Charles Bronson in zijn Beste Rol & Beste scene Uit Once upon a Time in the West uit 1968 van Sergio Leone Verbeterde filmversie dan mijn 23-12-2012 upload Enjoy
They realize he KNOWS he can kill them all once they realize in quick succession that he already knew they didn't have enough horses when he asked about the horses, that he therefore already knew they were there to kill him, and that knowing all this he still called them back to the platform with the harmonica so he could kill them, knowing he definitely could kill all 3 and survive.
+iOnlySignIn He was the biggest perfectionist! The scene with the water dripping on the killer's hat - he took half a day to get it 'just so'. I watched 'Rango' last night - fucken funny - and obviously very much a tribute to 'Once upon a time in the west'.
+777Psychodelia I read that the scene in the beginning where Jack Elam traps the fly in the barrel of his gun took over a hundred tries before Elam got lucky enough to do it.
+Von Staufenberg I've only just come across these movies in the last year. Mainly because of my love for Ennio Morricone's soundtracks.... but I thought there was something special about My Name is Nobody. Terence Hill's performance is amazing.
I mean this is an incredible scene but Sound of Metal, Nomadland,Wolfwakers and Another Round are incredible movies from 2020, so your sentence feels like a stretch
One of the best westerns ever created. I honestly dont think this level of awesomeness will ever be seen again. Films these days have lost something along the way.
Good looking actors with character, directors who can get actors to talk, move and work as scene requires, photographers who understands lighting and camera positions and gets everything look good on scene, sound technicians who get all audio sound great and fitting, dress designers who get people look good and then scouts and Carpenters etc that gets to build scenes great. And finally a great editor who cuts the film from all takes and put it all in together (like look how a Lucas had cut the star wars, and how did his wife cut it to make it whatever it is today as an legendary story). Computers? Nah.... It was people who made all...
This scene, the whole scene, including the 8 minutes or so you don't see before this, is a masterpiece. Leone could've just made this a short film and it would still be one of the greatest westerns ever made. Listen to the sounds. That windmill squeaking. Listen to the brake pump on the steam locomotive as the 3 guys stand there looking for Bronson to get off the train, that deep thumping and hissing, like a breathing monster. The landscape, the dust, the warped wood on the rail platform, the anticipation, the look on Jack Elam's face when he realizes that Bronson is standing on the other side of the train. Perfection.
This film starts with 3 masterpiece scenes in a row, and ends with 2 masterpiece scenes in a row. - Waiting for the train - The McBains - Noone at Flagstone - The duel - Cheyenne's exit
@@gairickdam18 Lmao. You're the one who told someone it was slow and predictable, clearly you're the one who can't accept the other point of view... Think before you type.
Jack Elam's characters were western versions of Robert Newton's classic Long John Silver. It seems movies today just don't want to have convincingly grizzled snaggle-tooth characters in them anymore!
@@joerico4230 Yep, and because the 1800s were a time of rampant smallpox, incurable STD’s, primitive medical procedures, non existent dental care, and survival depending on hard manual labor (unless you were wealthy), the chances of an ordinary person looking like a model were exactly zilch in reality.
If Clint Eastwood played the man with the harmonica: "There are two kinds of people on this world- the ones with a harmonica and the ones who die. You die."
the three guys waiting for the man with the harmonica were meant to be Eastwood, Van Cleef and Wallach from the Good, Bad and the Ugly. It was going to be them because this came out after GB&U and one of the themes of this film was the Old West dying out so symbolically killing those three icons in some of the first moments of the movie would have represented this theme. Wallach and Van Cleef were up for it but Eastwood was filming something else and hesitant about the idea anyway so it never happened. personally while I can see why Leone wanted to do it and as cool as it would be to see this happen it might have been too distracting to see those three in this scene.
When i watch movies like this it's like staring at a beautiful picture from master like Rembrandt or Da Vinci. Nowadays movies are like watching a Coca cola poster.
All the subtlety is gone in modern filmmaking. This scene still stands the literal test of time. Composition, Lighting, Shot Selection, Costuming, Comparitive Editing, even the Dialogue - all perfect. I'd rather watch this film 100 times than the loud ass remake of The Magnificent Seven.
One of the longest opening scenes in movie history, with Sergio Leone's love of melodrama and overly long sequences to make his point. In this instance, it captures the tension of Franks bully boys waiting at the railroad station for his arrival. A film has to be pretty special to get away with such long pauses and lack of dialogue,especially right in the begining, yet a Leone film is always special.
IMO the beauty of it is that it builds tension and you feel like you are there and familiar with the place. They don't ever say much either in the beginning. Genius!
For me it also enforces how dangerous these 3 are. They have done this so many times that they are all completely bored waiting for a man to ambush and kill. Even the way the guy manages to squeeze a shot off after he's mortally wounded and hit Harmonica, it makes the fact he gets all 3 like that seem way cooler.
*Fun Fact #1:* The cut down Winchester carried by Stony (Woody Strode) is Sergio Leone's tribute to Josh Randall (Steve McQueen) from _"Wanted: Dead or Alive."_ *Fun Fact #2:* The train that Harmonica (Charles Bronson) alights from is also the same train that Jill McBain (Claudia Cardinale) is riding as a passenger. When it pulls into the next town, you'll notice that train is also Engine #71. If you look closely behind Snaky (Jack Elam), you can see her sitting in the first seat of the second car.
