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Once Upon a Time in the West

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Once Upon a Time in the West	comment	Once Upon a Time in the West (in Italian: C'era una volta il West) (1968) is considered Sergio Leone's masterpiece (alongside the Dollars Trilogy); according to That Other Wiki, it's a prime example of an Epic Western.It features Claudia Cardinale as Jill, the young widow with a past, Henry Fonda as the villain Frank, Jason Robards as the bandit Cheyenne, and Charles Bronson as a "man with no name" seeking revenge.City Slicker Jill arrives at the town of Flagstone by train just as Bronson's nameless character drifts into town. By chance, their paths cross at a roadside establishment. Cheyenne, who has just escaped from his prison escort, dubs Bronson's character "Harmonica." Jill then discovers that her husband and his children have been murdered at their homestead. Frank, the real killer, frames Cheyenne.Harmonica has a personal vendetta against Frank, so he and Cheyenne fight against Frank and his boss, the railroad tycoon Morton (Gabriele Ferzetti). They defend Jill's homestead and discover her late husband's plan to make a fortune.Based on a story created by Leone, Bernardo Bertolucci and Dario Argento. Under Leone's direction, Ennio Morricone composed the soundtrack before the actual filming started, and most of the narrative is built around the musicnote as demonstrated here, instead of the traditional way of fitting the soundtrack to the film.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_10134c97	type	Artistic License â€“ Gun Safety
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_10134c97	comment	Artistic License â€“ Gun Safety: In the opening scene, one of the gunmen catches an annoying fly in the barrel of his gun, then keeps it in by putting his finger on the end, keeping his index finger on the trigger the entire time.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_135b9977	type	Bloodless Carnage
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_135b9977	comment	Bloodless Carnage: When Cheyenne shoots the man who's guarding Harmonica through the train window, there is no blood on the chair the man was sitting in, despite the fact that he was shot at point-blank range.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_13c1fec8	type	Dragon-in-Chief
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_13c1fec8	comment	Dragon-in-Chief: Frank is the focus of the plot, and has his own agenda, which involves getting Jill to sell the land to him so that he can then sell it to his nominal boss, Mister Morton at a higher price. Toyed with during the later parts of the film, as Morton proves that in his own way, he can be just as dangerous.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_1439161f	type	Heroic BSoD
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_1439161f	comment	Heroic BSoD: Jill during her final meeting with both Cheyenne and Harmonica.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_143939c1	type	Trailers Always Spoil
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_143939c1	comment	Trailers Always Spoil: The synopsis on the back of the DVD case has a pretty significant spoiler about just what Harmonica's beef with Frank is, saying that he "remembers how his brother was savagely tortured". Although it doesn't say outright who did it, it isn't difficult to put two and two together, and on top of that, it gives away one of the film's most shocking scenes. Averted when this was changed for the Blu-ray cover.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_1645005b	type	Evil Versus Evil
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_1645005b	comment	Evil Versus Evil: Frank and Morton spend the second half of the movie trying to checkmate each other, with increasingly violent results.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_17a45ff5	type	Misplaced Wildlife
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_17a45ff5	comment	Misplaced Wildlife: Brett McBain is shooting birds, and Timmy (Brett's son) collects the birds and shows them to his sister Maureen. The birds are chukkar partridge, which were introduced into the United States by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the 1920s and were not present before then.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_19851b86	type	The Sociopath
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_19851b86	comment	Frank gets another one near the end of the film in the "keep your lovin' brother happy" flashback. While Frank does spare the life of young Harmonica, he does it only to experience sadistic glee at seeing the guy witness the murder of his brother.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_19ebe383	type	Never Trust a Trailer
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_19ebe383	comment	Never Trust a Trailer: The trailer makes it look like Harmonica is the villain, and a ruthless killing machine. Frank, meanwhile, almost looks like he's the hero.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_1a3a91dd	type	Say My Name
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_1a3a91dd	comment	Say My Name: "MAUREEN!" It's quite heartbreaking.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_1df37537	type	Mutual Kill
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_1df37537	comment	Mutual Kill: A delayed one. During a shootout Mister Morton and Cheyenne mortally wound one another. Morton dies a few minutes later, Cheyenne a few hours later.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_1fb947b6	type	Just Train Wrong
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_1fb947b6	comment	Just Train Wrong: The train's boxcars have four wheels, a rounded roof, and other features more akin to European railroad practice. The passenger cars have a more American appearance, but feature buffer and chain couplers which were not used on US railroads. The locomotive, though fitted with a bell, cowcatcher, and other applications seen on American engines, has a plate frame, whereas American engines have bar frames.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_207e000c	type	Reveal Shot
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_207e000c	comment	Reveal Shot: Repeated flashbacks are shown of Harmonica's first meeting with Frank, but it's rather sparse on the details. When we do see the scene in its entirety, it's horrifying.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_21b5f849	type	My Name Is Inigo Montoya
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_21b5f849	comment	My Name Is Inigo Montoya: Beautifully subverted. Harmonica never tells Frank his name. When Frank demands to know, he gives him plenty of names, but none of them are his.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_230d64	type	Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_230d64	comment	Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: Once Morton realises that Frank has gone too far and needs to go.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_237404cc	type	Ironic Echo
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_237404cc	comment	Ironic Echo: Harmonica places his harmonica between the lips of a moribund Frank, a Call-Back to the death of Harmonica's brother, which Frank caused by hanging him from a bell.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_239ba401	type	Doesn't Trust Those Guys
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_239ba401	comment	Doesn't Trust Those Guys: "How can you trust a man who wears both a belt and suspenders? The man can't even trust his own pants."
