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11,992 Ratings

Once Upon a Time in the West

C'era una volta il West

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Directed by Sergio Leone
Italy, United States, 1968
Western

Synopsis

Sergio Leone’s epic story of a mysterious stranger with a harmonica who joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.

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Awards & Festivals

BFI London Film Festival

2008

San Francisco International Film Festival

2009

New York Film Festival

1980

Tribeca Film Festival

2008

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Cast & Crew

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Critics reviews

ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST is a grand, summative mosaic of western-movie imagery and themes—it’s the western to end all westerns. . . . This temporal setting gives the film an elegiac air, while the dynamic, monumental imagery gives the film a palpable vivacity.
January 05, 2018
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