Once Upon a Time in the West Movie Review 1968

The uncut version of Leone's sprawling epic about a band of ruthless gunmen who set out to murder a mysterious woman waiting for the railroad to come through. Filmed in John Ford's Monument Valley, it's a revisionist western with some of the longest opening credits in the history of the cinema. Fonda is cast against type as an extremely cold-blooded villain. Brilliant musical score.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 165 minutes.
Originally from Italian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Spaghetti Western, Trains, Gunslingers

Screenplay

Sergio Leone, Bernardo Bertolucci, Dario Argento

Cast

Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale, Keenan Wynn, Lionel Stander, Woody Strode, Jack Elam

Cinematography

Tonino Delli Colli

Director

Sergio Leone

Music

Ennio Morricone

Producer

Paramount Pictures