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_259d5879	type	Anachronism Stew
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_259d5879	comment	Anachronism Stew: Jill wears fake eyelashes throughout the movie. Fake eyelashes were invented by Max Factor in the early 1910s. While preparing for the wedding feast, Brett's daughter sings a few lines of "Danny Boy". The words to this song were written in 1910.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_269e82c1	type	Death of a Child
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_269e82c1	comment	A bell sound rings out on the soundtrack right before Frank kills the little farmer boy.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_2719ab04	type	Special Guest
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_2719ab04	comment	Special Guest: Woody Strode and Jack Elam as two of the hitmen waiting for the train at the beginning. Keenan Wynn as the Sheriff at the auction, Frank Wolff as Jill's ill-fated husband, and Lionel Stander as the barman at the saloon where we first encounter Cheyenne.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_27d00b28	type	Same Content, Different Rating
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_27d00b28	comment	Same Content, Different Rating: The film features about the same amount of violence and mature themes as Sergio Leone's previous westerns, but it got an M (a precursor to PG) whereas the others all got Rs. It was updated to a PG-13 in 2003.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_29ad1d69	type	Facial Dialogue
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_29ad1d69	comment	Facial Dialogue: As Harmonica leaves, Jill asks if he'll ever come back. He looks at her and the smile drops from her face. After a Beat, he replies, "Someday". It's clear to both of them that is a lie.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_29f510be	type	Auction
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_29f510be	comment	Auction: Frank holds a rigged one to sell Jill's land, sending his goons to intimidate people from bidding. Harmonica bids $5, 000 with the bounty on Cheyenne's head.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_2dddd99d	type	False Flag Operation
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_2dddd99d	comment	False Flag Operation: The massacre of the McBains is carried out by Frank's henchmen (really working for Morton's railroad company) while dressed in dusters like Cheyenne's outlaw gang. A posse spends the first part of the film unsuccessfully tracking Cheyenne.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_2f50c5bf	type	Theme Music Power-Up
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_2f50c5bf	comment	Theme Music Power-Up: The spooky sound of the harmonica accompanies Harmonica's raging revenge through the movie, and every time you hear it you know that he'll do something awesome.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_319e4a2f	type	Even Evil Has Standards
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_319e4a2f	comment	Even Evil Has Standards: Cheyenne draws the line at killing children and Catholic priests. Mister Morton loathes senseless slaughter and comes to see Frank as little more than an animal.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_33c2b1e2	type	Best Served Cold
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_33c2b1e2	comment	Best Served Cold: Harmonica has spent most of his life hunting down Frank, who murdered his brother when they were teenagers. By putting a noose around the brother's neck, and forcing him to stand on Harmonica's shoulders until his legs gave way, no less.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_34dcfc96	type	Kick the Dog
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_34dcfc96	comment	Kick the Dog: Frank and his gang kill a family of four, including a young child. Frank gets another one near the end of the film in the "keep your lovin' brother happy" flashback. While Frank does spare the life of young Harmonica, he does it only to experience sadistic glee at seeing the guy witness the murder of his brother. Frank kicking Morton's crutches out from under him.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_392372f9	type	Actor Allusion
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_392372f9	comment	Actor Allusion: In a invokedDeleted Scene, Frank gets a shave at a perfume shop. Henry Fonda sits in the same position he did in My Darling Clementine. At the end of the film, he wears a similar outfit to the one he wore in Warlock. The latter film also contains a sequence in which Fonda's character kicks a crippled man off his crutches, as Frank does to Mr. Morton. This is the second western where Charles Bronson plays a harmonica, the first being Vera Cruz. He also whittled a piece of wood in The Magnificent Seven. Claudia Cardinale primping herself in front of a dirty mirror, recalling her appearance in Visconti's The Leopard.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_39afa76b	type	"Awkward Silence" Entrance
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_39afa76b	comment	"Awkward Silence" Entrance: All eyes are on Jill when she enters the inn.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_3cf10fcf	type	Click Hello
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_3cf10fcf	comment	Click Hello: Frank does this to Harmonica when he catches him climbing down the train.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_3f86799c	type	Gaussian Girl
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_3f86799c	comment	Gaussian Girl: During their goodbye, the close-up shot on Jill is slightly out-of-focus while the shot on Harmonica is clear.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: The bad guys die and the train finally gets to Sweetwater, which will grow into a beautiful town where Jill is going to be a very successful woman. On the other hand, Cheyenne, perhaps the most likable character in the film, dies, and Harmonica leaves to (presumably) never be seen again. It's also true on a metaphorical level, as it's shown that the advent of the new industrial era (a major theme of the film) wipes the old-fashioned individualist characters - noble warriors and crude villains alike.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_423f5a19	type	Killed Offscreen
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_423f5a19	comment	Killed Offscreen: Cheyenne provides a playful double example. First, he's mortally wounded in an off-screen skirmish, and then during his actual death, he asks his companion to look away, which the camera also respects with a brief discretion shot. When Frank shoots the younger McBain boy, the camera cuts away to the train with Jill arriving at the station, merging the sound of the bullet with the train's whistle. All of Cheyenne's men and the last five of Morton's men, killed in the train battle.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_44fc28e8	type	Honor Before Reason
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_44fc28e8	comment	Frank and Harmonica have several opportunities to shoot the other sneakily, but they wait out their time for a proper duel instead.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_454b2f2b	type	Secretly Dying
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_454b2f2b	comment	Secretly Dying: Due to the above gunshot wound. Throughout the whole of the last scene with Jill, you can tell that there's something wrong with Cheyenne, but he's doing his best to hide it from her. It's only once he leaves that we find out what happened.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_45af45f7	type	They Just Don't Get It
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_45af45f7	comment	They Just Dont Get It: Wobbles's case. Throughout the film he tries to gain Frank's respect by proving himself useful but, apart from the fact that every time he takes the initiative he only makes a fool of himself, he does not understand that Frank will never respect him simply because Wobbles is what he is: a pathetic imbecile who can look ridiculous at best. Not to mention that his own nickname is itself disparaging, yet he never seems to be offended by its use, or even grasp it. Wobbles, instead, keeps trying until Frank kills him.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_474d096e	type	Better to Kill Than Frighten
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_474d096e	comment	Better to Kill Than Frighten: Frank massacred the McBain family, even personally shooting their little son in the face at point-blank range, against the orders of his boss who sent him and his goons to scare the family into leaving their home. His deadpan defense to Morton chewing him out is "people scare better when they're dying".