Woody Strode was always strikingly handsome, even in old age! Woody Strode, Charles Bronson, Will Sampson, Lee Van Cleef and Yul Brynner had that rough handsome look that you don't see too often onscreen anymore. The only current actor I can think of that has that rough handsome look is, Wes Studi. Wish Woody had a bigger role in this movie but nonetheless, this has always been one of my favorite western movies! Claudia Cardinale was absolutely stunning and one of a kind. Haven't seen anyone like her since. She was brilliant with her non-verbal scenes. Fear, emotion, attraction, uncertainty etc., she nailed them! It was refreshing to see Henry Fonda play a bad guy and he did it extremely well here. You could tell he really enjoyed a change of pace from his usual characters. Jason Robards nailed his role as Cheyenne like no other! The ending scene where he died, was so brilliantly acted, I almost forgot I was watching a movie! There simply are no words for Charles Bronson. A very underrated brilliant actor. In this role, he was also powerful in both verbal and non-verbal scenes. You connected with him instantly. He conveyed his emotions so well in non-verbal scenes, it was like you automatically knew what he was thinking even though his past hadn't been revealed yet. His look, his eyes, his smirk, his pain etc. His onscreen presence was absolutely everything! I think I read that Clint Eastwood was originally slated for this role but I'm glad Bronson got it. He was perfect for this role! ......A special mention of Dino Mele who played Harmonica as the young boy holding his older brother up.....not one word was spoken but it was all in his eyes, expression and movements. Talk about haunting! Would've loved to seen more acting from him but sadly, it seems his acting career didn't take off. Gabriele Ferzetti gets a special mention as Mr. Choo Choo....if you didn't know any better, you'd have honestly believed he was crippled! RIP to Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone.....western movies haven't been the same without you!
The realism with alot of the gunplay is great, I really mean how its fast and furious. The buildup takes awhile but the actual shots happen in seconds, then its over. Movies with 1 million shots fired get tiresome and you just dont feel invested in the action as its constant.
sadly all four - Bronson, Jack Elam, Woody Strode and Al Mulock - are no longer with us...Mulock, who played 'Knuckles', actually committed suicide during the making of this scene...he threw himself off a three-story building in the village of Gidaux in Spain before Leone had finished filming this sequence...a stand-in took his place which is why Leone focuses only on Elam and Strode towards the climax and why, when Bronson arrives playing his harmonica, 'Knuckles' is seen holding his hat with his arm so as to cover his face
Mulock, sadly, was a drug addict...he was suffering 'withdrawal symptoms' while filming in Spain and threw himself off the roof of the building where he was staying...it was the car drive to the nearest hospital that killed him...a broken rib pierced his lung...a very sad story
This entire scene and the 8 minutes before this are pure genius. In the DVD, there's a proper explanation as to why Leone chose no dialogue for 8 minutes. For anyone, that is directorial lessons 101. Very very few movies come close to this one.
You are right. Only some early Clint Eastwood Western Scenes even come close and they take much more time! What is the one where Bronson wears iron under his poncho so that he keeps getting back up after being shot with a shotgun?
Man I haven't seen this since I was a little kid. I always liked the spaghetti westerns mote than those John Wayne True Grit type westerns. It's a totally different style of movie. Spaghetti westerns are like Kung Fu flicks with Cow Boy's & Gunslingers instead of Shoalin Priest
I do not watch much television, and have all but given up on hollyweirds latest offerings. I have no idea how this masterpiece slipped by me. I rarely watch movies more than once, this one will be a must have in my collection. Todays audience probably does not have the attention span to appreciate the tension building and extended sense of anticipation that builds within this film. I am very glad there are decades of treasures like this to watch in place of the over hyped stuff that is being pumped out today. PS: the fly scene was incredibly relatable I enjoyed it very much.
If you watch and listen closely, you can notice that the squeaking does not match the rotation of the windmill. I noticed that when I first saw the movie in a theater back in 1968. The sound editors did a lousy job on that.
It is interesting to read some of these comments made by people who really appreciate art in movies; and I wish to echo some of the observations. This scene is truly a masterpiece. Every time I watch it (about 10 times by now), I find myself pausing the film to take in the scenery, the wood of the platform, the windmill, the buildings with their sun-bleached look, the attire (costumes) of the men waiting for Bronson. Someone mentioned the slow pace at which the scene unfolds, I had not noticed this before. The choice of actors cannot be faulted, and the directing is impeccable. No question, we do not see this type of art in movies anymore.
If you watch and listen closely, you can notice that the squeaking does not match the rotation of the windmill. I noticed that when I first saw the movie in a theater back in 1968. The sound editors did a lousy job on that.
+steveN111333 Yeah, who cares what Brian Boitano would do? I had a shocking case of the hots for Mr Bronson in this movie. Oh mysterious harmonica man.
+steveN111333 He was the 1988 Olympic figure skater. It's a song from the 'South Park' movie, where all the kids sing this song, when they are under adversity "what would Brian Boitano do?"
For my money, the most visionary film maker of them all. What should have been a simple scene is a cinematic masterpiece. Leone may well have made the greatest Western of all right here, and the greatest gangster movie ever made in Once Upon A Time in America. Every element of this, and most of his films, was smart, original, emotional and flat out brilliant.
Likely the greatest opening scene in film history … a lifeless desolate landscape as backdrop to decrepit and desperate characters - yet strangely at peace with their hallow fates and meaningless lives. The long, long wait for resolutions of their lives, but still fated to end without redemption. More so, a callous World - emblematic in the ever rusty, squeaky and spinning windmill; unfazed, paying total indifference to their fates, as it chugs along while history is never recorded.
Recognise Wood Strode from Spartacus fame but who's the geezer with the squint in his eye,seen him in loads of films but can't place the name.Great film and great acting
I'm not sure in this case. I haven't yet seen this whole movie, but I had seen *many* old westerns. To add 4-8 more minutes of anticipation, for the sole purpose of building the anticipation can be wasteful. I was able to take in the bleak emptiness of the area, the sounds of the train, the dirty sweatiness of the men. (by the way people back then did like to clean themselves, overall) The whole scene was set in just the 1 1/2mins until Mr. Bronson made his entrance. This is a great scene, classic Charles Bronson!
***** This was not your typical Western. There were some abysmally bad "Westerns" made and you didn't miss a thing. The "Spaghetti-Westerns" of Sergio Leone, with the heart-swelling scores of Ennio Morricone, were in a class by themselves. Leone directed some of the best, but this will forever stand out because of its casting. So unexpected. And so damned unforgettable!
Don't worry, we're not missing out on much! We get to experience all of these, plus some modern masterpieces as well! In the western genre, take the Coen Brothers' True Grit
***** Pretty much all of Leones western is in a class for themself, with this movie and The good the Bad and the ugly at the top. Only western that comes close to Leones western for me is the Wild bunch
If you watch and listen closely, you can notice that the squeaking does not match the rotation of the windmill. I noticed that when I first saw the movie in a theater back in 1968. The sound editors did a lousy job on that.
