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Once Upon a Time in the West

Once Upon a Time in the West (1969)

July. 04,1969
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8.5
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PG-13
| Drama Western

As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.

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adonis98-743-186503
1969/07/04

A mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad. Once Upon a Time in the West doesn't deliver what promises and what it could have been especially with Charles Bronson in it who was known of being a very big tough guy in general (if you've seen Death Wish you know what i'm talking about) but the film is so damn slow and almost reaches 3 hours that is just quite disappointing that it never becomes another cool western which it could. (0/10)

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mibyph
1969/07/05

There is so much to like here. I must admit there are also flaws. The spare dialogue is sometimes apt but also on occasion obvious or crude. Because there is so little, with ambient noise and music soundtrack so beautiful that the contrast is jarring. Several of the character actors, besides those in the opening sequence, are so little used that many of their scenes must have bee cut due to the length of the film. The sound was all recorded independently of the filming, standard procedure in many Italian films. Claudia Cardinale's voice was dubbed which is such a shame since for an actor, their voice is an important part of their craft. View "The Professionals" from about the same period to hear her real voice. Henry Fonda is indeed a real villain here but was nearly as bad in "Firecreek" made around the same time. The opening sequence was either inspired by or inspired that of "The Train Robbers". My main enjoyment of this film is purely visual. Near the end there is a telephoto shot of the train arriving at Sweetwater with all the railroad workers gathering, to the music of Morricone. This is truly an emotional moment as are many others. .

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skyfall-33402
1969/07/06

The greatest western movie ever, and one of the best movies anyway. Amazing soundtrack, by Ennio Moricone.

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frederick-schulz
1969/07/07

Good story Good Cinematography Good Music Good dramaturgyA movie for the whole family ;)

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