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_474e3977	type	You Have Failed Me
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_474e3977	comment	You Have Failed Me: Frank dispatches Wobbles when he finds out that Harmonica followed him.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_4781adbb	type	Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_4781adbb	comment	Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Mr. McBain abuses one of his sons when the lad talks back, and seems to be a domineering man in general, but it's also evident that the man deeply cares for his family, especially for his daughter.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_47fea76b	type	Butt-Monkey
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_47fea76b	comment	Butt-Monkey: Wobbles. Harmonica literally puts him through the wringer, while Morton treats him with utter contempt - "You should learn to live like you didn't exist." Finally Frank kicks him off the train and then murders him as a kind of joke, shooting him through both suspenders and his belt after commenting that these garments show that "the man can't even trust his own pants." Still, Wobbles's unctuous, toadying personality keeps him far away from Woobie territory.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_48f0ca7f	type	PostModernism
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_48f0ca7f	comment	Postmodernism: See Deconstruction on Wikipedia. French theorist Jean Baudrillard once deemed Once Upon a Time in the West the first postmodern film.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_49d59be9	type	Scenery Porn
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_49d59be9	comment	Scenery Porn: Emphasis on Monument Valley, Utah.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_49d59be9	featureApplicability	1.0
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_49d59be9	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_4b316d47	type	Break the Cutie
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_4b316d47	comment	Break the Cutie: Played with. It's straight for four minutes with Jill, in the second last scene, once she realizes that Harmonica will not stay with her, and that she will most likely live as a widow until her death... then inverted, after Cheyenne gives her some advice that takes a few minutes for her to fully comprehend, and then adhere.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_4b316d47	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_4e7c4536	type	Wham Line
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_4e7c4536	comment	Wham Line: "Keep your lovin' brother happy."
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_4e7c4536	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_4e7f703c	type	Wham Shot
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_4e7f703c	comment	Wham Shot: Cheyenne getting the drink he ordered, revealing to the camera his shackled wrists.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_4e7f703c	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_4eb2ef02	type	Vehicle Vanish
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_4eb2ef02	comment	Vehicle Vanish: Harmonica makes his entrance this way, behind a train.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_4eb2ef02	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_505f6a99	type	Showdown at High Noon
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_505f6a99	comment	Showdown at High Noon: Harmonica and Frank finally settle their conflict this way.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_505f6a99	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_521aa24a	type	Dramatic Necklace Removal
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_521aa24a	comment	Dramatic Necklace Removal: Done by Harmonica after the climactic final duel.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_521aa24a	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_53c9fc92	type	Flashback
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_53c9fc92	comment	Flashback: Used to reveal why Harmonica pursues Frank.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_53c9fc92	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_5670cddb	type	Troubled Backstory Flashback
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_5670cddb	comment	Troubled Backstory Flashback: Harmonica is relentlessly pursuing Frank, with a few flashbacks showing a blurred figure. In the final showdown, we get a full flashback which reveals the blurred figure is Frank, who had Harmonica's brother hung from a bell and standing on his shoulders.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_5670cddb	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_5937a87c	type	No Honor Among Thieves
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_5937a87c	comment	No Honor Among Thieves: Frank's men are willing to kill him for money.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_5937a87c	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_59907e4f	type	Police Are Useless
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_59907e4f	comment	Police Are Useless: The Sheriff of Flagstone's only role in the movie is to oversee Jill's auction of Sweetwater. In a deleted scene his deputies rough up Harmonica, and he's revealed to be a Dirty Cop on Morton's payroll.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_59907e4f	featureApplicability	1.0
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_59907e4f	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_5f146203	type	Dissonant Serenity
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_5f146203	comment	Dissonant Serenity: Cheyenne goes about his business and doesn't care one iota about the climactic duel, and is just annoyed when the shooting makes him cut himself while shaving. On top of that, he's secretly dying.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_5f146203	featureApplicability	1.0
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_5f146203	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_61a84258	type	Deleted Scene
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_61a84258	comment	In a invokedDeleted Scene, Frank gets a shave at a perfume shop. Henry Fonda sits in the same position he did in My Darling Clementine. At the end of the film, he wears a similar outfit to the one he wore in Warlock. The latter film also contains a sequence in which Fonda's character kicks a crippled man off his crutches, as Frank does to Mr. Morton.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_61a84258	featureApplicability	1.0
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_61a84258	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_627264e0	type	Death Glare
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_627264e0	comment	Death Glare: Jill does this to Harmonica after he rips her clothes and sends her to get some water. She doesn't realize it yet that he did it to distract the bandits that came to get her.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_627264e0	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_64308b2a	type	Scare the Dog
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_64308b2a	comment	Scare the Dog: The first sign for McBain that something is wrong is when he hears his dogs whimpering.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_64308b2a	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_648fe274	type	But for Me, It Was Tuesday
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_648fe274	comment	But for Me, It Was Tuesday: Frank doesn't remember who Harmonica is, although Harmonica isn't keen on reminding him until the end. On the other hand, when Frank demands Harmonica's name, Harmonica responds with a couple pseudonyms — which Frank does recognize as the names of other men he's killed. Facial Dialogue shows him finally recognizing Harmonica; Frank asks the man for his name and gets a harmonica stuffed into his mouth for an answer.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_648fe274	featureApplicability	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_6886fe24	type	Outfit Decoy
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_6886fe24	comment	Outfit Decoy: Cheyenne fires his gun from inside his boot which he lets harmlessly dangle in front of a coach window.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_6886fe24	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_6b2b3b59	type	The Reveal
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_6b2b3b59	comment	The Reveal: Harmonica's motivation for wanting to kill Frank. Frank hanged Harmonica's brother with sadism; a young Harmonica, on his knees, was made to support his older brother above his shoulders, until the inevitable happened when he either collapsed from exhaustion or his brother kicked him away on purpose.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_6b2b3b59	featureApplicability	1.0
