Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) | |
| Director(s) | Sergio Leone |
| Producer(s) | Bino Cicogna (executive), Fulvio Morsella |
| Top Genres | Epic, Western |
| Top Topics | Spaghetti Western, Wild West |
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Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) was a Western - Epic Film directed by Sergio Leone and produced by Bino Cicogna and Fulvio Morsella.
Once Upon a Time in the West was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2009.
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Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) – Updated
By 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 1, 2015 From 4 Star FilmsI’m not well versed in Spaghetti Westerns, but I certainly do not need someone to tell me that Sergio Leone’s film is a sprawling epic. That’s an understatement if there every was one. The cast, the score, the visuals. Everything about it fits together so marvelously. All the movin... Read full article
Review: Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 1, 2015 From 4 Star FilmsI’m not well versed in Spaghetti Westerns, but I certainly do not need someone to tell me that Sergio Leone’s film is a sprawling epic. That’s an understatement if there every was one. The cast, the score, the visuals. Everything about it fits together so marvelously. All the movin... Read full article
Review: Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 1, 2015 From 4 Star FilmsI’m not well versed in Spaghetti Westerns, but I certainly do not need someone to tell me that Sergio Leone’s film is a sprawling epic. That’s an understatement if there ever was one. The cast, the score, the visuals. Everything about it fits together so marvelously. All the moving... Read full article
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 25, 2014 From 4 Star FilmsStarring Charles Bronson, Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale, and Jason Robards with director Sergio Leone, this is another memorable Italian western. The film follows a recently widowed beauty (Cardinale), the villainous killer who is after her (Fonda), a anti-hero bandit (Robards), and of course the m... Read full article
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 25, 2014 From 4 Star FilmsStarring Charles Bronson, Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale, and Jason Robards with director Sergio Leone, this is another memorable Italian western. The film follows a recently widowed beauty (Cardinale), the villainous killer who is after her (Fonda), a anti-hero bandit (Robards), and of course the m... Read full article
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Quotes from
Frank: What do you want? Who are you?
Harmonica: Dave Jenkins.
Frank: Dave Jenkins is dead a long time ago.
Harmonica: Calder Benson.
Frank: What's your name? Benson's dead, too.
Harmonica: You should know, Frank, better than anyone. You killed them.
Morton: There are many things you'll never understand.
[Frank draws on Morton as he pulls out money to show him]
Morton: This is one of them. You see, Frank, there are many kinds of weapons. And the only one that can stop that is this.
[Morton's train stops as Frank's men ride up to it]
Morton: Now, shall we get back to our little problem?
Frank: My weapons might look simple to you, Mr. Morton, but they can still shoot holes big enough for our little problems.
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Facts about
Ennio Morricone composed the musical score to the original screenplay by Sergio Leone and Bernardo Bertolucci. The plot was subsequently changed, and in many places, Leone directed the film to the existing musical score.
John Landis was one of the stunt men on this film.
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