"Once Upon A Time in The West" Talkback (Spoilers)

[Lord Dalek]

There were three men in her life. One to take her... one to love her... and one to kill her.

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Head Gunfighter: "Looks like we're shy one horse."
Harmonica: "You brought two too many."


Release Date: 5/28/69
Studio: Paramount
Director: Sergio Leone
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 (Techniscope)
Starring: Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson, Gabriele Ferzetti


Plot Summary: 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.

COMMENTS?

LD Movie Talkback #1!

[GL2k2]

Well, this is one of my favorite westerns of all time. This is as good as it gets. The only problem I had with it, and I don't know if this is just how it is on the DVD, is where we get a love scene with Frank and the widow McBain. Then we cut to a scene where Frank treats Morton like crap and abuses him. Then all of a sudden we're back with Frank and widow McBain, I think? But there is no reason for this insertion of scene and you don't know if it's a flashback or what the hell's going on. But it lost a star for that reason. All in all, the best opening, ending, and characters in a Leone film. All except for the colorful characters in the Dollars Trilogy.

[Salvor]

GL I agree about that scene, it's very confusing...

Anyway this is still one of my favorite movies of all times. Leone's directing work is bloody amazing, the script is very clever, the dialogues very few, the actors are superb... and that music... god that music...

[Lord Dalek]

Well, this is one of my favorite westerns of all time. This is as good as it gets. The only problem I had with it, and I don't know if this is just how it is on the DVD, is where we get a love scene with Frank and the widow McBain. Then we cut to a scene where Frank treats Morton like crap and abuses him. Then all of a sudden we're back with Frank and widow McBain, I think? But there is no reason for this insertion of scene and you don't know if it's a flashback or what the hell's going on. But it lost a star for that reason. All in all, the best opening, ending, and characters in a Leone film. All except for the colorful characters in the Dollars Trilogy. You must of seen the earlier cut, it's fixed on the dvd.

[Road to Gotham]

Great movie.
Really like the musical score when Fonda and Bronson are having their show down.

[Neo-Era]

Liked it but preferred The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly.