Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

Highly Recommended

Italy/USA

Feature Film
Original Title: C'era una volta il West
Director: Sergio Leone
Writers: Sergio Donati, Sergio Leone, Dario Argento, Bernardo Bertolucci, Mickey Knox
Cinematographer: Tonino Delli Colli
Composer: Ennio Morricone
Cast: Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, Gabriele Ferzetti

Quite possibly the film with the best claim to the title of the ultimate Western, Leone’s beautifully phlegmatic, Bolognese-dipped portrait of an enigmatic stranger’s effect on the lives of some vicious outlaws, a corrupt businessman, and a former-tart-with-a-heart, is a stunningly acted, beautifully photographed, and distinctively soundtracked minor masterpiece. Iain.Stott