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Once Upon A Time In The West (1968)

Directed by Sergio Leone · Cinematography by Tonino Delli Colli

PG-13145 min64 frames

DramaWestern

There were three men in her life. One to take her… one to love her —and one to kill her.

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Once Upon A Time In The West (1968) movie still: medium — An arid construction site features stacked lumber and dry scrub under a clear sky. Several…Once Upon A Time In The West (1968) movie still: closeup — A wooden storefront door with thick condensation and black painted letters reading STAY…Once Upon A Time In The West (1968) movie still: establishing — A vast, open rural landscape features a foreground of dry, golden grass. In the…Once Upon A Time In The West (1968) movie still: medium — A man and a woman in 19th-century attire stand against a pale, cloudy sky. Both…Once Upon A Time In The West (1968) movie still: establishing — A vast desert valley features towering sandstone buttes against a sky with white…Once Upon A Time In The West (1968) movie still: wide — A dark, cluttered barn interior with rough-hewn timber beams and hanging ropes. A woman…Once Upon A Time In The West (1968) movie still: medium — A man stands outdoors under a bright blue sky filled with scattered white clouds. The man…Once Upon A Time In The West (1968) movie still: medium — A vast, arid desert landscape stretches toward distant mesas under a clear sky. A man with…Once Upon A Time In The West (1968) movie still: closeup — An arid, sun-drenched outdoor environment with blurred, out-of-focus desert terrain in…Once Upon A Time In The West (1968) movie still: wide — A vast, arid landscape features numerous laborers digging into rocky hillsides for track…Once Upon A Time In The West (1968) movie still: fullbody — A dilapidated building with unfinished brick walls stands in an arid, vast desert…Once Upon A Time In The West (1968) movie still: wide — A dark stone cell with a hanging cot suspended by ropes. A man and a woman lie together on…Once Upon A Time In The West (1968) movie still: closeup — An older man with weathered skin is in a dark indoor environment. He holds a cigar near…Once Upon A Time In The West (1968) movie still: establishing — A bustling 19th-century frontier town street features wooden structures, rail…Once Upon A Time In The West (1968) movie still: closeup — A man's face fills the frame against an out-of-focus, light-colored background. He wears…Once Upon A Time In The West (1968) movie still: medium — A rugged desert canyon features towering red sandstone walls behind two men. The…
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What is Once Upon A Time In The West about?

As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.

Once Upon a Time in the West is a 1968 epic spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone from a screenplay he co-wrote with Sergio Donati. It stars Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson, Gabriele Ferzetti, Woody Strode, Jack Elam, Lionel Stander, Paolo Stoppa, Frank Wolff, and Keenan Wynn. The widescreen cinematography was by Tonino Delli Colli and the film score was composed and conducted by Ennio Morricone.

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What does the cinematography of Once Upon A Time In The West look like?

Sampled across 64 frames, the coverage of Once Upon A Time In The West leans on medium shots (31% of the sample) and wide compositions (30%). Cinematographer Tonino Delli Colli keeps 77% of it in hard-edged, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 88% of the frames play in daylight. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame.

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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Once Upon A Time In The West (1968) are #372f29, #8f7b6a, #584f47, #a88e74, #56473a, #cbb194 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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