Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West Italian Cera una volta il West is a 1968 epic Spaghetti Western Technicolor film in Techniscope directed by Sergio Leone. It stars Henry Fonda cast against type as the villain, Charles Bronson as his nemesis, Claudia Cardinale as a newly widowed homesteader, and Jason Robards as a bandit. The screenplay was written by Sergio Donati and Leone, from a story by Dario Argento, Bernardo Bertolucci and Leone. The widescreen cinematography was by Tonino Delli Colli, and the acclaimed film score was by Ennio Morricone.
The film portrays two conflicts that take place around Flagstone, a fictional town in the American Old West a land battle related to construction of a railroad, and a mission of vengeance against a coldblooded killer. A struggle exists for Sweetwater, a piece of land near Flagstone containing the regions only water source. The land was bought by Brett McBain Frank Wolff, who foresaw that the railroad would have to pass through that area to provide water for the steam locomotives. When crippled railroad tycoon Morton Gabriele Ferzetti learns of this, he sends his hired gun Frank Henry Fonda to intimidate McBain to move off the land, but Frank instead kills McBain and his three children, planting evidence to frame the bandit Cheyenne Jason Robards. It appears the land has no owner however, a former prostitute Claudia Cardinale arrives from New Orleans, revealing she is Jill McBain, Bretts new wife and the owner of the land.Meanwhile, a mysterious harmonicaplaying gunman Charles Bronson, whom Cheyenne later dubs Harmonica, pursues Frank. In the films opening scene, Harmonica kills three men sent by Frank to kill him. In a roadhouse on the way to Sweetwater, he informs Cheyenne that the three gunfighters appeared to be posing as Cheyennes men. ........
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