The original version of the epic 'Once Upon a Time in the West', which was praised by masters such as Kubrick Scorsese Lucas, will be released for the first time in Japan.
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Director Sergio Leone was born in 1929. In 1964, when he directed 'A Fistful of Dollars', which was adapted from the movie ' Yojimbo ' directed by Akira Kurosawa in a Western style, it became a huge hit worldwide.
Since then, he has made consecutive hits with 'For a Few Dollars in the Sunset ' (1965) and 'The Good, the Bad and the Sunset ' (1966).
After this 'Dollars Trilogy', director Leone, who was invited to the United States, took a picture of 'Once Upon a Time', which depicts the setting sun of gunmen who are dying with the changing times, based on ' Yamaneko ' directed by Luchino Visconti.・ 'Once Upon a Time in the West' ('Western', released in 1968).
The original version was 2 hours and 45 minutes long, but when it was released in the United States, it was released as a shortened version, and Henry Fonda, who played the role of Wyatt Earp in 'My Darling Clementine ', was in charge of the villain for the first time. It didn't hit as much as expected because of the resistance of the audience. However, it has been a long-running hit for two years in France, and as of 2019, it continues to remain in the top 10 box office revenues of all time. In Japan, it was released in 1969 with a version of 2 hours 21 minutes, which is even shorter than the US release version, and it seems that it was not evaluated as much as the United States.
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However, since the 1970s, it has been re-evaluated by film directors and critics such as Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, John Carpenter, Wim Wenders and John Boorman.
After this film, Leone produced 'Duck, You Suck' (1971) and 'Once Upon a Time in America' (1984). These three works are also called 'Once Upon a Time Trilogy'. Since the original version of 'Once Upon a Time in America' was 3 hours and 25 minutes long, a re-edited version of 2 hours and 19 minutes was made and released by a production company in the United States and other countries, and it was criticized. I did. However, the original version was released in Europe and Japan and gained popularity, and later Director Leone made a 'complete version' of 3 hours 49 minutes and republished it, and received high praise in the United States. There is also an 'extended version' of 4 hours and 11 minutes with an additional 22 minutes of scenes.
Quentin Tarantino's latest film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, scheduled to be released on Friday, August 30, 2019, quotes the title from this trilogy.
'Once Upon a Time in the West' to be released this time is an original version of 2 hours and 45 minutes that was not released in Japan at that time. Please take this opportunity to enjoy the masterpieces of Western movies at the cinema. From September 27, 2019 (Friday), it will be released nationwide at Marunouchi Piccadilly, Shinjuku Piccadilly and others.
・ 'Once Upon a Time in the West' work information
Starring: Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson
Director / Draft / Screenplay: Sergio Leone
Draft: Dario Argento, Bernardo Bertolucci
Screenplay: Sergio Donati
Cinematographer: Tonino Delli Colli
Art / Costume: Carlo Simi
Music Composition / Conductor: Ennio Morricone
1968 / Italian-American collaboration / Color / Scope size / 5.1ch / DCP / Screening time: 2 hours 45 minutes / First public title: 'Western' / Italian Original title: C'ERA UNA VOLTA IL WEST (Once upon a time in the West) There was) / Lafranc-San Marco production / Paramount Pictures courtesy
Distribution: Ark Films, boids, interfilm
Sponsored by: Italian Cultural Institute
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