the railroad. After Frank murders land owner Brett McBain (Frank Wolff), McBain's widow (Claudia Cardinale) hires two killers of her own to protect her and gain revenge: a mysterious, harmonica-playing desperado (Charles Bronson) and his rogue sidekick (Jason Robards). Using techniques previously unseen in the genre, Sergio Leone utilizes close-ups, color, and Ennio Morricone's trademark score to create a tense and somber meditation on death which is widely considered to be one of the best westerns in cinematic history. Soon-to-be legendary Italian directors Dario Argento (SUSPIRIA) and Bernardo Bertolucci (THE LAST EMPEROR) collaborated with Leone on the screenplay.
Details
| Language: | Italian |
| Country: | Italy, USA |
| Release date: | 21 December 1968 |
| Runtime: | 137 min |
Cast and Crew
as Frank
as Jill McBain
as Cheyenne
as Harmonica
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Critics Reviews
Variety
Henry Fonda and Jason Robards relish each screen minute as the heavies, and Charles Bronson plays Clint Eastwood's 'man with no name' role. (Review of Original Release)
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- by: Staff (Not credited)
TV Guide
Sergio Leone's masterpiece. In Once Upon a Time in the West, Leone pulls together all the themes, characterizations, visuals, humor, and musical experiments of the three "Dollars" films and comes up with a true epic western. It is a stunning,...
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- by: Staff (Not credited)
Users Reviews
This is a film that is easy to admire, but hard to watch. There are times when the film lacks direction and has no idea what to do with itself so it drags things out to an unnecessary length, and it becomes pretentious at times. With that said, Once...
- 24.June.2009
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- by: ZGDK
- ZGDK rated this movie
10/10Must See
