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Once Upon A Time In The West [C'era Una Volta Il West] Is More Than A Cult Classic
Examiner ^
| 02.08.2011
Posted on 02/20/2011 8:01:02 PM PST by Perdogg
Once Upon A Time In The West is a rare film. The movie is over 40 years old, was snubbed by critics (including Roger Ebert) and shunned by audiences on its release, but Sergio Leone's follow-up (but not sequel to) The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is now a staple of even commonplace stores in the Louisville area, like Wal-mart or Target. On IMDB.com's list of the 250 highest user-rated films, it places #20. And that's not just with the general public. Film critics now often cite this as one of the best motion pictures of all time. What could account for such a remarkable turn-around?
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: enniomorricone; movies; sergioleone
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posted on
02/20/2011 8:01:07 PM PST
by
Perdogg
To: Perdogg; DollyCali; EveningStar; Borges; Mr. K; Blondie; altura; mylife; Mama_Bear; Jack Deth; ...
It’s a conservative movie for conservatives.
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posted on
02/20/2011 8:03:18 PM PST
by
Perdogg
(What Would Aqua Buddha do?)
To: Perdogg
How can anyone put any stock in Roger Ebert’s opinion about anything? After all, he recommended that we vote for algore.
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posted on
02/20/2011 8:03:28 PM PST
by
Ax
To: Perdogg
Personally, I prefer the Man With No Name trilogy.
To: MichaelNewton
Did you watch them last night/today on AMC?
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posted on
02/20/2011 8:07:31 PM PST
by
Perdogg
(What Would Aqua Buddha do?)
To: Perdogg
For those interested, Sergio Leone, Something To Do With Death (2000) by Sir Christopher Frayling is an excellent biography.
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posted on
02/20/2011 8:09:00 PM PST
by
steelyourfaith
("Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." -- Wendell Phillips)
To: Perdogg
One of my top 15-ish all time greatest films ever made.
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posted on
02/20/2011 8:09:00 PM PST
by
GOPsterinMA
(RomneyCare is Mitt`s Chappaquiddick)
To: Perdogg
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posted on
02/20/2011 8:09:42 PM PST
by
mylife
(Opinions: $1.00 ~ Halfbaked: 50c)
To: GOPsterinMA
Sergio Leone wanted Jason Robbards in “Duck You Sucker” but got James Coburn instead.
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posted on
02/20/2011 8:10:37 PM PST
by
Perdogg
(What Would Aqua Buddha do?)
To: Perdogg
LOVE that movie! One of my all time favorites and Claudia...ahhhhh....
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posted on
02/20/2011 8:11:03 PM PST
by
Rick_Michael
(Have no fear "President Government" is here)
To: Perdogg
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posted on
02/20/2011 8:13:17 PM PST
by
mylife
(Opinions: $1.00 ~ Halfbaked: 50c)
To: Perdogg
A great movie enhanced by Ennio’s music.
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posted on
02/20/2011 8:13:40 PM PST
by
GSP.FAN
(Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints.)
To: Ax
When Ron Howard, a liberal Hollywood director, released the film “Wilow”, it was panned by Siskel and Ebert. Upon finding out about this, the novelization of the movie had a name for the two-headed, fire-breathing monster near the last third of the movie. It was called and Ebersisk!
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posted on
02/20/2011 8:15:52 PM PST
by
getarope
(We Don't Need No Stinkin' RINO's)
To: Ax
"How can anyone put any stock in Roger Ebert’s opinion about anything? After all, he recommended that we vote for algore."So did "financial expert" Suze Orman.
(Shows what she knows about our economy)
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posted on
02/20/2011 8:16:10 PM PST
by
Baynative
(Truth is treason in an empire of lies)
To: mylife
You are correct my friend.
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posted on
02/20/2011 8:16:27 PM PST
by
Perdogg
(What Would Aqua Buddha do?)
To: Perdogg
OMG!!! “Duck You Sucker”
I haven’t thought of that one in a while.
Thanks for that info!
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posted on
02/20/2011 8:17:27 PM PST
by
GOPsterinMA
(RomneyCare is Mitt`s Chappaquiddick)
To: Perdogg
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posted on
02/20/2011 8:19:58 PM PST
by
mylife
(Opinions: $1.00 ~ Halfbaked: 50c)
To: Perdogg
That would be Jill's theme song, some consider it the main theme song. There were others, Harmonica's, Cheyenne's, etc., that would often play when the character would enter a scene.
More...
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posted on
02/20/2011 8:24:31 PM PST
by
steelyourfaith
("Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." -- Wendell Phillips)
To: Perdogg
1969 was a highlight year for Gabriele Ferzetti. Morton in “Once Up on a Time” and as James Bond’s father-in-law (for about 1 minute) in “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”.
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posted on
02/20/2011 8:24:47 PM PST
by
GOPsterinMA
(RomneyCare is Mitt`s Chappaquiddick)
To: Perdogg
You know, I finally got around to seeing Once Upon... just last fall. I won’t say I liked it better than Good, Bad, and The Ugly, but it was a great film nonetheless. Quite a kick seeing Henry Fonda in such a villainous part.
BTW, another western that got a lot of criticism (though admittedly also a lot of praise) when it came out that I just love is “The Wild Bunch”. Bill Holden, Ernie Borgnine, and Robert Ryan all in the same film? Fuggadaboutit!
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posted on
02/20/2011 8:25:53 PM PST
by
DemforBush
(A Repo man is *always* intense!)
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