The Best Western Movies Ever Made
Once upon a time in the west (1968)
Once Upon a Time in the West, or in Italian: C’era una volta il West, is an epic Spaghetti Western, which refers to the successful subgenre of films of Westerns that were directed by Italian directors. Once Upon a Time was directed by Sergio Leone and featured Henry Ford as the villain, which was a cast against type.
Once Upon a Time in the West was a tremendous financial and artistic success, after which the famous director decided to retire. A budget of $5 million allowed Sergio Leone to create a nearly three hours long movie. It was cut down to 166 minutes to make theaters play it more times per day and bring higher revenue.
Movie Plot: 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.
- Genre: Western
- Rated: PG-13
- Released: 04 Jul 1969 in Italy, USA
- Runtime: 165 min
- Starring: Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson
- BoxOffice: $5,321,508
- Awards: 4 wins & 5 nominations.
Once Upon a Time in the West was Written by Sergio Donati (screenplay by), Sergio Leone (screenplay by), Dario Argento (from a story by), Bernardo Bertolucci (from a story by), Sergio Leone (from a story by) and directed by Sergio Leone and produced by Paramount Pictures.
95% Rotten Tomatoes
80/100 Metacritic