Charles Bronson's most iconic and greatest performance he ever put on screen. This set the standard for the Bronson, that most people would grow to know and idolize. Never got the respect he deserved as an actor during his lifetime.
I just can't get enough of the composition in this excellent scene. Really like how all three bad guys are in frame, never being obscured or out of focus. You can even get small subtle hints of their personalities just from how they're positioned or how they stand/react to the hero. Just really clean, clear, and picturesque.
The response with the nod and saying 'you brought two too many' was sheer masterpiece. The bad guys right then knew this man meant business. It is those fine minute pieces that makes this film magnificent. It is not about who is in the movie, its all about what the movie is made of and how. An absolute classic.
"Did you bring a horse for me?" I always saw this as Harmonica giving the men the opportunity to live here. It is Frank he is after. When they make it clear that he is not supposed to leave the station he flips it around on them with his reply.
The details in this movie are totally insane. Look at the black guy's shirt, bleached by the sun on the shoulders and arms, much less on the torso. Look at the hat on the middle white guy, old, dirty, again burnt by the sun and very dusty. These guys are sweating. Their skin is tanned like old leather, and take a good look at their boots.... this is movie directed by a genius.
If you watch and listen closely, you can notice that the squeaking does not match the rotation of the windmill. I noticed that when I first saw the movie in a theater back in 1968. The sound editors did a lousy job on that.
One of the most intense scenes and unique with the final duel of the masterpiece of Sergio Leone, Once Upon a Time in the West ... was once the real cinema!
I find it amazing to hear Leone didn’t storyboard or plan stuff out and just shot randomly on the fly. Every shot looks like he spent a year planning the cinematography.
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The clip is good, but it cut out the incredibly long build up, featuring the three gunmen waiting, in extreme close-up........ plus one fly. I always liked Jack Elam in Westerns, that waiting scene is probably one of his best.
The whole train station scene is a masterpiece. The time this scene took it wasn't rushed you felt like you was waiting for the train aswell. The fly part was funny and the guy under the dripping water. And then the showdown and that harmonica. There is no better sound than hearing that noise.
The trains had to be modified with fake pieces to look like the old USA trains. These movie techniques require more creativity from the director than today's CGI.
True, although the scenes in the movie surrounding the brick arch and the lynching, as well as the shootout between Frank and Harmonica, was filmed in Monument Valley, Utah. Where John Ford filmed so many of his. I've even visited the site where the arch stood, although there wasn't much left of it then.
Rich, are you sure about the shootout between Frank and Harmonica was also in Monumental Valley? I thought that the shootout was filmed at McBaines ranch built in Spain.
Yes you're right, the actual shootout was filmed at the McBain ranch in Spain. There is a flashback in that scene to a younger Frank and the lynching, which was filmed in Monument Valley. Then it comes back to the McBain ranch and Frank's demise, in Spain.
The idle sound of the steam engine... the windmill... the beat up dusters, hats, weary faces add to the suspense and the feel. All those details that seem so small make this one of the best scenes in a Western of all to to me. I read alot of comments saying that Clint Eastwood should have been in this one. I'm actually glad that he wasn't in this movie (FYI not to hurt anyones feelings I think Clint is a great actor). I just think this movie and its story stand better on their own. It makes for a Western with a darker and more authentic feel to it. Here we get to see multiple main characters developing throughout the movie. With Clint I think it would have been just another movie in the 'Dollars' series, he would have drawn too much attention away from other characters like Cheyenne and Frank.
Sergio Leone actually wanted Blondie, Tuco and Angel Eyes to reprise their roles for this opening scene but it would not have made sense being Angel Eyes had already been killed.
@@ianbrown2526 He reused characters all the time. The same actor played the main bad guy in both A Fist Full of Dollars and in A Few Dollars More. One of these three men that got shot in the beginning was the guy Tuco shot in the beginning of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. He lost his arm, then starts making this speech while Tuco is in the bathroom and Tuco shoots him from the tub and says, "If you are going to shoot, then shoot."
A younger Eastwood I don't think would be right. Bronson was perfect. He has the look of a guy who's been through hell. He looks like a guy that's been seriously wronged. Yet he's still charming, and smart. Perfect cast. That 1000 mile stare he gets is chilling.
It would be almost impossible today to make anything close to this masterpiece! Especially what we have now in Hollywood to offer up for any lead roles. Nope, this is, and always will be, a "once in a lifetime" flick. Timeless and superb!!!
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"You brought two too many." That is bone-chilling. Implied threats like that, with no cursing or theatrics cut deep. That's tension.
I never thought arithmetic could be used for trash talking, and here we are.
only tension. the deep feelings are amazing. i love this movie
@Dracula Right. Bronson was like Nah bro 😎 you brought two too many houses I’m riding out this mother 😆
“You know what, go ahead and take my horse. Frank’s back at the office, here’s the address.”
The windmill, the fly and the harmonica should all have got an oscar.
I love hearing the train fire up even.
and the horse , which added an annoyance amongst the shooting.
And the locomotive
they got... the best oscar.. the people's one . Undoubtedly one of the best actually who knows , maybe the best.
Definitely. All Oscar-worthy performances by these players.
All 4 were brilliant in this scene. Hell, even the horses were brilliant.
The windmill was even brilliant, special mention to the steam trains ominous chugs
Let's not forget the superb acting job the Fly did.
@@chipcity3016 I know, right? I spent half this clip wondering wtf is wrong with that train? It is like it is getting into the standoff
Don't ever forget about the guns, brilliant!
Don't forget homies lazy eye.
This movie is a masterpiece
Yes indeed it is
Absolutely!
The good the bad and the ugly is better
This is definitive the greatest western film of all time. If not, the film that defined all influences of the genre after its release.
walygisnep what the fuck are u saying, do u evrn know what a great movie is!?
Moral of the story: just give Charles Bronson a goddamn horse
But don't insult the mule of Clint Eastwood😂🥃
They shoulda brought Frank.
That's what I always say! Bring Charles a damn horse!
Anyone with the balls to say that 3 vs 1, 'Yes! No, me and Jack Elam will double up! Off we go!"
