Once Upon a Time in the West (1969)
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Reviews Counted: 32 Fresh: 31 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 8.9/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 45 mins
Synopsis: 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),... [More]
Genre: Westerns
Starring: Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson, Gabriele Ferzetti
Director: Sergio Leone
Screenwriter: Sergio Leone, Sergio Donati
Story: Dario Argento, Sergio Leone, Bernardo Bertolucci
Producer: Bino Cicogna
Composer: Ennio Morricone
Screenwriter: Sergio Leone, Sergio Donati
Story: Dario Argento, Sergio Leone, Bernardo Bertolucci
Producer: Bino Cicogna
Composer: Ennio Morricone
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06/06/08
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01/26/06
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If only the first 10 minutes of Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West still existed, this most hyperbolic of oat operas would still be acknowledged as one of the genre's greatest exhumations.
09/27/05
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It is mostly fun for the way it cherishes movie styles and attitudes from the past.
05/09/05
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The 165-minute feature doesn't always make perfect sense, but it's a thrill to just sit back and enjoy the scenery.
03/07/05
The movie stretches on for nearly three hours, with intermission, and provides two false alarms before it finally ends.
10/23/04
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Explores legends and entombs myths into a film that is timeless and will live on as a work of art even if the western as we once knew it disappeared alongside its heroes.
08/24/04
'even the quieter romantic or reflective moments are filled with a sense of energy coming from the expectation that at any given moment something huge is going to happen.'
05/11/04
Visualmente espetacular, este clássico cerca a bela Cardinale de atores fantásticos, que duelam não apenas com suas armas, mas também com suas ótimas performances.
03/26/04
A Leone masterpiece: its deep-focus panoramas, looming widescreen closeups and brilliant sound design are as distinctive as the ballistic signature of a bullet.
01/26/04
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