_posted in film | 08 March 2008

I started the morning off with Once Upon a Time in the West. I can never just get through the movie in one shot. There are too many perfect moments and I have to go back and watch them over and over again. Let's forget about the cinematography, the music, the landscape for a second (hard to do, but let's try) and we're left with some classic dialogue. There are so many great lines but these are my favorite. And a hand full of Irish gingers (that's for you harume)! It's all about Sergio this weekend.

_quote 1

Harmonica: And Frank?
Snaky: Frank sent us.
Harmonica: Did you bring a horse for me?
Snaky: (Chuckling) It looks like we're...shy one horse!
Harmonica: You brought two too many. (Harmonica shoots the three henchmen dead)

_quote 2

Jill: Mrs. McBain goes back to civilization. Minus a husband and plus a great future.
Cheyenne: You deserve better.
Jill: The last man who told me that is buried out there.
Cheyenne: You know, Jill, you remind me of my mother. She was the biggest whore in Alameda and the finest woman that ever lived. Whoever my father was for an hour or for a month... he must have been a happy man.

_quote 3

Frank: How can you trust a man who wears both a belt and suspenders? The man can't even trust his own pants.

_quote 4

Harmonica: Five thousand dollars.
Cheyenne: Judas was satisfied with 4,970 dollars less.
Harmonica: There weren't no dollars in them days.
Cheyenne: But sons-of-bitches? Yeah.

_quote 5

Jill: And you! You saved his life.
Harmonica: I didn't let them kill him. That's not the same thing.

_vidcheck: sergio leone: once upon a time in the west