Once Upon a Time in the West - crew, film crew
The entire team, the film crew of the film "Once Upon a Time in the West"
C'era una volta il West (1968)
Timing:
2:46 (166 min)
8.276/10
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7.981/10
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8.5/10
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Film crew
Director
Producer
Fulvio Morsella
Producer
Executive Producer
Bino Cicogna
Executive Producer
Editor
Stunts
Claudio Mancini
Stunts
Paolo Figlia
Stunts
Production Design
Carlo Simi
Production Design
Set Decoration
Carlo Simi
Set Decoration
Rafael Ferri
Set Decoration
Makeup Artist
Original Music Composer
Production Supervisor
Ugo Tucci
Production Supervisor
Director of Photography
Musician
Bruno Battisti D'Amario
Musician
Camera Operator
Franco Di Giacomo
Camera Operator
Still Photographer
First Assistant Director
Giancarlo Santi
First Assistant Director
Production Manager
Claudio Mancini
Production Manager
Costume Designer
Carlo Simi
Costume Designer
Antonella Pompei
Costume Designer
Screenplay
Assistant Editor
Carlo Reali
Assistant Editor
Andreina Casini
Assistant Editor
Location Manager
Jack English
Location Manager
Assistant Set Decoration
Enrico Simi
Assistant Set Decoration
Special Effects
Eros Bacciucchi
Special Effects
Story
Makeup Supervisor
Alberto De Rossi
Makeup Supervisor
Assistant Director
Conductor
Sound Engineer
Elio Pacella
Sound Engineer
Claudio Maielli
Sound Engineer
Fausto Ancillai
Sound Engineer
Visual Effects
Carlo De Marchis
Visual Effects
Hairdresser
Grazia De Rossi
Hairdresser
Sound Effects
Italo Cameracanna
Sound Effects
Luciano Anzellotti
Sound Effects
Roberto Arcangeli
Sound Effects
Dialogue
Assistant Camera
Giuseppe Lanci
Assistant Camera
Roberto Forges Davanzati
Assistant Camera
Assistant Production Design
Antonio Palombi
Assistant Production Design
What's left behind the scenes
- Henry Fonda specifically ordered a pair of brown contact lenses for the role. Leone made him take them off – he needed the piercing gaze of Fonda’s blue eyes.
- After the 'dollar' trilogy, Leone no longer wanted to make Westerns. As early as the 60s, he was considering the project 'Once Upon a Time in America.' However, American producers refused to finance the project until he made another Western for them.
- Bernardo Bertolucci, co-author of the screenplay, claimed that the idea of introducing a woman into the story was his. Leone initially hesitated, but then, when he agreed, he had the idea to show Jill McBain from an angle that would immediately reveal she wasn't wearing underwear. He later abandoned this idea, and Claudia Cardinale said that if she had known about Leone’s whim at the time, she wouldn't have agreed to star in the film.
- Leone intended for Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach (stars of 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' (1966)) to play the three bandits waiting for Harmonica at the station at the beginning of the film. But when it became clear that Eastwood wouldn't be available, the idea had to be abandoned.
- The characters of Claudia Cardinale and Paolo Stoppa made the longest stagecoach journey in the history of cinema. It began in Spain and continued through Monument Valley in the USA.
- The Native American woman who fled the station at the beginning of the film was played by Hawaiian princess Luana Kalaeloa. She was the wife of actor Woody Strode.
- Jill McBain's house served as a location for Orson Welles' film "The Chimes" (1965) somewhat earlier.
- Claudio Mancini, the film's production manager, plays the unlucky brother Harmonica.
- John Landis, a future famous director, was one of the stuntmen on the film.
- This is the last film by Sergio Leone to feature opening credits lasting more than ten minutes.
- Jason Robards (Cheyenne) got drunk on the very first day of filming. Leone threatened to fire him, and Robards did not repeat this behavior. However, when Robert F. Kennedy was killed in June 1968, Robards got drunk again. Leone understood the situation and even halted filming for a day.
- Actor Al Mullock, who played in the opening shootout scene, jumped out of his hotel window the same day, still wearing the same costume. He died on the way to the hospital.
- Henry Fonda initially refused to star in the film. Sergio Leone personally went to America to persuade him. Fonda asked, "Why do you want to film me?" Leone replied, "Imagine: the camera slowly pans up the figure of a bandit, from the bottom up, to his gun, which he draws and shoots at a running child. Then the camera rises to the bandit's face… and it’s Henry Fonda."
- After the "dollar" trilogy, Leone no longer wanted to make Westerns. He had been considering the project "Once Upon a Time in America" as early as the 1960s. However, American producers refused to finance the project until he made another Western for them.
- The idea was for Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach (stars of "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (1966)) to play the three bandits waiting for Harmonica at the station at the beginning of the film. However, when it became clear that Eastwood would not be filming, the idea had to be abandoned.
- Jill McBain's house served as a set for Orson Welles’ film "The Chimes" (1965) shortly before this.
- Henry Fonda initially refused to star in the film. Sergio Leone personally went to America to persuade him. Fonda asked: “Why do you want to film me?” Leone replied: “Imagine: the camera slowly pans up the figure of a bandit, from the bottom up, to his gun, which he draws and shoots at a running child. Then the camera rises to the bandit’s face… and it’s Henry Fonda.”
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