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_6b2b3b59	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_6ec4232f	type	Casting Gag
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_6ec4232f	comment	Casting Gag: Claudia Cardinale and Paolo Stoppa share several scenes together after playing daughter and father in The Leopard several years earlier.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_6ec4232f	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_72e0023f	type	Invoked Trope
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_72e0023f	comment	There's a subversion in a bizarre scene near the beginning where Harmonica ambushes Jill in a barn, roughs her up a little and rips her dress... but it turns out he's deliberately invoking Male Gaze by tearing her dress and having her hair whipped around a little. There may be assassins just outside, but not even they can avert their eyes from the eye-candy... except for maybe Harmonica. Look at him closely. He's doing this almost surgically and with extreme care.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_72e0023f	featureApplicability	1.0
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_72e0023f	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_74b49e17	type	Price on Their Head
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_74b49e17	comment	Price on Their Head: Cheyenne has a $5,000 bounty on his head, which Harmonica uses to bid for Sweetwater and save it from Frank and his goons during the auction.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_74b49e17	featureApplicability	1.0
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_74b49e17	featureConfidence	1.0
Once Upon a Time in the West	hasFeature	Once Upon a Time in the West / int_74b49e17
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_7919a45b	type	Duel to the Death
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_7919a45b	comment	Duel to the Death: Harmonica and Frank's showdown.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_7919a45b	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_7aaafe	type	Wedding/Death Juxtaposition
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_7aaafe	comment	Wedding/Death Juxtaposition: Played With. Jill arrives to her wedding with Mr. McBain a bit too late: Frank and his men have already murdered him and his children while preparing for the wedding. After Jill discovers their corpses, she reveals that she and McBain had already got married a month before.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_7aaafe	featureApplicability	1.0
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_7aaafe	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_7c0bfb83	type	Obviously Evil
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_7c0bfb83	comment	Obviously Evil: The three gunmen in the intro. Maybe not Woody Strode, but Jack Elam with his lazy eye and perma-stubble? Al Mulock cracking his knuckles?
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_7c0bfb83	featureApplicability	1.0
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_7c0bfb83	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_7febc23b	type	Establishing Character Moment
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_7febc23b	comment	Establishing Character Moment: A man of few words appears in a train station, blows his harmonica and takes care of the three gunmen who were sent to greet him. He outdraws them while his gun was still in his baggage. A classic, mysterious gunslinger and drifter. Frank shows up as the leader of a gang that has massacred a family and ends the deed by killing a little boy.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_7febc23b	featureApplicability	1.0
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_7febc23b	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_81a1960f	type	Silence Is Golden
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_81a1960f	comment	Silence Is Golden: The opening has no dialogue as a trio of gunman wait for their target to arrive on a train. The final showdown is over nine minutes long, in which a total of 8 words are spoken.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_81a1960f	featureApplicability	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_82e40acf	type	Whammy Bid
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_82e40acf	comment	Whammy Bid: Jill's land had been put in auction. The bids were in the hundreds when Harmonica bids $5,000. Instead of paying with money, he brings in Cheyenne, for which a reward in the bid's value had been offered.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_82e40acf	featureApplicability	1.0
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_82e40acf	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_831164fe	type	Signature Style
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_831164fe	comment	Signature Style: This film signals a shift to the second phase of Sergio Leone's style, being slower and more serious than the Dollars Trilogy.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_831164fe	featureApplicability	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_8513bc0f	type	Accidental Public Confession
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_8513bc0f	comment	Accidental Public Confession: A chilling version occurs at the beginning of the movie. Frank and his men have just finished massacring a family, only to exit the house and find a small boy staring at them.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_8513bc0f	featureApplicability	1.0
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_8513bc0f	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_86b21114	type	Badass Boast
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_86b21114	comment	Badass Boast: Harmonica's first scene, when three of Frank's men are waiting for him: Cheyenne's reaction upon hearing Harmonica's account of the shooting: "One, nobody around these parts got the guts to wear those dusters except Cheyenne's men. Two, Cheyenne's men don't get killed." He then spins his revolver and states that he can count "All the way up to six if I have to, and maybe even faster than you."
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_86b21114	featureApplicability	1.0
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_86b21114	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_8767b1f3	type	Black-and-Gray Morality
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_8767b1f3	comment	Black-and-Gray Morality: Cheyenne and Harmonica are not good people, the former being a feared leader of banditos and the latter being a stone-cold gunslinger. Frank, however, is much worse than both of them and is responsible the dark path Harmonica took.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_8767b1f3	featureApplicability	1.0
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_8767b1f3	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_88443a8a	type	Establishing Character Music
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_88443a8a	comment	Establishing Character Music: Subverted with Harmonica's theme - he plays it during his first scene at the train station. Frank's theme plays in full during his introduction, the electric guitar building up to a sweeping orchestra. When Cheyenne appears in the trading post, his theme is quite sinister, giving the impression that he's the villain. When the true nature of his character is revealed, his theme is more laid-back.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_8a817c2a	type	Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_8a817c2a	comment	Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: If you did not hate Frank after he gleefully gunned down the last McBain child, then you will loathe him after he forced Jill to sleep with him in exchange for her life.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_8a817c2a	featureApplicability	1.0
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_8a817c2a	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_8ae880f7	type	Deconstruction
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_8ae880f7	comment	Deconstruction: This movie definitively deconstructs The Western even more than the Dollars Trilogy did. Sergio Leone filmed much of it in Monument Valley, where the John Ford classics were filmed, and the film bears specific allusions to other films such as Johnny Guitar and Shane. Complete with obvious inclusions of typical western stereotypes being used in a very non-typical manner. It says a lot that Leone intended to use the lead actors from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly as the three thugs whom Harmonica kills in the first ten minutes of the film. (All three of the actors liked the idea, but it was scrapped when Clint Eastwood wasn't available.)
