Once Upon a Time in the West
Sergio Leone's 1969 masterpiece Once Upon a Time in the West is a simple,
straightforward story of a widow (Claudia Cardinale) trying to fight off an evil
gunfighter (Henry Fonda as you've never pictured him before!) working for a
corrupt railroad baron, with only mysterious Charles Bronson and talkative Jason
Robards looking out for her. But the plot is really an excuse for Leone to show
the end of the old west (The middle aged gunmen nearing the end of their days)
and the coming of civilization (The railroad; Self-sufficient women). Lovingly
photographed & staged. From Paramount Home Entertainment (165 minutes plus audio
commentary & extras). See also: Sergio Leone's The
Good, The Bad & The Ugly with Clint Eastwood & Eli Wallach.
-Ed
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