Once Upon a Time in the West
by Sergio Leone
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Actor: Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale, Gabriele Ferzetti, Henry Fonda, Jason RobardsDirector: Sergio Leone
Brand: Paramount
Writer: Sergio Leone
Producer: Bino Cicogna
Producer: Fulvio Morsella
Writer: Bernardo Bertolucci
Writer: Dario Argento
Writer: Mickey Knox
Writer: Sergio Donati
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 175 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-11-18
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount
DVD Reviews of Once Upon a Time in the West
DVD Review: ...an air of authenticity !
Summary: 4 Stars
Just a couple of notes: I did not see this film in 1968 (though I could have). I saw it recently. A couple of things made me smile: the scenes in Monument Valley which made it the only Leone Western that was filmed (if only in part) in the West. AND, unlike John Ford who almost owned Monument Valley in films, Leone actually made the locale of his film Arizona. Monument Valley is partially in Utah and partially in Arizona. John Ford always wanted us to believe it was in Texas (over and over again). Having lived in Texas for 9 years, I have found the state to be topographically challenged. There is nothing as awesome as Monument Valley or 5 other National Parks in Southern Utah.
And.... something European directors of Westerns never seemed to get right: there's no sagebrush in their European settings !
As to the movie -- very interesting. The cinematography and pace keep it out of the normal Action & Adventure category. There's practically no dialogue for the first 10 minutes. But the camera shots are infinitely interesting. I liked the whole thing much better than I thought I would and wish I had seen it in the movie palaces of the '60's -- on a really big screen.
DVD Review: One Needs Patience To Appreciate This Film
Summary: 4 Stars
This was a unique western, one in which sometimes the action moves excruciatingly slow, which can either be fascinating or boring. Take your pick. I've watched this film several times over the years and found it both. It's odd in that regard but I believe patience wins out here and is rewarded.
The movie is filled with gaps of silence while closeups of the main characters' faces are shown. That's director Sergio Leone's trademark, and I believe he does it more in this film than in any of his others. When you get closeups of chiseled faces like Henry Fonda's or Charles Bronson's, it quite interesting but most of the movie feels like slow motion. At 165 minutes, this movie takes a lot of patience.
At any rate, the action scenes are a decent and not bloody and the characters are quite real, meaning believable. I liked Fonda in here the most with his against-type villain role of "Frank," which was excellent. I read where he said this was his favorite role. I'm glad to hear that. The best character in the film, though, was "Cheyenne," played by Jason Robards.
The opening credits - spaced out over 11 minutes (which was rare in "classic movie" days) - are considered by many as the most famous ever, in any genre. The music in this film is different, too. It's not as memorable as the score from "The Good, The Bad And The Ugly," however, done by the same composer, but it has its moments. Early in the film we see some shots of Monument Valley which are the prettiest I've ever seen. I wish there had been more of that.
DVD Review: started it all for me!
Summary: 5 Stars
First I heard the soundtrack, then I saw the film. It is all quite breathtaking. The special features are fantastic. Who knew they edited the film to the soundtrack? Not surprising, I was obsessed with it before I even saw the film. Now I am addicted to westerns.DVD Review: Yes: THE best western ever made....
Summary: 5 Stars
...the occasional bad dubbing of the Italian actors not withstanding.
Where is the Blu-ray release?
DVD Review: true western
Summary: 5 Stars
The first time I saw this movie I was 17 years old. I am now 56. Loved it then, love it now.
We don't realize that the railroad was very powerful and had government backing in that day. They were very ruthless and this story is very believable.
You also have to remember the railroad linked the country together which brought us where we are today.
If you want to watch a piece of history, you will enjoy this movie. I would not let kids watch it. They probably wouldn't want to anyway.
Great actors, great acting, great western!
Description of Once Upon a Time in the West
An outlaw working for a railroad magnate fights a stranger for a new orleans widows land. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 02/13/2007 Starring: Henry Fonda Frank Wolff Run time: 165 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Sergio LeoneThe so-called spaghetti Western achieved its apotheosis in Sergio Leone's magnificently mythic (and utterly outlandish) Once upon a Time in the West. After a series of international hits starring Clint Eastwood (from A Fistful of Dollars to The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly), Leone outdid himself with this spectacular, larger-than-life, horse-operatic epic about how the West was won. (And make no mistake: this is the wide, wide West, folks--so the widescreen/letterboxed version is strongly recommended.) The unholy trinity of Italian cinema--Leone, Bernardo Bertolucci, and Dario Argento--concocted the story about a woman (Claudia Cardinale) hanging onto her land in hopes that the transcontinental railroad would reach her before a steely-eyed, black-hearted killer (Fonda) does. (The film's advertising slogan was: "There were three men in her life. One to take her ... one to love her ... and one to kill her.") Meanwhile, Leone shoots his stars' faces as if they were expansive Western landscapes, and their towering bodies as if they were looming rock formations in John Ford's Monument Valley. --Jim Emerson
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