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_8ae880f7	featureApplicability	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_8b442f50	type	Did Not Get the Girl
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_8b442f50	comment	Did Not Get the Girl: Jill has lots of sexual tension with Cheyenne, Frank and Harmonica, but no one gets her. Cheyenne dies, Frank never stood a chance considering who he was and what he did to her, and Harmonica couldn't return her feelings. Since this aspect of the resolution is played largely from Jill's point of view, it's also a case of Did Not Get The Guy.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_8b442f50	featureApplicability	1.0
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_8b442f50	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_92f674e5	type	Revenge
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_92f674e5	comment	Revenge: Harmonica is driven entirely by a desire for revenge on Frank.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_92f674e5	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_93168fb1	type	It's Quietâ€¦ Too Quiet
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_93168fb1	comment	It's Quietâ€¦ Too Quiet: The Determined Homesteader early on senses something is up when the crickets suddenly stop chirping.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_93168fb1	featureApplicability	1.0
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_93168fb1	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_94e7d8f	type	Shoot Him, He Has a Wallet!
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_94e7d8f	comment	Shoot Him, He Has a Wallet!: Frank almost shoots Morton when the latter tries to produce a stack of bills from his drawer.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_94e7d8f	featureApplicability	1.0
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_94e7d8f	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_95b7c400	type	Faux Affably Evil
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_95b7c400	comment	Faux Affably Evil: Frank can be surprisingly casual when interacting with others, but it only underlines how little he cares about other people.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_95b7c400	featureApplicability	1.0
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_95b7c400	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_95b875b1	type	Not Me This Time
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_95b875b1	comment	Not Me This Time: Frank frames Cheyenne for the massacre of the McBain family, knowing that it's plausible since Cheyenne's no saint himself.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_95b875b1	featureApplicability	1.0
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_95b875b1	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_963d947b	type	It's Personal with the Dragon
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_963d947b	comment	It's Personal with the Dragon: Harmonica interferes with railroad baron Mr. Morton's efforts to take Jill McBain's land, but his primary goal is to kill Morton's henchman Frank, who killed Harmonica's brother decades earlier.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_963d947b	featureApplicability	1.0
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_963d947b	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_9718a22a	type	You Remind Me of X
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_9718a22a	comment	You Remind Me of X: Cheyenne tells Jill that she reminds him of his mother.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_9718a22a	featureApplicability	1.0
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_9718a22a	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_9788e2b1	type	Black Dude Dies First
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_9788e2b1	comment	Black Dude Dies First: Inverted; Stony is the last of the three gunmen to be killed in the opening. He even manages to shoot Harmonica as he goes.note He is, however, the only black character in the movie
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_9788e2b1	featureApplicability	1.0
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_9788e2b1	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_97926168	type	Rewatch Bonus
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_97926168	comment	Rewatch Bonus: On the second viewing, Cheyenne's grave condition is painfully obvious. He even holds his hand over the bullet wound while approaching Harmonica.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_97926168	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_97d97c28	type	Revenge Before Reason
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_97d97c28	comment	Revenge Before Reason: Both Harmonica and Frank have ample opportunity to have the other one killed off by others or inaction. But for Harmonica It's Personal. Frank could have taken Morton's place and lived a life of luxury with all he wanted. But he has to know what it is Harmonica wants and can't let go of grievances.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_97d97c28	featureApplicability	1.0
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_97d97c28	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_9b73b497	type	The Only One Allowed to Defeat You
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_9b73b497	comment	The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: Harmonica kills one member of Frank's gang when they betray him for Morton and try to kill him. He's not doing this to save his life, as Jill accuses him of doing, but because Harmonica hates Frank enough to consider himself the only one allowed to kill him.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_9b73b497	featureApplicability	1.0
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_9b73b497	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: At the beginning, Mr. McBain tells his daughter that one day they will be rich and won't have to work any more. Later it is revealed that the whole plot revolves around him buying the land for cheap because he knew that the railway will have to pass it and he will get rich by running a station there. Mr. Morton wants to get the land for himself, obviously. Another occurs later when Cheyenne tell Jill she deserves better than her present circumstances; she replies that the last man to tell her that is buried in her front yard.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_9d12bbc1	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_9e943076	type	One-Man Army
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_9e943076	comment	One-Man Army: Cheyenne runs into Morton one last time and manages to kill all of his goons by himself. He doesn't get away unscathed, however, and gets a fatal bullet wound for his troubles.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_9e943076	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_9ec60b8b	type	White Shirt of Death
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_9ec60b8b	comment	White Shirt of Death: Most noticeable on Maureen (well, dress actually) and Timmy McBain.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_9f6fb586	type	Leitmotif
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_9f6fb586	comment	Leitmotif: The four main characters have their own: Jill gets a melancholy, string-heavy orchestral piece with choral backing (sopranos courtesy of Edda dell'Orso). Cheyenne gets a laid-back banjo and whistling theme. Frank gets a variation on Harmonica's theme. Usually harsh fuzz guitar, but also played on oboe and trumpet at different points in the film. Harmonica has his ever-present namesake, accompanied by electric guitar and orchestra.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_a0a838fe	type	Bait-and-Switch Gunshot
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_a0a838fe	comment	Bait-and-Switch Gunshot: The camera lingers on a flock of disturbed pheasants in the air above the McBain farm. Then a shot rings out but no bird comes down. Then McBain looks around to see his daughter collapsing.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_a0a838fe	featureApplicability	1.0
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_a0a838fe	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_a18042f1	type	Left the Background Music On
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_a18042f1	comment	Left the Background Music On: Just before Harmonica's entrance, the music changes subtly. Everybody starts looking around, then it is revealed the new tune is being played by a man with a harmonica.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_a18042f1	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_a188ac4b	type	Overly Long Gag
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_a188ac4b	comment	Overly Long Gag: Frank's henchman Snaky getting increasingly annoyed by a fly landing on his face. There's also the joke of a residue or water dripping from the ceiling onto Stony's head, and then onto his hat.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_a188ac4b	featureApplicability	1.0
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_a188ac4b	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_a1a1491e	type	Homage
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_a1a1491e	comment	The three gunmen awaiting Harmonica is a direct Homage to Frank Miller's gang awaiting him in High Noon.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_a1a1491e	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_a632f7fa	type	Cool Train
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_a632f7fa	comment	Cool Train: Morton's special train.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_a73c667a	type	Captivity Harmonica
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_a73c667a	comment	Captivity Harmonica: Harmonica has one himself, having received it from Frank while tied up and forced to hold up his brother from the noose until he couldn't stand anymore.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_a754fa9a	type	Instant Death Bullet
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_a754fa9a	comment	Instant Death Bullet: ANY character hit by a bullet. Notable cases are the slaughter of the McBain family as well as the shootout at the railroad in the opening scene. Except for Frank, Cheyenne and Harmonica.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_a8896b94	type	Leave No Witnesses
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_a8896b94	comment	Leave No Witnesses: One of the earliest evil deeds Frank does is kill a child after this sinister excerpt of dialogue:
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_a8896b94	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_aa4be36a	type	The Three Faces of Adam
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_aa4be36a	comment	The Three Faces of Adam: Frank is The Hunter (ambitious and greedy), Cheyenne is The Lord (sardonic and helpful) Harmonica is The Prophet (driven and resourceful).