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meyers. then think ^ ^
This is one of the best opening scenes of a film ever made, absolute class
I agree totally. And the line "You brought two too many" is a classic.
Daniel Messruther i think the same though. loved
I know, so much tension right at the beginning.
After reading your reply, I had to watch it again. Yeah, I love how his expression changes from a mocking smile to one of serious concern.
Agree, Goodfellas, Scarface, Godfather and Once Upon a time in the West ("You Brought Two Too Many") are the four best intro
A gunslinger who provides his own soundtrack is a REAL bad ass!
+Kaiju Director OO7 Or the one who don't like his mules getting insulted ?
Or the one who won the three way duel
I think in that case, the mule's the badass LOL
JagDawg4 Threeway duel !!??
Resh Mant The Good the Bad and the Ugly's final duel. The Mexican standoff is a three way duel
The sound director deserved an oscar
Trying to figure out who doesn't deserve an Oscar is the hard bit.
It was a team of eight people, though.
2:45
Bronson conveys more badass in that headshake than most people can give off in their entire lives
TEXAStooTAL L fantastic comment, Love it, totally true 🌹
So true!
He doesn't even need to bother saying the word 'No'.
That's when the boys knew that they were out of there league.....
I love the guy with the weird eye. Sergio Leone really had a thing for unique faces.
Jack Elam.
@@tiggersboy yep. That's his name
The weird Doctor in cannonball run. 😂 Great actor.
And Woody Strode
The smiles drop off the villains' faces as they realize the man means business. Classic Leone.
They realize he KNOWS he can kill them all once they realize in quick succession that he already knew they didn't have enough horses when he asked about the horses, that he therefore already knew they were there to kill him, and that knowing all this he still called them back to the platform with the harmonica so he could kill them, knowing he definitely could kill all 3 and survive.
Leone's movies don't need much dialogue. Every word he uses is worth a hundred by today's standards.
+iOnlySignIn He was the biggest perfectionist! The scene with the water dripping on the killer's hat - he took half a day to get it 'just so'. I watched 'Rango' last night - fucken funny - and obviously very much a tribute to 'Once upon a time in the west'.
+777Psychodelia
I read that the scene in the beginning where Jack Elam traps the fly in the barrel of his gun took over a hundred tries before Elam got lucky enough to do it.
Mark Read Pickens I feel sorry for the fly, lol
+iOnlySignIn -- Leone understood what every artist knows... one picture is worth a thousand words.
+Von Staufenberg I've only just come across these movies in the last year. Mainly because of my love for Ennio Morricone's soundtracks.... but I thought there was something special about My Name is Nobody. Terence Hill's performance is amazing.
I love how the train sounds like a heavy breathing animal. Civilization is comin' boys...
Better than all the electric crap they are pushing on us today for sure.
@@bracsim way to miss the point
Awesome
Our time has passed John
Just the air compressor pumping air in the train
The entire intro scene, with the old guy and the fly, is even more brilliant.
This scene alone is better than all movies in 2020
It’s only a joke everybody calm down
Absolutely!
100%.
not wrong
I mean this is an incredible scene but Sound of Metal, Nomadland,Wolfwakers and Another Round are incredible movies from 2020, so your sentence feels like a stretch
Fax
When a man brings his own theme tune he must be serious...
One of the best westerns ever created. I honestly dont think this level of awesomeness will ever be seen again. Films these days have lost something along the way.
Good looking actors with character, directors who can get actors to talk, move and work as scene requires, photographers who understands lighting and camera positions and gets everything look good on scene, sound technicians who get all audio sound great and fitting, dress designers who get people look good and then scouts and Carpenters etc that gets to build scenes great.
And finally a great editor who cuts the film from all takes and put it all in together (like look how a Lucas had cut the star wars, and how did his wife cut it to make it whatever it is today as an legendary story).
Computers? Nah....
It was people who made all...
An era long gone
Right. What they lost was Sergio Leone.....31 years ago.
The one thing they want more than even money the one thing thats been dead for a while. Legacy
Perhaps the bloated field of cinematography and CGI. It's so easy to make a movie these days.
Back when you had less, you had to make the best of it
This scene, the whole scene, including the 8 minutes or so you don't see before this, is a masterpiece. Leone could've just made this a short film and it would still be one of the greatest westerns ever made. Listen to the sounds. That windmill squeaking. Listen to the brake pump on the steam locomotive as the 3 guys stand there looking for Bronson to get off the train, that deep thumping and hissing, like a breathing monster. The landscape, the dust, the warped wood on the rail platform, the anticipation, the look on Jack Elam's face when he realizes that Bronson is standing on the other side of the train. Perfection.
+Helium Road You totally captured the essence of what makes this scene so incredible.
Henchman Twenty1 Sounds about right. Too bad Leone died so long ago, would've been great for him to make more films.
This film starts with 3 masterpiece scenes in a row, and ends with 2 masterpiece scenes in a row.
- Waiting for the train
- The McBains
- Noone at Flagstone
- The duel
- Cheyenne's exit
chiffmonkey
Agreed
Hell, the entire movie is one big masterpiece.
Yes it's excellent the way he builds the tension.
That shot at 1:50 is one of the greatest shots in cinematic history.
I clicked on it and got an ad
Idk man, this movie got a lot of great shots
I think 3:00 beats it!
@@lawrencesmeaton6930 I think 3:00 would not work without 1:50 . It's a symphony of brilliant shots.
@@lawrencesmeaton6930 looks like a painting
"You've brought two too many" is the most bad ass line in cinematic history.
I had to watch this as an adult to truly appreciate what a masterpiece it is.
The movie Was slow and predictable
@@gairickdam18 Really? You saw all this coming? Rather have fast-paced garbage? Shut up.
@@gairickdam18 You'll appreciate it when you're mature enough to get it.
@@ReservoirPunk maybe you are not mature to accept different point of views
@@gairickdam18 Lmao. You're the one who told someone it was slow and predictable, clearly you're the one who can't accept the other point of view...
Think before you type.
The brilliant Jack Elam could act with his eye.
