Director: Sergio Leone
Writers: Sergio Leone (screenplay), Sergio Donati (screenplay),
Stars: Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale
Storyline
Story of a young woman, Mrs. McBain, who moves from New Orleans to
frontier Utah, on the very edge of the American West. She arrives to
find her new husband and family slaughtered, but by whom? The prime
suspect, coffee-lover Cheyenne, befriends her and offers to go after the
real killer, assassin gang leader Frank, in her honor. He is
accompanied by Harmonica on his quest to get even. Written by
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Movie Reviews
It doesn't get any better than this: this is movie history
This one only gets
better with each viewing. Leone's masterful storytelling and Morricone's
crazy, beautiful, epic soundtrack; desperate, haunted faces which look
like the barren landscapes the story is set in and a plot that unfolds
with impeccable pacing to culminate in THE ultimate western finale.
As in Leone's previous films, music isn't just used to add to the atmosphere but is essential to the story, or perhaps even more: Morricone's main musical theme plays the actual role of a (or rather: the) protagonist in the film.
Anyone who thought that the so called "Spaghetti westerns" were nothing but cheap, violent B-movies had to reconsider after seeing this film. It doesn't get any better than this: this is movie history; iconic, classic, unforgettable, epic. For this film, I just run out of superlatives.
As in Leone's previous films, music isn't just used to add to the atmosphere but is essential to the story, or perhaps even more: Morricone's main musical theme plays the actual role of a (or rather: the) protagonist in the film.
Anyone who thought that the so called "Spaghetti westerns" were nothing but cheap, violent B-movies had to reconsider after seeing this film. It doesn't get any better than this: this is movie history; iconic, classic, unforgettable, epic. For this film, I just run out of superlatives.