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_abad35b4	type	Soundtrack Dissonance
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_abad35b4	comment	Soundtrack Dissonance: Cheyenne's upbeat little motif plays as he dies.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_ac09dc0f	type	Alas, Poor Villain
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_ac09dc0f	comment	Alas, Poor Villain: Morton had the desperate goal of seeing the blue ocean of the Pacific before he succumbed to his fatal disease. He instead dies slowly face down in a mud puddle while he imagines to hear the ocean.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_ac09dc0f	featureApplicability	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_aef5c283	type	Off-into-the-Distance Ending
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_aef5c283	comment	Off-into-the-Distance Ending: The movie ends with Harmonica (and Cheyenne) riding off into the distance.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_b2af79fb	type	Leave the Camera Running
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_b2af79fb	comment	Leave the Camera Running: Sergio Leone's signature style, the first scene has the characters waiting for a train and runs for almost 15 minutes before the first words are spoken.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_b4b2a42a	type	Widowed at the Wedding
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_b4b2a42a	comment	Widowed at the Wedding: Subverted with Jill. The story begins during her wedding day party with McBain, but it's revealed they already married in New Orleans the month before.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_b5557ef8	type	Western Union Man
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_b5557ef8	comment	Western Union Man: In the famous opening sequence, the three thugs waiting at the railway station scare the meek telegraphist away simply by showing up in the dilapidated office. Eventually, much to his distress, they rip the cables off, annoyed by the sound the machine keeps making.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_b5557ef8	featureApplicability	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_b5c562be	type	Face Framed in Shadow
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_b5c562be	comment	Face Framed in Shadow: Almost every introduction of Harmonica into a scene is like this, especially the scene where he's revealed by a lantern being thrown into the corner of the bar where he's sitting.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_b7e0c5ff	type	Love Triangle
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_b7e0c5ff	comment	Love Triangle: Very subtle. Over the course of the film, Cheyenne gets a bit of a soft spot for Jill. Who in turn develops one for Harmonica. Harmonica's feelings are unsaid and he moves on at the end of the film.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_baa1d4b	type	I Can Explain
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_baa1d4b	comment	I Can Explain: Wobbles tries this line together with You Have to Believe Me! when it becomes apparent that he unwittingly led Harmonica to Morton's train.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_baa1d4b	featureApplicability	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_bc103f8b	type	Subverted
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_bc103f8b	comment	Subverted with Harmonica's theme - he plays it during his first scene at the train station.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_bc103f8b	featureApplicability	-0.3
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_bc103f8b	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_bce16d24	type	Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_bce16d24	comment	Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?: Frank and Harmonica have several opportunities to shoot the other sneakily, but they wait out their time for a proper duel instead. When Frank killed Harmonica's brother, he had the chance to kill Harmonica too. Instead, he left him alive, only for Harmonica to come back for revenge.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_bce16d24	featureApplicability	1.0
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_bce16d24	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_bd4264a3	type	Slasher Smile
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_bd4264a3	comment	Slasher Smile: Frank and some of his men in Harmonica's flashback.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_bdbfdf8a	type	The Dying Walk
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_bdbfdf8a	comment	The Dying Walk: Before the climax, Frank escapes a shootout with Morton's hired goons and returns to Morton's train to confront him, only to find Morton dying of wounds he sustained during a run-in with the outlaw Cheyenne. Morton, lying pitifully in the dirt, ignores Frank's arrival and instead desperately crawls over to a nearby mud puddle representing a stand-in for the Pacific Ocean that he will never be able to reach.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_bdbfdf8a	featureApplicability	1.0
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_bdbfdf8a	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_bdf2a460	type	Tragic Dream
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_bdf2a460	comment	Tragic Dream: Morton desperately wishes to see his railway reach the Pacific Ocean before the tuberculosis that has crippled him fully claims his lungs and his life, so much so that he enlists the aid of a monster like Frank to 'clear the track' and eliminate any problems they find in the way (thus jump-starting the plot). Frank makes some grim comments about the progression of Morton's disease as they've crossed the country, and given Morton's pitiably feeble state it seems doubtful he'd ever make it to the ocean even if he weren't ultimately killed in a shootout at the end.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_bdf2a460	featureApplicability	1.0
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_bdf2a460	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_bec0417c	type	Happily Married
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_bec0417c	comment	Happily Married: Brief as it was, Jill and Brett truly loved each other; she also notably insists on using his last name, not hers.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_bec0417c	featureApplicability	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_bfad4265	type	I Have You Now, My Pretty
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_bfad4265	comment	I Have You Now, My Pretty: Played straight by Frank. Jill submits however in order to save her life, even pretending to like it. There's a subversion in a bizarre scene near the beginning where Harmonica ambushes Jill in a barn, roughs her up a little and rips her dress... but it turns out he's deliberately invoking Male Gaze by tearing her dress and having her hair whipped around a little. There may be assassins just outside, but not even they can avert their eyes from the eye-candy... except for maybe Harmonica. Look at him closely. He's doing this almost surgically and with extreme care.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_bfad4265	featureApplicability	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_c0b6ded	type	Lie Back and Think of England
