Top 4 Once Upon A Time In The West Movie Details

While searching the internet for Once Upon A Time In The West movie facts, I found some interesting little known details. Obscure enough that most people could miss it, I want to make you a favor by creating ordered lists with the most intriguing hidden details.

Most of them are not blatantly obvious to be observed at first sight, so take your time and read carefully. We have extensive definitions that accurately explain any behind the scene meaning or famous dialogues.

Jill McBain checks her pocket watch after arriving in Flagstone. The difference from the Station Time illustrates how far she travelled, but doesn't correspond to an hourly lapse because the setting of the movie predates the advent of Modern Standard Time.
Jill McBain checks her pocket watch after arriving in Flagstone. The difference from the Station Time illustrates how far she travelled, but doesn't correspond to an hourly lapse because the setting of the movie predates the advent of Modern Standard Time.
Jill McBain arrives in Flagstone to meet her husband while wearing a black dress. When he isn't there, she heads to his ranch in Sweetwater to find a funeral ceremony taking place for him and his children.
Jill McBain arrives in Flagstone to meet her husband while wearing a black dress. When he isn't there, she heads to his ranch in Sweetwater to find a funeral ceremony taking place for him and his children.

Trivia

I have collected all the famous movie trivia questions with answers from Reddit and other sources. They can be very useful in quizzes or games, or simply to learn more information. Most of the fun Once Upon A Time In The West details are suitable for kids.

  1. The slow camera pan to reveal Frank's face after he massacres the McBain family was intentionally designed by Sergio Leone to shock the audience. Up until that point, audiences had never seen clean-cut good-guy actor Henry Fonda play a sadistic murderer

  2. The original choice to play the three gunman in the opening scene were Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach, the titular characters in Sergio Leone's previous movie The Good, The Bad and The Ugly...

Once Upon A Time In The West poster
Once Upon A Time In The West poster

Once Upon A Time In The West Plot: A mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.

I am pretty sure that you've watched Once Upon A Time In The West, maybe in a theater near you or on the small screen, but probably not many of the small details have taken your attention. Most of the previous facts are hidden for some reason, but still, there is plenty of randomly forgetten stuff that makes the movie unique and interesting. The more you know, the more fascinated you'll be about Once Upon A Time In The West and will watch it online, download or stream it again and again.

Genre Western
Director Sergio Leone
Main Actors Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson
IMDB score 8.5

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