Once Upon a Time in the West [VHS]
by Sergio Leone
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Actor: Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale, Gabriele Ferzetti, Henry Fonda, Jason RobardsDirector: Sergio Leone
Writer: Sergio Leone
Producer: Bino Cicogna
Producer: Fulvio Morsella
Writer: Bernardo Bertolucci
Writer: Dario Argento
Writer: Mickey Knox
Writer: Sergio Donati
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: Italian (Original Language), Analog
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC, Original recording remastered
Running Time: 175 minutes
Release Date: 1997-02-19
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Publisher: Paramount
Studio: Paramount
VHS Movie Reviews of Once Upon a Time in the West [VHS]
Movie Review: Absolutely Crucial
Summary: 5 Stars
Everyone should see this movie, even if just as the best example of what the Italian Western is capable of. Spaghetti Western designation aside, this is a great movie, one of the best ever filmed. Superb.
I must say though, that fans of Leones trilogy starring Clint Eastwood may be better served to explore elsewhere first if looking to familiarize themseves with the Italian Western. This movie may be too big a leap, and as probably the best in the genre, it would best be appreciated after seeing some the lesser, but still great, contributions the the genre.
Not as rollicking as his trilogy of films starring Clint Eastwood, Once Upon a Time... has a somewhat more sombre tone, but is no,less enjoyable. A feast for the eyes.
The package is exceptional. Worth every penny. The special features are interesting and insightful. The print itself is gorgeous.
Summary of Once Upon a Time in the West [VHS]
The so-called spaghetti Western achieved its apotheosis in Sergio Leone's magnificently mythic (and utterly outlandish) Once upon a Time in the West. After a series of international hits starring Clint Eastwood (from A Fistful of Dollars to The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly), Leone outdid himself with this spectacular, larger-than-life, horse-operatic epic about how the West was won. (And make no mistake: this is the wide, wide West, folks--so the widescreen/letterboxed version is strongly recommended.) The unholy trinity of Italian cinema--Leone, Bernardo Bertolucci, and Dario Argento--concocted the story about a woman (Claudia Cardinale) hanging onto her land in hopes that the transcontinental railroad would reach her before a steely-eyed, black-hearted killer (Fonda) does. (The film's advertising slogan was: "There were three men in her life. One to take her ... one to love her ... and one to kill her.") Meanwhile, Leone shoots his stars' faces as if they were expansive Western landscapes, and their towering bodies as if they were looming rock formations in John Ford's Monument Valley. --Jim EmersonArt House & International VHS Video
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