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_c0b6ded	comment	Lie Back and Think of England: After being kidnapped by Frank, Jill lets him have his way with her in order to save her own life and even pretends to enjoy it.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_c0b6ded	featureApplicability	1.0
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_c0b6ded	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_c3963bc4	type	No Place for Me There
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_c3963bc4	comment	No Place for Me There: Once his business is completed, Harmonica leaves Sweetwater, as the new society has no use for him. Technically Cheyenne does the same, but he doesn't last long before he dies from his gunshot wound.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_c3963bc4	featureApplicability	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_c4286511	type	For Doom the Bell Tolls
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_c4286511	comment	For Doom the Bell Tolls: A bell sound rings out on the soundtrack right before Frank kills the little farmer boy. Harmonica's brother is hanged from a bell.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_c4286511	featureApplicability	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_c4b8e2ae	type	One-Woman Wail
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_c4b8e2ae	comment	One-Woman Wail: "Jill's America": slow, arching very high and very low, and achingly beautiful. It first appears in the background when she arrives at her house and sees what should have been her new family, every member gunned down in cold blood.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_c4b8e2ae	featureApplicability	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_c5b47b36	type	Offscreen Moment of Awesome
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_c5b47b36	comment	Offscreen Moment of Awesome: Cheyenne gets two: his escape from a prison escort and his shootout with Morton and his henchmen.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: The film is bursting with references both obvious and subtle to classic American Westerns: The low angle shot of a shrieking train rushing towards the screen in the opening scene, and the shot of the train pulling into the Sweetwater station at the end is from The Iron Horse. The massacre scene in West features young Timmy McBain out hunting with his father, just as Joey Starrett does in Shane. The funeral of the McBains is borrowed almost shot-for-shot. The three gunmen awaiting Harmonica is a direct Homage to Frank Miller's gang awaiting him in High Noon. Johnny Guitar - Jill and Vienna have similar backstories (both are former prostitutes who become saloonkeepers), and Harmonica, like Johnny, is a mysterious, gunslinging outsider known by his musical nickname. Some of the central plot (Western settlers vs. the railroad company) may be recycled from that film. Leone admitted that the rustling bushes, the silencing of insect sounds, and the fluttering grouse that suggests menace is approaching the farmhouse when the McBain family is massacred were all taken from The Searchers. The ending of the film â€” where Western nomads Harmonica and Cheyenne move on rather than join modern society â€” also echoes the famous ending. The final duel between Frank and Harmonica is shot almost identically to the duel between Kirk Douglas and Rock Hudson in The Last Sunset. The dusters worn by Cheyenne and his gang (and by Frank and his men while impersonating them) resemble those worn by Liberty Valance and his henchmen when they are introduced in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. In addition, the auction scene in West was intended to recall the election scene. Woody Strode's gunman wields a "Mare's Leg" firearm (Winchester Model 1892), the trademark gun used in Wanted: Dead or Alive.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_ccc0d531	type	Settling the Frontier
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_ccc0d531	comment	Settling the Frontier: Jill becomes the matriarch of the small community literally being built up around her as the railroad approaches.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_ce2969d8	type	Spiritual Antithesis
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_ce2969d8	comment	Spiritual Antithesis: It's considerably less cynical than the Dollars Trilogy and feels more like a Classic Hollywood western than Spaghetti Western. The depiction of the Wild West has gone from Crapsack World to on the verge of civilisation.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_ce2969d8	featureApplicability	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_ceec4df5	type	Roaring Rampage of Revenge
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_ceec4df5	comment	Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Harmonica obviously has a serious beef against Frank, going as far as to protect him from his other enemies just so he can have the privilege of killing Frank himself. In the end, we find out that he's avenging his brother, who Frank killed in one of the most unforgivable fashions possible when Harmonica was just a little kid.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_ceec4df5	featureApplicability	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_d01cffbc	type	Badass Longcoat
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_d01cffbc	comment	Badass Longcoat: Cheyenne's gang. Frank sports a similar outfit when framing Cheyenne for the murder of the McBain family.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_d346d7e8	type	Mail-Order Bride
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_d346d7e8	comment	Mail-Order Bride: The plot is kicked off when Jill arrives at her new home just hours after everyone there was slaughtered as part of a land grab. Definitely not played for yuks, since he wanted a mother for his children and she wanted a new life.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_d346d7e8	featureApplicability	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_d3f8ad06	type	Close on Title
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_d3f8ad06	comment	Close on Title: The film has a very long, drawn-out opening scene in which essentially every possible credit is shown except for the title, which shows up when the end credits begin. Hailing from 1968, this is one of the oldest examples of this trope.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_d3f8ad06	featureApplicability	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_d7c3ba61	type	Race Lift
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_d7c3ba61	comment	Race Lift: Cheyenne was originally Mexican, his real name being Manuel Gutierrez, according to the script. Sergio Leone didn't feel that Jason Robards made a convincing Mexican, so he dropped this.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_d7c3ba61	featureApplicability	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_da79f321	type	The Seven Western Plots
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_da79f321	comment	The Seven Western Plots: Most of the film plays out as something of a mix of a Union Pacific and Ranch story, but with the revelation that Frank was responsible for the death of Harmonica's brother, on top of all the other murders Frank committed, the film is, ultimately, a Revenge story.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_da79f321	featureApplicability	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_da909e61	type	Villainy Discretion Shot
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_da909e61	comment	Villainy Discretion Shot: Cheyenne killing his prison escort.
