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Once Upon a Time in the West (C'Era una Volta il West)
Theatrical film poster by Frank McCarthy.
Directed by	Sergio Leone
Produced by	Bino Cicogna
Written by	Sergio Leone Sergio Donati Dario Argento(story) Bernardo Bertolucci(story)
Starring	Charles Bronson Claudia Cardinale Jason Robards Henry Fonda
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Cinematography	Tonino Delli Colli
Distributed by	Paramount
Release date(s)	Italy: December 21, 1968 United States: May 28, 1969
Running time	Theatrical Cut: 145 minutes Restored Cut: 165 minutes Extended Cut: 171 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian English

Once Upon a Time in the West (Italian title: C'Era una Volta il West) is a 1968 epic spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone. The film stars Henry Fonda as the villain Frank, Charles Bronson as his nemesis "Harmonica", Jason Robards as the bandit Cheyenne and Claudia Cardinale as Jill, a newly-widowed homesteader with a past as a prostitute. The screenplay was written by Leone and Sergio Donati, from a story devised by Leone, Bernardo Bertolucci, and Dario Argento. The widescreen cinematography was by Tonino Delli Colli, and Ennio Morricone provided the film score.

In Europe, the film was a substantial box office success, playing for multiple years in some cities. However, it was greeted with a mostly negative critical response upon its 1969 theatrical release in the United States and was a financial flop. The film is now generally acknowledged as a classic and one of the best western films ever made.^[1][2]

It is the first part of a loose trilogy of epics called Once Upon a Time Trilogy, followed by 1971's A Fistful of Dynamite (known alternatively as Once Upon a Time... the Revolution or Duck, You Sucker) and 1984's Once Upon a Time in America.

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