I think it was that same year Elam played a cowardly drunk in Support You Local Sheriff, and played it well.
he got stabbed in the eye by a fellow boy scout. but he made the best western villain hands down in so many movies
Jack Elam's characters were western versions of Robert Newton's classic Long John Silver. It seems movies today just don't want to have convincingly grizzled snaggle-tooth characters in them anymore!
Heros and villains today have to be male fashion models.
@@joerico4230 Yep, and because the 1800s were a time of rampant smallpox, incurable STD’s, primitive medical procedures, non existent dental care, and survival depending on hard manual labor (unless you were wealthy), the chances of an ordinary person looking like a model were exactly zilch in reality.
The look on their faces when they hear the harmonica is priceless. It's the perfect "Oh Shit, he was on the train " moment.
If Clint Eastwood played the man with the harmonica:
"There are two kinds of people on this world- the ones with a harmonica and the ones who die. You die."
Too long to be funny
@@abmiveh9742 Have you even seen The Good The Bad and the Ugly?
@@ivanpetrov3288 yes i did
So how is my comment longer than what I what Eastwood saying about "the ones with the loaded gun and the ones who dig"?
the three guys waiting for the man with the harmonica were meant to be Eastwood, Van Cleef and Wallach from the Good, Bad and the Ugly. It was going to be them because this came out after GB&U and one of the themes of this film was the Old West dying out so symbolically killing those three icons in some of the first moments of the movie would have represented this theme. Wallach and Van Cleef were up for it but Eastwood was filming something else and hesitant about the idea anyway so it never happened. personally while I can see why Leone wanted to do it and as cool as it would be to see this happen it might have been too distracting to see those three in this scene.
"You brought two too many"
The best implicit threat ever
Any movie that STARTS OFF with Jack Elam and Woody Strode, two legendary bad asses, getting blown away, had better be good. And it is.
+Jack Grattan I Agree
Woody Strode got Bronson before he hit the ground.
Yep But didnt kill him !
Magnificent scene aint it ?
Woody Strode was also a Great actor!
So was Jack Elam.
Jack was good in "Support Your Local Sheriff" and showed how he could be funny also.
'No....you brought two too many.'
BEST. LINE. EVER.
+Jack Dowry +1 and after he says it, there is masterful pause telling the audience, Oh Shit, here it comes.
+Jack Dowry
Actually there are far better lines in Eastwood's trilogy alone. It is pretty good though.
you must be fuckin stupid then haha
+MOΛΩN ΛABE 'Pretty good'??? - it's fucken sensational! A masterpiece.
777Psychodelia
You're talking about Sergio Leone and call this his... Masterpiece...?
All of the Dollars Trilogy are better than this.
When i watch movies like this it's like staring at a beautiful picture from master like Rembrandt or Da Vinci. Nowadays movies are like watching a Coca cola poster.
My favorite movie of all time. I've watched it well over 100 times. It just keeps getting better. A true masterpiece for Leone.
Me too!
I love Strode's face after Bronson says you brought two too many. He's like, oh shit he's good at math.
All the subtlety is gone in modern filmmaking. This scene still stands the literal test of time. Composition, Lighting, Shot Selection, Costuming, Comparitive Editing, even the Dialogue - all perfect. I'd rather watch this film 100 times than the loud ass remake of The Magnificent Seven.
GiacomoKnox I agree 100 percent that what modern cinema mainly lacks, is SUBTLETY
the music must also not be forgotten! Morricone is the very best. Those things combined make the perfect movie
The remake of The Magnificent Seven is a pile of merde!
Sure,I agree
In Blockbusters sure. But there are still good movies made today.
One of the longest opening scenes in movie history, with Sergio Leone's love of melodrama and overly long sequences to make his point.
In this instance, it captures the tension of Franks bully boys waiting at the railroad station for his arrival.
A film has to be pretty special to get away with such long pauses and lack of dialogue,especially right in the begining, yet a Leone film is always special.
IMO the beauty of it is that it builds tension and you feel like you are there and familiar with the place. They don't ever say much either in the beginning. Genius!
Leone gets it...the buildup is ten times more tense than the actual shootout...so he plays it to the max.
For me it also enforces how dangerous these 3 are. They have done this so many times that they are all completely bored waiting for a man to ambush and kill. Even the way the guy manages to squeeze a shot off after he's mortally wounded and hit Harmonica, it makes the fact he gets all 3 like that seem way cooler.
He 's smart. He waits to they cluster back together , before revealing himself.
Great observation.
thanks!
shootermav11 Yeah. They should have stayed spread out. Learned that watching the old black and white movies when I was a kid.
But Harmonica just stands there while Woody Strode gets off a shot that wounds him. How smart was that?
He picks them off in the wrong order though, should've blown away woody first!
Probably the best Western film ever made no doubt.
Beyond doubt
*Fun Fact #1:* The cut down Winchester carried by Stony (Woody Strode) is Sergio Leone's tribute to Josh Randall (Steve McQueen) from _"Wanted: Dead or Alive."_
*Fun Fact #2:* The train that Harmonica (Charles Bronson) alights from is also the same train that Jill McBain (Claudia Cardinale) is riding as a passenger. When it pulls into the next town, you'll notice that train is also Engine #71. If you look closely behind Snaky (Jack Elam), you can see her sitting in the first seat of the second car.
I could watch this scene a thousand times and still be FLOORED by the sublime and masterful execution of it.
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Except for the execution of Bronson playing harmonica without blowing into it. That was dumb
Sergio Leone, this guy was a real genius!
+Fatalist666 Yep, and don't forget his partner (still alive!) Ennio Morricone.
Worst movie ever made.
@@Gunners_Mate_Guns sadly he past in 2020
@@tombutcher3021 Saw that.
His music here is unforgettable.
RIP, Ennio.
@@Gunners_Mate_Guns the GOOD the bad the ugly theme tune is my ring tone love it.
Woody Strode was always strikingly handsome, even in old age!
Woody Strode, Charles Bronson, Will Sampson, Lee Van Cleef and Yul Brynner had that rough handsome look that you don't see too often onscreen anymore. The only current actor I can think of that has that rough handsome look is, Wes Studi.
Wish Woody had a bigger role in this movie but nonetheless, this has always been one of my favorite western movies!