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_da909e61	featureApplicability	1.0
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_da909e61	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_db4b76d1	type	Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_db4b76d1	comment	Pre-Asskicking One-Liner: "When you hear a strange sound, drop to the ground..." It's referenced in a later shootout:
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_dcb9c541	type	Ship Tease
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_dcb9c541	comment	Ship Tease and Ship Sinking: Jill seems to be showing interest in Harmonica and Cheyenne as the film progresses. However, when Jill expresses her interest in Cheyenne, he replies that he's not the right man...and neither is Harmonica. However this maybe because Cheyenne knows he is dying.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_e154ff08	type	Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_e154ff08	comment	Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique: Harmonica tortures a man to get information of Frank.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_e3a4c481	type	Turncoat
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_e3a4c481	comment	Turncoat: Endemic among the bad guys. Frank betrays Morton; Frank's henchmen betray him.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_e3f4f6fa	type	The Expy With No Name
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_e3f4f6fa	comment	The Expy With No Name: Like Leone's "Man With No Name" character, Harmonica is a skilled gunslinger with a Mysterious Past and a stoic demeanor, whose actual name is never revealed. Clint Eastwood himself was Leone's first choice for the part.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_e5a6888c	type	Quick Draw
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_e5a6888c	comment	Quick Draw: Harmonica has a very fast one. So does Frank. And Cheyenne. Slightly subverted in the first scene: Harmonica manages to draw his gun and to shoot three men who had already their guns in their hands in a row... and then one of them manages to shoot him back before collapsing.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_e5fd8bc2	type	Hate Sink
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_e5fd8bc2	comment	Hate Sink: Frank is an utterly despicable Child Hater who has no redeemable or likable traits whatsoever. Years ago, he killed off Harmonica's brother in probably the most sadistic way possible, and now he goes and kills off a farming family, including their youngest son. Then he advances on the widow. He is clearly meant to garner much of the viewers' hatred and revulsion as possible.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_e7d3ac18	type	Railroad Plot
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_e7d3ac18	comment	Railroad Plot: McBain knew that any train line through the region could only refuel water for the steam engine in a single place and built his farm on the site, expecting to make a small fortune by selling water to the train company. So Morton had the family killed by Frank so that he could buy the land himself.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_ead5a011	type	Twilight of the Old West
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_ead5a011	comment	Twilight of the Old West: The railroad is used as an analogy for the dying Wild West, with Frank and Harmonica exchanging these lines:
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_ed503b22	type	Match Cut
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_ed503b22	comment	When Frank shoots the younger McBain boy, the camera cuts away to the train with Jill arriving at the station, merging the sound of the bullet with the train's whistle.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_ee3aad53	type	Motivated by Fear
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_ee3aad53	comment	Motivated by Fear: Frank quipping to Mr. Morton, that people are more likely sell the land to them if they're properly scared and that "people scare better when they're dying".
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_f06b07ff	type	Locked Out of the Loop
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_f06b07ff	comment	Locked Out of the Loop: Cheyenne and Jill don't know what Harmonica's motivation is. But since they know how cruel Frank is, they might not care.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_f0fe7e80	type	But Now I Must Go
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_f0fe7e80	comment	But Now I Must Go: Harmonica and Cheyenne are drifters with no place in a settled town. Cheyenne is also about to bleed to death, unknown to any of the other characters.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_f1492605	type	Redemption Equals Death
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_f1492605	comment	Redemption Equals Death: Cheyenne doesn't get to enjoy his newly heroic life very long.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_f3894c02	type	Underside Ride
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_f3894c02	comment	Underside Ride: Cheyenne clings to the underside of Morton's train.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_f64a9cf7	type	Earn Your Happy Ending
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_f64a9cf7	comment	Earn Your Happy Ending: Cheyenne is dead, but so are Frank and his employer Morton, and Harmonica has avenged his brother. Jill is still a widow, but a respected and wealthy member of the Sweetwater railroad town.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_f6b30338	type	Murder Is the Best Solution
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_f6b30338	comment	Murder Is the Best Solution: Morton just wants his opposition bought out or intimidated, but Frank prefers to massacre first and ask questions later.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_f765e2d3	type	Dying Alone
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_f765e2d3	comment	Dying Alone: Cheyenne made an effort to return to Jill even asking her if he shouldn't stay, before leaving with Harmonica and collapsing just out of sight of everybody from a bullet he had caught a few hours ago, because he didn't want her to know. He specifically requests this of Harmonica as his final words.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_fa7d3dfe	type	Number Two
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_fa7d3dfe	comment	Number Two: Cheyenne has an unnamed lieutenant, who among other things, is responsible for carrying his coat and smuggles him off the train to Yuma "Two tickets, amigo, to the next station. One way only." He gets killed in the shootout with Morton's men. Frank has two: One participates in the massacre of the McBain family (he's the one who asks "What are we going to do with this one, Frank?" and the other found Jim and Logan dead, killed by Harmonica and reports that to Frank. Both are killed by Cheyenne's men.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_fb6b207f	type	You Killed My Father
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_fb6b207f	comment	You Killed My Father: Brother, actually.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_fcd9b657	type	Gallows Humor
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_fcd9b657	comment	Gallows Humor: A dying Cheyenne takes a moment of levity to trifle about his circumstances.
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Once Upon a Time in the West / int_ff7f34c5	type	Pet the Dog
Once Upon a Time in the West / int_ff7f34c5	comment	Pet the Dog: Jill serves as a big Morality Pet for Cheyenne.
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