C'era una volta il West (1968)

Movie: C’era una volta il West (1968)

“Story of a young woman, Mrs. McBain, who moves from New Orleans to frontier Utah, on the very edge of the American West. She arrives to find her new husband and family slaughtered, but by who? The prime suspect, coffee-lover Cheyenne, befriends her and offers to go after the real killer, assassin gang leader Frank, in her honor. He is accompanied by Harmonica on his quest to get even. Get-rich-quick subplots and intricate character histories intertwine with such artistic flair that this could in fact be the movie-to-end-all-movies. Written by DrGoodBeat”

• Director: Sergio Leone
• Release Date: 21 December 1968 (Italy)
• Run Time: Italy:175 min | 165 min (international version) | Finland:137 min (1970)
• Country: Italy , USA
• Genre: Western
• MPAA: Rated PG-13 for western violence and brief sensuality. (re-rated; rated M/PG in 1969)

Tagline: There were three men in her life. One to take her… one to love her… and one to kill her.

Trivia: Director Trademark: [Sergio Leone] [theme]Harmonica, Frank, and Cheyenne.

Goofs: Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Bronson tells Cheyenne during their first encounter, “In the dusters were three men. In the men were three bullets.” However, Woody Strode was not wearing a duster when he and the others faced off against Bronson. Strangely, in the Theatrical Trailer, Woody Strode is wearing a duster, but is never seen wearing one in the movie.

Once upon a Time in the West - Remastered Trailer