Claudia Cardinale was absolutely stunning and one of a kind. Haven't seen anyone like her since. She was brilliant with her non-verbal scenes. Fear, emotion, attraction, uncertainty etc., she nailed them!
It was refreshing to see Henry Fonda play a bad guy and he did it extremely well here. You could tell he really enjoyed a change of pace from his usual characters.
Jason Robards nailed his role as Cheyenne like no other! The ending scene where he died, was so brilliantly acted, I almost forgot I was watching a movie!
There simply are no words for Charles Bronson. A very underrated brilliant actor. In this role, he was also powerful in both verbal and non-verbal scenes. You connected with him instantly. He conveyed his emotions so well in non-verbal scenes, it was like you automatically knew what he was thinking even though his past hadn't been revealed yet. His look, his eyes, his smirk, his pain etc. His onscreen presence was absolutely everything! I think I read that Clint Eastwood was originally slated for this role but I'm glad Bronson got it. He was perfect for this role!
......A special mention of Dino Mele who played Harmonica as the young boy holding his older brother up.....not one word was spoken but it was all in his eyes, expression and movements. Talk about haunting! Would've loved to seen more acting from him but sadly, it seems his acting career didn't take off.
Gabriele Ferzetti gets a special mention as Mr. Choo Choo....if you didn't know any better, you'd have honestly believed he was crippled!
RIP to Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone.....western movies haven't been the same without you!
The realism with alot of the gunplay is great, I really mean how its fast and furious. The buildup takes awhile but the actual shots happen in seconds, then its over. Movies with 1 million shots fired get tiresome and you just dont feel invested in the action as its constant.
Directed by Sergio Leone. That fact alone means it's going to be a fantastic movie.
Once Charles Bronson tells the guys, You brought two too many; that nice jolly atmosphere turned serious....real quick!
Damn right. He told them they were going to die.
sadly all four - Bronson, Jack Elam, Woody Strode and Al Mulock - are no longer with us...Mulock, who played 'Knuckles', actually committed suicide during the making of this scene...he threw himself off a three-story building in the village of Gidaux in Spain before Leone had finished filming this sequence...a stand-in took his place which is why Leone focuses only on Elam and Strode towards the climax and why, when Bronson arrives playing his harmonica, 'Knuckles' is seen holding his hat with his arm so as to cover his face
Mulock, sadly, was a drug addict...he was suffering 'withdrawal symptoms' while filming in Spain and threw himself off the roof of the building where he was staying...it was the car drive to the nearest hospital that killed him...a broken rib pierced his lung...a very sad story
true,but he also had lost his wife to cervical cancer a year prior.
All of them are gone now. Except CC who just turned 80 and still working. Mr Morton recently passed away.He was the last one.
thank you, i knew he killed himself on set but i didnt know it was before filming, was wondering why they never showed him on camera in this scene
El Indio WOW!! Thank you I was wondering why Elam and Strode got all the camera
My favourite Western of all time. 🤠
This entire scene and the 8 minutes before this are pure genius. In the DVD, there's a proper explanation as to why Leone chose no dialogue for 8 minutes. For anyone, that is directorial lessons 101. Very very few movies come close to this one.
You are right. Only some early Clint Eastwood Western Scenes even come close and they take much more time! What is the one where Bronson wears iron under his poncho so that he keeps getting back up after being shot with a shotgun?
@@HandwhistlerBen A fistful of dollars
@@patrover Same director
@@chaqanqueeri1370 I know :)
The dude drinking the water from his hat tripped me out. That was a hard dude!
Man I haven't seen this since I was a little kid. I always liked the spaghetti westerns mote than those John Wayne True Grit type westerns. It's a totally different style of movie. Spaghetti westerns are like Kung Fu flicks with Cow Boy's & Gunslingers instead of Shoalin Priest
I do not watch much television, and have all but given up on hollyweirds latest offerings. I have no idea how this masterpiece slipped by me. I rarely watch movies more than once, this one will be a must have in my collection. Todays audience probably does not have the attention span to appreciate the tension building and extended sense of anticipation that builds within this film. I am very glad there are decades of treasures like this to watch in place of the over hyped stuff that is being pumped out today. PS: the fly scene was incredibly relatable I enjoyed it very much.
Chareles Bronson The Most Underated Actor Of His Time!
I don't know how popular he was back then, but he's remembered by sociologists today as a sex symbol of his era.
I agree 100%
Bronson was underrated .
A fine actor was bronson
bill varner jr agreed but unfortunately, made some really shit films as well
How was he underrated?
That1Dude .... he always brought two to many bad ass scenes
Even the windmill sounds great in this
If you watch and listen closely, you can notice that the squeaking does not match the rotation of the windmill. I noticed that when I first saw the movie in a theater back in 1968. The sound editors did a lousy job on that.
It is interesting to read some of these comments made by people who really appreciate art in movies; and I wish to echo some of the observations.
This scene is truly a masterpiece. Every time I watch it (about 10 times by now), I find myself pausing the film to take in the scenery, the wood of the platform, the windmill, the buildings with their sun-bleached look, the attire (costumes) of the men waiting for Bronson.
Someone mentioned the slow pace at which the scene unfolds, I had not noticed this before.
The choice of actors cannot be faulted, and the directing is impeccable. No question, we do not see this type of art in movies anymore.
If you watch and listen closely, you can notice that the squeaking does not match the rotation of the windmill. I noticed that when I first saw the movie in a theater back in 1968. The sound editors did a lousy job on that.
They don’t make movies like this anymore; Bronson was a natural Tough guy ! 👏👏👏
I live my life thinking what would Charles Bronson do !!! :)
steveN111333 There must be a lot of men wished they'd never crossed you man ; )
matoko123 They don't wish anything now ! ;) ha !
+steveN111333 Yeah, who cares what Brian Boitano would do? I had a shocking case of the hots for Mr Bronson in this movie. Oh mysterious harmonica man.
+777Psychodelia Who is Brian Boitano, and what would he do?
+steveN111333 He was the 1988 Olympic figure skater. It's a song from the 'South Park' movie, where all the kids sing this song, when they are under adversity "what would Brian Boitano do?"
