Plans to considerably build up into a rail depot and town and live off the influx of wealth it promises to create. Widower Brett McBain (Frank Wolff) and his children own a seemingly worthless chunk of land dubbed 'Sweetwater,' but he foresees great profits when it appears the thriving and quickly-expanding westward railroad will have to depend on his land, which he In other words, Once Upon a Time in the West isn't the old west romanticized on film it's instead a long, hard look the realities ofР”Р‡rontier life and the consequences of the seemingly sudden transition of place and time from old to new and the drastic consequences thereof on both the land and the men and women who call it home. One against another but who straddle the line of good and evil rather than fall squarely on one side or the other. It paints a picture of thematic darkness that's contrasted against the physically harsh sunlight baking faces and smoldering-hot old west terrains alike, featuring characters of which many of whom are pitted Is one of the genre's most complete pictures. Still, Leone's picture is neither a definition nor a redefinition of the Western it's neither too naive nor too artistically, thematically, or visually divergent for that to be the case, but what it Yielding a masterwork within not only the Western genre but throughout the entire cinematic landscape, the picture proving to be one of admittedly many practically faultless films to be sure but nevertheless one of a relatively small grouping whenР”В¬ompared against the entire history of motion pictures. 'legendary.' With a sound but not necessarily all that original story and a quartet of fine acting performances up its sleeve, it's not a wonder that this is a quality film, but add to that Director Sergio Leone's ( The Good, the Bad and the Ugly)Р”Р„nd Cinematographer Tonino Delli Colli's ( Life is Beautiful) breathtaking cinematic framing, pacing, and emotional and thematic manipulation through moving imagery, and suddenly that quality picture becomes something else altogether, in essence Once Upon a Time In the West demonstrates how precision craftsmanship can elevate a picture from 'good' to Reviewer's Note: Reviewed by Martin Liebman on - Pretty soon the widow MacBain won't be a problem no more. This could in fact be the movie-to-end-all-movies. Get-rich-quick subplots and intricate character histories intertwine with such artistic flair that He is accompanied by Harmonica on his quest to get even. She arrives to find her new husband and family slaughtered, but by who? The prime suspect, coffee-lover Cheyenne,Р”В«efriends her and offers to go after the real killer, assassin gang leader Frank, in her honor. McBain, who moves from New Orleans to frontier Utah, on the very edge of the American West. Brilliantly directed by Sergio Leone, this glorious picture re-established the Western'' significance to cinema art.' Charles Bronson plays The Man, who remembers how his brother was savagely tortured. Jason Robards is the half-breed falsely accused Henry Fonda plays the blackest character of his long career, and he's utterly convincing as Frank, the ruthless murderous psychopath who suffers no conscience pangs after annihilating an entire family. The picture itself is as big as its Monument Valley locations, as grand as its fine, distinguished cast, as tough and bawdy as every kid imagines the Old Now, for the first time, Sergio Leone's original uncut version of this monumental epic can be seen. HenryР’В Fonda, ClaudiaР’В Cardinale, GabrieleР’В Ferzetti, JasonР’В Robards, CharlesР’В Bronson.

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