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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Cheyenne: He's whittling on a piece of wood. I got a feeling that when he stops whittling, something's gonna happen.
Frank: Surprised to see me here?
Harmonica: I knew you'd come.
Jill: But... but those were his men.
Harmonica: Yeah.
Jill: And they tried to kill him.
Harmonica: They must've found someone who pays better.
Jill: And you... You saved his life!
Harmonica: I didn't let them kill him, and that's not the same thing.
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Although Lionel Stander's establishment is located in Monument Valley, the interiors were actually shot at Cinecitta. Cheyenne's men enter with a cloud of red dust. The red dust was actually dust imported from the Monument Valley location.
After completing the Dollars trilogy (Per un pugno di dollari, Per qualche dollaro in più, and Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo.), Sergio Leone didn't want to do another western and began working on Once Upon a Time in America. However, after the huge success of the Dollars Trilogy in the States in 1967 Leone wanted to produce films in the United States and he began selling the idea for Once Upon a Time in America, but studios wouldn't let him do it until he made another Western for them. After thinking about it, Leone concluded that he should do another trilogy which begins with C'era una volta il West, develops into Giù la testa, and ends with Once Upon a Time in America (1984). "Three historical periods which toughened America."
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