For my money, the most visionary film maker of them all. What should have been a simple scene is a cinematic masterpiece. Leone may well have made the greatest Western of all right here, and the greatest gangster movie ever made in Once Upon A Time in America. Every element of this, and most of his films, was smart, original, emotional and flat out brilliant.
"The Wild Bunch"
Man, oh, man. Sergio Leone knew what he was doing. The brief bursts of violence are so powerful when accompanied on either side with so much calm!
Likely the greatest opening scene in film history … a lifeless desolate landscape as backdrop to decrepit and desperate characters - yet strangely at peace with their hallow fates and meaningless lives. The long, long wait for resolutions of their lives, but still fated to end without redemption. More so, a callous World - emblematic in the ever rusty, squeaky and spinning windmill; unfazed, paying total indifference to their fates, as it chugs along while history is never recorded.
JACK ELAM could play the meanest guy around or the nicest guy around. He had great acting range.
Woody Strode looks so bad-ass with that Mare's Leg..... I love the way he keels over. Dead before he hits the deck. Great acting.
Recognise Wood Strode from Spartacus fame but who's the geezer with the squint in his eye,seen him in loads of films but can't place the name.Great film and great acting
Jack Elam
cheers mate
What are the uses of plastic bottals
And the only guy badass enough to harm Bronson in the whole movie.
Too bad it's a less than 4 minute clip. That entire opening sequence is classic.
+GasCityGuy The flies.
+bigrobtheactor The waterdropps. :)
The fly..
The fly.
skypechess
I'm not sure in this case. I haven't yet seen this whole movie, but I had seen *many* old westerns. To add 4-8 more minutes of anticipation, for the sole purpose of building the anticipation can be wasteful. I was able to take in the bleak emptiness of the area, the sounds of the train, the dirty sweatiness of the men. (by the way people back then did like to clean themselves, overall)
The whole scene was set in just the 1 1/2mins until Mr. Bronson made his entrance.
This is a great scene, classic Charles Bronson!
They don't make movies like this anymore!
***** This is better than Lord of the Rings. The hobbit is way too fuckin childish.
***** This was not your typical Western. There were some abysmally bad "Westerns" made and you didn't miss a thing. The "Spaghetti-Westerns" of Sergio Leone, with the heart-swelling scores of Ennio Morricone, were in a class by themselves. Leone directed some of the best, but this will forever stand out because of its casting. So unexpected. And so damned unforgettable!
Don't worry, we're not missing out on much! We get to experience all of these, plus some modern masterpieces as well! In the western genre, take the Coen Brothers' True Grit
Watch the remake of 3:10 to uma. That movie's goooooooooooooood
*****
Pretty much all of Leones western is in a class for themself, with this movie and The good the Bad and the ugly at the top.
Only western that comes close to Leones western for me is the Wild bunch
One of the greatest movie openings OF ALL TIME!!! My Father-in-Law looked a lot like the great Charles Bronson.
The sound the windmill made won an academy award for best spoopy sound ever. The windmill declined the award. Nobody knows why.
If you watch and listen closely, you can notice that the squeaking does not match the rotation of the windmill. I noticed that when I first saw the movie in a theater back in 1968. The sound editors did a lousy job on that.
They went from mocking and joking that they were shy one horse, only for him to deliver one of the coldest lines in all of Spaghetti Western history
This is the greatest line and scene ever written/filmed in a western. My all time favorite Western film.
Charles Bronson's most iconic and greatest performance he ever put on screen. This set the standard for the Bronson, that most people would grow to know and idolize. Never got the respect he deserved as an actor during his lifetime.
I just can't get enough of the composition in this excellent scene. Really like how all three bad guys are in frame, never being obscured or out of focus. You can even get small subtle hints of their personalities just from how they're positioned or how they stand/react to the hero. Just really clean, clear, and picturesque.
Bronsons position:golden ratio. Leone filled the frames like paintings.
The response with the nod and saying 'you brought two too many' was sheer masterpiece. The bad guys right then knew this man meant business. It is those fine minute pieces that makes this film magnificent. It is not about who is in the movie, its all about what the movie is made of and how. An absolute classic.
Second only to "my mule don't like it when you laugh."
Mark Read Pickens You can't spell "slaughter" without "laughter"...
Mark Read Pickens This is better. Its more subtle
+Peter Wyatt Middleton. Agreed.
An actor who served in WW2 shows a more convincing badass than one who didn't.
Maybe your shaved chest prefers the Clint Eastwood quote but my naturally hairy body prefers the man who served in WW2.
This scene is an example of the toxic masculinity that is no longer acceptable in today's woke culture.
We brought 95 too many.
Nice
Its 121 Now !
But I like your Thinking !
tg72211
212 now. Lol
242 now wtf is wrong with this people
Shit. We brought a lot of horses.
"Did you bring a horse for me?"
I always saw this as Harmonica giving the men the opportunity to live here. It is Frank he is after. When they make it clear that he is not supposed to leave the station he flips it around on them with his reply.
One of the best westerns ever. Period.
LOVE the way the steam engine sounds like it's breathing in this
i agree But the Windmill wins !
Watch Rango. They copied so much from this movie.
The windmill sounds so much like music that it even amazed Ennio Morricone
That's the brake pump, filling the brake system with air. Awesome sound effect.
KiwiKugai - trains back then had character, real life to them, the Iron Horse
Scene lasts 3:43. Gunshots take three seconds. That is how you build suspense.
This was the BEST Western I ever watched! There has never been another one to top it.
The details in this movie are totally insane. Look at the black guy's shirt, bleached by the sun on the shoulders and arms, much less on the torso. Look at the hat on the middle white guy, old, dirty, again burnt by the sun and very dusty. These guys are sweating. Their skin is tanned like old leather, and take a good look at their boots.... this is movie directed by a genius.
The "Tension" soundtrack that kicks in when he arrives is a masterpiece.
Could be the greatest opening scene of any movie certainly any western....the director deliberatly kept the squeaky windmill squeaky throughout......
If you watch and listen closely, you can notice that the squeaking does not match the rotation of the windmill. I noticed that when I first saw the movie in a theater back in 1968. The sound editors did a lousy job on that.
This is a cult classic. From the opening scene to the final scene it's killer.
That Jack Elam could make some incredible faces in his movies..// An amazing character actor who could play any role.
