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Once Upon A Time In The West (song)
''Once Upon a Time in the West'' ( , "Once upon a time (there was) the West") is a 1968 Epic film, epic Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone, who co-wrote it with Sergio Donati based on a story by Dario Argento, Bernardo Bertolucci, and Leone. It stars Henry Fonda, Playing against type, cast against type as the villain, Charles Bronson as his nemesis, Jason Robards as a bandit, and Claudia Cardinale as a newly widowed homesteader. The widescreen cinematography was by Tonino Delli Colli, and the acclaimed film score was by Ennio Morricone. After directing ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'', Leone decided to retire from Western (genre), Westerns and aimed to produce his film based on the novel ''Harry Grey, The Hoods'', which eventually became ''Once Upon a Time in America''. However, Leone accepted an offer from Paramount Pictures providing Henry Fonda and a budget to produce another Western. He recruited Bertolucci and Argento to devise the plot of the film in 1966, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank McCarthy (artist)
Frank McCarthy (March 30, 1924 – November 17, 2002) was an American artist and realist painter known for advertisements, magazine artwork, paperback covers, film posters, and paintings of the American West. Biography Born in New York City, he studied under George Bridgman and Reginald Marsh at the Art Students League of New York then attended the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. Types of works McCarthy began his art career as a commercial illustrator, opening his own studio in 1948. He did illustrations for most of the paperback book publishers, magazines, including '' Colliers'', '' Argosy'', and ''True'', movie companies, and advertisements. Among McCarthy's film poster work were ''The Ten Commandments'', ''Hatari!'', '' Hero's Island'', '' The Great Escape'', and with Robert McGinnis, '' Thunderball'', '' You Only Live Twice'' and '' On Her Majesty's Secret Service''. McCarthy left the commercial art world in 1968 in order to concentrate on Western paintings. In 1975 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
