Once Upon A Time In The West HD - Opening Credits and Titles (The Man by Ennio Morricone)

[K1ngs0fL30n]

They just don't make 'em like this anymore. The combinaton of Leone's incredible directing, Morricone's beautiful soundtrack, the breathtaking landscape of the Old West, and the quite brilliant acting of all involved make this movie one of the greatest of all time. Amazing.

[DaRealGozu]

epic

[Vidrinskas]

Outrageously brilliant. People who say that nothing happens have nothing happening between their ears.

[echoes707]

MAGNIFICENT JUST THE BEST OF THE BEST ********

[rudeman15]

How do you direct a fly?

[ZombiedustXXX]

@rudeman15 If I remember correctly from the dvd extras, honey was rubbed into Jack Elam's beard to keep the fly on camera. A dead fly on a string was used for pistol captured fly segment.

[nabadraadshe]

The maestro Ennio Morriconi tells us here that all sounds are music.

[kellyadmirer1]

If you end it right there, this is a classic short film all its own, never mind the rest of the production with Fonda and Cardinale.

[TheOrionStar]

it speaks to really good directing when you can keep people intrested when the charactors are not speaking amazing

[conejo013]

Two people are twilight fans.... This movie never gets old

[alxBelman]

He visto películas completas que no tenían ni la mitad del storytelling que los créditos de este spaguetti western :) un clásico!

[ElgartheWise]

You brought two too many.

[paulanna2]

does anyone know what kind of instrument make this squeaky, constant sound in the background? I would really appreciate your help

[TheShadowcat6969]

@paulanna2 No instrument. That was the actual sound of the windmill. Reportedly a set hand was going to oil it and sergio was gonna strangle him.

[littleshaps]

@paulanna2 that's the sound of the windmill at the set. Apparently someone suggested stopping it because of the noise but Sergio Leone said "don't you touch it". No instrument required

[bruniquel]

@paulanna2 that';s the windmill

[prodos8]

I think I just had an orgasm.



[myrtlebox]

Only thing that beats this amazing opening is the finale of the "The Good, The Bad & The Ugly"

Sergio & Ennio were quite a team.

[frankrideau]

extremely detailled framing !

[andyanitaskye]

fab and good quality - thx



[Chronos767]

So much tension.

[RafaHenryBorges]

This is Cinema with a capital C.

[videotitan1]

Sergio Leone on little details were extraordinary, its like watching a Rembrandt Painting. In fact, Sergio Leone always wanted his shadows to mimic those of Rembrandt.

[MaxQNik]

Precise dialogue without a single word of surplus, simply perfect...

A story about people and living, nothing less and nothing more.

[arthurbohon]

Love the sound of the windmill

[xpressivist]

I freakin' love this movie! Number 1 in my list of westerns.

[Roysterdoyster98]

A tense build up for Bronson's entrance, Brilliant..

[makistudio]

Sergio Leone, no necesita palabras para mostrarte que es el putas

[Unitor677]

the intro was fucking epic

[Anlushac11]

Still one of the best westerns ever made. 

[cuttski]

Its fantastic how he seems to make the train a living breathing monster by the deep sounds....best when my head phones are on. great opening to a film.

[michaelramgulam]

Oh these type of movies have their own class.Just superb....

[PascalLemoineProjet]

Fabulous !!!!!

[MrSetmaat]

People, have you seen a better beginning of a spaghetti western movie legend Sergio Leone

[Danorowski]

1:55 ticket flying towards camera - what a master stroke.

[astroboirap]

bronson in da criiiiiiiiiiiiiib

[selcuk32adana]

you brought two to many :D

[Stranglehold1971]

One of the best scenes ever.

[zoelarapeuse]

So great ! ♥ *_*

[GasCityGuy]

I read somewhere that this nearly 3hr movie had only about 20 pages of dialog in the script. IMO that's beauty of the movie in that it was crafted visually and through the actors body language rather than mindless vocal dribble.

[lkgrave]

This movie is so badass that Jack Elam was only needed for the intro.

[Twelwan]

When the movie came out people of the 20th century walked into the movie theaters: Living in modern times, crowded cities, hectic daily routines. They sat down. The opening credits started: Deceleration. Wide landscape. The perfect immersion into a world in which the clocks ticked slower.

[alexkrycek21]

Absolutely awesome opening. 

[garagerocker48]

the best opening ever

[Piitsi]

@garagerocker48 and the best movie of all time. IMHO :)

[MrFTW733]

Pobre anciano.

[MrCrispian]

one of the baddies is in the good the bad and the ugly......twice.

[josefk64]

The best western ever made

[DonkeyMagnet99]

One of the greatest movie opening sequences of all time !

[McDeusky]

@DonkeyMagnet99 Indeed... =)

[nixsogutstudios]

Thanks for the upload! Can't wait to get my hands on the blu-ray. Btw, did you deliberately chose to upload the scene with the last bit missing? Or was it just a coincidence? In case you or others don't know, in the original cut Harmonica actually gets up after he had been shot down. Because that bit was missing in a lot of cuts, especially in the first American cut, a lot of people interpreted weird diabolical metaphors into the movie, e.g. that Harmonica is an immortal ghost, coming for Frank.

[PhillipCreeper]

@nixsogutstudios That is good information that I didnt know.  Thanks for sharing. I did not know about the cut scene and I saw it when first released in the USA. Maybe someday TCM or someone will show the uncut version.

[TheDiscoDays]

What's great about all of these movies was that they were actually "filmed' and not done digitally with green screens like they are today. The films offers better resolution and the color can't be matched with digital. Digital movies suck anyway, because everything mostly is computer generated. Why waste your money going to the theaters. Just wait til they come to TV.

[BTT125]

Great that you have posted the whole scene. It`s beauty is in it`s entirety!

[Socotri]

a good movie don't need erotic scene, a legendary movie need almost no dialogue to shake the heart.

[Danorowski]

@Socotri And apparently a good comment don't need no correct grammar.

[Socotri]

@Danorowski You're totally right,

[captpicard100]

Al Mulock, the actor who played "Knuckles" in the opening sequence committed suicide by jumping out of the hotel top floor before this sequence was finished. Thats why the last few shots of that character are from a distance so you don't see his face, Sergio Leone used an extra in the same costume to maintain the continuity of the scene, it's still my favourite Spaghetti Western ever by a long long way though:-))))))))))

[kregerfilms]

Thanks so much for uploading this. Seriously. 

[paulbrouns]

At last the complete opening sequence. I watched it last night on blu-ray: one of my favourite movies ever!