Yep
I really miss that guy.
He was fantastic as the villain, but I really liked him in Rio Lobo playing a half-nuts good guy.
A far better actor than he was ever given credit for.
Play any role other than romantic lead. He was really good at playing the quirky guy.
The bizarre part is two American actors were in this scene but those were not their voices. Why dub Jack Elam & Woody Strode?
They filmed on a silent set and dubbed the voices in later so for what ever reason Elam and Strode were no able to return for the voice work.
This is Charles Bronson's best acting. this is a masterpiece movie and don't forget a masterpiece soundtrack from Morricone.
what a story!
What’s left to say? Love it, love it, love it. One of Bronson’s best roles. Jack Elam cracks me up every time.
One of the most intense scenes and unique with the final duel of the masterpiece of Sergio Leone, Once Upon a Time in the West ... was once the real cinema!
I find it amazing to hear Leone didn’t storyboard or plan stuff out and just shot randomly on the fly.
Every shot looks like he spent a year planning the cinematography.
He was simply inspired
Or in this case of a fly.
I have seen this scene, ending and lantern scene for 100 times so far and will watch 1000 times till the end of my life.
I too seen these scenes multiple times. Add to this the family massacre scene
"You brought two too many"
"What? I can't hear you because you're fifty feet away!"
R.I.P Maestro...............what a legacy..
74 people grew up watching," Barney" and still do.
+Clifford Campos You could smell the testosterone through the screen. U'mmmmm! I can tell you, 'improper women' freakin' love it too.
To All the fans of Charles Bronson and the 2668 Likes i Salute you and Thanks !!
For the 92 Not Likes ; i just Pity you for your Taste in Movies
Jos
(from Netherlands)
PS
Check out my other upload from Charles Bronson from movie Villa Rides!
wich i personally also thinks is Great !!
Yes That (pic from Shadow) is Me Too !!
(( the Frog clip ! yak is NOT from ME ))
+Jos Dresen LOS, people are afraid of death, violence, this explains why they dislike.
+Jos Dresen I live in the netherlands
+master of masters jammer, jonge......
+vows2sweden
what you mean (to say) ?
I like this movie but I disliked your video because, wow, what a douchey comment.
The clip is good, but it cut out the incredibly long build up, featuring the three gunmen waiting, in extreme close-up........ plus one fly. I always liked Jack Elam in Westerns, that waiting scene is probably one of his best.
The whole train station scene is a masterpiece. The time this scene took it wasn't rushed you felt like you was waiting for the train aswell. The fly part was funny and the guy under the dripping water. And then the showdown and that harmonica. There is no better sound than hearing that noise.
You know you're a badass when you bring your own theme song
Who are the 70 assholes who didn't like this scene???
+ukkfayooyay I wonderthat myself too
IF one doesnt like this scene than just dont watch it
+ukkfayooyay I also wonder. The entire movie was great !
+ukkfayooyay Cable television watching turds.
+ukkfayooyay Probably people that didn't like that Jack Elam was over dubbed. I don't like that fact, but I love this scene!
+kyokogodai what is the reason he was overdubbed?
This scene was filmed in Spain. Throughout the movie one can see the different track gauges. This was the wide Spanish gauge.
SHARP EYE! I NEVER NOTICED THAT IN ALL THESE YEARS...
The trains had to be modified with fake pieces to look like the old USA trains. These movie techniques require more creativity from the director than today's CGI.
True, although the scenes in the movie surrounding the brick arch and the lynching, as well as the shootout between Frank and Harmonica, was filmed in Monument Valley, Utah. Where John Ford filmed so many of his. I've even visited the site where the arch stood, although there wasn't much left of it then.
Rich, are you sure about the shootout between Frank and Harmonica was also in Monumental Valley? I thought that the shootout was filmed at McBaines ranch built in Spain.
Yes you're right, the actual shootout was filmed at the McBain ranch in Spain. There is a flashback in that scene to a younger Frank and the lynching, which was filmed in Monument Valley. Then it comes back to the McBain ranch and Frank's demise, in Spain.
BEST OPENING SCENE EVER
The best opening scene to any film! Fact!
The best comeback in cinematic history......" You brought two too many."
The idle sound of the steam engine... the windmill... the beat up dusters, hats, weary faces add to the suspense and the feel. All those details that seem so small make this one of the best scenes in a Western of all to to me.
I read alot of comments saying that Clint Eastwood should have been in this one. I'm actually glad that he wasn't in this movie (FYI not to hurt anyones feelings I think Clint is a great actor). I just think this movie and its story stand better on their own. It makes for a Western with a darker and more authentic feel to it. Here we get to see multiple main characters developing throughout the movie. With Clint I think it would have been just another movie in the 'Dollars' series, he would have drawn too much attention away from other characters like Cheyenne and Frank.
Yeah, plus the fact that Harmonica was just some Mexican kid that Frank doesn't bother remembering makes the story more powerful somehow.
and the soundtrack, when it breaks as Frank finally remembers who Harmonica is, epic on another level
Sergio Leone actually wanted Blondie, Tuco and Angel Eyes to reprise their roles for this opening scene but it would not have made sense being Angel Eyes had already been killed.
@@ianbrown2526 He reused characters all the time. The same actor played the main bad guy in both A Fist Full of Dollars and in A Few Dollars More. One of these three men that got shot in the beginning was the guy Tuco shot in the beginning of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. He lost his arm, then starts making this speech while Tuco is in the bathroom and Tuco shoots him from the tub and says, "If you are going to shoot, then shoot."
A younger Eastwood I don't think would be right. Bronson was perfect. He has the look of a guy who's been through hell. He looks like a guy that's been seriously wronged. Yet he's still charming, and smart. Perfect cast. That 1000 mile stare he gets is chilling.
The fact that the song he plays resembles him breathing in and out of the harmonica he was forced to play is such a creepy touch.
It would be almost impossible today to make anything close to this masterpiece! Especially what we have now in Hollywood to offer up for any lead roles. Nope, this is, and always will be, a "once in a lifetime" flick. Timeless and superb!!!
Amen
Mr. Bronson will live on in our hearts... What a man 👊👏👊
93 People braught too many horses.