#497. Once Upon a Time in the West (C'era una volta il west)
- Year: 1968
- Country: USA
- Language: Italian
- Production: Paramount, 165m
- Director: Sergio Leone
- Producer: Fulvio Mosella, Bino Cicogna
- Screenplay: Sergio Donati, Sergio Leone
- Photography: Tonino Delli Colli
- Music: Ennio Morricone
- Cast: Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson
- Blog Club Rating: 8.3/10
Abridged Book Description[]
Once Upon a Time in the West is the first Leone film to place violence in a truly political context, indicting the corrupt (and crippled) railroad tycoon who "leaves two shiny, slimy tracks like a snail" as he bulldozes across the landscape, employing outlaw flunkies to dispose of inconvenient settlers who won't unsettle easily... With striking widescreen compositions and epic running time, this is truly a Western that wins points for both length and width.